Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-12-28
THE WAR AS ! SEE IT


r ti0u and viii ftlle fhpft fiftia n"ftN
sar* and b time insure victor
3 lous outcome. / point out these gloom,
happonlnf and possibilities because
in ms own small way / want 10 dc
. what can 10 awaken the American
, people 20 tho true sltaation
We have been 81 the war approx
, mately nine months. that IL. wo have
bean hair IN the war. We have
declared war against Germany. We
appear 70 be on tho verge 81 declaring
war against Austria and perhaps
after dime we win declare war also
against bulgaria and Turkey and then
We win be able 70 align ourselves
sausrcly with The Entente ALLIES on
~ fronts wherever and when We may
be- needed. When we nrst entered
the War it seemed improbable that
We would be called upon 10 send very
large army 10 Europe II now seems
exceedingly probable that we VIII have
10 send millions OF mon. There are
many problems 20 solve, many diffi-
cuiies 10 overcome We lack ships;
wa lack arms and munitions We
have a vast number Of enemies within
our gates running az large We are
prone to be too lenlent. 10 generous,
too easy with our disloyal elements
until some overt act Is committed. We
have vast numbers Of dIsloyai citizens
mostly o. Alien blood. who viii vote
AZ future elections unless steps are
taken IN the meantime to prevent this.
This dlsloyai vote viii be continual
temptation 70 selfish and INSCRIPTIONS
Office seekers Who. II elected by this
vote. (Which "a many places Is large
enough to hold the balance OF power) !
VIII he under obligations TO that vote (
and controlled by H. Canada has /
found IL necessary to dis-franchise for
the time being all aliens who natural /
izcd within tho pnst fifteen years and /
IN nay opinion. IL similar step was
taken ~ tho United States 1t would
DO much 10 our advantage. No natur-
aiized alien who Is loyal to the coun-
try OF his adoption would object to
this He would accept the situation
and make the sacrifice himself Tor the
good OF the country and because Of
his loyalty. The disloyai voters thus
are tho ones who would
object and would unquestionably make
plenty OF noise. but can we afford to
risk nliing Congress and our elective
Offices with people who would receive
the endorsement OF these disloyal cit
liens? Emphatically MOI Is II not
likely that this disloyal vote will be !
centercd and voted against
hose members OF Congress and others /
who ave been most loyal and most @
inquallnedly American In their atti- r
ude2 Certainly. How can these con- G
iitions be avoided? DIsfranchlso the 5
Alien voters and take no chances.
In their schools and churches alike |
be Germans have for forty years
aught tho pcrnicious doctrines and :
he cold and constituencies theories
'hich have eliminated IN the present
ituation and IN the unspeakable
ifocitics which they have perpetrated
heir preachers have told their con-
regatlons from tho pulpit, that God s.
German God and that he win con- Is
ono anything Of any kind they may d
% Tor The Fatherlond and their school p
'aehers have taught the rising gener- d'
lions that obedience Is the first roqul- e'
t. whether the order IS good or bad al
"a tina, inhumanity and brutality are to
roper 70 applied TO -Germans. and @
lat the earth and everything thereon
.oporly 1eiongs 10 Germany and
'ouid be taken by her when Il Is
'eded and n she can. that nigh. Is OF .,
sht ana practically that a German
% DO no wrong.
For many years we have employed
'rman or pro- German Instructors In pI
r schools. colleges and universities u.
"a there is ample evidence that there
.orts have been systematically dl- do
-tcd In spreading n pro- German on
We call ourselves the n,
'ltsng 20, OF the nations and still sy
permit the publication OF innumcr- 10.
le newspapers In foreign languages. So
foreigners come here 20 be melted" ha
them melt. Let them speak En- FIN
sh and think English and become ella
nericans. The usS OF Alien lam for
ages serves to perpctrate alien ma sio
nalltics within our own borders. Let da,
start correcting things at home ut {
same time that we start doing ]
these things which can by any Fir,
ans be done 10 win victory abroad. JAG
ere y an organization In tho United
ties the purpose OF which Is. brief dta