Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1917 — SWEDISH-AMERICANS LOYAL [ARTICLE]

SWEDISH-AMERICANS LOYAL

Editor of the Svenska Kuriren Pledges Patriotism of Countrymen. Chicago, Sept. 14.—Alex J. Johnson, editor of the .Svenska Kuriren, wishes it made plain that the Swedes in America are for America first and last. They regret that relations between this country and Sweden should be strained and hope that a break may not come, Jjut jf it 3oes come, Uncle Sam can depend upon them to stand back of him solidly. “There are few Swedes In the United States,” said Johnson, “who are not American citizens. And lam perfectly sure that I will not be contradicted when I say that every Swedish-Amerb can citizen is for America first, last and all the time. ° “For 30 years I have been publisher of the Svenska Kuriren, and from the very beginning I have taken the stand that we have no higher duty than to become good American citizens.”