The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-27

bore a foreign name Il is still men
of British, especially Scots and Irish
ancestry, who are the industrial and
commercial chiefs. as also the govern
ing classes in the states.
1T was no doubt the existence of
so large foreign elements In the Mid
die West which suggested to New
York suspicion CT the mid w estern-
ers' war keenness. But the foreign
ers. 1t must be borne In mind. are far
from forming a solid block OF Teuton
Americans. In Milwaukee, for I'M
stance, there are now almost as many
POLES as Germans. and the Poles are
hFed py passionate longing to rid
the world or the Prussian domination
under which they have suffered so
long German immigration into the
l nlled stsfe S has been sn4aII- In res
cent years, " lille the number or Slays
pouring in has been very large. That
down
In most cities Of the Middle West
the greater number of shops display
German names over their windows.
i1at many of these names are borne
~ Jewish traders, and there In gulf
| t1Aed between German-Americans and
tferman Jewish-Americans In Chit
cago i learned that the two classes
had nothing in common A year ago
the Germans held a bazaar In aid of
war charities, The Jewish folk OF
GERMAN origin kept nloof and the be-
|aaf was a failure. These folks have
/ become American and have dropped
the prefix German. They are NOT 40
rum erolss ~ the Germans who raar
up tnetr double nationality. but thev
nave more influence. Among the dom
pie-facsd German A u1ericans the r.n-
lhefans from Prussia are the httterest
ana most dangerous; the Roman
IAthoics from southern Germany the
1east Objectionable. A few Csafhor,c
priests who made attempts to stir mn
opposition to the war were sent hs,
the archbishop of Chicago to a re-.
mote convent. Nothing or this tres
SoilapIe kind has been heard of since
"heaticss Days Approved.
ne FEELING about the war in chi
as" mas altered during the last
month or two. I was there or the
first wheatless day AMI heard rotr~
Ing nut approval of this measure r
saw loan parade many times long
eF and more elaborate than our LORD
mayor show, and the whole popula-
.ion watched II pass. A few Dis VS. be-
Tore the biggest demonstration ths
city has ever known had applauSed
the eloquent labor advocate Mr.
Clarence barrow, when ne recifed tba
tale OF Britain's effort In the war ANA
mad escaped that hatred OF England
had escaped that hatred OF England
Whleh almost every American boy
ms mothers Knee Men
VINO nor long go We're asking scorn-
fui!y why the English let others do
Fehtly, We are with YOU. the old
country has put up bully fight
Kansas City prides itself on the
snlaliness of the population Of foreign
origin. But in the pleasant rolling
country all around are villages en-
urely German. Some OF their inhabf-
tants who had spoken in defense OF
hun ambition and Hun savagerv are
likely TO suffer when the American
casualty lists begin TO be published
IN this part of the country, an
American very we'll known in Furope
told me, most men carry guns (mean-
ing pistolsl, and IL the Germans urac-
tise their brutalities on our men nj
the front these guns will be used
right here found hitter feeling
in Kansas and Missouri against Ger
mans of doubtful loyalty. A former
senator from Des Moines, Iowa. ha.
rangued me heatedly about the dam
ger of letting them be at large. The
burning OF part of Kansas City stock
yards. whereby L. oo0 sheep and hogs
were destroyed, has awakened uneasy
fears and guards everywhere are be,
ing strengthened. At one of Lord
Northcltffe's meetings a local speaker
said. Those who are not with us are
against US. They should either go
back where they came from or be
stood against the wall and shot That
was heartily clapped