Evening journal., 1917-04-07

That the Government will trust its
breign. born residents and that if they
ire interned they will intern them
lelves through disloyalty-these were
he salient points of an address de-
ivered yesterday by Judge Joseph
burlington, senior Judge OF the
United States Circuit Court of APP
reals. in a talk before forty candidates
or citizenship in the Federal Court
N Philadelphia.
mo man can serve two masters
he Judge told the prospective citi-
Iens. "If the time comes for you to
display your loyalty and patriotism,
must be remembered that your oath
f allegiance pledges you unreserved-
y to the defense and protection of the
United States
The Judge also informed them that
my person. whether native porn,
laturalized or unnaturalized, who
Knows Of treason against the United
States, and keeps it to himself Is
guilty of misprision.
Following Judge Buffiington's ad-
ress. the oath of allegiance was ad-
mustered by Clerk Craig. The
outline practice of swearing in aliens
n groups of five was abandoned ana
he forty men were sworn IN at one
ime
To-day there are fourteen and a
lalf millions of persons in America OF
oreign birth. A census recently taken
a plant in this State shows twenty
We thousand workmen OF foreign
firth OF these ten thousand came
rom the Central Powers. OF that ten
thousand. fourteen hundred are natur-
Liked citizens. These facts and figures
nay startle those who do not know
e foreign born, but to those OF us
gho know them they cause no alarm.
Almost a quarter of the foreign-born
Who come to the United States make
Pennsylvania their home. William
Tenn was the first founder who
rought to his colony men of different
aces. These different races have
lelped build up this State, they have
bought its homes and have their child
en- in our schools, and Pennsylvania
mows the foreign-born, believes in the
Oreign-born. and today we have mil
ion and a half of them among us.
In the twenty-five years I have
Ieen a United States Judge l have
ieen brought through these naturaliz
ltion courts into close touch with the
oreign-born, have learned to under
tand them, have believed in them
nd have always said that when wal
aced us that these foreign-bOrn meT
you'd prove themselves Americans
che crux is not the fact Of the hyphen
'ut whether the mans heart is at the
lmerican end Of the hyphen. ] have
igned the DEGREES making thousands
nd thousands of them citizens, and
nm always glad when one of then
ONES to me and tells me | made hin
citizen. In these anxious times whei
here were fears among our foreign
lorn citizens of internment or i'm
r'sonment or some hardship, thes
nen have been coming to me for ad
ice and / have been able 10 he'll
hem and because / found it did hel
hem, ] thought it right that ] shoul
ust now give general message @
heer and counsel of warning and at
ice % our Pennsylvania foreign Dor
eople And so ! have asked the Dii
riot Judge to let me come into hi
curt today and admit you to citizel
hin. ard ! am going-through you. {
i've a message to the thousands an
thousands of the foreign-born in Penn
y'vania
In the first place want to say tina
have made it my duty to find on
That our Government would do
ase of war, and whether it would 70
DIV the example of the nations abroa
nd would intern men who had at on
ime been citizens of countries at wa
With us. l am glad to say to you tn;
he Government has no purpose to il
ern any man, and that any man VIII
interned will intern himself /
rowing that the Government ought
intern him. The Government is goin
start out with trusting and belle
ng in all who are living here, an