The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-09-18
PLEADS FOR
ERASURE Of
RACE LINE
Says Meddling in Europe
Have Promoted Class
Feeling in U. S.
CBY GEORGE r. HOLINESS

T. N.
MAhION, O, Sept. 1S-Senator War
rem G. Harding received delegations OF
several hundred foreign born citizens
aroun1 his front porch today and to
them he addressed a sermon on citizen
ship and the duties they owe the Ame-
tca Of their adoption His visitors were
mainly from New York. Chicago, Cleve
land and other Ohio cities and were 81
various natioaaNties
sPILLING BAD MANNERS
Senator Hardirg made plea for
tie measure OF race and class lines III
the u. s. IN impressing this point
N his caLcrs the senators declared
tnat reddr'g IN the affairs OF Ei-
ope for TIA last four years had &C
complished little but "Spilling bad
manners and bad counsel all over tn
-rorld" and promoting racial and class
feeling here IN America
Let US all pray" he said "tha.
-merica shall never become divided
into classes and never feel the menace
ot hyphenated citizenship.
THINK OF AMERICA FIRST
America does not want and DOES
Loc ask that her foreign-born citizens
forget the countries of their -ativ'ty.
eIt We do ask all to think America
fist, serve America first. defend Amer
"a first and plight an unalteraole
f=Ith in America faith.
We are unalts-ably agaias. any hy-
phenated Americ7n;sm. We have put
an end TO pre-hxes Tae way -
upl,e and blend :Jreign blood int the
H. stream OF America is to pat an end
tc groups, TO classes. an end - special
appeal 70 any OF them. end TO par
tlc4iar favor 10 sny OF them. Lets
tx our gaze on the constitution with
equal rights for nj.
HOW TO GET UNITY
How can We have American con-
cord7 How can we expect American
unity7 How can we escape strife II
We are in America attempt 10 meddls
in the affairs OF Europe. Asia and AZ
RIGA; If We assume to settle bounlsr
,es and attempt to end tbs rivalries
and iealousies OF old world strife?
This is tn objection TO the foreign
policy attempted.
Nothing helpful has come from the
wilful assumption to direct affairs in
E4rope.
POINTS AT POLAND
NO good of any kind has proceeded
from such meddling in Russia; none IN
Poland. none In the case of Fiume and
none fro mthe Balkan states. on
the contrary the mistaken policy OF
interference has broken the draw
st-ings OF good sense and spilled bad
counsel and bad advice all over the
world.
That policy Is bad policy. That
policy ig bad enough abroad 1t is
even rrore menacing dt home.
'NfeddIing abroad tends to make
Americans forget they are Americans.
Il tends to arouse the old and bitter
feelings Of race and foreign ancestry
IN the hearts of those who ought never
be forced to turn their hearts away
from undivided loyalty to America
first.
AS TO HYPHENATE VOTE
Tt is not beyond possibility that the
dav may come-and may God forbid It
when an organized hyphenated vote
in American politics might have the
balance of voting power TO elect oar
government America would be de-
llvered out Of the hands Of her citizen
ship. and her control might be trans
ferred to a foreign capital abroad.
This is of greater concern to you
than to any one else in the world. for
this America Is peculiarly your Araeri-
ca America is yours to preserve"