New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 11, 1918, Page 14

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1 B [R— oS e - v - — = P, O K nd iy « z America, but still more frequent- Fairness compels ns to the several sociations R L e . . v N_. By qu i ent iy t { Iy the public schocls had been driven | nize, however bad the cenditions 1 with him by the fou: ir | ul and ins s | out by ¢ wan private schools ta t | been, that the typical difficulty 1 ind other agents of the com \ i = I in German, by German teache been due not to =0 many hostile or on public information, by the SURF an i i « of were usually unc ifled ones, disloyal aliens to the numbers of | pr lcading citizens, 1 like AS A WAR MEASURE ... wided German national bymn was generally | those starkly orant and unfamiliar v the Red Cross activities w 1, often in | sung, while in many of these schools | with their opportunities. In very | now have a military force united in | Establishd 1886 n’s own Chus the | the Amervican national hymn had | many cases there had never been a | spirit, motive and determination. | et tivs o 1 IFatherland™ | nev been sung This seemed par-) friendly hun contact established More than that, our many elements nore poweritl wnd more vis- | tieularly disturbing because i- | between the immigrant and the coun- | at home have been arotsed and neglected and by us. We | teach nf il ht kind, followed > sy thetic advance o . part | and devotion to the cause o7 our o k bl tl t d All beat us out and told her story far| the outcome of merc chance, indif-| American of tomorrow. The govern- | quite in contrast to that which is . i better than we had yet learned to | ference or accident ment doubtle represents to him a | represenfed by the soulless armies of | Wool Su]ts and Overcoats tell America’s story. The homeland Today we are at war, and we have | malevolent force, ever (hreatening [ Austria and Germany, in which the | [8 en for The New Britain Her- | continued benevolently paternal. Our | had to face the stern necessitics of | MM, and of which he knew but lit- [ men have been inspired by deception, | ancis P. O'Brien, director of | land was coolly neglectful | Americanizing many of these people | tle. Governor Bomberger of Utah. | lies, and plunder. Thus do the ways | & made by alicanisation M avementnn It was a rather.terrible realization | of forcign birth. The srmy and the | Who is of Germau birth, states defi- | of democracy and autocracy differ 2 Britain) that in our Lour of need there were | cantonments have become great [ NitCly that many more Germans Were; At the same time that we think New Britz millions in our midst to whom we | Americanizing centers. We are draft- | isnorant and misinformed than Were | more effective Americanization as s Before war was declared by the|could mnot talk and tell about|ing into the army men who cannot | disloyal during our first months | war measure, we are led to consider , {8 United States our country was one | America’s high purpose. We had not | lerstand a word of the commands, | the war, and he proved it by S ot roduar A deaobanall of diverse languages, of divided loy- ( only to combat the enemy alien, but | and still others who can not speaking tours and his converts. B unseen revolution is y read any taking place in ! M8 alties, and with varying concepts of | to reclaim the lost ground after our | order, sign, or warning, or make any | {0 Win the heart and mind of the people because of the necessities mocracy and of freedom, tending in | neglectful indifference, and to secure | record of what they see or are told. | People to our institutions andideals | jmposed on nations and on men by | 2 d f 1e direction of a discordant national- | Americanization of friendly aliens, so | They do not know the lang ¢ of | is now our purpose. Tt must he fos- the war. No longer shall we be able | B are 0 talne l'0m v. We had more than thirty-two to change their ignorance, and un- | their instructors. Hence follows the | tered by understanding, —sympathy | {5 gezregate into such exclusive | nillion people of foreign born par- | rest, and prejudice, and at the same | difficulty of training them into intel- | and intelligent leadership: because | groupg or to dwell in little social and | ents in our population. Thirteen mil- | time to capitalize the splendid gifts | ligent soldiers and of developing mil- | Americanism cannot be obtained | },5usht fortresses as before. The $ fon of these were of foreign birth, | and qualities that the new-comer | itary efficiency. We are surely learn- | through processes of Prussianism. | jeople who were good enough | and three million could not speak or | brings to us for Americanism. By our | ing that our costly sins of omission | The spirit of freedom and of love for | fan¢ for us will rightly claim more | up ead English. Of this latter sgroup | inhospitality and lack of intelligent | must be paid for. Thousands of | the institutions of demoeracy thal ,p jygtice and fairness from us after we did not know what they were | patriotism barriers and prejudices | thess men know nothing of the his- | Will lead a man to die for them must | yyo war, The government which has | thinking about, what was their atti- | had been erected by us calling for|tory of our country, its marvelous | Pe grounded upon understandi 2 | found that it could regulate the travel | tude toward America or what they | their cesentment. Some there were | growth and development, or of the feeling of worth, and a 30!\51' of de- and food conditions and take over were doing. Even of the non-citizens | who hated us because they did not| principles for which we have been | Votion. One of the very interesting | ;50235 will not be so helpless in | | th in general there was no accurate rec- | know us and their hearts were closed | willing to fight and to die whenever | Dhases of modern warfare is the wide | goajing with the illegal practices of e Caflnot Say more an We ord of where they were located or|to Americ appeal. it has been necessary. Only by such | recognition of the psychological ele- | pio phiginess following this w | % 2 how they were disposed toward us.| A curious situation came to our at- | means may fhey gain an understand- | Ments that are cperative In any con- | G4 js also to be hoped that after ) h h ll 0 t Many of our cities were the centers | tention from certain middle western |ing of our country and its ideals. | nection giving extended attention to large po- | | ave Oys ncni a Vercoa S lof pacifist movements, tho home of [ states in the early months of the| They will return from the army Thanks to the splendid work per- | litical principles and to world con- | " German spies and paid agents, as well | war. It was reported officially that | knowing English, knowing Ameri- | /080 B0 0 0l Ll D | ditions, that our people will never B Bl d G a at 5 50 as the seat of a foreign language | thousands of public schools were per- | cans and they will be for tnis lana | formed by M. i < | amain place such emphasis on small | ln rown, ue a[l r y . propaganda by press, by teaching | petuating ideas hostile and disloyal | against the world. on the War Camps Community Ser- matters of party politics, or manifest - - _ fanatical intolerance toward legiti- mate differences of opinion. Unhap- pily intolerant restriction, mob-mind- | R L R A R Y Pt Ch Pl T I e f has not been 'confined fo other peo- UNION SUITS at ple with a more autocratic rule. They are not negligible factors in the onomy and indeed it may be forced upon us for some years to come. We shall be| . cellodBupon alionitogthin gimare gon| had grown out I to control or to understand his owl s B L] L] L] i St l other people. of the common cause, | science and industry o e ) : et B | ..d or our sovernment's meeds than | of ail ratio to the Erowth of popular|destiny. Often his partisteiten ’ of our own selfish concern. Tt is such | under fhe common man | democracy scemed to consist mh G QUL NG S SON08: 1 . had cea negative vote against things as the ®! | co-operative and shared activity that | simply rec Tic hid fccascatne=ative (VoLe ia & | : e - - . | were. We arc coming to see mo fimost Yorsiine BromOne s clearly in this war than ever befol |2l pmasy L I8 ie Bl v < that even in dealing with vast sock realize how erally provineial nergies we are srill dealing wif] f | isnorant we have heen Leretof Ma dont have S e G ' rlnpgotlietAneoilcTie fie Ve ' ics are subject to influence and i | coon fnomn smerica as” american | 0 Fix My lunch oA hou ME G pasy o5 @0@ rise Thus are democracy valued and \mmmlu ;lml‘ from ow \mericanization undergoing gradug seniinogiriends; and fndminersfiamons modifications even during the war the nations, as is evemplified in re erence to China and Japan. i v It has now become clear that o A A A Nfl“ce Cuticura Soap is o g or e 2 | and me fix that Easy Shaving for, ar with the growth of demo: up +'° e'l:her. Sensitive Skins . huge governmental ente The New Up-to-date Cuticura Method nt factories and joh (™MADE OF CORM) jons indicated M MM A Ao Lizesry / y BONDE” # ] 7 p 7 ! GG A vorrry B o \"‘Q»gl; / fod BND 1) Money Makes the Ships GoO. By CHARLES M. SCHWAB Despite the fact that we have made real progress is over the ships that we are building now will pay for in shipbuilding, it must be remembered by every themselves many times over. But the immediate need is patriotic American that the need for ships increases money and the whole-hearted support of the entire nation. proportionately with the increase in the size of our fighting forces overseas. Transporting troops to Europe is only one-fourth of the task that our shipping facili- ties must bear. The other three-fourths is the carry- ing of supplies and munitions of war. If the American people could visualize what has been done in our shipyards with the money that they invested in the first Liberty Loans, I am sure they would be as proud and as enthusiastic as I am. The ships that we have built dnd are building should Ships cannot be built without money. In war time persuade the most cautious investor to put his money it takes @ great dea/ of money. Undoubtedly after the war into Liberty Bonds of the fourth issue. Buy Liberty Bonds—They Are the BEST Investment in the World!

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