New-York tribune., 1918-02-25
Bill to Intern All
Enemy Aliens Is
Urged on Congress
American Defence Society
Favors Method Adopted
by England
Stdf Co7.responGencel

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-The send
ing of an Overwhelming force" to
France, greater activity in the intern
ment of enemy aliens and sympathiz-
ers, prohibition of compulsory study Of
German in the public schools and uni
versal military training for Americans
between the ages Of eighteen and
twenty-one years are urged upon the
Administration and Congress by the
American Defence Society to-day in an
announcement of its policies and its
programme of work.
"The more men we send the fewer
will be slain; the quicker we put our
full strength into the war the soones
1T will be over" says the society.
Without going into details on "the
long list of explosions and incendiary
conflagrations which have marked the
path of Germany in the United States
since we went into the war" the So
ciety says that "if enough munition
factories are blown up here we shall
lose the war" and urges Increased
vigor in the interning Of aggressive
pro German sympathizers, whether
German citizens or not" England, it
cites, allowed Germans and German
sympsthizers at large for about year,
and then interned 10000, "and the ma
hclous plots and propaganda ceased"
Urge Action on Spies
1t is we'll understood, says the So
ciety, that the Slight funds and few
agents at its disposal have hampered
the Department of Justice in accom-
plishing results" and declares that
greater facilities for investigation and
prompt action should be placed at its
disposal.
"We are playing at war-that is, at
modern war adds the society
Compulsory study Of German in the
public schools in the past "has unques-
tlonably been due to political rather
than educational influence says the
society, and the widespread study OF
German by immature minds tends ''to
TeutoniZe American children and de-
lays the Americanization of children of
German parentagc."
'The appalling and complete moral
breakdown of German kultur compels
sweeping revision Of the attitude of
civilized nations and individuals toward
the German language, literature and
science" the society adds. The close
scrutiny of German thought induced by
Hun 'frightfulness' in this war has re
vcaled abhorrent inherent qualities
hitherto unknown, and to most people
unsuspectcd. Hereafter, through out
every English-s speaking country on the
globe the German language viii be a
dead language. Out with it forever."
Universal Training Favored
AS the first Of the patriotic organiza-
tions publicly to urge universal mill
tary training, the American Defence
Society now advocates that system
more strongly than ever.
"lf rightly administered and COM
blned with an understanding Of our
institutions and the principles upon
which they are founded" says the So
clety, "such training viii nos lead 10
militarism in the Prussian sense. but
to true conception OF the value OF
organized, selfrespecting liberty, which
can exist only where there is viii to
defend it. Such law may be con
sldered an adjunct to the present Sc
lective draft law, in that this pre-
liminary military training viii help
the men to learn the art of war when
they are drafted"
Besides the sending Of an over
Whelmlng 1orce to France. the society
asks the Administration to warn Ger.
many that departures by her from the
rules Of war will not be endured anc
to forbid the publication of news
{ papers and magazines in the German
! language during the war.
! Congress is asked to declare that :
/ state of war exists with Bulgaria ano
Turkey. to expel any disloyal members
and to enact a law prohibiting ths
! issuance of new securities except b,
Federal license.
Believing that an inconclusive peace
would be an insult to those who have
fallen in this war and a betrayal of tn,
living. and that such a peace would in.
fallibly lead to future wars" the so
clety concludes. 1.-The American Defence
Society hereby declares that it is firm
~ IN favor Of prosecuting the war TO :
satisfactory and definite conclusion ant
thereby to destroy Germany's powe,
lor international evil"
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt is hon
orary president of the society and DR.
DAVID Jayne Hill, former Ambass ado,
to Germany, and President John erie,
Hibben. of Princeton Univcdsitv, are
among the honorary vice-pres dents
Richard NJ. Hurd is chairman Of III,
board Of trustees and Henry c. OuinS,
| IS chairman of tho avao,,4