Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-06-06
WHAT The GERMAN
DOCTRINE MEANS
Dangerous Element Carrying On
Campaign on This Side
Of the Ocean.
United States 10 Honeyeombed with
Kaisers Spies Who Are Respon.
sibis for the Many Crimes
Committed.
~ EMERSON HoucH.

~ EMERSON HoUcH.
(From the Committee on Public In.
formation, Washington, D. CO.
At the time Of the civil wal I was
q very young boy. but I still retain a
few memories Of those days. l a
recall the figure Of a major, later my
Sabbath school teacher. He wore a
black hat with a gold cord. and al
RED a very large and heavy sword. l
can recall some Of the old ffe-and.
drum music. ! remember seeing the
railway engine come in covered with
crepe--the train which bore the news
Of the assassination Of President Lin.
coin. can remember the fall Of
Richmond; my mother was Ill in bed
at that time, and I remember that She
cat up and pounded against the foot
board Of the bed with her two hands,
she was SO glad to believe that the
end Of the val was now at hand.
I recall other and yet more sonber
scenes. My father was in the recruit
ing service under Gen. James B. Fry.
I remember that during one Of his
visits home I SOW him melting lead in
the old bullet ladle in the kitchen
stove-he was running bullets for his
rife. Two men Of the recruiting serv-
ice had been waylaid and killed by
spies within the past week. 1t was
thought that this next party from the
department would also be waylaid. /
can stlll remember the grim look on
my fathers face as he cleaned his
rifle and ran the bullets for 1t.
l believe I got them my first touch
Of real hatred for al enemy. I learned
then that a spy was about US bad MS
any creature in the world v could
be. He had killed without mercy. He
was himself to be killed without mercy
II need came for that.
This country Is honeycombed with
German spies today. They are worse
than any spies that yer nested on
this soil before. They do not lie low.
They are n trife e%xultant. a trifle con-
ddent. They always have been bla-
tant, clumsy. awkward. from Bern
rtorf 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 ocean? For a long
time we have remained as awkward,
a. clumsy. and rs blatant as they
themselves. We have had before our
eyes 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 sobbcd on shipboard when
he first saw the Statue Of Liberty
believe that Is the correct description
Of twas by some miraculous process
at once made into an American.
There has been a certain pacifst
sestiment, made the stronger by a Ger
tan political feeling, which has been
ayruid to nntagonize the German ele-
'nent In America, spies or not spies.
A great many peaceful gentlemen have
thought that we ought not to declare
war on a country in part owned by
come Of our citizenry-it might hurt
the feelings Of such men, And has the
alien not sobbed before the Justly Gel
ebrated Statue Of Liberty In the mar
rows below Manhattan? And 10 he
not, therefore, M American?
On the day when the Lusltnnia was
sunk I went home with q newspaper
in my hand. pretty much a.tremble my
own self at the thought Of all those
women and bnbies-it IL q hard thing
to talk Of even yet. We ought not. !
suppose, to call 10 mind that Lusi'
tania medal struck in Germany-ought
not to recnll Gcrnany's e~xaltation over
the foul murder Of those little ones.
I suppose II sounds vengeful to say
TINT we ought to wash that cut deep
and deep, 80 long as there Is any Ger.
Imnn of this generation left alive.
But do you really think that Ger
many did not indolse that deed7 Do
you really think the Germans on this
side Of the wAter-a great many Of
thcm-did not sympathize with GET
many III TINT nct3 Let me mention
one little fact:
When I stepped into the elevator
with my newspaper in hand I showed
the great black headlines to the mar
who was running the elevator-hc Is
a good Ger7nnn.Amcrican, has been
nnturnlixed a. nm American citizen
has lived 10 this country for a great
mnny years. speaks very good English,
and has always been held q quiet md
useful sort Of mnn.
"vell." he said, looking at the head
lines. "Dey vos warned. vosn't dsyf
vot made dem salt"
Wes Ii shssp's Clothing.
Now the point 10 TINT this German.
American actually thought that the
Xniser Of Germany lind the right to
print . demand In q New York daily
on'the morning that ship sni,ed. warn.
Ing our people not to take to the hlgh
seas about their business. He really
thought TINT Germany WIS right IN
killing those women and children.