El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-18

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BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
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scented For instance, a big display
] advertisement appeared in the Buff
I talo Nolksfreund two days ago signed
/ by the Cleveland Wachter and Anzie-
ser and the Cincinnati Free Press in
] which Gov Cox Is denounced for the
I part played in forbidding the teach
/ ing Of German in Ohio schools.
The advertisement is first an ap-
I peal for German uationalism and then
declares that four months after the
armlstice, April I, 1913, Gov Cox in
statement or message, said:
7 assert without reservation that
the teaching OF German TO our chill
dren. no matter how they are being
educated during their impressionable
years, Is not only a distinct menace
10 american ism. but it is part Of
conspiracy formed long ago by the
German government in Berlin"
Then the advertisement signed by
the two Ohio daily newspapers goes
on 20 ten the Germans Of other states
that when an attempt was made 70
exempt the parochial schools from
this prohibition Of the teaching OF
German, GOV Cox denounced those
SCHOOLS as breeders OF selltlon.
1T is the sacred duty says the
advertisement, "of every American Of
German origin who has left in him
a single spark Of pride, OF every
woman who knows how to treasure
mother love, 70 utter a protest
against this when the occasion is Of
fered on November 2. Every vote for
Warren G. Harding is a protest
against the persecution % the Amer
lean OF German origin. a protest
against the unjust SANDER that has
been leveled at them. a protest
against the iutolerable native super
patriotism Of which Gov Cox stands
before the nation IS the champion.
a decided strengthening OF the Hard
Ing campaign motto Of American
first"
In talking with one OF the Ger
mans here / was reminded that while
the Democrats at San Francisco may
have thought they were doing a clever
thing By putting a Roosevelt on their
national ticket, they evidently forgot
what the name Roosevelt stands for
among Germans.
Indeed, German-Americaus." he
said, -ars convinced Franklin D.
Roosevelt must entertain toward
German-Americans the same hostile
feeling as the other members Of the
Roosevelt family have expressed In
cidentally Il viii be noted that Col.
Theodore Roosevelt IT., who is cam
paigning for Harding has been dis
creetly kept from this section, which
shows that either the Republican
managers are not worrying about the
situation ln this end Of the state, or
that they don't want 70 complicate
matters.
Italians AEainGf wilson.
Among the Italians there has been
no active campaign on foreign ques-
tons, but an overwhelming majority
Of Italian-Americans have for the last
two years been autagonized by edi-
torials and other expressions from
Italian leaders denouncing president
Wilson for having prevented Italy
from obtGiniug possession OF the city
OF Fiume. That question has been
agitated as Italian natlonalism- Here
abouts the Democrats VIII hear from
it at the polls.
On the other hand. the writer was
assured that the high cost Of living
was probably the controlling issue and
that the declining price Of sugar was
regarded as an evidence that there
always had been a plentiful supply.
but that the public vas g0uged by
profiteers, who, &c IS alleged. might
have been restrained by the govern
meut at Washington Sugar seems
20 be more OF an issue than appears
on the surface. The correlation OF
domestic lis and grievances on Ques-
tons affecting their native lands is
almost unbreazable- The western
New york majority for Harding viii
be swelled 10 incredibly large totals
by the foreign opTrighti 1890,
by David LGWrence-