New Britain herald., 1918-06-03
Danish LANGUAGE
OF HUN FROM i. S.
DR.. Rupert Would Drive Speech
From This Country

Continuing his campaign against
the use of the German language in
the United States, DR.. Julius Rupert
OF this city has written a letter to
the New York Sun in which he advo-
Gates drastic steps to Danish forever
the tongue of "Kultur.'' The letter
fellows:
My protest, published in The Sun
or May 7. against the teaching of
German in our public schools gets
every day more friends. For ma
tional reasons of great importance to
the present and future safety of our
country we must go further in our
we'll understood and from the Amer
lean point of view we'll justified en-
deavors to bar German from our
country and promote by all means
the spread and study of English.
Every true American must have
passion to see English take the place
Of German in the homes in America
where German is spoken. If he does
not he is ignorant of the power of
ones language or is camouflaged
American or a soft sentimentalist,
alias weaklng, in regard to national
policies.
One Of the articles of the German
national credo is that the position of
the Germans in the world depends
on the number of the people who
will talk in the future German.
One of the principal national aims
of Germany is to make her Kultur a
''Weltkutur" and her language a
"Weltsprache.'' For that purpose
they have great funds for German
schools and propaganda of German
fultur in foreign lands. What they
can't do by those means they hope
to impose by the might of their arms.
How much the Germans think of the
power of ones language shows plain
ly their cruel prosecution of the
Polish language in the provinces of
old Poland under German rule. Po-
lisn is the natives language, but it is
eliminated from schools, public life
ant. worship in German Poland.
What shall we do here? What we
co must be done we'll and at once
and by federal authority or action of
congress to make it nationwide.
Let us eliminate the teaching Of
German from public schools, private
schools and Sunday schools.
Forbid our public libraries to lend
to readers German books and our
city and state officials to spend pub
liz money for buying of German
books
Forbid the printing and sale of
German newspapers. If, as senti-
me ntalists claim, there are American
citizens who do not know English,
they must be ashamed of it. Such
ones need urgently English primers,
blu: certainly not German newspapers.
Forbid the use of the German
language at public meetings.
Make English the official language
of all societies and lodges.
Forbid in wartime the use of Ger
man in telephone conversation and
in kilograms.
An invitation ought to be sent to
all German churches to replace, when
and where possible, the German
language in worship by the English
as voluntary demonstration of loyal
Americanism. Confine the use of Ger
man to homes only and leave it OPP
tional with the German churches as
a language of worship.
All Teutons. subjects of the two
Kaisers are enemies of the Ameri-
car nation. Neither the hatred of
America by Germany will end with
the present war nor will the plans
and attempts Of the German nation
~ uOIul1ebIS lIS WOFlu emu with ner
first failure. The Germans will try
Ii again and again. The sooner we
realize that the struggle of Ameri-
canism against Germanism is going
to last for many years the better will
we be prepared to meet successfully
the many forms of German enmity
A passion for all things English in
the United. States is n aither hysteria
nor fanaticism nor silly hatred. It
is a healthy, vigorous national policy
and absolutely necessary for the flu
ture well being of our country. At
the end of this war we must have all
the melting elements of our country
melted into loyal Americanism, and
English must be the language Of
every home in the United States
JULIUS RUPERT, M. D.