The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29
Liberty
Native Born German Tells
Why He's for u. 5.

l Although / know from past eXpe-
rience that that man is the wisest VINO
keeps his ideas and opinions to himself
vet I deem il my duty to express Hihc' |
savs a writer in the Indianapolis news.
am n uaturaiized citizen OF TINS re-
public, German by birth ana educ'ttioh'
| we, have served in the German army |
I + h.vc taken an active part in politi- |
cal contests for over twenty wears IL
NAV s,nnd ridiculous but realized |
since the presidential campaign OF 1900
| that il the United States OF America
J oou,d PASS by the rocks that dest.oyeu
Tho ancient republics of Greece ana of
| Rome, that war between the dcm"t
racics If America and the alltusfa'N
| that dominated Germany was unaSo'u-
able. The principle of government
that controlled all the actions ois ne
| Hohcnzoitcrn dynasty since fIeuerich
| the Great that controlled the ACTIONS
of bismarck and that was $" ueepiS
| inocu.ated into the German people III
the las, thirty years was directly OPP
| roscd to the principles that cnntro. inc
factions of our statesmen ana our pa
| triots and our people.
| The clash Of arms was bound !"
| come II came sooner that expected
! In 1900 W. i. Bryan closed ms great
| speech at the military park in our city
/ with the following words: "Echoid
| rcoullic i'll The western hemisphere
that viii defy the autocrscics OF En-
| rouc. Behold "a republic that viii
| slnEr the throne OF every l"-
tentatc. ana will teach the people ~
all the world that government by ana
for the people has found its cham
| tt., 'Ip{ilN
the men and women Of America are
preparing to defeat Il system ot gov
ernmcnt that is out OF place in THIS
age.
often said that Il moj"rty of our
people do not realize the blessings the!
leuiov because they came naturally TO
them They will more appreciate them
when they are called upon to make sac
rifces in order to secure them Ter the
future.
| Every man or woman be he German
or Of any other nationality, who knows
the history of the Ilohcnzollerns, who
knows the principles that control the
, militarist, of Germany, actually as |
know them. who knows that the arla-
,, tocracies of Europe consider our repuh-
lie their greatest enemy, and does not
support our government in this crisis is
, either biased or does not understand
, the Fundamental principles upon which
, ! this government is erected. \ weak
| government of our republic autocracy
would welcome and sneer at. II Ameri-
ca had not proved to the world that a
, great people gathered from all parts OF
the globe could govern themselves, au-
tocrats everywhere would have pointed
:. Ito us and said that popular govern
: lment was a failure. But the United
| States has proved to the world that
popular government is the best for III
the people and that is the reason they
use all their power to create disloy-
atty and discontentment among oul
II people But they must and will fail
- | AS Christian | believe that the goot
;, God has given the United States o.
II America to the world as navei
c where people of all nations may com'
and enjoy liberty, equality and justice
beneath the folds of the Stars ant
Stripes Dark clouds that now threat
. en- us will pass away. Misery AM
4 hardships that we now must endur
Is will end in joy when we have prove
to the world that although the power
of autocracy have tried to undermrl
the very root Of our government b
linStilling the poison OF dlSioyalty |
L some of. our people, democracy will en-
D durc not only here in America. bu
everywhere. May God grant the pee
pie of Europe to have national leader
as America has had them even i'll gu
- day, not to say anything of the lon
a. past. May they have A statesman lii
|Clcveland, a pacifier like Mckinley, a
energetic, patriotic firehrand lii
:, Roosevelt, a jurist like Taft aud
champion of democracy like Wiso
re GEORGE s. SCHAU Err.