The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-28
O-Gerlnan Utterances Now
Criminal Aid to Foe
Of World.
PEACE WILL FOLLOW
UNISON IN AMERICA
When Prussians Learn That
u. S. Is in War to Win
End Will Come.

James w. Gerard, former ambassa :
dor of the United States to the Ger
man empire. sat in the library of the
beautiful DAILY ranch home near Ham
ilton last night and told represent :
ative of The Missoulian some of the
things which he believes this country
must do, now that I'VE are in to win
the great war.
The first thing, he said, is to sup
government can bring to bear. the ex-
pressions Of all pro- Germans and theil
ilk.
when once the casualty lists begin
to come back to us of our boys who
have fought and died in the trenches
OF France and Belgium" he said, 1.-THE
slightest talk of sympathetic tone
toward anything German will probabl.
result in a lynching.'
Not Loquaeious Man.
The former ambassador is not q
loqnacious person. To get his views
one must ask for them. And 1t is il
no small part because of this that ht
has played so well the difficult rol.
that was his prior to the entrance o1
the United States into the conflict.
But there is no doubt OF the inteil.
sity of his feeling on the subject q
the great war. He lost no time il
stating flatly thnt we were forced int
the strife by the actions of the Ger.
man government. Nothing f,lrthe'
than observation of the manner of hi
speech Is necessary to produce con
victiOn that here Is man who know
md whose knowledge may not b,
questioned.
Time for Sympathy Past.
Mr.. Gerard said that it was perfect
ly natural that residents of Americ:
should have expressed feeling for Ger
many at the outbreak of the wa,
Such expected utterances. he declared
surprised no one.
but now the time has come" h
said, when those who are not for |,
are against us. Pro- German EXPIRES
sion must be stopped. Regardless 9
the method we choose to follow w
must stop it. 1t is the one thing whic
will tend to prolong the war more tina
anything else. For the moment tina
realizes that the United States i
united and is in the war to the enc
then the war will end.
Must Show Solid Front.
Therefore we must show the Ger
mans that there is no sympathy fo
them within our borders. / woul
even be in favor of. putting a few {
the leading pro- Germanists of th
country aboard a ship and deportin
them back to their native land"
But what" interrupted his ques
toner, would there be to anarante
that their ship would not be attacke
and sunk in mid ocean,"
Mr.. Gerard shrugged his shoulder
and smiled.
'Well,' said he. Suppose it d
happen. What of it?"
There was no reply possible.
Send Them Over to Fight.
But" continued the eX-amba ssa do
I'VE could put them aboard a Scand
navian ship and set them loose. Al
they no doubt would he delighted
go back and serve the country whi'
they appear to think so much mo
highly of than they do our own.
".And what in the devil do the
people want? What do they expe
to gain by Germany's ultimate vi
tory. il such thing We're possib
which it is notc That is the thil
which puzzles me. They come to t
United States to escape German mi
tarism, or something else. aud the
when their adopted land gets into
war with their forsworn country. tn
forthwith turn against us and 10 I
nation they have quit. often wond
how many of them. If they con
would go back to Germany to take
arms against this country.
Majority Loyal to U. S.
They must realize that the gre
majority OF their fellow Gcrma
Americans are no longer hyphcnat
but are loyal to the country of tn
adoption. They must realize that Il
nation is not going to withdraw fl,
the war in response to the noisy
mands of an insistent few. Then W
do they persist in this attitude a
daily bring themselves nearer to
time when the wrath of the peo.
aroused by the deaths of sons q
brothers in the trenches. will likely
visited upon their own heads?
The Example Of Newport.
There is another thing these p
Germans might ponder. There wa!
time in the history of the Uni
States when the city OF Newport
CONTINUED on Page slx.)