The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-13
Americans by Education.

Two kinds of mentality among for
elgners confront the government One
is the educated, but unsound individ-
uals whose education has carried them
away from conservative and sound
principles. They are more dangerous
imam the initerate because they become
leaders, and illiterateS among their fell
lows accept their views and Judgments
without bubble or doubt These edu-
Gated leaders include the editors of for
elgn language journals, professors IN
the educational institutions, and men
who direct organizations based on ma
tlonallty and adherence to foreign-c con-
ceived organizations. They are, OPP
posed to Americanization because learn
ing the American language so that they
could learn from American sources the
principles of American institutions
would break their hold on and destroy
their dominance over their benighted
followers. That is one purpose the
Kenyon bill Is expected to accomplish.
1t is no difficult feat for Europeans
to learn a new language. They are
natural linguists. The disputes over the
location Of national boundaries by the
peace treaty shows that communities
divided by highway or a stream which
may be crossed dry shod at any time
belong to different nationalities and
speak different languages. During the
debate on the Kenyon bill in the SEN
olS II was SuOWH lndI SOultTS OI lot
elgn birth who were included in the
draft could speak from IS to 20 Ian
yuages, but that their officers had to
give their orders to them in signs be-
cause they did not understand the Eng
'sh language. They came from petty
sections of Europe where the various
languages are spoken because the peO-
pie speaking them are blended, but
where each preserves his mother tongue.
II they can learn so many languages
in order to communicate with their
neighbOrs in Europe, they can learn an
other language in order to understand
the institutions under which they pro-
pose to live in America,-Sioux City
Journal RepD
The German Envoy to Toxic.
The selection of DR.. Wilhelm solf,
last Of the kaiser's foreign secretaries,
as German charge d'affares in Toxic,
may prove to be the initial step to-
ward German Japanese rapproche-
ment. In the men associated with Presi-
dent Ebert's government, Solf stands out
| conspiCuously as one of the few sur
Vlvals from the days Of the kaiser S
rule, His familiarity with the meth
! DDS of the Wilhelmstrasse of the To-
! henzollerns probably surpasses that of
any other man prominent in the pub
| lie life of the new German republic
at home and abroad the colonial prob
| lens Of Germany. At one time he was
/ governor OF Samoa, when Germany first
| gained control of that part of the Pa
| cific island group. His demonstrated
! ability as a colonial administrator won
| him in 1911 the important post of CO.
lonial. secretary, which he held until
he succeeded Won Hertling as foreign
| secretary In the dying moments of the
! empire of William of Hohenzollern.
| DIR. Soils intimate knowledge of the
| fit him admirably for the task of ad-
| yanCing, by intrigue if necessary, the
! German cause in the Far East. He
lis thoroughly imbued with the idea Of
| German Welt Macht." And it will I'M
| doubtedly be one Of his chief duties
4 to leave no stone unturned to restore
l in the Far East the shattered prestige
! of Germany He will go to Toxic at
Ia time when the Japanese people are
Hdivided on the question both of the
treneWal of the Anglo japanese alliance
and of the wisdom Of an !mperialistic
| foreign policy. DR.. Solf may therefore
be expected to take advantage of what
ever division may exist between Jap
anese liberals and reactonaries and
strive to effect working understand
ing between the Berlin and Toxic gov
| ernmentS. For the present DR.. Solf may
find but limited means at his disposal
! to SOW the seeds of international dis
cord in the Orient. His appointment
nevertheless signalizes the rebirth of
German intrigue in the Orient 1t is
that fact that makes imperative the
continuance, of vigilant and tireless
watch by the powers responsible for
peace in the Far ast.--Boston Evening
| Transcript Und, ReD)