Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1918-07-08
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Wir lailen oas englii9e Original
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Seler epeiltuea mlf ben @ortlaut oes
5dreibens b~erltfen fonnen:
Washington, D. c., April 9, 1918.
Il have your letter, dated the
9Th of April, which | have read
carefully. | agree with you thou
roughly in what you say. The
mob spirit is abroad in the land
now, and that is always a very
dangerous spirit. However. as
You state, these people Of German
birth who desire to write TO their
sons, now in our Army, have a
perfect right to write them in
their own language, and | see nc
reason why they should not do. /
don't believe any officer who is
broad-minded and patriotic enough
to appreciate the value of free
speech and real patriotism, could
possibly object to either fathers
or mothers writing to their sons
in the language in which they can
best express their feelings and
convictions. To deny tine fathers
and mothers of the boys in our
Army their right to correspond in
the language of their birth would
be a crime against democracy, and
II we're pastor of your church, I
would advise those loyal fathers
and mothers to write to their sons
and give them that consolation
and courage and hope that they