The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-02-28
indirectly, with the german empire, its

neither have my ancestors, as long as
is known. Then why the slanderous
villifications of Westphal?
But let US digres3 for one minute
and consider WestphaPs pro-german-
ism and let him swallow his own ac-
cusations. 1t it proven that in his
Appleton paper there were decided,
un-American pro-german statements
in the same. Furthermore witnesses
in L'Anse can prove that Westphal's
Hun language has been so derogatory
to Americanism that it should not be
overlooked by the authorities.
AS to his insinuations about my
name, it is none of Westphals id
business. The name does not honor
the man, but the man honors the
name. AS for the name Westphal, it
must be chasing itself around the un-
iverse trying to get away from the
man and apply itself to an upright
human being who will honor it.
Concerning my alteration in Hough-
ton, where discussions led to my re-
moval from the position of medical ex-
aminer of recruits, L do hereby state
that the conversation was purely anti
English from my point of view, Amer
lea not being mentioned, and the con-
versation was confined to this, which
can be proven if necessary. My con-
tentions were that it was sad pre-
dicament for our country to join hands
with slaughter-house like England
in order to lick the Hun, and that A
merica should do it alone. Our his
tories, textbooks, novels and all have
taught us the lesson that England has
always been our antagonist, and that
there is no reason why she should not
continue to be such. Every posses
sion she has gained has been through
shedding quantities of blood to gain
superiority. Her numbering tactics
never conceded with the brotherly
love principle of America. The Con-
stitution of the United States does not
compel us to kneel to English sover-
eighty, neither do any laws of our
land that I am aware of. Undoubt-
edly it was mistake to bring this
altercation up at that time in our dis
cussions, and have felt keenly about
it since, but knowing Englands' meth
DDS of the past it was hard to swal-
low the inhuman mandates of that
country, which would inevitably fol-
low after the war, with England su-
preme. This condition is proven to-
day, where If our President Wilson
and his fourteen points of Democracy
were not the stumbling block to Eng
lands aggression, we would have to
realize that England's acquisition
would be another million square miles
Of territory with such a pompous pre-
dominance over Europe and America
that they would have to kneel to his
Brittanic majesty. / also was not in
favor of monarchies with their nobil-
tity attached which condition would
lead to unbearable conditions for the
poor and those not titled or who were
not kings and their associates. My
contentious also were that / would
stand by my country under all circum-
stances and do my duty to her as a
loyal subject, whether my country
was right or wrong, even as had done
before during the examinations of,the
sixteen boys from L'Anse when Lieu
tenant Lamb and T. G. Belanger re-
cruited here, Buteit an admitted fact
that am no Tory, neither was George
Washington Tory, whose ancestors
name was '"Wassing," descendant
from Sweden. He had to fight Tory
ism and England to make US free.
In place of villifying characters in
his un-American Yellow Menace, why
does not Westphal air his contempt
for the way our soldiers are received
after returning from France? Here
he'd find much to fill his paper with
genuine patriotism and gentlemanly
spirit. He knows as well as anybody
that the glorious return Of our con-
quering heroes should be celebrated
without stint and with all the magnif-
icence, with the thought that these
thankful days are bore. where each
one of our soldiers is coming home
to his beloved country. Rich men
should open up their pocketbooks as
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