The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-12-17

compared with the huge majority
II their fetal number that were loyal.
Alls.our national holidays have q
meaning. for US this year. And
that il. good. May their significance
sink still deeper. May it urge us toA
dedicate ourselves anew to the best
land iniwhich to live and to the best
form Of government under which to
live that exists on tie: earth.
Give us IS-eafat citizenship; make
us 100 per cent Americans; make US
nation II f110a million people all of
whom cah read: ana write and speak
UNITED States':--tnnis should be every
Americans daily prayer, and he
should support this act Of faith with
works.
The war showed us whenever a
man bearing a toreign-sounl ling
name became a citizen, that almost
always he was a loyal citizen. The
exceptions generally were found in;
these communities where foreign.
language papers cd1v were read aud
American speech seldom heard, where
foreign language was taught in the
common schools. This indicates b,th
the cause and the cure Of such disloy-
atty. =
How can .a men become a good
American citizen if he doesn't know
the language? Hey can he learn it.
if he dnd his colnpanions live in a lit
tie self-made Eur. pc and speak and.
read only in a foreign tongue? How
can such a man 81 his children be one
Of us and .cnle with us, 50 long as his
mind goes 81, living in Europe and en-
ly his body lives tere?
Last winter in tlirty-four schools
in Minneapolis free instruction was
given in American citizenship. AL
most all the pupils in those sci. ools,
and there were 1900 of them, were
grown. acknowledgement in whom .he
war had aAYkikeneah wish to become
citizens. English the study most
emphasized /. TheyS4sere given a goo
outline Of United SEtates history, wire.
it out. The result WILDE a more CIV"
eminent and were Impressed with the
idea they wepesbeing ftteo to partici-
Epate III II. I
So far.as / know,Stb,is is the bes.. ex-
ample Of practical patriotism this
country. affords, ,
Z Being so accustomed to having it,
LIDO not think, I've ourselves sufficient
lily prize our own citizenship. We
schould make Unknown that to be an
American citizen is worth someth ng.
There is no other kind of citizenship
as worth having the void over. We
should have a Citizenship Day once a
year. Make it q put''ic holiday. And
on that day publicv'y and cordially
welcome those Aliens who, Turing the
year, or that day, have become citi.
zens. No more fitting day for that
kind Of a. cesdf1ernony and rejoicing
could be found than the Fourth of Ju-
", the nations B4Fth:1aY anniversary,
l. would have citizens depend on a
certain ability to speak and write and
read English. That, with free schools
and free textbooks, would soon put
an eEd to all ;lliteracy. Then I should
make citizenship a necessary, a lie
manded qualification for every alien
who.intended to cast his lot with ours
making it as eaSs49 IS possible for him
to adopt our Language end customs.
would permitano foreign language
to be staught.in, any primary or graded
school. X. d. d.
If We vii. amakss. alittle hotter fire
unde,.stour melting: pot, then put the
one penalty on s~illiteracy that will
wipe it out, the result will be a more
efficient, a more progressive, a better
and a happier and more united United
States. ri