New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14

OF these newspapers and who offered
their support to the Pro-Amerlcan So
ciety. q,
From New York nc received this loyal
letter:
As q true American of German stock.
wish 10 congratulate you upon your ehort
20 force Germnn-lsngusge papers To print
in English during the war. ] can't begin
10 express my indignation against those
who. having renped all the benthS Oh tht'
dear lard Of ous. are now VIKING "a Strihs.
and those who do not go ~ FAR rs thst NJ
hest do nothing 10 help the country that
Ia, bcen and is haven 20 all who seek
freedom beneath its glorious stars ana
Stripes II Is time all scdition he checked
and YOU are on the right tack when you
start with tho German-anEuage papers;
But. cleo, if Mr.. Schendel had taken
a stout stick and pokcd 1T around IN
gray paper hornets nest high up on
forkcd Dough, he would not have stirrea
up moro antagonism by has interier-
ence. ..
The following letter, bearing St'
Louis postmark, but signed only Am
erica" was one Of the r,rst received
Il is rot Customary for decent people. as
n rule. To notice anything emanatng from
a peculiar species OF human Ike yourself
but you certainly must be mistaken as :"
YOUR German ancestry or German ploou.
The fluid which flows in your veins ~ ho'
blood-i, IL Of the stuff ore~ed In ehu'-
dron like unto that bre~ed by me wtIoss
mixed an essence OF the sewage OF All hu-
man Grogs. You don't count.
VIII Shout After Death
Comparatively few of the abusive let
.srs received by Mr. Schendel are
s;cned They are for the most part MS
snclled and Observation-Disclosures
Isck OF familiarity with the simpies'
rules of English. ..o
"Wben YOU see the suicide you have
donep contributes a Philadelphia cor,
re5pondent) "then Your nypocrithy VIII
stop to shout.
This from New York:
Tell me explain. NJ Secretary OF the FRO
American League. Aow much Americanis-
,nns ia in your cnrcass, where do you nave
4, from7 Deadly gas invcnted Tor use oil
II s. Army should be used 10 kill oil those
fellow. that are making out what good
Americans they are Mag the Lord save
mi, country from all those men pretending
10 he pro Americans and "a Tying N.I-
man name like you. and many. fnhny more
"a German American" who neglects
to sign his name says;
The ones you get for your idea are OF
obscure nature, and you know that your go
called Pru-American moVem, u scahus on
weak feet. II hasn't fouhdauon. !! hAs
N, stnrnp Of the dark ages" You dread
tvr,nnv and oppress sion. Sensible people
will not give any attention TO your fruit
less movement.
Hold Germany Responsible
Those who agree with Mr. Schendci do
not hesitate to tell who they are. Here
is a letter from HoAoken:
''Is there anything / can do 10 help along
your cause1 Was born aud brought up IN
Germany. and | am opposed to the war
since it il in progress. Germany IS re-
sponsible for it, and its autocracy must De
crushed. I am glad this country had 70
ioiu even il my own and my daughters
sons are IN the armies Democracy Will
win out, all false pretenees will disappear
Some one. who states he is "of Ger
man parentage, but true American,
says:
The German press Ia. helped 10 pro-
long the war with it, lies, and agitation;
the readers have become firm in their be-
lief that Germany Is IN the rgnt, ana thst
the English papers lie
A physician in Detroit, German by
DlTtN. VINO TrSeINtu IL PNSt- = q uN"NN ~
ucation in Germany and Austria, writes
a long letter Of Endorsement of the Pro-
American Society, in which he states:
For some time / took one of the Ger
man paper. but its columns were so con.
s,antly filed with anti-American sentiment
sufficiently veiled to escape The law that |
could 10 longer read Il without becoming
enragel. These editors constantly sneer at
every move OF our government and glorify
every move. however horrible. that Ger
many makes"