Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-06-15
Languages In America


England fit discontinue the study
language given by the Newark Evening News as
why this country should slow eliminating the
study from the argued that after the will
Germany and it would be of decided ad
vantage be able speak and understand German
England all five of the principal European
been taught for time past This
natural England small island herself is actually part of
Europe closely related with all the European countries Under
standing different languages of Europe there as
knowledge of the languages of the different states of the United
would be here different language spoken IN each
But is significant England that the time allow
be half much for each OF
the other four German Spanish Italian and Russian
French has been the favored language in England
has been reduced that has advan
age over Spanish Italian and Russian.
beneficial necessary for England however, not
necessarily essential for the United States England
naturally upon things the light of her position part OF
Europe look things in the light OF
our being part o the American continent.
Taking North South America together there are but three
languages English Spanish and Portuguese Eng
land or any enlightened European country North
America instead of being Europe there not the slightest doubt
that Spanish and Portuguese would be the two foreign languages
study This especially when it is recognized
America where Spanish and Portuguese spoken Is to
world market for the next generation at least
PanAmerican movements foot, with Pres-
suggesting that the republics Of America get closer
Monroe Doctrine has brought them that
on in guaranteeing the territory of each nation as it now
plain knowledge of Spanish is Of the first import
people of the United States knowledge OF Eng
people South America Spanish to us what
French the English
But the having international language
French This upon the language of diplomacy Now
that greatest allies is particularly desirable
understand her language Spanish and French therefore, are the
two languages be emphasized in this country
enough believe that German to become
language after the German however will be confined
Europe and far knowledge of
concerned will be desirable in helping our
knowledge Dutch Danish Swedish Hun
garian Polish would be highly desirable if all of our
abs speak and understand the language OF the coun
which they accredited but as we cannot learn all Oh n
why not concentrate the two that will OF
greatest These two without doubt Spanish and
French with Portuguese close third.
this through the
influence of the past forty We know that was
the German propaganda laying the foundation for under
mining that when the kaiser ready he could
the easily obtain the mastery OF the world we ind the German
books that been studied by youth filled with admiration
for German ku praise Of the kaiser The German
has done everything within its to cultivate this German
influence schools the extent of exchanging professors
with for teaching universities These German professors
have with the definite purpose spreading Gemanm through
out this republic the German government well knowing that
the professors that sent Germany would act good faith
having propaganda motives would be harmless
Thank God awakened the danger before too
late The American nation is aroused and everything German be-
ing cleaned out without That the Germans realize this and
that is having its effect the civilian population of Germany
particularly the business world just the American troops
having their effect the German armies in the field evident from
following article recently published in the Konsche Vok
zeitung of the leading newspapers of Germany:
"Mr Wilson hopes to succeed in crushing the German
elements He will succeed The German press already
nearly crushed of existence in America The
part the The associa-
tions required strip themselves of all of Ger
many 1t is complete debacle.
at is unnecessary be pessmistic realize that the
consequences of European victories
balanced by the total of the losses have suffered in
America All this could have been forseen.
After the Germans will no longer be able to
America the Hamburg American and North German Lloyd
lines entered in the black book Shpbuldng yards and
offices have been sold, with the prohibition of resellng
Germany after the The American press speaks of for
bidding Germans buy shipbuiding yards 1t will be the
end of German transatlantic
Besides these maritime estates repre-
senting millions of dollars; stocks of "copper" nickel cotton
leather and chemical products have been seized utilized