The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-04-25

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righted. 1918, American Defense So
ciety.)
kaiser are not yet aware of it, but the
crimes of Germany have given a death
blow to the tongue of the Hun in the
United States. Many weakened
board of education will for time lin
ger shivering on the brink, but the
doom of the language Of brutal con-
quest and frightfulness is now as
firmly fixed as the rock of Gibraltar
From all American schools the tongue
of the Hun must CO.
No profundity of wisdom is neces-
sary in forecasting the future If the
grown-ups of America held the deci-
sion, the German language might lin
ger on for several years, before 1t
disappears from all American schools.
But in the final showdown that will
settle the question. the oldsters will
have nothing to say at ALL 1t is the
youngsters Of the land who will de-
eide the question of German continu-
ance, because they, and they alone,
will decide whether or not they wish
to learn language that from corner
to corner Of all America north of
Mexico is useless, hated and scorned.
Does anyone for one moment seri-
ously believe that American boys and
girls are going to elect to study
language that Is blacklisted?
Will Shun Language.
Will even the boys and girls of
German born parents deliberately
choose to learn language that will
cause them to be ostracized when
ever and wherever they speak it in
public? Not on your life! Sensitive
boys and girls are not fond of jibes
from their best chums, and Of etern-
ally explaining and apologizing for
something,
The true character of the German
governments subtle propaganda for
power in the United States appeals to
the imagination. 1t makes every Am
erican who hears Of It hot under the
collar; for Of all things that every
can really hates, treachery to his
home and his children comes first. The
subtle poison of the German text
books that so deftly have been slip
ped into thousands Of American
schools. and paid for by loyal Ameri-
cans, is now getting thoroughly nibbed
into the public eye; and the reaction
is not going to be pleasant to the man.
ipulators Of those kaiser-ridden books.
The American resents being fooled by
people whom he has trusted.
Predicts Trade Boycott.
The whole United States rapidly is
swinging into line for a trade boycott
of Germany after the war. Each day
this determination breaks into view in
new place. The growth of this SEN
timent during the last six months has
been marked. Four months ago,
against future business with the Huns
pledging boycott of all German
goods, returned to us with some of
the more drastic clauses crossed out
Today all that is changed. Nothing
is crossed out; and the only changes
made are those that pledge sterner
measures than we proposed. Already
Davis Strong and I have many hun
dreds of these signed cards, chiefly
from total strangers, and the Ameri-
can Guardian society Is now an ac-
complished fact.
OF course, certain number Of sor
did near Americans always will buy
German goods in preference to those
of ours or our allies when thereby
they can save a few cents; but the
millions will boycott Germany after
the war. for many years to come. How
can it be otherwise, with the most
dastardly and contemplate people on
earth? After the war, the Hun and
the Turk will get no commercial
treaties from us or our allies. with
most favored nation" clauses and all
America, as we'll as our allies, will
condemn those dirty fighters and MUIR
derers to live and trade in a hell of
their own.
schooIboys Refuse Hun Language.
Any board Of education that thinks
to perpetuate the Hun language in its
public schools merely advertises It's
own incompetence to judge events and
people. Let them learn lesson from
the schoolboys of Elk River, Mimi,
who last week struck, en- masse,
against the teaching of German in
their school, The educator who
thinks that a repulsive and hated dead
language can be showed, willy nilly,
down the throats of young America
no matter what his parentage may be
has lesson in store for himself.
The foreign languages now most
needed in American schools are Span
ish, Portuguese and French; and the
quicker our schools get at them the
better! Within two years or less
million American commercial houses
will need these languages in their
huoinaSc Anarioans must learn Snan-