The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-03

Discovering recently that friend Of
mime In Newark had gone on the
bond" of q German who was thus per-
mttted to continue business within the
intea dicted zone of the New Jersey
metropolis, voiced my establishment.
~Oh, know" he said, you've
heard me declare that every German
% potential spy and not to DE
trusted, and I haven't changed my
opinion; but this man is different"
"How7" / asked. Hes German,
he's been in the country. as you admit,
for fourteen years without ever hav-
Ing thought to prove himself good
citizen by becoming naturalized, and
well. how Is he different"
Elm lots of ways. He has neglected
becoming a citizen, admit; but that's
a mere detail, and besides he's really
a better citizen than many man l
know who can vote. AS for any risk
on my part In going voucher for him,
don't be alarmed-he's not that kind.
He keeps away from other Germans.
belongs to none of the German socie-
ties, he bought a number of liberty
bonds and Joined tha Red Cros4
You don't need to worry about him
he's different. / am telling your
To celebrate the kaiser's birthday
-
try, on January 26 set fire to ship
yards and munition plants In various
parts of the United States. among
them a big nlaut in Newark. Two
dozen arrests were made in connec-
ton with the Newark disaster, after
soldiers had been fired on by men
they discovered running away from
the spots where. fire had broken out
One of the two dozen Germans ar
n - mr.
whom my trusting friend had vouched,
because he was different"
A concern manufacturing torpedo
parts retained a German in an i'm
portant department OF manufacture.
This man was German, and although
he had been in the country many
years he had never become citizen
His Affiliations remained Teutonte, as
was proved by the fact that his son,
on gaining maturity, had elected to
become citizen OF Germany rather
than avail himself of the opportunity
TO be an American under the law In
such cases. On the outbreak OF val
the son, for certain suspicious actions
was among the first Germans TO DC
informed by our government
But the Arm employing his father
kept the older man on. He was an
expert In gyrosco pes, a quiet. unassum
ing person Inc 1loSL Careful scrutiny
of his conduct failed TO reveal anything
untoward in 1t. He did not affiliate
with other Germans. he invested In
liberty -honds-he, too, was different
a Young lieutenant In the navy. sta
toned at the works of this plant. dis
covered that 3itaAy important parts
of the steering apparatus of torpedoes
rad been "nxed emery being intro
duced into the bearings and the
necauntsnl otherwise fooled with sc
hat ms torpeaoes not only would be
defective in their working but might
even turn around and destroy the
YER. ship that had discharged them
The treaehery OF fixing the me
chaafsfn was traced to the quiet little
German expert who was SO differ
emit
The papers. the other day, reported
that eight privates had. after investl-
CATION by the secret service. been dis
charged from duty as soldiers al one
of the national environments and twC
OF the group informed. They were al
young men born in this country, the
sons Of German parents. but no hint
OF their lack OF patriotism for tht
United States had been apparent
when they were taken into the army
They also were different" from he.
Germans. So they were trusted -til
they were caught doing things
II will be noted that in almost every