The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-17

| He is a better American than | am.
To tear up the roots of 1000 years in
the home land and to transport the
| family tree on American soil through
love of American institutions calls for
manhood and high character.
Clean the Melting Pot
1--WE have talked much of the melt
ing pot. l say now that the man from
abroad who will not melt into genuine
American citizenship must be taken
out of the pot and sent back home or
thrown into durance vile.
81 have absolute contempt" the
speaker said for the man who will
consent to live with woman and then
go down the street and speak disre-
spectfully of her. If any man of for
eign birth comes here to dwell under
the Stars and Stripes and to enjoy all
the blessings of our free institutions,
and then goes about talking and
sneering against our president, our
war and our government, that man, if
he is in this community, should be
taken before Judge Dietrich, have his
naturalization papers taken from him
and sent back home or to prison. If
| there is no lawyer here to take the
necessary action I'll undertake to act
| for you.''
| Mr.. Marshall drew a nice distinction
between loyalty and patriotism. He
is willing to let the foreign7born cit
izen think we'll of his fatherland, but
he has got to be patriotic to his step
fatherland
When Sparks Flew
The vice president insisted that the
American people were responsible for
this nations getting into the war. He
told how the steamer, the cable, the
wireless and travel had brought Eu-
rope very near. He said President
Wilson had appealed to the people to
be calm, tlRt sparks were flying, that
the war was spreading in Europe and
that there was danger of dividing the
people at home. He told how Berns
dorf at Washington had fooled the
wisest into the belief that he was a
friend of the American people while
all the time he had his paid spies at
work and was doing all in his power
to inoculate the nation with the virus
of treason; trying to stir up war
with Mexico, Japan or anybody else |
Gave the Kaiser Help
The speaker reminded his hearers |
how President Wilson had been de-
nounced as ''spineless,' how he was
urged to dress down the Greasers in
Mexico; how he hoped and worked to
keep the nation out of war. But the
vice president said the people would
not stand behind the president;
loose talk created the impress
sion that the president was spine
less, that the nation was divided
and that the American nation would
not fight If the German kaiser had
known the real temper of the Amer
lean people the Lusitania would never
have been sunk.
The Knife to the Hit
But now that we are in the war;
the speaker said with all the emphasis
he could command; ''it is war to the
knife and the knife to the hilt. We
will wage this war to the last drop
of blood and the last dollar in de-
fense of the right and justice for
which the American nation has always
stood We will win the war, but |
would rather lose it than win by trav
cling over the dead ideals Of the Am
arican government"
Mr. Marshal said that when it came
to a settlement of peace terms it must
be insisted that the submarine be
forever put out of business-it is not
an instrument OF war but an instru-
nent of murder.
"Am i Ny Brothers keeper~
1t was argued that the war was
Inevitable because of the power and
of the German military
nachine-a machine that holds that
he man is nothing, the state every
hing.
America in declaring a state of war
lgainst German inmates on weaker ma
ions, Mr. Marshall said had answer
II the question: Am l my brothers
leeper?" with a Yes that was heard
Iround the known world. r
IF you ask me if we can whip the n
,aiser,, said the speaker, Il answer :
-ou, Yes. If you ask ME howAon, h
ell you l don't know" 7
Rich and Poor Alike /
Mr.. Marshal insisted that this is not t
! rich mans war. He said that con- i
cription had taken into the army as i
nanv rich mems sons as poor ones. He c