Sharp County record., 1918-05-31
NhyWe Fight
81. cernany for Year: Has
a1cIjnf Secret, Treschef'
~ War on u

6eep, underlying reasons
& 6lplomatic pretext-wny
81 tar with Germany is that
,sneratIon Germany has Deen
war on US. Germany has
\ ~ - not openly, bravely or
)sns1y' buf secretly, treacherousiy
srsIetenlly. She has sought TO
rece dlscord, to corrupt and de,
roiiucians and officeholders' ana
D,,ste separate German communi-
.,tSIn o1r borders. She has poi
~ minds Of children IN our
~ 4 81 endeavor to make Ger
X them instead Of have them
rs into loyal American citizens
)hss invaded the sacredness OF the
M ifself II an endeavor to corrupt
raonle through the very leaders
lnoraIify TO whom they are accus-
M 10 look for guidance.
lheue may be startling assertions
NAV are all true, as you shall see
he documents Of the Germans
Iuselyes. We all knew that 1t was
Ierman neet which stripped for ac'
when Dewey sailed into Manila
We all knew 1t was the Germans
\ soushf to bring about a European
,nce orainst US when we were en-.
Il IL {howar with Spain. Few OF
rslaIsod however, that all these
Ne jerIdony has been busy within
own orders, through editors,
cberu and preachers, seeking to
X down our national unity, so that
X the tine came 1t would be easy
defeat TIE United States in open
fare. to BET at naught our cherish
Monroe doctrine, and to seize, In
|. WeStern hemisphere. anything
the land grabbing rulers of the
man empire might desire.
he climax Of Germany's under
.ded war on the United States came
1918, more than year before the
brtak 81 hostllities In Europe. This
I the ENACTMENT Of what is known
the Delbruck law, which provides
L II an emigrant from Germany
b Il about to be naturallzed makes
Dlication to a German consul, he
y retain his German citizenship
ID after be has become a citizen OF
4 adopted country.
b pl0in words, this law, and the ap'
caHon a It, mean just this:
I German goes into court In this
l1lyy ind solemnly foreswears al
dadco 10 the kaiser and pledges
Vor ihe temptation was to say,
00nor' THAT he will become q 10y.
iSo1 0k the United States. Then
|IDU around to the German consul
oayos
'4ou know I didn't mean that, al
J. Those Americans are easy marks,
4 they koll for that stuff right Off,
1 you juot put me down on your list
I good. loyal German, and II the
70 evoc ZONES when I can prove It,
! cou count on me-"
% The Qorman consul puts his name
wu n TIE little card index Of which
0erlnons are 80 fond, and this
n, -thio creature who swears al
denco To the country which gives
. a. opportunlty to make a real liv'
and to become somebody In this
nd, md at the same time swears
lFetly to be true to Germany--is
|ned loose to work his will, while
nerlcans 20 carelessly about their
1lness and refuse to see the danger
the arrangement.
Long before the passage Of the Del.
Ack law, there was formed the We
y fur dos Deutschtum I'm Ausland---
J Union Tor Germanism In Foreign
nde' This organization, officially
|torgQ n Germany, issued a quarter.
inaeol|re, which, In Its very FIRST is.
:. q outlined Its aims as follyvs:
1ho pQrpose Of this union Is the
eseryotIon and promotion Of the
'rnan|on Of over 90,000,000 people
0efpon blood dwelling outside the
'rman cmplrc," All II aims to do,
y ece, Y 10 keep Germans who come
sn's country frsm becoming Amerl.
Away back In 1890 the Alldeutsches
rpeno or the Pan.German kague,
y formed, II now consists Of 2Bs
Apser1 q which two now are-or at
IN wore Immediately before the war
uo United States, one In New
ouQ one In San Francisco, To
" rom the Alldeutsche Blatter, its
NJ publlcatlon, "the Pan.German
\ S1e Founded for promoting Ger
i Conol interests, both In Ger
~ ono In foreign lands"
IN thinking Americans knew
ne whot was coming--what
But America, os q whole,
Y Y ng In that corelessness and
" I Q1ee with which II treats all
Y unpleasont, and allowed this
!. !na 2 var on our most soered lnstl,
'onl to continue unchecked
y !. ucrmony stands today with one
}. J. ou \ Iprostrotc Belgium and the 9th.
% mo neck OF poor deluded Rus.
win u bayonet planted In the