Evening star., 1918-05-19
DOPEY DAN AND LON.
The Ger,1lan-An1erican.

=, hcient people. hard-working people
| and honest people, but they live In
the dark! Their government II wrong.
| terrible and wrong! Why are we here
today. you and me? On account of
| that government. which is wrong. yes.
rotten and wrong! Wait q minute. my
son. From the time you was little
| stories Of far-away Germany. stories
I always like to recall, because they
bring back to my mind sweet memo
ries Of youth. but, Hans. did not tell
all. I tell you now. was just your
age when my fader. your grosspapa,
died at Pillnitz on the Elbe, and left
twelve of US, eleven boys and one
was farm people all, and poor. very
poor, but happy. 0 SO happy! Our
land was overtaxed, but we made no
complaint. Each son served his time
in the army. and while we all stood
for peace we made no complaint. We
worked our land hard and managed to
live, but there came a spring when all
crops failed. still we did not complain.
Being young and strong we worked
all the harder. But during that very
spring. with starvation staring US in
the face, there come to our little VIII
lage a squad Of soldiers to round up
the one-year service men who had
failed to report.
We housed and fed the captain of
the company. young snappish aris-
tocrat, and in return he took quick
! fancy to my only sister. Hilda. a
splendid specimen of girl. talked with
her, promised her. disgraced her and
then laughed at her! Your uncle Fritz
struck him and was shot dead on the
was thrown into the jail house and
stayed there for two long years! Ny
youngest brother. Heinie. killed him
self on account OF the shame! What
had we done! What had we done! We
had questioned the rights of the great
military of Germany! Out Of Jail, !!
borrowed from your mother to sail
over here. / come. she did, too, we
married, then you and your little
brothers and sisters soon followed.
we are, we have always been happy,
and now you, my Hans, would take
up arms against the great country
thousand times mo-! Forgive your old
fader, Hans, IL he has been the cause
to mislead you! I still love the people
of Germany! ] still love whatever
ties 1 have left in Germany, but :!
the hate Of hell! You will be doing
the real Germany. the great Germany
no harm by fighting her now! Ger
many is not fighting for existence;
she's fighting Tor greed. Germany
will be far greater when she Is beaten
and beaten badly! she-will rise to
what she should be. and when this
nendish brute and all of his mon
strous tribe are wiped out forever.
then, and then only will the world re-
spect and honor a civilized Germany!
! Grabbing American fiag) Take this
| flag. boy. and swear before your old
fader. who knows both sides. that
never as long as you live will you
stand by and let man, woman or child
say one word that might insult this
emblem. which stands for liberty. JUS
| tice, equality and fraternity and peace
on earth to men of good will. Swear.
my son. and you will never regret 1t!
What you say. Hans?
Son-I will be in the house next
Thursday night at 8 o'clock. father!
(curtain.) LON.
Note-It might be we'll for them
calamity criers who are skeered al
most delirious about loyalty Of tn Ger
| man-American, to take squint at tn
casualty lists in tn papers each day.