Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-26
REMOVING THE HYPHEW
A DELICATE OPERATION
From the London mines,

From the London Times.
James Kelley gave an address at q
meeting OF the Overseas club in which
he described the attitude Of the people
of n United States towards the war,
and the means by which German pro-
poganda had been carried on i'll tho
states.
Mr.. Kelley said that he left America
when a flood tide of blood lust was
sweeping through the country, when
the period of indccisiOn and vacillation
was past, and a spirit of determination
to XIII Germans prevailed. 1t was re-
allied that only by killing Germans
could the war be won, and the more
killed the shorter would be the war.
The exhaustion of man power in the
United States would never arrive.
There were 100000 boys over here
now. and before the SHOWS fell there
would be another 1000, 900: the stream
of men would run so long as it was
necessary to convince the Germans that
they could not win.
The awakening of America cane
with the floating of the Third Liberty
Loan. to which there were 5000. 900
subscribers. Nj first two loans were
taken up mainly by bankers and bust
ness men,; the third in which it might
be SAID some $4,000. 0no people actually
participated, was subscribed for by ar
tisans. laborers, servant girls. and all
classes. This was in addition to the
many millions collected for the Red
lief funds. An his wealth was at tho
service of the world for this world
conflict. The 1,0O0.0 900 mon, as they
looked at the statue of Liberty. sank
the refrain. We won't get back till it's
over, over there" They came to finish
struggle. There had been a revolution
IN America, and changes such as the
world had never before seen had been
accepted without protest. They had in
the past prided themselves on isola-
ton from European alliances and dis
yet they had allowed CONSUMPTION
without any real protest and agreed
to heavy taxation for this war.
1t had not been an easy road for the
nation and President Wilson to travel.
There were 15,0O0,0 900 Of Germans and
Austrians In America; they had come
through open gates with other nation
alities. Hundreds Of thousands came tn
America to escape the very thing that
Germany was now trying TO put round
the neck OF the world, and he was sorry
to say that some OF these men and
what America had lone for them, had
done all they could to destroy the land
that ave them shelter and the oppor-
tuntty to live in freedom and pros
perity. The hardest job of America had
been u surgical me the removal OF the
hyphen, the little dash that stood for
so much difference between American
and German. But the operation was
being performed; some of the pa
tients would recover some would not,
and those who went would have them
selves to blame and be no great loss.
n hyphen. that bar sinister, was at
n basis OF the German propaganda,
which began long ago. and language
and education were two salient factors
In the propaganda.
Things had undergone a revolution in
America. There were internment camps
and prosecutions. and a 100000 men
and women were voluntarily listening
and watching in the interest of justice.
1t was not wise in America to EXPRESS
sympathy with Germany. Loungers
were being rounded up, manpower was
not going to be wasted, and a. nan was
not going to be allowed to waste his
power. The American people were go
ing to be the avengers of the murders
OF the Lusitania passengers, Of Edith
Cavell, of Captain Fryatt. and of the
horrors committed by Germans in Bel
GUM, France. and Serbia: they were
coming as on q crusade; they would
force Ii day of atonement.
If n thing did not come out of This
the war would be short of success.
II blood-brotherhood did not form and
grow out of this joint shedding of
blood In the renches the triumph would
be in vain. Every drop of that blood
should be n red seal on the charter of
liberty. We were going to win, the
goal was in sight. The most critical
time was ahead, when the peace dele
gates got their legs under the table.
What we had to 10 was to create u Joint
opinion hat would ensure the victory
that was coming; it nus be underwrit-
ten by a perfect understanding between
the two races. In the words OF the
German propagandists, Nationality and