The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-04-20

subsequently CAPTURED, condemned.
and shot as traitors. entitled Ger
many's martyre to Freedom" The
remnant Of the revolutionary army
about 7.000--escaped under my
fathers leadership into Switzerland
from the Prussians under Prince
william, afterward the first German
Emperor. Many Of them and their
families emigrated to America. u
The unification Of Germany under
the German Emperor. in 1871. was
/ realisation In part Of the hopes ~
the ''Forty-eighters." That u QaS
not complete may be sathers1 By
what my father wrote IN an article
in the International Magazine about
four years later. He said Of 0ermaay
that It was . great Empire and that
the long cherished hopes Of hss
patriots and martyrs" were realised,
at least in . great measure" and
that Germany was steadily pro-
crossing in the path Of political. So
cial. and religious REFORM" Again,
In 1897. few years before his
death, he wrote:
Germany will survive the storms
OF another centiry-great questions
involving its domestic and foreign
| policies, its social and economic con-
ditions. it, existing milltarism. the
status Of its common people-these
must be settled: they will and can
not be avoided bly, foreign opera
lions. by new burdens imposed on
the people. nor by the mere ipse dixit
Of power"
In 1902 the articles from which
this ID taken were published In Mann
helm. Baden. under the title "Denk-
wurdigkeitcn aus den Jahren. 1915
1s4s;" but the above paragraph Is
omitted.
There 10 prophecy in these words
that may come true. Trans Slgel had
not in SO years forgotten "militar-
ism," the status Of the common peo-
ple." Germany was united. powerful.
yes; but there were questions still
to be settled" not to be avoided by
foreign operations" by new burdens
Ito be imposed on the people," by
the mere ipse dixit Of power" Did
he not In old age dream the dreams
of his youth. even yet net. ksalised!
ibid No not stiil cherish for the Ger
Imam people. the CONNER people.
the hopes Of so years ago. and look
toward their ultimate realisationf
And u the present mot moving toward
such realisation!
|s-Ros sthe life Of Franz sigsl chow
I1hat hs had no hope for the relsase
% the German people from the ab-
solutism he combatsd In YOUTH
Would no not now stand true to his
lifelong convictions. true to the idesls
for which he fought on two conti-
nsnts. true y 4pseription upon
his tombste4e placed there At his
written rSoaest. IAN American Citi-
sen and SS(dier!" Would he not
array himself on the side Of Ameri-
CO In the struggle TO make the world
safe for democracy" His articls on
THE American Republic" In the In
tsrnational Magazine. auetsd abeve
concluded with the words: n
III there are any utt@alsss ~.
eialiy appropriate y ~ ssssat tax
before %. they ars thoss which!
breathe the spirit Of the stuS@x snd
heroic English sailer q TIE battle ~
| Trafalgar 20 apply Tie vseds -
Nelson 70 cur own 1ituatl ~
american Republic esooe(s tvssJ nAem
10 do hin duty" us
1 know he would 'Ssb6aA thsss
words today. II ~
In the fires Of thl Civil War the
North and South were weloo0 1nto
lone great union Of states, II III
fires Of the present war viii void The
many nationalities In our citiaensAlp
into one great cohesive uniQA q
nationalities. and burn away the "a.
Electives OF nationalism from Amor,
lcan." then will there be . national
profit that will more than balance ths
terrible sacrifices We shall b ~.
lquirsd 70 make.
| Where Do ". the sons Of men like
Grams Stssl and his companions IN
1.-THE struggle for liberty. stand! y
We are to bs true to them and III
ideals for which they fought. W
must stand today on the side q Am
ferica and freedom against the GeF'