The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-06-12
/. Why We Fight
No.l
Beoause Cermany for Years Sought
30 Undermine Our Government
and Our Ideals
BY CLARENCE L. SPEED
Secretary Of the Val Committee of the
{ Union League Club Of Chicago.

We are fighting Germany for the
right to live our W lives as we see
at. We are fighting for our laws, our
ideals, our homes, our institutions.
But, how" n may ask, "were all
these things threatened by Germany
before the val started? It is easy to
see how they may be threatened now,
for II we are defeated we are lost, but
before the war started did Germany
menace those things we hold most sa-
cred?"
Let the Germans themselves answer.
After you have read the evidence out
of their W mouths, you may decide
whether or not Germany planned to up
set our institutions, our ideals, our very
mode of life.
In 1901 the National German-Ameri.
a alliance was formed in the United
States. In 1907 1t was Incorporated
by act Of congress. Its charter is
now being attacked in that same body.
One of the objects Of the alliance, as
officially announced, was ito check ma
tivistic encroachments." In other
words, to keep the Germans from be-
coming Americans. Another object
was ITO awaken and strengthen the
sense Of unity among the people Of
German origin in America"
'This alliance" its preliminary
statement of aims concludes, 'fs
pledged to bring its entire organiza-
ton to the support Of any state fed
Grafton which is engaged in the strug.
gle for any of these objects"
IT was pledged, in other words, to
have its members vote. not as individ-
u9ls, but as German controlled units,
for Or against anthing Of which
they didanot approve.
kaThe desire for resisting "%nativistic
encroachments," was particularly alb
h0rrent to American ideals, because
the effort in this country has always
been t0ikeep politics free from racial
oil religious influences. Yet here was
aEbody, proclaiming itself German in
origin and thought, seeking to perpetu-
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