The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-20
WISHEK BOOK
EXT0LLED THE
GERMANS HERE
Exposes Virtues of the TeutOnic
Immigrant and Gives the
Anglo-SaxOns Rap
REMINDS US OF OUR DEBTS
Tells of Won Steuben and Deut-
schers Who Fought for
Union in 1861

That the AnglO-SaxOn is less free
from racial prejudices than the cos
mopolitan German. which fact is con-
sidered strange, because the two PEG
Dles spring from the same general
root, and that the love OF the imml-
grant for his mother country is not
irreconcilable to love for>his adopted
country; that the love of the mother
doesn't interfere with love for the
bride, and that statesmen cannot be
expected to change the heart OF the
immigrant to the point OF Graduating
his love for his mOtherland are some
of the conclusions, with the original
phraseology, quoted from German
Achievements in America a book
which John II. Wishek is charged with
having distributed in Mcintosh county,
and which the government claims in
its prosecution of Wishek to be one
manifestation of his alleged pro-Ger-
'manism.
The book recites that the sympa-
thies of the first and second, ana
even the third generation go out to
the land of their ancestors; that Ger
man disloyalty charges in America
are an insult emanating from Eng
lish and French press agents; that
the Germans resent the fact that the
American press should have opened
its columns to such calumnies.
The book ext0ls the virtues and the
loyalty and the patriotism Of the Ger
man immigrant in America. 1t eulo-
gizes Won Steuben of Revolutionary
fame and the 100000 Germans who
rallied around the flag OF Abraham
Lincoln in 1861" while many English,
always fearful of Democracy, claimed
their rights as aliens to secure ex-
emption from service.
The book charges that the pro
English" press ignores these truths;
that the newspapers are permitting
the agents of the allies to use them
for their own ends.
One declaration read with special
stress by counsel for the defense,
which contends that the book, pub
lished in 1916, before America entered
the war, is not unAmerican or dis
loyal, states:
The Germans (of America) are for
America against England; they are
for America against Germany; they
are for America against the World
Contending counsel took turns in
selecting excerpts from the book,
which. were read to the jury. while
the court followed the progress OF
the tale from third volume. ,Coun-
sci on each side appeared to find
murh in the book that satisfied his
contentious. 1t is charged that John
II. Wishek was receiver for large
number OF these volumes, which were
distributed in Mcintosh county, ito
educate the people and make them
better citizens" said Mr. Wishek's law
partner, l. X. Mackoff, himself Rus
ian Jewish immigrant, born in Mos
COW, IS years ago; now an American
citizen, exempt from the draft for
physical defects. .......
The Wishek case, whose trial has
now occupied eleven days, probably
will 20 to the jury some time this
afternoon. John H. Wishek. the de-
PENDANT, is one OF North Dakota's
wealthiest men. He controls chain
of eight banks in Mcintosh and Logan
counties and one in Pollock, S. d.
He is a large landholder and has 9TH
er extensive interests. He came to
North Dakota as a pioneer from PENN
sylvania, where he was born. of
French and German parents. He has
represented his district in both houses
of the legislature, and was candi-
date at the primaries two years ago
for governor. .....