The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-09-24
A GERMAN PLEA.

Copies of a communication, which
was agreed on at a so-called German
American national conference at Chi-
cago. August II and l8, and signed by
"a committee Of ninety-six." urging
support of Warren G.. Harding, the
Republican nominee for President, are
now being circulated in states which
have a large number Of citizens of
German descent. The action is a part
of nationwide movement Of George
Sylvester Viereck and his associates.
The circulars are printed in both the
German and the English language.
The text in part, as printed in the
New York Times, follows:
"in view Of certain enlighted state
rnents in Senator Warren G. Hard
ing's speech Of acceptance and in his
subsequence ptterances. expressing
his unalterabIe opposition TO the
League Of Nations and the perfdious
foreign policy Of the present admins
tration, we shall, unless unexpected
events transpire, regard it ais our duty
10 support the Republican presidential
candidate; we trust, however, that Mr..
Harding will express himself in IN
equivocal terms on other subjects in
volving the honor Of our country, such
as the pernicious peace pacts Of YER
sailles and st. German, which turned
the fourteen pledges, so solennnly en-
unciated by the President Of the Unit
ed States, into fourteen scraps of pa
per.
Eve are resolved to sweep from Of
fee miscreants, irrespective Of party,
who abused the authority conferred
upon them by the people for the prose-
cution Of the war to make war upon
their fellow-citizens who bounded and
percecuted Americans Of German de-
scent, albeit, on every field Of battle,
our blood flowed freely for the Stars
and Stripes; who, contemptuous Of
any hyphen, except the one which
binds them to Great Britain, unmind-
FOL Of the supreme sacrifice Of Ameri-
cans Of German blood in the late war,
attempt even now to depriveour chill
dren Of the noble heritage Of a speech
and song and prayer that has come
down to rs from our sires beyond the
sea; and who, in their dastardly en-
1eavor to vent their race prejudice,
have well nigh extinguished the fires
under the melting pot,
I'VE are Mortified by the callous dis
regard of the dictates of humanity,
with which the present administration
still holds in dungeons, subject to
medieval tOrtures, hundreds Of con-
scientious objectors and political Of
lenders in contradistinction to the hu- !
name attitude Of other civilized ma
ions; we especially condemn the con-
inued incarnation, solely for the sake |
II opinion, Of Eugene V. Debs, and |
irge his immediate release.
eve desire to voice, in no uncertain |
ashton, our sympathy with Ireland's |
struggle for self-determination and |
,ur sympathy with all nations, large |
md small. who vainly wait for the full |
illment OF those promises for which |
We avowedly went to war, sacrificing |
Intold wealth and the flower Of man
rood.
eve protest against the contemplat-
ID violation Of American neutrality in
he Polish-R Russian war by perver-
sion Of the war powers conferred up |
IN the President for reasons which |
10 longer exist; if a single American
.oIdier, a single American ship, sin
,le American dollar Is sent to Poland
or the purpose Of supporting the al
led campaign against Russia we ask
or the impeachment Of the President
md Of all officials who may aid and
bet him in the unlawful action Of
vaging war without authorization
rom Congress.