Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-13
OUR EMPIRE OF THE WEST

a rightful heritage was given over to
 aliens.
 It is. possible that this war may be
 blessing in enc respeet-the young
 men who go into the army will learn something of the United States and it's ideals At first they refused to register. &
 T am not going to enlist. why should I Fegistar?" some of them said. But after the marshal had visited a few they began to feel some respect for the law. ~
 It is my opinion, based on a knowl- edge of conditions in many parts ot the northwest, that within ten years we should have had bitter Civil war, growing out. of social and industrial friction between the nationalities. If this country is wise enough to stop all immigration for at least fifty years. we may, possibly, assimilate this enor-
 nous mass of alien population. | It will be terrible task. I know communities where the immigrants
 are now in the third generation, and
 no American can find work, the fam fly is boycotted socially. and even the youngest say: Every Yankee is a
 cheat and a liarI will have nothing Ito do with them. ."s.a
 Every time an. attempt is made to trestrict immigration, there are many who say. These people hear of our free land, and they want to come here Eso that they may, be free. and their children become Americans" There fmay be such people, but have never
 known them, I have lived among them in three states. and have known many different nationalities; but never lone who pretended that he came for Ianything hut to get tEe free land and the good wages lie could not get at home.
 | A count, trained in the oldest and Imost polished court of Europe, who
 wrote and spoke thirteen languages
 told me, Your schools are sinks oi ,iniquity, you people are atheists, and because you came here a few years
 before us, you have no right to say
 that we must learn your language an6
 obey your laws. There are thirteen
 millions of us here, and we will have
 a country of our own.n
 This is the sentiment from him te i. the kitchen maid of another national lity, whom I heard say. Every Yankee is cheat and a liar, and you will al l go to he'll" All voice the same hate
 tof Americans.
 Now this state of things has had z ], ltremendous influence upon every phase ' | of development in the northwest. | would be impossible to make anyone ? realize conditions unless he knew o : this great alien element, hostile ant l opposed to every form of develon: ment, whether of schools, or of mai } routes and telephones.
 3 Possibly we shall emerge from thi ) war a united and homogeneous natiol 3 that Is. when the. friction it cause l is passed. As the result of the Civi r war was to make Us nation. wher f 1 we had before been but a collection of loosely connected states, it may b 3 that this war will make us a natiel Ecf Americans, instead of collection = Of hyphenated nationalities. At al events. it is teaching a respect for tn s law never before known. At first sym ' pathy for Germany was openly ex n pressed by many, but no one nov Ii says anything in it's fayor-at leas
 lopenly,
 : The northwest is destined to pla f. an important part in the future his = tory of the country. When it's ope o lands are covered with homes an n dotted with trees, when railroads ar g built to bring markets and elevator d to the farmer, instead of his spend = ing long days with his team to carr
 the products of his labor to mal = ket, then will these great states talk e their proper place among their sister Y Even now. there are many compef o sations for their deprivations. e sz NINETTE M. LOWATER. n North Dakota.