The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-30
Must Avenge All Insults.
tcontlnued Ion Frevlous Iasue.l


now, people with the weakest of ma
tional feelings, answering these seiz-
ures Of our territory and other indig-
mites with talk Of reconciliation thus
leaving the insults unavenged and in
wiling further Entertainments, SO long
as we are lacking In any national pride,
we are far from the forms and cus-
fighting fellow Germans in other parts
Of the world means more to us than
holding together against foreign foe,
80 long will we never rise, but fall
farther.
In the battle Of the Allemani, the old
warriors called to their intrepid chief.
tains: "Dismount from your horsesv'
with that they lost the battle,
We were brought to disaster in this
war by internal dissensions. Again our
generation was not great enough po-
litically, and in some sections morally,
for our times.
What is the remedy to be? If the
German people awakes with pride and
emotion and shows again the strength,
the courage and the self-sacrifice
which even during the war 1t displayed
under the Prussian- German state, then
II will do right to count the event Of
the world war among its most sacred
memories in its national history.
Germany Like Riderless Horse
In short Germany has been, as It
was in the days Of Martin Luther, q
fine horse needing but one thing; A
rider. For In spite of the poor quality
OF our allies we held our ground against
an overwhelming superiority q
strength we defied England's world
conspiracy against us; we kept up our
courage for years, in spite of the SLAM
ders uttered against our peaceful dis
position and In spite Of the brutal de-
struction Of countless little settlements
Of Germans in all parts OF the earth,
Our men knew how to strike the zoe
and give their lives for Germany by
sea and on land. and the memory q
this shall make future generations OF
Germans marvel and give them faith.
In every respect the fight that was
forced upon us bore promise OF sue
cess, and even after all our errors II
was stin possible, In October, 1918, 70
resist a peace Of destruction But tne
sreeds OF internal politics which
| throughout the war had been ready Y
capitulate to the external enemy, had
seized the bride OF riderless people
Sons Showed Ingratitude.
outside OF Europe, we got no sup,
| port In the war from our sons VINO mac
emigrated, although In other parts q
| he world Germandom had maintained
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notably true In the Latin states 9
South and Central America, and Il
Mexico. That much mistaken rescrip
Of Baron Won der Heydt, In forcinl
1 military service on Germans In Latin
America, actually crippled emigraIiol
there in favor Of North America. W.
rescript was only to provide In fath
erly fashion for the future welfare 9
German emigrants. Those In Mort
America. however, were lost TO us for
ever.
When Chancellor Won Buelow pro
posed, In 1900, to abolish this rescrip
there were still some voices raised |,
favor Of its preservation. Many M
lions OF Germans who had emigrate
were lost to us, both mentally and phy
sically, and they enriched those coun
tries which were afterward our Wors
| enemies. .4-..
Without the aid Of German efforts
past and present, the entente Woui
reyer have been able to intltct upon \
the present huinilistion--one OF the pl'
terest features OF our position. ~
II was our poorly developed nations
sense. as much as the conditions Whic
| greeted our emigrants TO AmeTic'
which made the absorption q ines
millions OF Germans by America un
ayoidable and rendered the abandon
ment OF their nationality with spec
/ 1
Ex. Soldiers March in N. Y.
recall, an enormous torchlight pre-
ressiou IN New York In honor OF Prime
Henry OF Prussia, whom ! aocompanle
} an his tour Of the United States, Foul
| teen thousand Germans marcnemm
{ thia parade---all ex-soldiers. Al I
their prime, II was with sad feeling
, thar I witnessed this spectacle;
l For IL the question OF NATIONALITY ~
{ thair 1oyalty was ever broached to the'
/ Germans. their answer would general
he, We think OF Germany as our illoli
ar hut OF the United states ~ os
wife. We must stand by the unite
+ ''a sna / confess / had still less pleas
, ant experiences while on that %,
i Win prince Henry. The ideals VII
: which their Fatherland had endoWe
4 then, seemed to be quickly forgotte
} for the sake of the mere materlal ~
vantages OF American Ire; ,.,.,
/ helonaing to good German iamli
: who had been lecturer at an impo
4 tant German university, was showlf
z me the buildings and grounds at Gan
! bridge. He had only gone to y
United States Il few years before, D
he confessed to me that he alreat
had become an American Citisenl ~
manner In which he boasted OF this d
not make a pleasant impression on m
and al soon as he said II | awaited m
I self OF the opportunity to attach M
self to another American gentleman I
the rest OF my visit to Harvard,
| Against my will, this former Germ
| must have sensed that something W
| wrong. due to the impression ma
| upon inc by his remark, for he turn
10 A naval officer who accompanied !
as one OF my staff, and said;
Your chief seems to wonder that
became an American citizen so SOC
hut YOU ought to understand, for
have been made professor here soor
than would have been IN German
and so I must be grateful
Lost His Kultur in America.
| II must be obvious that what I
gentleman had brought with him II,
| Germany-~aM the former training
the nationMRty, all the education, a
all the priceless German kultur,
longer played any part In his mind
am forced to mention such exa
ples and can remember many 9th
like them during my trip with Pril
| Henry. mention is forced In order
characterize the lack OF national pfi
national sentiment FOR the belo
Fatherland and its ohligations, VIII
seems TO have been fatally inner
tn our people,
With these experiences fresh in mi
the national celebrations in 9erma
" the unwilling Of memorials and mo