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JUNE CIRCULATION
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Remember The Bee's Free Milk and Ice Fund
for suffering hot weather babies.
The German diplomatic machine seems to
work both ways for the new chancellor.
After passing into the "dry" era, Omaha can
Jand a shaveless Sunday with reasonable forti
tude. It may be merely coincidental, but the hottest
weather in Nebraska was reported from Furnas
county.
The boy who "whaled" the kaiser and lives to
tell of the exploit has his home in Kansas, let it
be noted.
One thought makes the long dry spell sup
portable. The state house roof doesn't leak when
no rain falls.
Seeing the circus failed to move the heavens
to rain, we may have to invoke another grocers'
and butchers' picnic.
Agitator Lenine is now hiding from the gov
ernment he was so eager to overthrow last week,
a course characteristic of his ilk.
President Wilson interprets his constitutional
authority as commander-in-chief to mean just
that, and most folks think he is right In so holding.
As head of our special Russian mission, Mr.
Root will probably give us some enlightening
facts in his report on what he observed and did.
while abroad.
Secretary Daniclson of the state board of agri
culture says that King Corn came through hi
battle with the hot wind practically unhurt and a
million Nebraskans will hope the secretary knows
what he is talking about.
New rules for governing the police force are
all right as far as they go, but back of them all
must be strict discipline, impartially enforced, if
the police department is to be kept in good work
ing order and free from scandal. ,
In view of the disclosure of a price-boosting
combine among flag makers, the question sug
gests itself whether the same profiteering bunch
might not have been behind the compulsory flag
flying law passed by our late Nebraska legislature.
; A new state adjutant general with no state
militia to take orders from him is indeed an anom
aly suggesting one of two things either tecruit
another Nebraska National Guard or pat the
adjutant general' pay roll in the suspense
account
Sunday's list of automobile accidents was not
especially long, but it was big enough to show
that a little more care in driving would have
saved tome lives in Nebraska. Safety first will
avoid sorrow after and not take the joy out of
a joy ride.
German war lords may argue among themselves
that the entrance of the United States into the
war is immaterial to them, since taking on one
more or less in the fight makes no difference. Be
fore the finish, however, our friends, the enemy,
will discover that forcing the United States to
arms was their costliest mistake. .
Nebraskans are a patient lot -and prone to
attend strictly to their rown business, but we
serve notice right here on Kansas that there is a
limit. Unless sthe Jayhawkers keep their hot
winds at home hereafter they may hear something
that will not be' pleasant for them. We may re
taliate by tending them a blizzard next winter
A Hand on the Tiller
Mlnntipolit Tribunt-
Tbe government at Washington has declined
an invitation' to participate in the conference of
the allies to be held in Fans the latter part ot this
month. The reason assigned is that as the mat
tert to be considered relate mainly to the Balkan
situation we are not particularly concerned.
We make no pretense, of course, to such
knowledge of the situation as would warrant us
in positive criticism of the policy adopted in this
case, but we may indulge in discussion of some
oi the reasont why it would seem to be Important
for our government to keep in close touch with
every move that is made by the allies singly or as
a group, ine president saia in April mat we are
but one of the champions of the rights of man
kind," but we are one, and "our object," as he said,
is to vindicate the principles of peace and justice
and to set up amongst the free and self
governed peoples of the world such a concert of
purpose as will henceforth insure the observance
of these principles.
If that be true we have a place to fill at the
council tables oi the allies as well as In the field.
We have responsibilities there which our absence
would not excuse. Although called to consider
the Balkan situation, in which we are not now
taking an active part, the deliberations of the
conference may have a very important bearing
upon the further conduct of the war and upon
"that steadfast concert for peace" which is to
come after the "war.
This is our war now just as much at anybody's
ana it. wouia seem as u mere couia oe notmng
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conceding wun me snaping oi events Dy Qipio
macy or br the sword m which we were not
vitally interested and about which we should not
take pains to keep ourselves fully informed. Other
wise we might some day find ourselves in serious
disagreement with our allies about the conditions
of peace. , There is not likely to be disagreement
about restitution for Belgium and France and
Serbia and Armenia and Poland, but there might
be about a good many other things which we are
an a position now to deal with more to our liking
than we may be after the war is over.
Issues Now Involved in the War.
Statements simultaneously issued by Chancel
lor Michaelis of Germany and Foreign Minister
von Chudenitz of Austria show a remarkable
change in the attitude of the Central powers as
to their aspirations in connection with the war.
At no time has either of these governments been
entirely frank in statement of its position, but dis
closures since the war commenced have con
vinced observers that the "place in the sun," said
to have been Germany's object, comprised a very
considerable portion of the earth's surface not
included in the boundaries of the empire at the
time that statement was made. To seize on an
expression of Sir Edward Carson that the Ger
mans must be driven back of the Rhine and predi
cate on it a charge that the Allies are now wag
ing a war of conquest is a subterfuge worthy of
that diplomacy that sought to keep the United
States quiescent while all plans were being laid to
embroil it with a neighboring nation.
German requests for a peace basis have sim
mered down to a demand for restoration of the
status quo ante, something not likely to be
granted. Michaelis makes a lame attempt to
shift responsibility for the war and its continua
tion to France and England, with Alsace-Lorraine
as the territory to be won by conquest. Germany
is caught like the monkey in the fable, with a
handful of nuts too big to be withdrawn through
the neck of the jar. The kaiser's dream of expan
sion having gone beyond recall, he is willing to be
set back to where he was three years ago and call
it square. This cannot be done.
Austria's plea for honorable peace is of the
same quality as that of Germany. The dual mon
archy gives no indication as to what sort of peace
it will deem honorable. The Allies cannot in con
science consider any form of peace that does not
take into full consideration the claims of Belgium
on the one side and Serbia on the other, regard
less of interests of other nations.
The war is now more for an ideal than for ma
terial things. Secretary Lansing fairly set out
America's attitude in his address on Sunday. We
do not propose to force any form of government
on the German people nor to enslave them in any
sense, but we will not rest until we have over
thrown the Prussian military machine. The
world will not be safe for democracy until this
organization of brutal force is rendered powerless
to longer menace the world by its presence.
Twisting phrases and juggling words will not
alter conditions. The Teutonic allies are now on
the defensive and, however stubborn their re
sistance, pressure will be applied until the end
comes in the downfall of militarism.
Switchmen Come to Their Senses.
The calling off of the switchmen's strike in
Chicago shows commendable wisdom on the part
of someone, just as the start of the affair indi
cates that the heat had affected somebody's judg
ment. The strike v. As poorly advised at the start.
Grievances of the Brotherhood of Railway Train
men against the railroads were such as could well
be settled by conciliation, but the principal reason
for the strike doet not appear to the public. Un
der the surface lies the intense rivalry between the
brotherhood and the Switchmen's Union of North
America. Much bitterness has been engendered
between these two organizations, and this time it
appears as if the brotherhood had determined to
put its rival out of business. The railroads are
not concerned in the quarrels of the unions be
yond the point where these squabbles affect the
operation of the roads and the men must be
brought to realize that their private feuds must
be submerged or forgotten while the interests of
the nation at war require the uninterrupted opera
tion of all lines of transportation at 100 per cent
of efficiency. THe public had enough of the dis
turbance caused by the brotherhoods last sum
mer and is not in a mood to patiently endure
more of it. ' t
What It Behind This Story?
Mrs. H. C. Sumney, chairman of the Omaha
Food Conservation committee, is reported to have
telegraphed to Herbert Hoover, provisional food
administrator:
That cars of potatoes, cabbages and other
vegetables and fruits htve been dumped in the
Missouri river at this point; that throughout the
state caves are full of last year's potatoes is a
matter of common knowledge.
If any foundation for such statements exist
somebody ought to be severely dealt with. De
cayed and damaged vegetables and fruit are
dumped daily throughout the year; it is the un
avoidable condition of marketing perishable stuff.
But if considerable quantities or any quantities
of wholesome food are being destroyed as part
of a plan to maintain high prices supported by a
short supply, or as a result of hoarding food for
the same purpose, then a serious offense is found
If these charges be true, whatever remedy the
law provides should be applied. At aay rate, the
public is entitled to know the whole story.
American Indians and tht Army.
Chief Three Bears, from his tepee up by Gla
cier lake, makes an eloquent appeal to the presi
dent that an Indian army be conscripted to patrol
the Mexican border during the time of the war,
Some of the big chief's grandiloquent assertions
might deceive the casual reader, One of these is
that his people know the horse as no white man
ever did. This may apply to the cayuse, whose
capacity for and predilection to cussedness have
never been fathomed, but not to the horse. The
red man had never seen a horse until the white
man brought it hither. Moreover, the white man
has beaten the red man at every point of hit game,
in peace or war, on the trail or in the camp. As
to the Indian s share in the war, Canadian regi
ments are full of Indians, while on our side of the
border hundreds of them are regularly enlisted
in the state troops of Nebraska, the Dakotas,
Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. They
will get full chance to do their bit alongside their
white brothers, but no good reason is shown for
forming them into separate commands. Three
Bears makes plain that the Indian's understand
ing of the art of camuflage, verbal as well as mate
rial, is not dying out.
Harrison Gray Otis.
In General Harrison Gray Otis death found the
proverbial shining mark. A rugged, aggressive
and uncompromising fighter, the bold and coura
geous champion of conservative ideas, but not
afraid to lay hold of a new project if it seemed
good and feasible, he made a mark on the affairs
of his state and to some extent on those of the
nation. He builded a great newspaper and helped
in building up a great city, where his personality
was a vital factor in affairs for many years. In
all his battles he fought in the open and neither
gave nor sought quarter. A commanding figure
in journalism and politics for many years, he will
leave a big gap in the life of southern California.
A New Saving Plan
By Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C, July 28 A few days ago,
a Washington matron at market noticed several
baskets of string beans standing in a corner. "How
much are those?" she asked the merchant. "Oh
those are moldy," explained the merchant. "I
am not selling them."
The matron picked up a handful of the beans.
A damp gray mold covered some of them, but
for every one that was moldy there were five or
six perfect beans.
"What are you going to do with them?" she
inquired finally.
"Throw them away," said the truck merchant
At which the lady walked thoughtfully away, pon
dering the country's lack of system. The day
before she had been in a quarter of Washington
where even moldy beans would have been greeted
with th utmost enthusiasm.
Suddenly, she. retraced her steps to the truck
merchant's stall. "Why don't you give those
beans to some poor people?" she asked. That
gentleman was busy putting up the day's orders.
"Can't afford to bother with them," he asserted
briefly, grabbing up a paper bag and thrusting a
head of lettuce in it. "If I started distributing
waste products among the poor I wouldn't have
time for any other business."
The matron of this incident was Mrs. P. P.
Claxton, wife of the United States commissioner
of education. Mrs. Claxton, who has been serv
ing on numerous food preservation committees for
war relief, had an idea which amounted to nothing
less than an inspiration. According to Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture Carl Vrooman and oth
er conservation experts, it is the most practical
idea that has yet been envolved concerning this
particular problem. Here it is:
In the first place, the question of food pres
ervation is something which should be undertaken
by each municipality rather than by scattered
committees of women, who, however energetic
and efficient, are hampered by the lack of author
ity and organization. I he work that they are
doing in encouraging women to preserve food in
their own homes coul not be done and anv better
but experience has shown that this alone does
not solve the problem. Grocers will not give
away or sell at a small cost waste products to
women who would otherwise buy better goods at
higher prices; many women have not the time to
can food, and others attempt the task only to
meet with failure.
The idea is to establish a central food pres
ervation station in each and every municipality,
preferably in a public school on some empty
building near a market. It should not be diffi
cult to get people to donate the use of such build
ings. Here equipment must be installed for pre
serving food on a large scale canning and dry
ing apparatus, glass jars, stout paper bags and
kitchen tools for the workers. These stations
will be in charge of paid domestic science teach
ers, who will supervise the work of volunteer as
sistants. A motor truck will be needed to collect
the produce and carry it to the station.
.Of course, in order to start an amateur, can
ning factory of this kind, money will be needed,
so perhaps the first act of the municipal food pres
ervation committee should be to establish a fi
nance committee. The money will have to be
raised by subscription. There must be funds with
which to buy at a small cost the food which mer
chants refuse to give away; money to buy the
working equipment, to pay the domestic science
teachers and to pay for gas, and for gasoline with
which to run the delivery end of the business.
The second committee in line of importance is
the food-gathering committee. It will be the duty
of the members of this committee to make a
daily canvass of stores, small truck patches and
farms where they will solicit food for the station.
In Maryland, in spite of a vigorous conservation
campaign, thousands of bushels of strawberries
rotted on the ground because the farmers could
not get hands to pick them, and the price of
strawberries in the city market did not pa" for
the labor and rate of transportation. Next year,
it is planned to send gangs of volunteer straw
berry pickers and other harvesters from the food
preservation stations to the surrounding farms.
which will be glad to sell their produce at r. min
imum cost rather than to see it wasted.
That this waste was not confined to Maryland
but took place in other states this year is proved
by reports received by the Department of Agri
culture. One man in Virginia wrote to the bureau
of farm management not long ago, and said that
his truck patch was producing five times as much
as he could use and that he would give the stuff
to the government if it would send someone to
get it. Then there was the case recently of a dairy
farmer on the outskirts of New York who was
severely rebuked by a food, conservation com
mittee of that city for dumping gallons of butter
milk into his pastures. The dairyman wrote to
the committee and explained that it did not pay
him tq ship buttermilk to New York because
there was not sufficient demand for it. He would
gladly give it away to anyone who called for it,
he asserted, but in the meantime he intended to
use it for fertilizing his land.
The stores alone will provide large supplies
of produce. Every Saturday night whole boxes
of food are thrown away because they will not
keep over Sunday. It is part of Mrs. Claxton's
plan to collect all this on baturday night and pre
serve it Sunday. When she suggested this to
the Washington food preservation committee of
which she i a member, many of the ladies were
shocked. "What put food up on Sunday?" they
asked in scandalized voices. "Well," said one lady
championing Mrs. Claxton's cause, "We let other
people work for us on Sunday. It it doesn't hurt
our cooks, 'chauffeurs, elevator boys end street
car employes, I don't see why it should hurt us."
In order to make this plan effective for next
winter when food prices will soar even higher,
work will have to be started immediately while
fresh vegetables are at the height of their season
in the markets. Centers must be opened at once;
tne tooa preserved, ana stored tor next winter.
And here is an important fact concerning this
plan. It is not the purpose of the food centers
to give away .food, except in needy cases which
have been thoroughly investigated, nor does it
expect to undersell the grocers unless it becomes
absolutely necessary. Such municipal canning
and storing of food would simply relieve the
strain on the ordinary food supply, large portions
of which could be shipped to Europe without the
danger ot hunger at home.
People and Events
It takes more than hot wind to stop the Red
Cross women in their drive for soldiers' comforts.
It is said that Dr. Michaelis, the new German
chancellor, is a religious mystic. So was the late
monk, Rasputin, whose religious mysticism did
much to bring about the recent cataclysm in Rus
sia.
According to draft registration figures, Chicago
will be bigger than New iork on January 31
1941. However, no one will think much about it
in 1941, for by that time the Commercial club of
Wichita, Kan., will be ready to show some fig
ures that will knock the spots off of either New
York or Lhicago. i
Manton Marble, one of the great editors of
the civil war and reconstruction period, died in
London at the home of his son-in-law on Tues
day last Mr. Marble was owner and editor of
the New York World from 1862 to 1876 and was
a prominent factor in the journalistic life of the
country during many years. After disposing of
the World he was active in democratic politics
and later was sent abroad by President Cleveland
on several missions. He had lived abroad for a
number of years and was 82 when he died.
And now comes Marse Henry Watterson with
a war chant that may be a hymn of hate or a
paean of victory, but, whatever it is, it shows the
grand old man has lost nothing of his virility.
He sings to his readers thus: "The nations have
struck the harp of mercy and the song of Hope
oursts tortn. i he angels sing it and the stars in
their courses join the refrain. The Christian
world, upon the cross of Christ by the blood of
the murdered innocents vea. the Bootless soul of
Edith CavelU has sworn reprisal and redress
in the name ofj the Virgin Mary, the sword, the
power and glory of the Lord of Hosts amen 1"
Proverb for Today.
It takes two to quarrel
One Year Ago Today In the War.
Large fleet of Zeppelins raided
southeastern counties of England.
Henry Edward Duke succeeded Aug
ustine Birrell as Chief Secretary for
Ireland.
Russians continued their drive
toward Kovel and Lemberg despite
bitter resistance.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago Today,
At the picnic of the J. M. Thurston
Hose company at Hascall'a Park, E. 8.
Washburn won the 100 yard amateur
race, Leon Lozier the 60 yard profes
sional handicap, D. P. Baldwin the
sixteen pound shot contest D. Pres-
r
cott the running high jump, Ed Camp
bell the long Jump. Will Bryan was
on the erounds but for some unknown
reason did not compete, much to the
chagrin of his friends and deteriment
to his reputation in this city.
Contractor J. V. McAdam of Chi
cago came up from Kansas City and
Sundayed in Omaha the guest of J.
F. Daley.
A. Rinehard, formerly professor of
athletics in the Michigan University
at Ann Arbor, and one of the most
expert oculists in that state, has ar
rived in Omaha and will reside here
permanently.
A pickpocket was nabbed on South
Twelth Just at the time when he was
engaged in lifting the contents of Fred
O'Brien's pocket.
John O'Connell has just opened a
grocery store Rt 108 South Tenth.
Haverly's new mastodon minstrels
under the personal supervision of
the Indefatigable colonel, played a
two nights engagement at Boyd's op
era house. The company Included ov
er fifty performers.
This Day in History.
1777 Continental Congress made
Lafayette, 20 years old, a major-gen
eral in the army.
inventor of the
warships, born in
York city,
John Erlckson,
monitor type of
Sweden. Died in New
March 8, 1889.
1818 Platteburg, N. Y., headquar
ters of the American army of the
North, taken by the British without
opposition.
1826 George Hoadly, governor of
Ohio 1883-85, born at New Haven,
Conn. Died at Watkins, N. Y., Aug.
27. 1902.
1854 Captian IT. S. Grant resigned
his commission in the United States
Army.
1867 Catharine Maria Sedgwick,
popular author, died at Roxbury
Mass. Born at Stackbrldge, Mass.,
Dec. 28, 1789.
1892 Celebration of the tercenten
ary of Trinity College, Dublin.
1898 Americans repulsed the Span
lards, with loss on both sides, at Mal
ate, near Manila.
1914 Stock markets all over the
world closed their doors on account
of the war.
1915 Mitau, capital of the Rus
sian province of Courland, captured
by the Germans.
Tho Day We Celebrate.
Dr. William N. Anderson was born
in Osceola, Neb., July 31, 1886. He is
one of the younger representatives of
the medical profession in Omaha,
Joseph M. Lovely is on Omaha-born
boy Just thirty-one today. He Is one
of Omaha's lawyers and was at one
time member of Fourth Regiment of
the National Guard.
Dr. Wellington S. Gibbs Is seventy
two today and ia a native of Maine.
He Is one of Omaha's older physicians
and surgeons.
Brig. Gen. William A. Mann, U. S.
A. chief of the bureau of militia af
fairs, born in Pennsylvania 63 years
ago today.
Admiral Sir William May, retired,
who has been described as "the finest
asset the British navy possesses," born
68 years ago today.
Rev. Dr. Robert S. MacArthur. pres
ident of the Baptist World Alliance.
born at Dalesvilie, Quebec, 76 years
ago toaay.
Larry Doyle, second baseman of the
Chicago national league baseball team
was born at Caseville, 111., 31 years
ago today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
Governor Whitman has summoned
the New York legislature to meet in
special session today to deal with the
food situation.
The National Association of Organ
ists meets at Springfield, Mass., today
for Its tenth annual convention.
Brig. Gen. E. R. Crowder, provost
marshal-general, in charge of regis
tration and selective draft has set to
day as the day for registration in Ha
waii. t
Utah takes Its place on the water
wagon at midnight tonight the
twenty-fourth State to Join the pro
hibition procession by virtue ot the
"bone dry" law enacted by the last
legislature.
One hundred lumber dealers west
of the Mississippi river have been sum
moned to Washington today to an
swer charges recently brought by the
federal trade commission of an at
tempt to wreck the business of mall
order houses dealing in lumber.
Storyette of the Day.
Aunt Maria I .shan't take you to
the seashore this summer, Edith. Last
year during the two months you spent
there you were engaged to half a doz
en different men.
Niece But auntie, what could I
do? I'd hardly get engaged to one
young man before his vacation would
be over and he'd have to go back to
the city, and that's the way it went. It
was Just horrid. You can see it wasn't
my fault Boston Transcript
COLUMBIA'S PRAYER.
God or battles, wilt Thou her uI
Give the Alllei hearti of tteel;
Cheer them on by Thy wis counsel,
Flshtlnt for the nation' weal.
Freedom long has been embtaioned
On the banner of the west,
Written there In blood Immortal,
Of the heroes son to rest.
Sooth the mother heart that's breaking;
Brush away the fathers' tear:
Comfort sister, sweetheart, lever;
Drive away all doubt and fear.
Prayer of Bulrar, Turk and Teuton,
Ansio-Pnxon, free and slave.
Ask alike for Thy protection.
And for power to rule the wave.
All the boon Columbia stketh
Nothing greater does she know-
Is that all the world be fMomea,
And that righteousness may grow.
Wilt Thou bless, oh Lord, our heroes;
Guide them, Lord, where'er they be;
While they're fighting freedom's battles.
On the land or on the sea.
Till the nations all shall know That
From the rise to set of sun.
All the world will then be shouting.
Thanks to Thee, the world Is one.
One for man, for Ood and freedom;
One for truth and love and right;
One tor Bulear, Turk and Teuton,
Columbia. Frank and Brit and Might.
Lincoln. Neb. A. II. DIXON.
To Help Crying Babies.
Omaha, July 28. To the Editor of
The Bee: I read the article complain
ing about crying babies, and, as I am
annoyed by the crying of a neighbor's
baby, I suggest that the editor of this
great paper print some letters from a
nurse who knows how to properly
feed and care for babies during the
hot summer. The Bee has been so gen
erous and humane jn its originating
the ice and milk fund for poor babies,
it will no doubt be glad to help along
these lines.
One mother I know who has one
of the perfect babies takes special care
of It these hot days. The child is
never allowed to ever-heat itself by
crying, and others could be brought to
the same perfection with a little care.
The baby whose mother will allow it
to cry is indeed unfortunate.
I trust the editor will not feel that
I am presuming too far on his gener
osity in making this suggestion, but I
feel that the results will be two-fold.
It will help the babies and the com
munities in which they live. Thank
ing you very kindly.
ANOTHER YOUNG.
enable utterance would ever come
from men like Dr. Ernst, Dr. Atnen,
John Brandt Henry Gering and otner
Germans whom I mignt mention. It
ehnniri tint h tolerated bv any Amer
ican from whatever foreign land he
might have sprung.
In the days when crooked political
muvhiHmu marie deals for office
among all foreign elements an Amer
ican had little snow lor consideration.
The direct primary has put the kibosh
on that kind of lick-spittle American
ism. After this war is over we shall
see even less of it than at present.
Genuine Americans, regardless of
their ancestry, are going to serve no
tice upon all that their claim for suf
frage is going to rest solely upon
their being American, whether they
were born in Germany, France, Great
Britain, Ireland or elsewhere. For it
matters not Where a man was born
It all depends upon the degree to
which he has absorbed American
ideals. This shall be the standard in
the future. - L. J. QUINiJi.
What or the Melting Pot?
Omaha, July 30. To the Editor of
The Bee: I have always opposed un
reasonable restrictions of immigration.
I believed that America held a right
ful position as the haven of refuge
for the oppressed of the world. I
did this because I believed that those
who came here were offering them
selves for the "melting pot" of a new
civilization. If my hope of America
amalgamating these foreign elements
into American citizenship, of having
them become one with us, leaving
their decadent Institutions in Europe.
If this hope, I say, is to be blasted,
then for one I shall In the future join
all those who would exclude all for
eigners from our shores, unless they
declare in advance that their purpose
of coming is to become a part of our
citizenry. If it is their purpose in
coming merely to cultivate upon
American soil institutions resting upon
their old world Ideas, then let us have
no more of them.
These comments are called forth
after a perusal of a leaflet by my
friend, W. F. Stoecker, in which,
though supporting America in its
present conflict, he upbraids the Ger
mans of this country for not having
united more closely in seeing to it that
sufficient Germans were elected to con
gress to give expression to the German
idea.
I wonder what Stoecker or any
German would think f a group of
Americans locating in Germany with
the avowed intention of uniting to
elect only Americans to the Reichstag
in order to have the American idea
prevail in Germany. Even assuming
that kaiserism would be as generous
as to grant the power to Americans
that Americans have granted to for
eigners in this country, I wonder how
far they would get id attempting there
exactly what these people have at
tempted and, to some extent, suc
ceeded in securing in this country.
I believe The Bee some time ago re
ferred to an Impudent letter to an
Omaha paper written by a German
who Is every year honored by our
Ak-Sar-Ben board of governors to the
effect that the Germans had in the
past and would continue In the future
to sound the political death knell of
any candidate for office who opposed
the Germanizing, of our institutions,
or words to that effect I can only
say that I believe he was merely froth-1
ing at tne mouth when he said it,
but if his saying was true, let Amer
icans take careful note of it. I know
Germans throughout the country and
many in Omaha who are thoroughly
American and who would repudiate
such bombastic slush from whatever
source It might come. No such treas-
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