The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 3, 1918, Page 4

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Sa DAN niet sis a . LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY, —— ™s REOSTON, ¢ Wines Bt. DETROIT! Eeeoge MINNEAPOLIS, 810 Lumber Excl IER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated is exclusively entitled to the use fer republication of all news credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news pub- herein. ‘All rights of publication of special dispatches herein 7 Ail rights of publication of special dispatches berein of are also reserved. - “MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Oo STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER. (Katablished 1873) <> ENCOURAGING SIGNS Returns from recent primaries in Michigan, Montana and:South Carolina are most encourag- ing. In Michigan we find the republicans reject- ing by a most emphatic majority Pacifist Henry Ford, much admired of the league. In Montana we see Jeanette Rankin, that state’s first mis- _ representative in the national congress, repudiated by her fellow citizens who have found two-years more than enough time in which to find her out. She probably would have lost majority support for the United States senate in any event. The open support of A. C. Townley served to make her:de- feat doubly certain. In South Carolina we: see Cole Blease, former governor, a man after Town- ley’s own heart, refused the democratic emomina- tion for the United States senate by an over- whelming verdict of his party. Ford-Rankin-Blease ! ‘All pacifists, all advocates of the demagogery which Townley has preached, all’ emblematic of much that Townley stands for, and everyone of them repudiated and discredited by their own} people. _ May we hope that these primaries are prophetic in their bearing on North Dakota? On the one hand we have as a candidate for governor a man who welcomed to this state the people’s peace party after it had been driven out of other patriotic commonwealths; a man who sought to throw the protection of his office about the I. W: W.:at'the very time they were deepest in their plots to embarrass the American govern- ment in its prosecution of the war, and when their dirty fingers dripped with German gold, and a man has sanctioned the perpetuation of foreign- ness by permitting American born boys and girls to be taught to worship their God in the tongue of an alien‘enemy. On the other we have a man who has always been a loyal and stalwart Ameri- can; a man who has ever been on the alert to run down enemies of our government, and who has made his name one to be feared by seditionists, traitors and pro-Germans; a man who has re- ceived the endorsement of the national administra- tion and who if elected governor of North Dakota would swing this state into line with the common- wealths which are standing solidly behind the na- tional administration. It is for the people of North Dakota to decide with which program they will ally themselves. They know the public records of both of these men. They know which will best protect the in- terests of those 25,000 brave boys who have al- ready dedicated their lives to the service of our republic and of the 25,000 more who will go before the end of. another year. Of these men, Henry Ford, has said: “Every man who deliberately devotes his life to the trade of the soldier is either lazy or crazy.” Henry Ford said: “What difference would it make if all Bel- gium fell into the sea tomorrow; who could notice it in business?” Henry Ford said: “THE WORD ‘MURDERER’ SHOULD BE EM- BROIDERED ON THE BREAST OF EVERY SOLDIER. AND EVERY NAVAL SAILOR.” May we not find paralells for Henry Ford’s say- ings in the utterances of some of our own public men? “Michigan, Montana and South Carolina have “answered: the roll. North Dakota’s time is yet to come. Will this state whose young men are making the highest sacrifice to patriotism on the blood-stained fields of France measure. up to the American standard set by sister commonwealths, or will it endorse the teachings of Townley and Kate Richards O’Hare? ‘Governor Frazier’s personal honesty and_ his personal patriotism are not the issue. He must be judged by his public acts, and no one in North Da- kota can-make ignorance of Frazier’s public : career an apology to his conscience. WHIPS DAD. | “BISMANUK DAIDY 1 KIBUND these exceptions, Such a,time is now and such a father Bennie Felton of-Chicago’ has... Bennie took his dad to the proverbial woodshed and severely chastized him. “It was needed,” Bennie explained to the police court judge. “Father insisted upon saying disloyal things. He said the kaiser could lick the whole world. He wouldn’t take it back and so!I whipped him.” The judge dismissed the case against Bennie. WOMAN’S OPPORTUNITY. The women of North Dakota, in the size of the vote which they pile up in the contest between Minnie J. Nielson of Valley City and Neil C. Mac- donald, also of Valley City, candidates for state superintendent of public instruction, will have an opportunity to prove to the public the extent to which they appreciate suffrage. The office of superintendent of public instruc- tion is an important one in any state. It is espe- cially important in North Dakota, because this state to a greater degree than do any of the older| commonwealths must depend upon its public schools for the making of Americans. If the pub- oH lic schools fail us, we cannot expect American -50| born boys and girls reared in foreign communities to become 100 percent: Americans. And there is every indication that in many. parts of North Da- kota the public schools have been found wanting. The women of North Dakota are the mothers of the generations that are to be. It rests with them to determine whether they shall be the mothers of Americans or the mothers, of hybrid hyphenates. First in their homes, and then in the public schools of which the ballot gives them control, the women of North Dakota must carve the destiny of our future citizens. North Dakota women are in a position to judge; between. Minnie J. Nielser: and Neil ‘Macdonald. It is for them to say which of these two is least liable to truckle to politics; which is the more like- ly to countenance the perpetuation of foreignness as a pawn for political favor. We know where Attorney General Langer stands in this matter. North Dakota mothers must know that to have American schools we must have as superintendent of public instruction in North Dakota a man or a woman who is too big/ and too brave to permit political interference with this sacred office. Mothers of North Dakota the destiny of your state is in your hands—what will you do with it? FISH OR FOWL? While no one has acquired the habit of looking to. A. C. Townley for moral uplift, here in North Dakota he has given us to understand that he is for prohibtion. Over in Minnesota, however, we find Townley picking for the labor party a candi- date who has pledged himself to veto any statu- tary prohibition measure which the legislature may pass. Wet in Minnesota and ‘dry in North Dakota, Townley recalls certain other well-known reform- ers. Perhaps, in order to induce a steady flow into the league coffers of the gigantic slush fund which the breweries and the whiskey interests of Minne- sota can so easily produce, our friend Townley has gone even further and agreed that there shall be a letting down of the bars which now exclude the mail order liquor business, from this state. Townley prizes two things above all others. They are votes and money. In Minnesota he hopes by pledging his candidate for governor to a wet program to corrall the votes of thousands of or- ganized labor men who have been deluded by the brewery and distillery interests into a belief that prohibition will affect them in their pocket-books. Townley also hopes, which is of even greater im- portance to him, to solve the league’s ever recur- ring financial difficulties by putting the saloons’ millions back of the league. It matters not to Townley that his candidate for governor of Minnesota,-David H. Evans, has always been an avowed prohibitionist. Consist- ency is a jewel which is missing from Czar Town- ley’s crown. Evans is a leaguer. He spoke for Lindbergh during the latter’s recent: unfortunate campaign for governor of Minnesota, and upon one occasion he took Lindbergh’s place at a league meeting. Another league rally was held at Evans’ farm, when no city in the county concerned’ would allow the league agitator to speak. So, when David H. Evans in Minnesota announces that he will veto any prohibition measures passed by the Minnesota legislature, it is the voice of A. C. Townley that is speaking. What promises has Townley made the liquor interests on behalf of North Dakota? What pledges, in private, have been exacted from. Gov- ernor Frazier and Attorney General Langer? Both, avowedly, are prohibitionists, but so was Dave Evans of Minnesota. What do you think about it, you dry leaders of North Dakota, who have fought from territorial days to. keep booze out of this state? Shall we permit Mr. Townley to sell us out to the distilleries and the breweries? Shall we tamely yield while Mr. Townley flies in the face of the administration at Washington which is seeking a dry, nation as a means of winning the war? We know Mr. Townley, but no one knows his limit. | An Ohio farmer reports corn that grew as high as 12 feat. At the same time, an eastern chiropo- As a general thing we are not in favor of per- mitting boys to administer corporal’ punishment to their erring fathers. But there are exceptions. pre are times and fathers which bring about dist reports feet that grew as high as 12 corns. “Turks treat U. S. prisoners well,” for which the sultan is sure to get “bawled out” by Wilhelm. NN) RT ZZ] Wg ug ° v. Because the following letter from former’ Senator Lafayette Young. chairman of. the Iowa council of na- tional defense, so closely fits a condi tion existing in North Dakota, The Tribune invites for it-the close atren- tion of Attorney .General Williatr Langer in. particular and ‘that of Gov- ernor ‘Frazier,'and other ‘members of the’ North Dal council of defense generally. eo oy a “OUT HERE WE- ARE: STRUG- GLING TO PREVENT AMERI ‘- BOKN CHILDREN FROM BEIN! UCATED TO SPEAK GERM THE NEGLECT OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE * * * WE ARE STRUG- GLING TO PREVENT AMERICANL FROM BEING. CONVERTED INTO FOREIGNERS,” -writes the lowa statesman in his. letter to:'The New York Times. scares In North Dakota we have ‘the same struggle, and we:find the’ North Da- kota council of deferse; or at ‘least its dictator, William Langer; attorney general, lined. up on the side of the faction which would CONVERT OUR AMIEKICANS INTO FOREIGNERS; WE FIND MR. LANGER APPROVING THE EDUCATION ‘IN GERMAN OF AMERICAN:BORN ‘> CHIDDREN IN AMERICAN. SCHOOLSad The Tribune; trusts thet every true American in North Dakota will read every word that Mr. Young has writ- ten. The Tribune especially URGES that Governor Frazier and Attorney General Langer read and carefully di- gest, the sterling American truths which the grea tlowa statesman has uttered. Senator Young’s letter follows lowa’s Efforts to Prevent Americans from Being Made Foreigners. To the Editor of The New York Times I have read your editorial article of Judy 23 on the language question in lowa, and you seem to have been mis- You WILL ExCUSE ‘ME, IPERSON WHO STICKS To THe Nw " CHAIRMAN OF IOWA COUNCIL OF DEFENSE EXPLAINS PROBLEM OF , “FOREIGNNESS” IN THAT STATE | ie = o CUOW “PASSENGERS, BUT THE JARNACLE AND-WON'T MOVE OVER WHEN THERE'S PLENTY CAN'T BE TOLD AWTHING. SCHOOLS © of | informed as to what has been done. The Legislature of lowa has not en- acted anything on the language ques- tion. Governor Harding has issued a proclamation attempting to focus everything and everybody on the ‘American language. One newspaper, which has always opposed Governor Harding in everything he does, has ‘been stirring up criticism, and in some cases, has aroused foreign settlements to a bitter feeling against the Gov- ernor.- The plea has ‘been made that . | there are “old people” in the German churches who cannot understand English, and therefore cannot get any good out of divine services. To meet this criticism Governor Harding con- sented that in German _ language churches the sermon.must be preached in English, and: then, <if¢thése area j;tew “old people” who ‘are anable . to [understand what has ‘been said, they could remain,’and the minister could repeat the sermon. in German. This is the point The Times criticises, ‘be- lieving that Governor Harding is nulli- fying ‘a law. But Governor Harding was trying to be reasonable and man- New York and ‘in western staes like jowa is entirely different. In New York you are undertaking to have foreign-born children taught to speak and write the English language. Out here we are struggling to prevent American-born children from being ed- ucated to speak German to the neglect of the English language. In other words, you are struggling to ‘make Americans out of foreigners, and we are struggling to prevent Americans from being converted into foreigners. Both states are engaged in a worthy struggle for American- ism. There are German-language churches in this state which have existed sixty-five years, and they pm: language question in‘states ke By Conde = \ ENO OF THE SEAT LIKE A ly, and, inasmuch as.there had been | no law, he was not suspending a law. ; cannot get along without the Ger- man language. ‘There is one county in this state which has seventeen German-lan- guage churches and another one is being built. These Germans operate to prevent the Americanization ot our people. In self defense the preacher encourages the use of German, because if his congregation shall speak the English language he will be out of a job. . In our schools, where the Cerman language has been taught, the great- est obstacle to the substitution of English is the German-language teach- er. He might lose his situauon. We are contending ,out here, that in a state like Iowa, there should be no foreign groups or settlements. 1 be- lieve it is impossible to make this Republic a success unless our people learn to understand each other. There are a few settlements in this state) where foreign languages triumph. and where a man cannot be nominated or elected to any office if he has the ill will of. these foreign-language peo- ple, _ ° ss 1 Our new agency will operate for good. When the boys come home from the front—after the war— | (the sons of the foreign-born peo- ple who are now going to war un- der the selective draft) they will: not be in love with the German Nanguage. : The German-language press has LENS CAPTURED BY CAMBRAI the enemy was heavily defeated in office. counter attack was repulsed with armor train were very effective. . MAIN 8YSTEM “«The belief is general that the volve the evacuation of the French whole German ‘front and its breech enemy to a struggle of man against ingenuity to avoid.” The Villages of Saudemont and half beyond Dury, the capture of are reporte: London, Sept. 3.—The British The’ town of Queant also‘has been the Germans, the British moviig in. Queant. More than 10,000 prisoners ‘ver been a ‘great ‘damage rto. patriot: - ism, and: there -I¢jno t¢ason why! , jhould ke Any pman-lang- « uage newspapers. | have not yet discovered a red-hot, blistering, patriotic editorial in any German- American newspaper. In most’ communities in the Missis- sippi valley. the word “German” has been dropped from the names of banks and local insurance companies. Branches of the German-American Al- liance have suspended. German Turn Vereine have ceased’ to have meet- jinge: If the politicians can be made to keep their hands off and if newspapers .out this way, printed in the English language, can be prevented from catering to the foreign languages- for subscrip- tion purposes, the results will be good. 1 As The.,Times says, the contest be- ing made ‘by the National Security cLague is good. . If I were to have my way. I would after the war, institute schools at El- lis, Island and keep, every immigrant there six months for instruction in the English language before I would allow, him or her to go forth into the United States. With six months’ in- such a start would be made as would encourage the foreigner to go on with the use of the language. | would require every immigrant who wished to stay in the United States to acquire a reasonable use of the English tanguage within five years. |! would require the school books to be patriotic. In the German reading books to be used in colleges | would have the speeches of Washington. Webster, Lincoln, and Woodrow Wilson. 1 would omit all the glorification of the German ropal family which | appears in the present-day Ger. man books. Many of the German books used in the schools hereto- fore have been treasonabie against our country. T a mnot asking that the German language be destroyed. I am only ask- ing that it be put on the same basis with French, Spanish, Italian, and other languages which are taught in our schools and colleges. However, {after the war, the German language, so far as the United States is con- jcerned, ought to ‘be a dead language. We should not trade freely, if at all, with Germany—certainly not if we have courage’ and manly sense. We do not expect to buy Baedeckers print- ed at Liepsic, even though no others are printed anywhere else. This war, if it means anything. ought to mean that a great many of these errors of the past will be corrected. Politicians and office holders will not correct these things because they are afraid of the foreign voters. These reforms are in the hands of private individ- uals and thoroughly independent news- papers. Your late and beloved Mayor ‘Mitchel undertook to institute some reforms in- your great city, and paid the penalty with defeat and afterward with his life. We thoroughly believe that there can be no American unity so long as the. struggle for su- premacy goes on between ti American and the German lan- guages. LAFAYETTE YOUNG, Chairman of the Iowa Council of \Na- tional Defense and Publisher The Des Moines Capital. Des Moines, July 30, 1918: RUY W. 8. 3. 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Guns.of the allied OF DEFENSE London, Sept. 3.—The sensational breaking of the Drocourt- Queant switch line, after a series of allied advances, with great eap- ture of men and material, has made a great impression here. switch line is the main system of German defense and there is nothing equally strong béhind it. Con- sequently its loss opens the widest possibilities. it Its loss would in- coal fields and even the Flanders coast,”’ says the Herald, and ‘‘the switch line is thus the pivot of the h means that we have forced the man which he had used all: of his iii ike MARE. FURTHER PROGRESS. ith the British Army in France, Sept. 3.—In-heavy fighti last night beyond the Drocurt-Queant line, the British ae. repdrted to have made further progress on a front of 13,00 yards. Recourt more than .a mile and p which was announced last night, to have been taken today. The village of Etaing, two miles north of Dury, fell late yester- day, and the British further southwest captured Villers-Lev-Cagni- court. The captures were effected after most bitter fighting. CAPTURE is have captured the city of Lens, taken. Lens was evacuated by In their pass beyond the Drocourt-Queant line, the British have advanced to just west of Buissy, two and @ half miles northeast of ” Queant, and occupied Pronville, a mile and d half southeast of e taken by the British yesterday. The British hold Doignies Velu, and Bertincourt and. Rocquigny, representing an advance to a max 20-mile front effected this morning. In Flanders the British forces imum depth of four miles, on a have captured the town of Wal- verghem, two miles southeast of Kemel. Contrary to expectations; the enemy has not reacted heayily with a view to the recapture of the Drocourt-Queant line, by jeff the British in undisturbed possession of ih ss ne ave The British found Doignies, and Velu ‘unoceupied.” ‘The situation 1 on the southern part of the battle field is said to be extremely i esting but nothing more can be said for the moment. - pfeil