Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-23

Wv llhNN ~ NfHHfi N.'.' '' A'.h ? h''A 'N''
better ofDf or hls prophecy ahont F.
tho FrussianH. "Thc TruSslan was .
born brute ana civilization Will I
make him ferurl1us"
The only foreign language taught .
In the gfammcr schools of Chicago /
II German Parents are compelled +
to Sign statement In which they
answer tho question us 90 whether F.
they wish their children 90 be- taught .
German or not
Soc how subtle this ls' Doubtless F.
n T"utuu parent answers that b"
does not desire Zoo have his children .
taught German the paid agents ut
the German propaganda stir up
feeling against tbeso Germans who
have dared to refuse 10 have their
children taught the language 81 the
fathcrlAnd
Ana when parent has once elect
ed that his children shall bo ilughl
German. not the principal ~ tnn
school not the district supcrlutcnd
ent hut only tho head uf all the
Chicago school system, on th" pp
plictiiun OF the parent, can Cvruvr
the child during his or hor school
course from further study of Ger
man
Worst of an however. is the CHIC
ago official school spellcr. u boo,
printed under the direction ana com
piled by tho school authorities ~
Chicago In this rpellcr thcrc H
Just one piece OF reading matter
.and that Is 4 rulSome euloRS ot tho
present German emperor,
This la an account ~ an alleged
incident ~ the khisers school days
and the author concludes that iho
facts set forth tprohnhly uuturr
show that the kaiser as u hoy had
tho root of fine character 100
him" possessed that ChNalrous
sense ~ fair play which Is the near.
est thing to religion" in boys ut
that aEe ana hated "mcauuosa ana
favoritlam" The Chicago board ur
education ends tho culoRy by stat
ing. There iS In him a fundamon
tai bent toward what " clean. man
~ and above board "
"Chivalrous sense OF fair play ana
hates meanness'" Fundamental
bent toward what is clean. manly
above board'' How about tho en-.
slavemont OF women and girls in
| France. tho use of poison gas. the
ldeportations of the bclEians tho
sinking of tho lusltania and tho Kill
( Ing of women and babrs 10y Top
ipebns and suhmarincs2 SiCkcning
A number Of tho books used ia
{ the public schools OF New York have
so much In them favorable "a kings
land emperors. have so much ~ Ger
man patriotism and tathcrlnnd that
the hand OF tho propngandist must
/ have had something go do with the
aduption OF these books
or course. It rs only In the books
OF the advanced courses that pro-
paganda appears. II ia not possible,
however clever the author. 10 iu-
corporate much propaganda In sim
pic exercises or In such sentences
MS Have YOU seen the sister ot my
cousin's wlfo? or THE bird is wait
| ing In the blacksmith shop on Ac-
count OF the rain"
Hut tho following extracts from
books used In tho public schools uf
New York should not be without tn
terest to those who know that the
Impressions given to persons under
the age " sixteen or seventeen are
the impressions that often persist
ithru life
For instance, In the "Dcutscer
IlehrEang. First Near hy r. FRO.
koSch, " the University of Texas
Die Wacht am Rhein' is printed
with music.
| should ho very much surprised
10 hear that the star Spanglcd Ban
Iner," with music. had ever been
printed In any school book In Ger
many
German Empire hkCnCd to America.
on page 100 OF this book thcrc is
an article In German entitled "Thc
German Constitution II begins
with the sentence The German ON
pire In union state like the United
States of America" How far tho
lHerman empire is from tho United
States Of America In political iihoriy
can he anawered by any German
Immigrant or Jewish merchant who
Has Noted under the circle system or
been denied access to court because
OF his religion
The second paragraph commences
with the sentence. The German
kaiser Is not monarch ot the cm-
lpire, Hc only N president pf the
union am quite sure that II the
kaiser ever saw this sentence lac
NNhlu NflN HhNN RNllNlNAf llf AN
thor that he was something moro
than tho president Tho article CON
tines;
lie Is the overcommnnder " tho
army Thru him IL war declared
and peace made. hut he can only
declare war with the consent Of the
Bundcsrnth
The Hundcsrnth had nothing to
say about the commencement uf this
war,szIt nates-~-,ts4 ON the question.
The German Constitutiuu. us lramtt-
ter Of tnct. gives THE kaiser the
right tn declare war himself pro
Viding that tho war Is q defensive
war In 1914 tho kaiser, first am.
nounced, without presenting any evil
, dencc. that Germany had hsen at
tackled, and then declared war ON
the strength OF the statement. never
since suhstantiated
The textbook writer adds The
people are represented IN tho Erlyh
stag rs tho American people are
represented I'm congress-" lr th,
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