Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-03-06
BACKGROUND OF EVENTS
BY PAUL J.. COLLINS.

the story OF little AIsatian girl telling
Of the tragic farewell OF her beloved
French teacher? AlSatian schools were
forcib!y Germanized.
Who has read Lougtellow's "Evan-
geine' without synlpatny2 How about
American Gisapprobat!on @. German or
japanese communities in the United
States, where the language o. this
country is not spoken. where the
schools and churches are not Ar1erl-
can. where the people refuse 20 o. car
not become American citizens ard de-
spise American custon2s2
4 Japanese community Is not toieT-
ated because the toreiga-boru Orieu.ais
cannot become American citizens and
their cult cannot BE- permitted 20 g.
tablish itself il American atmosphere
in competition with our own.
In q book By al American. Whitney
Warren. written during the World War.
entitled The just Claims OF Italy" sp-
pears this paragraph. referring 20 ths
Tyroi. including the Trenti4o:
And this IS the territory which The
HapSburgS claim rs a hereditary PCS
session. Why. then. have they 50 yer
SiStenly chung 70 such perpetual e.s-
nlent Of GiScord IN their eG,pive2 Is =
for reasons of priGt---tlle obStsCacy Of
iyraniS who viii not WELD to the tx
yieloins2 Yes. undoubtedly: bl: also.
and above all. for military reasons. -.,e
frontier cf Italy Was traceG-ksrs Is
elSewhere-So that Austria might al
ways he able. AZ will 70 invade Lem
hardy and Venice
This book pointed cur that between
- \ fs.& 20
iaGS we're still under the fore,<a v,So"
and where Italian schools weye cs...s!
or severely Handicapped ana ,o-yuen.ef
with restrictions and riotouS .;.:sc:sr-
epce.
The SsycreSt arraisun.ent az I:a.v-s
AosiciSS II the Tyrol Is found naturally.
III ;fs b>oE first above Cuo:sG. ''~as
Case OF German South gvno," Il i
summed up as follows
To-day Italy has aGoD:sd .Ns sl,'nsx-
lns position; Italy Is u National STATE
80 900 600 Italians. appy,xl;,,s.,,..
! 0oo.ooo speaking other LANGUAGES.
MnlcritseS have no LEGAL status &C.
clared SaIaaGra n the Roman CHAMBER
JUIy 10, 1928, undcrSscre{&:y AcerN,
mas, similarly, asserted The question II
MiaccltleS ~ * \ pGTriy Italian aHsSy.
ana MaS>oI!ll.. ~ his speeches February.
1895. catcgOrica,ly denied yhac ~,
Sasue az Nations had any lCN,;.S SsAaEt
III The question"
The same German e>soS rycsteS.
Au>>oIlnl froln The outset proclaimed
\ Political program II Which 4ns..
n'aorittcS III Italy rot mercy had 70
,.rSAl status oN could na.. IS S.cA.
" tolerated at al"
parties has done likewise ~ <<,,>Geua.,~
iaS IGtthcr rsNcvS;lsttoo IL "3ypNxnatsSs
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'let mean thai thrir rNls y.Sh.x are
abused They have the >agne ,,s.,Ncns,
pntert!1n IL the couy:> IN ~ ear
natives
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