The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-12-28


>old friends in Ocala and Marion
COMFY, and wishing you and all
merry Christmas and a happy and
prosperous New Year. / am,
Sincerely yours,
MAURICE STRAUSS.
A Good Suggestion
It is reported that the German peo-
pie in Germany do not know of the
magnitude the United States is bring
ing to bear upon victorious conclu-
sion Of this world war, made in Ger
many for the allies, and in order to
acquaint vox Populi, l suggest that
every intern of all detention camps
be compelled to write to his folks at
home at dictation of proper author
ity, advising his relatives and friends
in his Fatheriand that Uncle Sam has
his back up and is not only willing to
fight until he wins, but has ability and
resources unlimited, that he will use
until the last vestige of German milf
tarism and arrogance is wiped off the
face Of the earth
hen. let the agents of Uncle Sam
deliver these messages, and your
humble servant presumes to predict
that the cold shivers produced by this
truth will force Hohenzollern Junker-
dom to its knees and peace proposals
a will be forthcoming from the majesty
! of the German people, such as will
we the true ring and will not he
scraps of paper
81 We must win this war, and believe
n through this method showing your
best people whom 1 am confident are
being made cannon fodder against
their wiiL will rise in their might and
h viii dethrone their golden calf, Will
5 helm II. and discontinue worshipping
at his shrine, and instead realize the
{ futility of continuing what only can
be lost cause to them.
y MAURICE STRAUSS.
Naturalized American Citizen Who
s. Remembers His Obligation
& This is not the land their fathers
fought for. but it is the land that
those who fought for it made it pos
sible for those whose fathers did not
fight for it. to find the opportunities
that were denied them in their Faith
erland.
have found and improved these oppor-
tunities, bold enough to deny that
+ they owe allegiance to the land that
gave them not only a home, but a
better one than they ever. under the
4 most favorable circumstances. could
have looked for in the land they left?
4 II they brought Drawn, muscle and
brain they were rewarded in larger
measure and received more encourage
i men and protection for it's develop
ment than would have been their
/ share in their Fatherland
man can own or have several
places, but he cannot have two homes
or two countries; and when he leaves
one and has found, after >due trial,
that the new home is providing him
with more and better comforts than
Ae old, and takes a solemn oath, for
g. earring allegiance to the one he left
pligating himself to live under
Protect and defend the laws and
constitution of his new and adopted
home, as in this case the United States
4 American, and does not do it, under
4 re plea that his FatherIand is i'm
I'd. let me ask him: Does he real
bat he called his God to witness
81 rhe had foresworn allegiance to-
- - 6fngs. princes and protentates and
particularly to that king or prince
I from whose domain he emigrated, and
would uphold and defend the constitu-
! ton OF the United States and its laws
4 against everyone?
3 II there be a man or woman in the
4 United States who has taken this oath
of allegiance to America and should
have forgotten it. let me remind them
Of the words of Brutus, the noblestI
Roman of them all, and ask him or her
TO give vent to his expression in this
form: Not that love my former coun-
TRY less or America more. but ] am
an American first OF all.
MAURICE STRAUSS.