Evening journal., 1918-04-04
ASK UNCLE SAM TO
CLOSE HUN Schools
Americanization Conference
Acts Following Dis
closures of oiExsSenator
NORTHWEST sQUIRMS
IN SEDITIoN, HE SAYS

WASHINGTON, April 4.-Use OF Ger
man as an educational medium ID the
schools OF this country was condemned
"A resolutions adopted yesterday Ds /
DE Americanization conferences win |
fho recommendation that the practice
he slammed by legislation, after former
United states senator Lafe Young, OF
nee Nfoines had told the conference
that there are 1000 private schools In
the Northwest where nothing but Ger
man is used and the sessions are closed
y each day with the singing Of "Deutsch-
land Ueber Allies"
The disclosures by Mr.. Young ana Il.
II Metcalf. former Lieutenant Governor
OF Nebraska. as 10 the educational con
ditions in the Northwest, came as o
shock TO the representatives or State
councils OF defense and governors from
other sections Of the United states teh-
ing part in the meeting, and their
words served as an incentive to insure
the adoptlon of the committees report.
Sensational statements made by the
two speakers were:
Kidding the legislative halls OF tne
country OF men like La Toilette would
be as beneficial 10 the cause OF Amer
lea as the defeat OF an entire German
division.
Ninety per cent. OF the teachers in
these German schools are traitors.
b There are 100 schools in Nebraska
where the children have never sung
the star Spangled Banner
Three counties IN Nebraska where
the school children sing tho national
anthem Of Germany each day.
Investigation I'm Nebraska showed a
public school with an attendance or
only two children, while a German
school within a stones throw had an
enrolment OF thirty-three.
Tits high time" said Mr.. Young. Tor
this country 10 take steps TO end the
most insidious form OF German propa-
ganda which is bringing many children
mp in schools where they hear nothing
hut German, in schools where the ses-
sion each dov Is closed with the sing
ing OF deutschland Ueber Allies" and
Die Wacht am Rhein" Is better known
than the "Star Spangled Banner" In
these same schols, and there are thou
sands Of them in the Northwest. text
books are used that paint and adver-
tise the German Emperor az a grea'
man. There are textbooks that are
printed in German, which give the i'm
preston that Germany is a great. fret
country like our own. thing that ha.
not been so for hundreds Of years.
IN the Northwest this education O.
the children in these German school,
has enabled the politicians TO contro
the elections and make their influence
felt everywhere. We must get rid o
this state OF affairs. II the legislative
chambers OF this country were freed o
men like La Toilette. It would be Of a
much benefit as driving back an entir
division Of German troops on the west
crn front.
"Phe newspapers printed in Germs
are supporting and abetting this IN
sidious propaganda. and II 7 had m
way. every publication in that tongu
% would be abolished Immediately, No
only are they preaching The gospel q
the Kaiser, but they are doing thei
share in enabling the nsturalized poll
tician TO keep his control over the vol
crs In this respect, Canada has bee
much wiser than this country. Their
no German, whether naturalized or no
has the right OF suffrage in any ele'
4 ton ] am speaking as a wide-eyed pi
riot now, for the great majority {
the inhabitants Of this country al
being camoufaged through the FREE
dom which the propagandists have.
my opinion 90 per cent. Of the teacher
IN these German schools in the Nortl
west are traitors, and my platform
this time is one language, one flag, OF
country and one God"
Conditions fully az startling wei
placed before the conference by NJ
Metcalfe, who supported the cour
taken by Mr.. Young. So cmOplete hi
' the educational control OF the German
hn 80
by the Nebraska Legislature sever
years ago. permitted the majority Of q
parents Of the children attending al
school to determine the language
which the scholars should be taugf
and all efforts to repeal 70 had been
vain until this very day
"The influence Of The German schoc
and the support which has been Civ
them by the pro-Gcrnans, has ma
our public schools almost negligible
said Mr.. Metcalfe. I'VE have just 7
" Gently completed a thorough investis
tion Of the subject, and the conditio
which we found are positively appa
ing. There are eight districts in {
State where the German schools-a
by this ! mean schools where Germ
is the language used In all courses
instruction by the scholars and {
teachers-haye driven the pub
schools out Of existence through la
Of support. There are as many
twelve cities where there are only 70
or five pupils in the public schoo
while the attendance at the Germ
schools is several hundred per ce
greater.
"In one instance a public school
. Nebraska at the time Of our investil
tlon, had only two pupils, while
German school. within a stones thr
had thirty-three. There are th
counties in the State where the ol
dren always sang the German nailo
anthem aud at least 100 schools
which the children had never heard
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