The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-23

The United States is fighting sec
ond War for independence, according
| to President Harry Pratt ludson. or
the University of Chicago. In real
| ity, this war on the part of the UNIT
ed States is, in the first place. a wal
of self defense and, in the second
place, war for the defense OF all
the other democracies of the world"
lie declares in the first OF the Uni
versity of Chicago War Papers. is
sued from the press Of that univers-
ity.
I'VE are dealing with vast, world
wide conspiracy which has for it's end
the subversion in the long run OF the
liberty of practically every free nd
ton. and which means, IL the conspH'
acy succeeds, the overthrow OF the
independence of the United States,
says DR.. Judson. THE war in It's
essence Is world wide piFatical at
tack by Germany on nations which
have what Germany wants. Germany
means to get those things without
regard to the method We have learn
ed that there is a scheme. the result
of decades of careful and elaborate
planning, for subjecting the entire
world to the domination of the Ger
man empire. This is a scheme for
Selling coveted lands and coveted
| dominion in every quarter ca H.
globe. Even should the submarine
policy itself be withdrawn, it would
BE fTfsife sss1:~Ms to put astt'p 's's-ser,
tiles. We must stay in the fight un-
til these deeper causes are destroyed,
and until there are adequate occur
tiles against their early recurrence.
A government which peaceably sub
mits to such outrages would have
and would deserve to have the con-
tempt Of the world"
President Judson finds numerous
indications that Germany was plan
ming a world war well in advance OF
the European outbreak. Calling at
tention to an act of the German
parliament in 1913, he says:
I'VE find the world covered by a
network of German intrigue. When
immigrants come to the United
become naturalized citizens, we ex-
pect them to give their absolute and
unquestioned loyalty to the country OF
their choice. They take an oath of
allegiance distinctly foreswearing al
legiance to the country of origin.
This principle of transfer of alleg
lance has been recognized in treaties
between the United States and the
North German Union, the predecessor
of the German empire. Yet in 1913
the German parliament passed an
act providing that Germans who be-
come naturalized in another country
need not lose their German national
character They may file their de-
sire to retain that national character
with the proper German officers, and
with the consent OF the German con-
sui they may be regarded as still re
naming in all respects Germans.
After that they may then go through
the porcess of naturalization, and in
SO doing distinctly perjure them
selves.
1T was believed that by that meth.
cd there would be in other countries
a body OF Germans ostensibly of thosa
countries who yet would be primarily
loyal tc the country of origin, and
could be counted on to Influence the
country Of their home politically in
favor Of Germany. and In case Of war
be counted on actually to join the
German empire. Indeed, 1t was be-.
lieyed confidently that in case Of
war between Germany and the Unit
ed States there would be German
insurrection in the central western
states"
These beliefs President Judson
thinks are entirely erroneous. But"
he adds, "in this act of 1913. which
was to take effect January 1, 1914
we can see plainly the intent, not OF
the pan-German union alone, but OF