Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-05
u. S. Residents Who
Champion Germany Are
Moral Traitors--T. r.

| S.-Declaring that those in America
who champion Germany's cause against
! the cause of America are guilty or
moral treason, and are in fact. altho
/ not in law moral traitors, Col Theo-
dore Roosevelt. in a Fourth OF July
address here, pleaded for a single stan
Gard Of patriotism and loyalty.
We are now al war With Germany.
/ said Colonel Roosevelt For over two
years Germany has heaped insult upon
insult, injury upon injury. on our peo-
pie. We did not even dare 10 prepare
SO as TO be able effectively TO resent
wrong in the future, Our supins IL
action was partly due to the folly en-
sendered in our people by the profess
sional pacifists. But an even more i'm
porrant factor was the dread many of
our politicians felt, not merely of the
/ German army abroad, but of German
votes at home The selfishness and
ishortsightedness of the American poll
ticians were indefensible and they
were due to the fact that the men who
| took the lead in the German American
| movement sought entirely TO subordi-
nate the actions Of the country OF
which they were nominally citizens,
the United States. to the needs OF the
country for which they cared, Ger
many.
Now we are at war with Germany.
Yet many of these persons supported,
OF course, by professional pacitists,
continue TO champion Germany's cause
as against the cause for which we are
lighting. This is moral treason 10
the republic, and all who engage in It
are in fact, altho not in law, traitors
who have no right longer TO be treated
as American citizens. The time has
come 10 insist that they drop their
dual allegiance and in good faith be-
come outright Germans or outright
Americans. They can not be both, and
those who pretend TO be both are
merely Germans who hypocritically
pretend to be Americans in order 10
serve Germany and damage America
At this moment the vital thing TO re-
member about those half hidden trait
ors is that 20 attack Americas allies,
while we are at death grips with pc
culiarly ruthless and brutal foe, or TO
champion that foe as against our al
lies, or to apologize for that foes in
famous wrongdoing, is TO be false 20
the cause Of liberty and 70 the United
States.
There can be no half and half at
.irude in this war, and no honorable
man can afford TO take such an atti-
tude. We are bound by every con-
sideration Of loyalty and good faith 10
our allies, and any opposition 70 them.
or any aid given 10 their and our enc
my. is basely dishonorabIe as regards
a.
our own country"
Colonel Roosevelt said that the claim
that It was natural for American citi-
zens Of German origin to favor Ger
many was nonsense and criminal
nonsense to boot" and added. either
a man Is an American and nothing
else. or he Is not an An ertcan at al.
We are akin by blood and descent 10
most OF the nations Of Europe, but we
are separate from all OF them. We are
a new and distinct nation, and we are
bound always to give our whole-heart-
ed and undivided loyalty TO our flag,
and in any International crisis to treat
every foreign nation purely according
to it's conduct IN that crisis. 1t is both
weak and wicked to permit any of our
citizens to hold dual or divided ale
glance. and it is Just as mischievous,
just as un-American, to discriminate
against any good American because OIL
his birthplace, creed or parentage.'
Celebrating on that point and pro-
testing against the plan 10 EXCLUDE
from American Red Cross units Am
orleans Of German or Austrian parent
age or descent Colonel Roosevelt said
that il he had been permitted TO raise
a military force for service in France
macy Of mis- officers would have been
chosen from among men Of German
parentage who were undoubted Am
orleans.
Colonel Roosevelt severely arraigned
those who seek 10 excuse the acts OF
Germany our embittered and enven-
orned foe" by saying I'VE would be-
have in like manner if we had the op.
portunity." and reviewed the history
Of the Civil war in support Of his con-
tention that the utterance was in
famous falsity.'
Contrast the brutality shown toward
women and children on the Lusitaria,
and ecores Of other ships, by the off,
cially directed German submarines,
with the Alahama's action City yea;
ago" ne continued. "Semmes never de-
stroyed a vessel without providing for
Tie safety OF the passengers and crew.
He turned his own officers out Of their
cabins TO put IN them the women and
| children Of his foes. and once when he
| had 100 prisoners and q prize he al
| lowed them 10 go in freedom on tne
vessel rather than send them u
nearby port where there was yellow
fever Compare these actions with the
methodical and organized brutality OF
the German military authorities in
MS war, AMI then brand with Shame
| tie American traitors who seek TO Gid
Ga. many by asserting that we, il given
| the chance. would be guilty of atroci-
ties like those she has committed"
Touching on the matter OF language
Colonel Roosevelt declared that I'VE
! must have in this country but one flag,
and for the speech Of the people but
one language. the English language.
During the present war all newspapers
| published in German, or in the speech
Of any Of our foes, should be required
to publish, side by side with the for
eign text, columns in English contain
| ing the exact translation of everything
said in the foreign language. Ulti-
| mately this should be done with all
newspapers published in foreign
| tongues In this country
Universal suffrage should be based
on universal service in peace as we'll
as war" said Colonel Roosevelt in con-
Guiding his address. Those who re-
/ IN vopdar opo ahnuId ha-n M