The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-03-21

is guilty of violating the laws of his
country; and the violation of war
legislation constitutes treason in the
governmental legal practice of every
country on the globe"
His next proposition was: 81 don't
think it was right to send our boys
outside of the boundaries of this
country"
"That statement" I assured him,
''is fool statement, unworthy of your
Judgment and common sense. You are
| Just making it for effect, not because
you believe it. We are at war with
the most INSCRIPTIONS, and savage
hierarchy in existence and the idea
of waiting for them to bring the hor-
rible savagery of their mode of war
fare to us instead of carrying the war
to them is too idiotic for the con-
sideration of a man with two grains
of sense"
His statement was: "Do you know
that this war is carried on in a
grossly extravagant manner? that it
costs seven times more to maintain IN
American soldier than il does Ger
man, French, English, Italian Or
Austrian soldier?" My answer to this
was, 81 don't know or care a continent
tai for it is worth seven times more.
Ny theory is that Americans whose
sons are at the front, instead of de-
string how little can be spent on our
boys, desire that our country spend
as much as possible to safeguard and
care for them"
After my friend had set forth his
views I put this question to him di-
rectly: "You, of course, realize that
this nation is at war with Germany.
One of these nations must win and the
other must lose. The nation that
winners will dictate the terms of peace.
Which would you prefer; that Ger
many would win and have a kaiser
peace imposed upon us, or that the
United States should win and join
with the allies in debating a peace
insuring a permanent peace guaran-
teeing the small nations the right to
Independent existence and making the
world safe for democracy and demo-
cratic institutions
Rising to his feet and with flashing
eyes he fairly shouted: Rather than
see kaiser peace. foisted on this
country and America Germanized and
Junkerized, old as I am, I would
shoulder musket and fight the
kaiser's legions anywhere in the
world, OR in hell" ~
"Well," I informed him, "you are
true loyal American and you have
never found it out"
Whether it was the result of word
fest g. net cannot say, but The
local banker informed me that the
next morning after the visit my
friend called at the bank and pur-
chased two thousand dollars worth of
Liberty Bonds and subscribed fifty
dollars to the Red Cross.
This is the true test of loyalty, if
man desires to see Germany win this
war and dictate peace terms to the
United States, and by written or
spoken word, action or in any way
contributes to such result he is dis
loyal and traitorous to this nation and
should be denied the rights of citizen
ship and interned as dangerous alien
enemy. If he heartily and soulfully
wants to see the United States of
America win and in CONJUNCTION with
the Allies dictate world peace found
ed on honor and fairness and Justice
to all the belligerents, and is willing
to do all in his power to bring about
such result, he is true loyal citizen
of this Republic. This is the only
full true test of loyalty, and any at
tempt by anyone to set up any other
standard is false and misleading.-F.
M. E.