The evening herald., 1918-06-24

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OF the German government with an
equally vigorous plea for roo per cent
Americanism among mombcrs of the
American medical profession. pr Ar
thur Dean Bevan. VI Chicago. delivered
one Of the most eloquent presidential
addresses ever spoken lt % meeting Of
the American Medical association at
it's sixty-ninth annual session In chi
cBgo q few days ago.
HIS address. which is published In
the journal Of the American Medical
association. under the title ot The
organization OF the Medical profcs
sion for War" follows Boz part.
one Hundred Per Cent LOYALTY.
In organizing tho medical profession
Of this country FOR war there is one
fundamental and basic condition that
must be secured We, us profession.
must 40 INTO this war not only efficient
but We must go into % 100 per cent
loNnl l0O per cent American We are
40 war with q barharous and brutal
uutocra'y. The American people did
not want to enter the war. II was only
after the Imperial German government
had murdered our people and de-
stroyod our property aud treated our
repeated protests with contempt that
We prepared 60 defend ourselves
against Germany, as an Individual
must against murderer. highway
man, q thief We are at war with Ger
many and Austria. The Germans and
Austriaus who have chosen to make
this country their home must choose
between the land OF their birth and
America. the land In which their chill
drcn are born The choice with most
OF them has not been difficult They
have chosen their new home. the
birthplace Of their children. and these
men and women we accept gladly ah
loyal Americans. Hut there are FEW
who are disloyal and would siv, aid
ana comfort 10 tho enemy, and these
must hc sought out and intcrned whore
they can do no harm ltis the duty OF
every medical man and each county
medical society To assist the govern
ment in securing the arrest and in
ternment OF every disloyal member OF
tho medical profession,
There are in this country some Ger.
man medical societies, and attention Of
the government authorities should he
called TO these. They should be dis-
banded at once. We should not per.
init, now or In the future In this coun-
try any organizations that further
German propaganda. The wcrld has
had It's lesson with this monstrous
thing.
The International Fellowship Of
Science.
The American medical PROFESSION as
whole is more familiar with Ger
many and the German aud Austrian
people than is any other class Of our
countrymen, Thousands OF our med.
ical men have studied abroad In the
clinics ana laboratories OF Great Brit
ain and France of Germany and Aus
tria, OF Switzerland and Italy No other
class OF people in the world has felt
more fully the international brother
hood OF science than have American
medical men. They have regarded sci.
entihc knowledge and scientific dis.
coverics as the property not OF one
nation but OF tho world. They have
accepted the great discoveries. such as
Jenncrs Of vaccination. the American
discovery Of nuusthosia, the work OF
P3steur the great Frcnchman. the
work Of Lister the great Englshman.
the work OF Koch the great German.
the German discovery OF the roontgon
ray the French discovery Of radium.
the American discovery of the manner
Of transmission and means Of prevent =.
ing the spread OF yellow fever and
typhuS They have accepted these and
reioiced that those great discoveries
belonged not TO one nation or one peo-
pie, but wern contributions 70 the
great International science or medicine.
What effect has the War had on this
international fellowship OF science?
Our Attitude Toward the German
Medical Profession.
] believe we owe II az q duty TO our.
selves and TO the German medical pro.
fossion 10 state clearly the feelings and
position of the American medical pro-
fesson toward them We can never
again hold out 20 them tho right hand
~ the fellowship Of science until the
German people drive from power and
punish an they deserve the brutal and
hnrharoua autOcrauc government
which ~ responsible for this war and
has created in Germany government
OF the people, bv the people and for
the people No matter what doubt or
confusion there may have been az the
outbreak OF the war as 10 the guilt Of
the German government. the resronsi-
hility IL today fixed and definite. The
refusal To attempt peaceful settle
ment before hostilities began the out
rage Of belgium. tho invasion OF
France, the breaking OF All nterna
tional law the sinking OF the Lus-
tania. The evidence and revelations Of
the long prepared and world wide plot
Of Germany 10 dominate Europe and
the world by force OF arms. the eyi-
dence furnished hy the German am
hassador TO England, Pr, @ Lucknow