The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-05


had to give their evidence thr,
an interpreter, and as you look
ed at them there was written al
over every one Of them: Mad,
in Germany That mark stand!
there today as bright and a.
fresh as the inscription on a new
coin.
Who ,s 70 Blame?
81 do not blame YOU cntinued tn:
court. II blame myself blame my
country. We urged you to come; we
welcomed you; we gave you opportun
ity; we gave you land; We conferred
zenship and then we went away and
left you.
WE have paid almost no attention
to what you were doing, and now the
world war has thrown a powerful
searchlight upon us and we find all
over the United States Little German
les. Little Austrias, Little ltalv's, Lit
tie NOrways and Little Russias
These people have thrown c!rcls
around themselves and instead Of
keeping their oats to grow American.
souls they have cherished and perpet-
uated everything foreign.
"The figure of my country stands be.
side you today, and 1t says to me don't
blame this man alOne-I am partly to
blame. Punish him for mis- offense
but let him know there is a new era
coming in punish him to teach him
and the like of him and I'll who have
been misled by him and MS like that
a change has come and that there
must be an Interpretation anew Of
the oath of allegiance. 1t has heen
nothing in the past but !! formula OF
words-it must in the future he madc
living characters, incorporated in the
heart OF every foreigner who comes to
us seeking citizenship They must be-
gin at once. all over again. TO cherish
American thoughts. American history
and American ideals
Must Live Americans.
THAT means something to be done
in your daily life, not simply that you
won't take up arms against the Units
ed States or that you will fight for
the United States if it goes to war. 1t
means you will live for the United.
States and cherish and grow an Amer
lean soul. 1t means you will take
down from the walls of your home the
picture of the kaiser and hang in it's
place a picture of Washington; il;
means you will take down your pic.
lures of Bismarck and put in their
places pictures OF Lincoln. 1t means
that you will speak the American Ian,
guage, sing American songs, study
American history and open your eyes
through every avenue to influences OF
American life. 1t means you will be-
gin first of all to learn English, the
language of your country, so there will
be windows and doors through which
American life, and American ideals
may enter. ,
Must Get About It.
Because the task is difficult is all
the more reason why you should get
about it. II half the efforts had been
put forth in these foreign communal
ties to build up American life that
have been put forth to perpetuate for
eien life. the situation would have
been entirely different You have vio-
lated your oath of allegiance in th,s,
that you have cherished foreignness
and have tried to make it everlasting.
That is the basic wrong Of these thou.
sands of little islands of f0reigpness
spread over our country, that instead
of trying to- drive out foreign life
and build up. Americanism. they have
striyen studiously for years to stifle
American life and to perpetuate for
eignness.
This Must Stop.
1.-THE object of these proceedings In
this and other courts is to give notice
that this must stop. l see before us
another day Of judgment When we
get through with this war and our CIV
IL liberties are made safe once more
on this earth this day of judgment is
coming. Foreigners and foreign insti-
tutiOns which have cherished foreign
ness are going to be brought to the
bar There is going to be a separa'
ton of the sheep from the goats. Ey.
cry institution that has been engaged
in this business of making foreignness
perpetual will have to cease
II can understand that the use OF a
foreign language may be necessary
for time in church attended by
foreigners. but it should be used as a
| temporary eypedient. not as perman
ent institution. No. freedom foi
the press will protect perman
ent foreign press. This temporary sit
uati0n must be made as temporary a.
oossible. not, as in the past, as neal
perpetual IS possible.
To Revoke Rights.
"IF 1T IS NECESSARY WE WILL
CANCEL EVERY CERTIFICATE OF
NATURALIZATION IN THESE UNIT
ED STATES. The federal government
has power to deal with that situation
and it Is going to deal with 1t with .
firm hand"
| -ery ". s. S.
u S. FLEET UNDER
| BRITISH COMMANDER
lBy Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
London, Aug Admiral Sims haf