The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-09-26
PEOPLE or FOREIGN
BIRTH ARE URGED TO
SUPPORT US. IN WAR
American Citizenship Is Not Cloak
TO be Worn in Fair Weather, to
be Exchanged for Another One
in Time of Storm.

FIfflAl niHlAifh 70 inc ttNhlNs
Harrisburg, Pa. sept. 26.~--Speaklur
today before tho Harrisburg Chamber
OF Commerce. otto a. Kahn. n New
YORK banker, said In part.
81 SPEAK as che who has seen the
suirit Of the prussitn governing class
at work nom Close by. having at IL
disposal ana usinR To- the FUN praeti-
cally every agency for moulding the
pnhlie mind
20 have watched 3, proceed with re-
lenuess porsistcncy aud profound Gun
ming to lnstill into the nation the de-
monincnl obscsSion Of worship
mud World-dominion. To- modify and
pcrvert the mentality. indeed the very
flrY, and moral substance ~ the
German people, people which until
misled. corrupted and systematically
poisoned by the Prp-sinn ruling caste,
was. and deserved 20 he an honorcd,
valued and welcome member Of tn"
family Of nations
- have hated and loathed that spin;
ever since II came within my ken
man, wears ago. hated d all the more
~. saw u ruthlcssly pulling dow
q thing which was dear 80 me. the oil
German, 60 whicn I was linked ny
i've W NlNffNH ~ N'lNN ~ ~ " INV
cherished sentiments.
The difference In the degree of
guilt us between the GERMAN people
ana their prussian ar Prussianized
rulers and leaders for the monstrons
crime ot this war and the ttrocious
harharism 81 It's conduct. o. the DIFF
ference between the man n acting
Indcr tfr inference " q poisonous
drug, runs amuck In mad frenzy and
the upspcakuhlc malefactor n adj
mnisturcd that drug. wen showing
ana fuli, Intending the CHASTITY yuusc-
uucpccs which were bound to follow
The world ferNeutly longs foe
peace. But there can he no pcaC"
answering To- the true meaning ~ the
word. mo- peace permitting the nations
ct tho Garth. great and small, To- walk
unurmcd and unafraid. until the teach
ing and the leadership ~ the apostles
of 1u outlaw creed shall have become
dlscroditod and hateful In the sight
~ The German people. until that pco-
pie shall have awakened to e con-
seriousness of the unfathDmablc guilt
OF those whom The, have ollowcd iu
o. calamity ana shame. until a mood
ol penitouCe aud Of q decent respect
Tor the opinions uf mankind shall
have supplnnted the sway OF what
president Wilson has so t~renchantlv
tormed truculeuc, ana t%roachcry.'
God grant tnpt the German people
may b,fur, long work cut their own
salvation ana find the only road whirh
VIII give tp tho world an early peace
aud lead Germany back into the fam
ly uf nations from which @; is now an
outclst.
From each VI my visits a. GERMANY
for twenty i've years. came away
more appalled, /hv the ninistcr trans
mutation Prussiauism had wrought
amongst the people n hy the por-
tentous menace I recognized In ~ fpt
tho entire world.
"lt had given Co Germany %unparal-
lcl"d prosperity. ~hcncncient and ad-
Nnuc.d soclal legislation ana not %
few o,hcr things ur value. hut 1t had
taken Zoo payment the sou of the race.
n had made u devils bargain
And when this war broke out il
Europe ! knew that the issue had been
joined between the powers OF brutal
might ard iuscnsate ambition ~ the
one side ana he forces OF humanity
and liberty on the other, between
darkness ana light.
MANY there were az that time
and uwoprst Thorn mon for whose
Character bnd nirb rcspcc, and
who's. mntiycs wor. heyopa any nossi.
bio .uspic.np who M ,boir nvn and
America. any ir stric, neutrality
montnuy aud a~ctuallv I'm, -nerson,,ly
believed from Tho b-epippinr OF tha
,,, vbotbcr 700 ULod Ill ,hc e,o,,onts
Of thc aiios co,nbir,tinn ar pot-nnl
/ certainly ala moi me tho uussi, ~
the c1,rs maj th. cnuso of Inc nlucs
Nh. Ameri,,.s couso
81 beu,yed thar .bis v,s ma nrli.
upry war hetocep naoples for , amos
ton Of uatiou,I mtorc., ar oven me-
,lorlI honor hui , conflict bctyceu
Fundamental ~priuctulas and idops.
and -n h,It,,inp. was hourd fo feel
thnf the natural lines ,f r,ce blood
and kiu-hip could nor Do the deter
mining lines for ones attiiud, and
alignment. Iut that ea,h man what
ever hi. origin had To- decide accord
4 tu his Judgment and conscience ON
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