Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-08-23
HIDDEN HUNS.

One pert Photographer inquiries to
know what has become of tn old
fashioned man who used to wear
"galluses." Another writer is eager
TO know what has become of the old
fashioned woman whose sole purpose
in doing up her hair was to get it
out of her way.
Many of us are wondering what
has become of the plethoric horde
OF Huns, (Germanized Americans,
they called themsclves.) Who in pre-
wal, days swamped our daily press
with their virulent out pourings
against America, and all things
Up until our Government declared
state of war against Germany our
newspapers were inundated with
letters from gang of German Res
ervists and other paid or voluntary
propagandists, who lost no oppor
tunity to villify and abuse our
country, which they objected to des-
pise, attic claiming to be citizens
thereof; and lauding Germany and
her "just cause" to the skies. All
their line of argument and abuse at
That time corresponds exactly with
the stuff that is being exposed by
the New York Mail investigation and
proves conclusively that they were
-conspiritors with Bernsto-ff, Vie
reck, Rumely and Co.
One Of the worst features of the
matter was the fact tlat no res
trlctions were at that time placed
upon them or their efforts by our
newspaper editors.
Their sarcastic, ironic and hate ex-
haling screeds were never rejected or
censored. On the contrary, no matter
how obnoxious or abusive they were,
either to our citizens, our Govern
ment or or our country, t-ey were
always published in full. On the
other hand, the letters of those who
opposed them were cut to ribbons by
the censor and more often thrown in
| the waste basket.
recall the eXuberant effusions of
a won" somebody who was a cop
Ious contributor to the press of West
Virginia. lie was probably one of
those 300, 600 German Reservists the
| sador Gerard about. Few were as
rabid and abusive as he. One of his
venimous efforts was a long har-
angue to a West Virginia pSper, ter
ming with abuse of our Government
as a peace-m maker, MS being without
conscience or clean hands, as being
Government Of bogus, hypocritical
neutrality, as being unworthy of
confidence, as being utterly indecent
and unworthy in every way, and
wound up about as follows:
"ln conclusion, it might be stated
that besides the many other short
comings that exclude the United
| States from arbitration for Germany
the essential diplomatic qualities for
the role of peace-maker are entirely
lacking in our grape-juice Govern
ment, which is proven by its futile
efforts to restore peace in Mexico,
and by its inability to end the shame
full reign of terror in the Ludlow
region of Colorado.
The editor of the newspaper in
which that violent outburst of abuse
appeared refused to publish an
answer | prepared, stating as a
reason for his refusal that the Wit
riolie nature Of my language might
cause antiAmerican feeling among
the Germans and Austrians of the
| West Virginia coal fields.
Now many loyal Americans think
the time ripe to resurrect these
"loyal" German-American Citizens"
who used to flood our newspapers
with their putrid propaganda, and
ascertain just what they have been
doing since April, 1917, and how they
stand at this critical time.
Whoever looks them up will have
a vast store of information to work
on. They need only look over the back
files of our newspapers for date
galore. Their writings and names and
addresses all all there in black and
white.
What an abundant harvest awaits
the reaper. Let us by all means look
up and uncover these gentlemen ?
Let us find out what "Herr" this and
"Von" that, think of our "grape
juice" Government now; of the navy
we have built up within q year or
so; of the army we have recruited
and sent over to combat the so year
product of beasts like themselves.
And we Ravens started yet!
Let us hear from the Hun prop
agandist, who in lengthy lettr to
the press, told us how his blood
"tingled" with pride when he read
CT the sinking of the Lusitaina, with
her 1900 innocent men, women and
babies, by the "brave" German sub
marine crew, and how he would
liked to have been with them in
their exploits. 1t would be exceeding
interesting to learn how his blood |
"tingled" when the priest, nuns,
children and old men and women
were ruthlessly slaughtered by the
Hun hordes in Belgium and France;
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