The Penn's Grove record., 1919-05-30
Planting Americanism In Europe

A noted Frenchman said that
America needed Interpretation. 1t
does to many of the native born who
have grown up under principles and
environments which many have never
thought nor studied about.
Americanism is nothing more nor
less than what is found in the old He
brew scriptures established under
Moses, whereby a code of moral and
civic principles were drafted for men
and nations to be governed by in con-
tradistinction to that of the tickle
minded wills and selfish interests of
monarchs, kings and feudal lords who
took what they desired by intrigue and
force.
With their monarchs' political head
cut off millions in Europe are foun-
edering about like a headless chicken,
because they have never learned to
think for themselves and to follow
leaders with principles.
Poland, which was divided between
Germany and Russia over n hun
bred years ago, has been reunited
with all their hereditary prejudices
and ~covetousness, and no broad-mind-
ed leaders. By the re-uniting of a
strong Roman Catholic population the
Jews are being slaughtered by hun
dreds as in past centuries. The black
Pope, the head of the Jesuits, the poll
teal propagandism of the Church of
Rome, is a German POlander.
The Peace Conference in Paris has
a special committee of four drafting
a series of treaties with the newly
o-ao4aI -Ao+ar Inciorpod fo nrNtao+
minorities, especially the Jews, against
discrimination of race, language and
religion, leading to disorder, riots and
pogroms.
These rights are secured in America
by the United States and the State
Constitution.
Ignatius Paderewski, the famous
Polish piano player, who has been in
America for many years and became
Americanized, has been in Poland for
q year and, was made Premier of the
new Polish government. He is teach
ing his native people the American
tunes of political and religious toler-
.ance, whereby people a differ IN
political and religious principles and
continue to be personal friends
There is a dispute between Poland
and Czecho- Slavokia, part of which is
Bohemia, over territorial lines. In
stead of fighting and the stronger get
ting that which in dispute Premier
Paderewski, of Poland, and President
Masaryk, who is a Protestant, has had
a commission appointed to sit at Ora
COW and decide the question in dis
pute.
Since the fall of the Austrian En-
pire, the last great nation to advocate
restoring the temporal power of the
Pope, the Protestant religion of John
Huss is being restored, after 500 years
of suppression. John Huss was a fol-
lower of John Wickliffe, who trans
lated the Bible from Latin into Eng
lish. Huss translated the Bible into
Bohemia and was a great educator at
the University of Prague. On July 3,
1415, John Huss was burned at the
stake and all his books. The ashes
were thrown into the river Rhine.
The C~zechoslaves in America wrote
a Declaration of Independence in In
dependence Hall, Philadelphia, had
a Liberty Bell cast. Professor Mos
aryk was elected President of the
Republic. He stands in Bohemia in
education and politics similar tc
Woodrow Wilson in America. In Be-
hernia there is only per cent. OF
i~lliteracy. 2z39a
Freedom from the benighted Aus
trian yoke is allowing the people tc
learn what political and religious lib,
.ertyhis and is planting Am~ericanisn
! in the center of Europe. Thereby the
w~orkingmen of all classes + being
,emanicipated. S