The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-29

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PERPETUATING FOREIGNNESS.
The Tribune would recommend to the executive
committee of the North Dakota Council of De-
tense, in session today, close analysis OF Judge
Amidon's address in sentencing Rev. John Fon-
tana of New Salem. 1t seems apparent from At
torney General William Langers letter to Ger
he either has not read Judge Amidon's mastery
arraignment or that he takes open issue with the
jurst's thoroughly American stand in opposition
to "perpetuating foreignness"
Mr. LANCER has given the German parochial
school at Armenia permission to perpetuate for
eignness" in the name of religious liberty" Mr..
LANCER was born in America and educated here
and he owes everything that he has today to the
public schools and the universities of the adopted
land of his father.
1t is not necessary to insure religious liberty that
American children born in an American commune
ity be taught to worship their God in an alien
tongue. There is no more reason why American
born boys and girls in North Dakota should re-
ceive their religious instruction in German than
there is for teaching them to pray in Afghanisti.
These boys and girls must grow American souls
in their American-born bodies.
4 The North Dakota Council of Defense was Gre
ated to inculcate patriotism, to repress with firm
hand anything that savored Of disloyalty Stinl-
ulating thorough Americanization is the most i'm
portant service which could be expected from such
body in state so populated as North Dakota
is The council, in an effort to emulate the really
good work performed by similar bodies in many
other States did last spring authorize it's publicity
department to state that the teaching of German
in North Dakota schools would not be counten-
anced. An official statement to this effect was
carried in the councils plate service, and it was
copied and credited to the council in the official
bulletin of the department of education.
Then, at time when it appeared that this order
might cost the Nonpartisan league some German
votes, MIR. LANCER writes letter countermanding
the former order of the council and in an effort to
squirm out he places the blame for this one really
patriotic pronunciamento of the state council of de-
Tense upon Mrs. Clayton, bookkeeper in the en-
ploy Of the board. =.
If Mrs. Clayton was responsible for this order,
a fact which we very seriously doubt, then thank
God that one employee of the council Of defense
had sufficient patriotism and loyalty and courage
and lack of political self interest to take a firm
stand against the perpetuation of foreignness in
North Dakota.
The council says we must not freely criticise
German propagandsts or pro- Germanness. A
year ago, when the ]. w. w. was plotting the ruin
of North Dakota with money which the kaiser
supplied, Governor Frazier said we must not in
terfere with the l. W. W. It may next be made a
crime in North Dakota to speak disrespectfully of
the kaiser
GROW AN AMERICAN SOUL!
Governor Frazier, read Judge Amidon's address
to Rev. John Fontana, German preacher who
preached German prayed German, thought Ger
man and read his scriptures from German bible
presented to his church by the kaiser.
Remember, you men elevated to power by the
temporary majority of today, that some percent
age of those $4,000 brave boys who have gone to
France to fight for US will return some day, and
when they do they will bring you to the bar of
terrible judgment which will know no mercy for
those who in our own country in their absence
have aided in the perpetuation of foregnness.
Pershing's Patriots need your dollars; send 'em
across via the next Liberty Loan
Verboten will be an often used word at the peace
conference, and it will be used against German
militarism greed and rulers.
Because the Sinking senate fears the vote
more than the voice Of the people it hopes to put
off until after election day the passage of the war
profits tax law. 50