The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-16
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Americanism Rampant at Big
"a 2 Liberty Loan Rally Held
81 ss, by Society.
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srrJEERS ONLY FOR KAISER
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i Enthusiasm Rife When Colonel
ss lns Tells Of Germans Fighting
s iss.e in Allies Armies.
rJEERs ONLY FOR KAISER


,.fse Laederkranz Society Of this city In
mind for any part Of that army OF loyal
Germans which he pre- dteted would rise
TO his standard II ever this country went
I 70 war with him. the fallacy Of his
theory was shown last night when the
society received Col. Theodore Roos.-
| welt as It's principal guest and speaker
! ct Liberty Loan rally.
The society cheered every time the
Colonel inveighed against tho Kaiser
and Prussianism. and roared its APP
prevail whenever he said that milltarism
must be crushed. 1t cheered Capt.
Archie Roosevelt for minutes when It
discovered he was in the audience. and
4 shouted when Col. Roosevelt told Of the
Z military exploits OF soldiers of German
parentage. and even OF German birth,
fighting with the American forces.
( Col. Roosevelt was preceded by Will
h lam Forster, president of the society,"
R and by Ludwig Nissen, chairman OF its
\ Liberty Loan committee. Both OF them
1 made speeches which, geographically
. reported, would make dismal reading II,
Berlin.
Room for Americans Only.
litlOfIutu' Saiu WI tNocSS'SN
4 In opening his address, that YOU have
\ on the club flag 200 stars for the men,
I beers and the sons and neI:hews OF mem
4 bers who have gone into the army and
\ navy of the United States 10 battle be-
/, side our Allies under the American flag
I In this great war for Justice and for
/ freedom and for the right. Thereby you
/ have furnished the supreme test. for
I vitality important though 1t Is that we
"a. t.-t,g ali NhA Ath antt va
the most important of all the works. the
one absolutely essential work. is that OF
the fighting men at the front. and moth
] ing else can take its place. 1t Is our
business--the business OF the men and
women who are left behind--in every
way to stand back Of these men.
Therefore Il is our business TO put
through the Liberty Loan. The way to
[ accomplish work for the nation Is to do
| the thing that Is next, and at this lime
| the thing that Is next is to put through
the Liberty Loan and thereby to give,
! Uncle Sam the means of sending the
/ nmplest reenforcements to our men
overseas and furnishing them with the
cannon. the tanks, the airplanes and ma
chine guns Indispensable to their eff
cheney
"when this war Is through every
young man OF good health wro has not
Ocou III Inc army UT navy
hard to take part In the fighting will
have something to explain. and every
man and every woman who can raise IS
will have something to explain II he or
she has not taken part to some degree
in Ioaning to Uncle Sam the money n-c-
essary to carry on the war.
I'VE must nut this through as
3 speedily as possible. but we must be pre-
4 pared to fight II through, no matter, X
tat 10
4 our last dollar and to our last man
4 until we win the peace. Of overwhelming
i victory. And we should accept no peace
1 not based on the unconditional surrender
4 OF Germany and her vassal allies,
! -Our whole effort must be to bring
Germany to her knees and to put stop
l once for all TO her threat Of world do
4 minioi. and to do this we must insist on
l q unified citizenship here at home. There
1 is room in this country for loyalty for
4 one nag the American flag. and there
/ fore no room for loyalty for any other
\ flag-and still less for the black flag or
\ the red flag.
II English the Only Language.
l There is. room in this country for but
\ one language. and that must he the lam
\ guage OF the Declaration Of Tndepen-
|, dence and washington's Farewell Ad-
III
Il the English language. This must be the
h language taught in our schools and all
A other languages must be taught on an
n equality with each other and only as
h foreign languages 1t must ultimately
II be the language OF all our newspapers
n 1.-The language OF our clubs must he
\ English. am glad that the Lieder-
4 kranz should keep Its name. for l have
II always believed that the American club
II rnded by Americans of German de-
II scent offered the chance of a peculiar
II cultural ombination to American social
H life. and II is good to keep a sense Of
II historic continuity in these matters. But
II no such club can take the great part Ii
II should take in our LIE or do the good II
II ought TO do unless 1t admits freely Amer
4 leans OF any national origin into its
membership.
1.-THE infantry regiment to which two
/ OF my sons belonged has an extraordl-
Il nary record. Its Colonel Lieutenant
Colonel, three Majors and almost all the
ii Captains and Lieutenants were killed or
4 wounded. and the loss among the en-
listed men was equally great I happen
L to know about this regiment pretty we'll
L and think II Is a safe thing to say that
three-quarters or fou--tfths of the off,
GERS and men we're o; 'oreign parentage,
from Germany, Austria, the Scandina-
Wan and Slavonic countries and Italy
and elsewhere.
This Is an American war, waged by
the American people, and every man
here must act as an American and Moth
ing else, and II he so acts It is a shame
and disgrace not to treat him as an
American and nothing else"
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