Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-09-18

I face of which political freedom must
wither and perish.-Woodrow Will
son.
ANOTHER REJOINDER.
In its issue of last Saturday after
noon the Webster City Freeman
I 'bune makes very vigorous re-
wonder to the statement made in
the Record last week that the Free
man-Tribune lies when it questions
the loyalty of those who may believe
that the mere fact that we are at
war with Germany is not in itself
q sufficient reason for disseminating
the study Of the German language.
\ The exact language used by the
Freeman-Tribune was to call such
people friends of the kaiser" and
in these days to be friend of the
kaiser is distinctly disloyal, and the
publisher of the Record, as one who
disagrees with the Freeman-Tribune
regarding that question, most GER
tainly deeply resents being listed by
the Freeman-Tribune editor or any
body else, as a friend OF the kali
,er.''--Jewell Record.
The Freeman-Tribune never ques-
Toned the loyalty of those VINO may
eaieve that the mere fact that we
-.... al war with Germany is pot in
itself a sufficient reason for discon-
tinufpg the study Of the German Ian
guage and the Record has no war
rant in making such an accusation.
The Freeman-Tribune cares little
I who agrees or disagrees with it on
& this or any other question, but 1T
I does most strenuously object to hav-
y ing the Record go far out of its way
4 to impute its motive and put false
construction upon its statements.
y Here is what it did say:
"The kaiser, as we'll as his friends
in this country, are very much OPP
y posed to the proposed elimination of
the teaching of German in the pub
lie schools of the United States, but
the kaiser is leaving that part of
the fight to his aids in this coun-
try"
The Freeman-Tribune stands by
that statement. Every pro-German
IN the United States and every loyal
friend Of the kaiser is opposed to the
elimination of the teaching of the
German language in the public
schools of this country, as such elm
{ ination would interfere seriously
with the worldwide propaganda Of
the German government to subju-
gate the world by intrigue and cum
ming, IL possibility war and piracy,
il necessary. And every person in
this country who falls" for the
scheming of the German government
In this respect is just to that extent
giving aid and comfort to the most
reprehensible, brutal and devilish
military machine and power in the
7 history Of civilization. True, some
loyal people do not agree with the
Freeman-Tribune in this, but no 10y
al person can successfully deny that
every traitor in the United States is
In favor of the continued teaching
Of the German language in the pub
lie schools. The same influence
that has wormed it's way into
& American life, and is now proving
its disloyalty, has been at work in
every civilized land in the world,
and wherever they have public
schools, and the friends CT the kali
ser are numerically strong enough
to have influence, they teach
German. The people of this coun-
try did not realize until the cyclone
of war struck, that Germany was
sowing the seeds of disloyalty all
over the world and that paid agents
OF the German government were in
the United States by the thousands
keeping an ear to the ground, a fin
ger upon the public pulse, and re-
porting everything of consequence
to their government.
Il No, the German language should
not be eliminated from our public
schools merely because we are at war
with Germany. 1t should have been
eliminated years ago, and had the
people understood the aspirations