The Nevada County picayune., 1918-05-30
noroerous Element Carrying On Campaign on This Side
 of the Ocean.
xuLIUR BOOSTERS ARE BUSY
u,i,.d States Is Honeycombed with Kaiser's Spies Who Are Respon- sible for the Many Grimes
 Committed.
BY EMERSON HouGH. ,e,or, the Committee on Public h. 1...atinn Washnoton. D. C.l

Al the tne oI tIlc tiNii wal ""S very young boy, but l still retain q sou memories of those days. l can rocal thp hzlre of q major, later my sabbath school teacher. He wore q block hat with gold cord, and car r,od very large and heavy sword. I .on reraU some of the old fife-and- ,,,,,u nuejc. l remember seeing the railway engine come in covered with orona-tbe train which bore tae news of thp assassination of President Lin- coln I can remember the fall of Richmond; my mother was ill in bed ot that time. and l remember that she sat up and pounded against the foot hoard of the bed with her two. hands sbe was 70 glad to believe that the end of the war was now at hand.
 I recall other and yet more somDer scenes. Ny father WAS in the recruit ing service under Gen. James B. Fry. I remember that during one of his visits home I saw him melting lead in the old l-ullet ladle in the kitchen stoye-he WIS running bullets for his rife, Two men of the recruiting serv- fee had been waylaid and killed by spies within the past week. It was thought that this next party from the department would also be waylaid. l can still remember the grim look on my fathers face as he cleaned his rife and ran the bullets for 1t.
 believe I got them my first touch of real hatred for an enemy. l learned then that q spy was about as bad as sny creature in the world ever could be. He had Killed without mercy. He was himself to be killed without mercy If need came for that.
 This country is honeycombed with German spies today. They are worse than any spies that ever nestled on this soil before. They do not lie low. They are a trife eXultant, trifle con fdent They always have been bla- tant, clumsy. awkward. from Bern stOrfT and his crew on down.
 Time for Drastic Action.
 What are we doing to take care of this dangerous element which is carry ing on the German war campaign on this side of the oeean? For a long tine we hav" remained as awkward, s as clumsy. and as blatant as they themselves. We have had before our eres always the somewhat sacred image of the American melting pot God save the mark We have retained the belief that any man who kneeled down and Sethcd on shiphoard when he first saw the Statue of Liberty-T believe tl9i is the correct description ofit-was hl some miraculous process at once made ulo an American.
 There has been a certain pacifist SentimentlH43e tAc stronger by cer- tain poIitIeal feeling. which has been afraid 10 aHfaganlze the German ele- ment in AHerlca, spies or not sptes great many peaceful gentlemen have 'housh' thatwe oueht not to declare war on a country iH nart owned hy some of ogr eiliaenrt-it might hurt the feelias- ef such men. And has the anen hot s7b5d before the justly eel eorafed Statue of Liberty in the mar rows below Manhattan? And is he uOl' therefore an American?
 oh the day when the Lusitania was 9"iih went home with newspaper LII my hand. pretty much a-tremble my o"h self at the thought of all those "oneh and hahjeS-it Is hard thing " 'olN Of even yet We ought not, I suppose ta eall to mind that Lust .a'iia medal struck In Germany-ought uo' to recall Ge7nany's exaltation over r'e ioul murder of those little ones. t 'upl"Se If sounds vengeful to say .+a' We ought to wash that out deep . s"1 oeep, S9 long aS there Is any Ger '1Sa oi thlS soucration left alive. m Du' ao You really think that Ger 1anS ola hot lHdorse that deed? Do ss I 'e'liE think the Germans on this s,ue oi the Water-a great many of '-aid ma not sympathize with Ger "uy m that act? Let me mention one little fact:
 vi" ""en ! stepped into the elevator l na " my newspaper in hand showed wh @ great black headlines to the man Ia sas running the elevator-he Is n,., sooq GoEuaa-Amerlcan, has been bos '"''zed ', as an Amerjcan citizen. m.n, nYea in this country for Il great And ', years speaks very good English. oSos,, nus ai"aYS been held quiet and 9e,ul e sort of man.
 lInos 'n .,, ne said, looking at the head yot =, peF 1os warned, vosn't dey? '0' made dem sail"
 Wolf in sheep's Clothing.
 \ Ams., Mo% the point is that this German Koiso.s actually thought that the prn, VI "ermany had the right to on t demand in New York daily Ing sn. nofAing that ship sailed, warn Seas o. people not to take to the high l thon.sa4. s4oat their business. He really |kiD,qsght that Germany was rigbt ,n
 T1Is those women and ,hildren.
 not oh, iaen vas a servant cou,d siuply ae sa,i hln nor argue with hIm. I