The Washington times., 1917-10-01
Shadow Huns Menace Country,
Declares Roosevelt
PrOpagandists in First Article
for Kansas City Star.

man-American Alliance, and the So
cialist party machine in America
when l spoke in Minneapolis three
men spoke from the same platform
with me. One was that fine and loyal
American, Governor BurnQuist, OF
Swedish ancestry. One was a black
smith, born in Sweden, a former mem
Der of the Socialist party, who left
the party within the last six months
when he became convinced that II was
the tool or ally OF German autocracy.
The third was another rkipgman OF
German birth.
"At the meeting in Wisconsin 1 was
on the platform with the mayor Of
Racine, an American citizen Of Ger
man birth. My companions throughout
the trip were Judge Harry Olson, Of
Swedish parentage, and Otto Butz, OF
German parentage, both of whom rep
resent that kind of AmericaEism to
which we all must subscribe IL we
are to be good Americans.
1.-THE Americanism of all these men
Is the AmeTicanism / profess, and 1t
Is the exact antithesis of the attitude
of the Shadow Huns, who, under the
lead of native-born Americans like
Messrs. La Toilette and Townley. by
their utterances stir dissensions
among our own people and weaken us
in the prosecution of the war.
Germans Duty To CrInge.
"The two workingmen of whom I
speak-the man born in Sweden and
the man born in Germany-spoke
with rugged emphasis Of their deVo-
tion to this country and Of their sense
of the duty of every man fit to be
called an American in this crisis.
They emphasized the fact that Ger
many's social system was based upon
the duty OF the average man to cringe
before the insolence of his superiors
and his right himself to behave with
insolence to his interiors.
at is for this system of cHinging
basement before the powerful and
often brutal insolence to the weak for
which the Shadow Huns in this coun-
try stand when they directly Ut indi-
rectly talk against our Government
for going to war or talk against any
step which It takes for the efficient
waging of the war, and. above all,
when they directly or Indirectly
apologize for or champion Germany.
Criticism Indispensable.
at is the duty OF every. American
citizen fearlessly, but truthfully, to
criticise not only his Government, but
his people, for wrongdoing or for
failure to do what is right. It's his
duty to obey the Injunction OF Presi-
dent Wilson by insisting upon pitiless
publicity Of inefficiency, OF subordina-
tion of public to private considera-
tion or of any other form Of govern
mental failure to perform duty.
such criticism is absolutely indis-
pensable n we are to do our duty in
this war and IL we are to adopt a per
manent policy of preparedness which
will make this nation safe. But the
men who oppose the war, which fail
to support the Government in every
measure which really tends to the
efficient prosecution OF the war, and,
above all, who, in any shape or way
champion the cause and the actions
of Germany, show themselves to be
the Huns within our own gates and
the allies of the men whom our sons
and brothers are crossing the ocean to
fight.
II do not admire these Shadow
Huns. But least OF all do ! admire
those among them, whether Senators,
Representatives. or public officials OF
any other kind, who, although on
Uncle Sans payroll, nevertheless seek
to stab Uncle Sam in the back"