The Editor:
"Use always the American flag and commit as much high treason as you like."
"Woe to the German-American, so-called, who, in this sacred war
for a cause as high as any for which ever people took up
arms, does not feel a solemn urge, does not show an eager
determination to be in the very fore-front of the struggle; does not prove
a patriotic jealousy, in thought, in action and in speech to rival and to
outdo his native-born fellow citizen in devotion and in willing sacrifice for
the country of his choice and adoption and sworn allegiance, and of their
common affection and pride. As Washington led Americans of British
blood to fight against Great Britain, as Lincoln called upon Americans of
the North to fight their very brothers of the South, so Americans of German
descent are now summoned to join in our country's righteous struggle
against a people of their own blood, which, under the evil spell of a
dreadful obsession, and, Heaven knows! through no fault of ours, has
made itself the enemy of peace and right and freedom throughout the
world."
—From Otto H. Kahn's "Right Above Race."
