El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-27


! Welshman, who has accepted the Unit
! ed States as his home, kept the au-
: dience at the opening session Of the
I chautauqua laughing O. aPplauding
his satirical thrusts at Americans and
. his own people, the cocksure British
as he called them. lie was introduced
I as "a man who loves his uncle Lloyd
I but loves his Uncle sam better
The British Government
/ The speaker said that the Britishers
/ have become SO democratic in prac-
| tice Of late years, and so emancipated
! from the ancient belief in the divine
I right Of kings, that about all they use
/ George the Fifth for nowadays is 70
! have him affix his name. with a foun-
: tain pen. 10 legislative acts We use
! him in place Of a rubber stamp" he
( asserted. He said this with strong
! patriotic emphasis, however, which
( left no room for personal cisrespeci
3 to the present reigning family
[ George knows he is limited mon
arch with the accent on the limited.
he said. and he knows he must atIlN
I his signature when the people say SO
or he viii not only be George the Firth
but George the last
/ The speaker said this to illustrate
: the fact that America IS not the only
country where people have liberty. he
said 4 man could mount box in the
streets OF London, shout to hell with
the government and receive the pro
lection OF the police Il somebody
D heaved a brick at him He said Amer
lea was therefore not the only coun-
Try where there is liberty.
Definition OF America.
Mr. Evans's definition OF What
America Means 10 Ne" is fraternal
brotherhood. the sort that fuses i'm
migrants of all races and nations into
a people who learn to despise their
original suspicious and take each 9TH
ers' hands as Americans, united under
one flag TO advocate the spirit and be-
lief Of freedom from autocracy as typI-
fled by the HohenzOIlerns, RomanOffs
and Hapsburgs.
the American public were no more Wig
orous than those at his own BritonS,
who. he said. had learned many les
sons since the war began His sar-
casrn was overshadOwed by his rapid
fire, original wit and humor, with now
and then = pathetic insert For in
stance, Mr.. Evans said, out OF lS0O
Welsh fusileers from his home town IN
Wales only few more than 90 are
alive after their experience in the in
ferno in eastern France, where T.
O000 soldiers have been either killed,
wounded or missed from all forces
since the summer Of 1914 His eX-
pressed respect for the lowly people
of Germany driven TO battle, probab bly,
10 destruction, by their dynasty. was
no less ferVent than his Pronunciation
OF the Prussian rulers who hao Iast
ened their shackles on the minds OF
the German people since the days OF
Frederick the Great.
Draws Word Pictures.
Mr.. Evans's word pictures to the opu-
lent American farmer, kicking on
governmental affairs and blaming the
Democrats for alleged crop failures
the boastfuI American attitude that
20. OOC, 600 farmers would line the ocean
shore with squirrel rifles to repel the
threatened invader as compared with
recruiting statistics since the call for
an army came, the Britisher root
ing" at a ball game for '-Helnie, the
pinch hitter; the Pennsylvania Dutch
woman from Milwaukee who WASH I
subject Of any monarch on her French
tour; the peace that obtains along the
Canadian boundary, while the CanuckS
raise a legion to fight in France and
Uncle sam sends his army to the OPP
posite border TO watch Mexico. and
many other sallies warmed up the
tentfull of FL Pasoans 10 the speakers
last word and many went forward TO
give him their hands and personal
John Bull and America.
Some Of his sallies OF wit and truth
we have proved on this American
soil the larger ideas Of brotherhood.
We Britishers- before this great
war. thought John Bull could lick the
whole world with one hand tied behind
him. We were so chesty- 1 have dis
covered that We were wrong; Il IS
Z
TO what 1 have heard in America since
coming here.
The time has come when you have
got TO shoot something besides your
Those 10000. 600 farmers who were
to respond in a day with their squirrel
rifles TO fight for the United states,
have not materialized; your recruiting
figures last week show that. Work
hard as you could, only 5000 men were
enlisted for actual service
Too Much COck-Sureness.
ct IS all right to be confident; but
cock-sureness and chestiness are an
other thing. England has suffered too
much from this and I find America not
6issimilar from the British before the
war A spirit of chestiness never got
'aThe biggest fool on earth IS the
man who thinks he is the only patriot
and that his country is the only coun-
try capable Of fighting
You boast Of your Americanlsm and
YOU speak contemporary of the Brit
Usher as John Bull Of the Irishman as
a Mick, Of the Italian as a Dago and
a Wop. OF the Jew as Sheeny- Don't
forget that q DagO discovered America
and a Wop christened YOU, for Amer
icus Vespucci's name gave America its
name. Without the financial sagacity
Of the Jew your financial system would
he tottering. Don't forget that a
WeIshman. Thomas Jefferson. wrote
your Declaration of Independence-and
I guess that helped some. It won't
hurt US at all 10 give a little credit
TO the other fellow when that credit
is due
No Room for Hyphens.
There is no room in this country
for anything but Americans. con-
glomeratiOn Of races fused into one
great nationality. with the blood Of
all nations mingling in the veins Of
the people. There is no room here for
a German-American, an Italian-Amer-
lean or any other sort Of an American
but a plain American with a cap y
and nothing in front OF II.
This country is a great democracy,
but so IS England You are not su-
perior to England or France as a de-
mocracy. While we have king with
limited power. our laws are made by
men elected by the people. We all
like to think OF the United States as
the greatest democracy in the world
and we do; when 1 think of Texas I
think Of democracy and barbed wire.
An Arfstocracy Here.
You represent an aristocracy Of
wealth in this country. for 90 percent
OF your wealth is controlled by 10 per
cent of your people. Don't forget that
when you denounce the aristOcracy OF
Europe.
Fraternity you have here in greater
wealth than in any country on earth
in this you excel Fraternity. in my
opinion. sums Up the United States bet
ter than any other one word Here your
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