Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1915 — AS TO THE LOYALTY OF OUR NEIGHBORS. [ARTICLE]

AS TO THE LOYALTY OF OUR NEIGHBORS.

Speaking of Germany's official blindness—the remarkable acts bf those in control of Teutonic governmental affairs—the Indianapolis News pays a deserved tribute to the so-called German-American population in this country. The News says in part: . “There is not a German born citizen in this country who would vote to substitute the German system of government for our own. Doubtless, it is difficult for the people in Germany to understand this, but the <act is undeniable. The men w*ho thus insult our German-American citizens mistake a sentimental interest on their part for the old home for a devotion to German principles of government. There is in this land no ‘little Germany’ shat would fight against the United States. The mere suggestion of this as a possibility is in affront which would, iff a crisis,

bo hotly resented by those against whom it is directed. Will the German government ever wake up?” - ■ The News sizes up the situation rightly. Of those who came from Germany and renounced allegiance to a foreign nation and accepted American citizenship they will abide by this country, where, unlike in Germany, there is no military or aristo cratic caste, no lese majeste laws, no limiting of freedom of speech, no restrictions of freedom, no ‘‘divine right.” Here the civil authority is supreme over the military authority, and "the- humblest citizen is protected in his right, even to denounce the government.” We do not doubt for a minute the loyalty of bur citizens of German extraction;—Lake County Times; ;