Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-04
cal s GERMAN SCHOOLS
HOT HOUSES or SEO|T|ON
GO Per Cent Of the Teachers Are
Traitors, is Charge Of Ex-United
States Senator Young.

Use of German as an educational
medium in the schools of this country
was condemned in resolutions adopted
TODAY by the AUGMENTATION conference
with the recommendation that the practice
be stopped by legislation, after former
United States Senator Lafe Young, of
Des Moines, had told the conference that
there are 900 private schools in the
northwest where nothing but German is
used and the' sessions are closed each
day with the singing of Deutschland
Ueber Allies
The disclosures by Mr. Young and
r. III. Metcalfe, former heutenant-goy-
ernor of Nebraska, as to the educational
conditions IN the northwest came as n
shock TO the representatives of State
councils of defence and governors from
other sections of the United States taking
part IN the meeting. and their words
served as an incentive 10 insure the
adoption of the committees report.
Statements made by the two speakers
were:
Kidding the legislative halls OF the
country o, men Ike la Toilette would he
rs beneficial to the cause of America as
the dc eat 81 an entire German division.
Ninety per cent o. the teachers IN
these German schools are traitors There
are 100 schools IN Nebraska where the
children have never sung the Star
Spanglcd Banner.
Three counties IN Nebraska where
the school children sing the national
anthem ol Germany each day
Investigation IN Nebraska showed q
public school with an attendance oi only
! Two children. whilea German school within
"A stones throw had All enrolment nt
tlirtv-threc
i ri is high time said Mr. Young
| Tor this country 90 take steps To end
| The most insidious form Of German
| propaganda which IS bringing many
children up in schools where they hear
nothing but German, IN schools where the
| session each dan is closed with the sing
inc of "DcntSchland cher Allcs and
! "nic Wacht am Rhcn' is better known
than the "Star-Spangied Banner In
| these same schools and there arc thou
sands az thcm IN the northwest. text
| books lrc used that paint and advertise
tho German emperor rs a great man
| There are textbooks that are printed IN
| German, whirh give the impression that
| Germany is "A great free country like our
own. thing that has not been SO tor
I hundreds of wears.
The newspapers printed in German
arc supporting and ahc;tlng this in
sidiou~ propaganda. and il | had my
way every publication ~ that tongue
would he abolished Immediately Not
only are they preaching the gospel Of
the kaiser, btIt they arc doing their share
| il enabling the naturalzcd politician 10
! keep his control over the voters.
/ In tins respect Canada has been much
wiser than this country There no Ger
man. whether naturahzed or not has
the right Of suffrage in any election. am
| speaking ~ wild-cycd patriot now, for
| the great majority of the inhabitants
! of this country are being camoufaged
| through the freedom which the propa-
gandist4 have III my opinion 30 per
| cent Of the teachers in these German
! schools in the northwest are traitors.
and my platform At this time IS one
language, one flag, one country and one
God.