The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-12-24
He IS GLAD
To RETURN
To OLD Us.
by FRANK u. MASON
IsTAff coRRespoHOEnr /. n. seRvl

period OIL one IL AQAE weeks puTiuGS
the blood Of dual nationality and lis
charges the patient an American.
TIE Kalser's imperialistic ambi-
lions resulted IN an elaborate system
of propaganda to retain thu loselty OF
German emigrants even to thsi- child
ren's children. That was before the
IL, olution. The German lea lers ~
l..-day are too busy seeking d. cute
for the surplus population which their
country cannot support to waste time
or sentiment on the German who emil
grated a generation ago.
A Milwaukee manufacturer entered
the office OF the German Consul-Gen-
erai in The Hague. Holland. Priding
himself on his perfect knowledge OF
the German language. he requested q
s,aam to enter GermanL
when did you leave Germany9" de-
manded the Consul
i've never been there" replied the
American.
you've never been 10 Germany and
speak German like native2 What's
back of this; why are YOU attempting
to deceive me?'
I'm an American" replied the Mil
waukean.
You can't bluff me with that" re-
piled the Consul sharply. In this
case a too perfect knowledge OF the
German language aroused suspicious
which delayed rather than facilitated
securing the yisum.
IF you're an American I would ad-
wise you to stick to your Americanism
In these troubled times" warned the
Consul when he had proved to his
own satisfaction the validity OF this
United States passport.
IN AMERICAN UNIFORMS.
That the masses hold no consider
able grudge against the United states
!s demonstrated to the tourist by the
hundreds of Germans he daily sees
clad in CASTOR American army uni
forms. Thousands of these uniforms
we're sold to the German government
bv the United states Army salvage
officers in Coblenz, Germany formal
iv QUILTED her postal employees in
the uniforms and sold the gest to
needy citizens. The recipients not
only did not bother to remove the
buttons which bear the United states
coat Of arms; they didn't even rip of
the gold service and wound chevrons
The American coming to Germany
usually expects trouble, and his cold
reserve is generally met by more or
less friendly curiosity. The German
American in many cases crosses the
ocean with the vague feeling that he
Is going to his reward for the indig-
mites he imagines heaped upon him
during the last three or four years and
because Of his steadfast loyalty to the
land Of his fathers, He expects TO be
greeted with open arms for his faith
fitness. He might be were the Kaiser
and his mates still at the helm.
FINDS CHANGED GERMANY
The loss OF the war. the revolution,
the versailles Treaty and the wave of
Bolshevism have in one way or an
other radically affected the lives Of
every German and the German-Amer
lean arriving with his 1914 point OF
view. localized BY distance, must be
a born diplomat to avoid bitter ar
guments. He finds that Germany has
repudiated the Kaiser and practically
all the institutions which he 80 Wig
orously defended IN America
A New York manufacturer, q nat
uraiized American, BY his loudly out
spoken anti-American talk recently
insulted some American citizens on a
| liner bound for Hamburg, on board
was a demobllized United states Army
major. who was an official Of the line.
! Instead of staying a year in Germany
| to take the cures as he had announced
daily he intended to do, the manufact-
urer appeared at the Hamburg ship
ping office within fortnight and or
/ dered passage on the next boat re-
turning to America. The major re-
fused and spared no words explaining
4 rr-t. a = .
20 apologize for every remark he had
made and bitterly announced that he
had been an assorted variety OF IN
printable fools. He returned 10
America on the next boat--and left his
| hyphen in Hamburg.
ATTENTIVE TO TOURISTS
A peculiar trait OF German charac-
ter. emphasized by the isolation dur
ing the war, is a great curiosity, FREE
quently coupled with admiration. for
foreigners. An Englishman or Amer
can who doesn't speak word Of
German Is frequently charged double
aud triple the German prices. but III
return he receives a promptness OF
service which would incite tho envy
| OF a @ierman privy councillor. The
tourist soon discovers this and he
never permits himself to be mistaken
for German BY speaking tile Ian
| guage too perfectly. American. au-
t2mobilea. American pointed shoes
| American coirures. American fash
ions. American Jazz music and the
| American dollar are non plus ultra in
Germany TO-DAY. The American tour
list reflects their glory.
The Communication who tries tc
| identify himself AZ a German destroys
his own glamour and he stands in line
| with the Germans while the American
Is shown in Immediately. An Amer
ican Is expected to brag about Amer
ioa-they're world-fame for it-bul
| a German-American making the same
| statements In an accent as perfect as
a native. causes resentment
BACK TO AMERICA
A German tailor in New York who
| had emigrated from Germany ahou
ten years ago and taken out his Grst
| naturalization papers voluntarily re
ported himself after the arlsIstice. a.
an undesirable alien. and asked to be
! deported back to Germany. Uncle
Sam agreed and paid his passage K
Hamburg few weeks later thi,
German appeared at the United States
Embassy IN Berlin and asked permits.
sion TO return 10 the United States
lie had been disilinsioned Tor a
year he haunted the office or ever,