The united American : a magazine of good citizenchip., October 01, 1924, Image 7

THE
A
UNITED
m e rican
A MAGAZINE OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP
• '
Devoted to the Cause of
Americanization, Assimilation and Group Elimination; Pointing the way to a Constitutional
Americanism, to Equality in Citizenship, and a better understanding
between Native born and Foreign bom.
Vol. 3
Ä“OU8 21
October, 1924
Number 1
ALIEN GROUPS AND AMERICAN POLITICS
ORGANIZING NATIONALITIES FOR DEFINITE ACTION
IF THE VOICE of the illustrious German, Baron pen of Mr. Viereck in a recent issue of his political
r Friederich Wilhelm Von Steuben — who come to magazine “The American Monthly” where the follow­
America in December 1777 to offer his skill as a ing illuminating sentences appear in bold type:
trained soldier and officer to the American people,
Mr. Wilson’s ambassador and England’s informer in
who were engaged in a warfare for independence — Germany, now Treasurer of the Democratic Party, Jimmy
[could be heard now, thousands upon thousands of Gerard, looked for lamp posts from which to hang twenty
German born loyal American citizens agree that he million German Americans whom he regarded as disloyal to
would denounce the host of self-acclaimed leaders Him Who Kept Us Out of War. Now the same twenty million
German Americans are looking for twenty million -ballots
among the immigrant Germans today, who are most with which to smite both members of the bi-partisan con­
wantonly re-acting against the political principles spiracy which dominates our foreign and domestic affairs ...
in the making for which Steuben nobly fought in the Never was the German element so unanimous nor so conscious
crusial days when America’s Independence was born. of its high civic duty as in the present campaign ... The
German Americans punished Cox, heir to the Wilson policies,
In the name of Steuben these leaders are today when they elected Harding. They will punish the little New
busily engaged in recruiting the immigrant people England lawyer who could not find his voice to protest against
the raid on the Ruhr ... They have the power and the moral
from Germany, who have obtained citizenship in
obligation to save America for the Americanism that inspired
America, for the purpose of trading the “German • those first German settlers who sought this New World ...
vote” whichever way these leaders happen to find, Shaver, the Democratic Chairman, and other political experts,
it most profitable to march their American voting admit that the German American element holds the balance of
power. If the German Americans remain united they can
immigrant army.
crush the plot to obliterate the year 1776 from our annals,
In the face of the noble efforts put forth by to make the American people a pawn in the game of British
Americans of foreign births of all nationalities, to jingoes and French chauvinists. Political experts, ... realize
break the power of the political organizations of since the declaration of the Steuben Society of America in­
his candidacy, that the so-called German vote will be
nationality formation in America .and destroy the dorsing
cast for LaFollette. ... Every magazine speaking for the
effectiveness of those foreign leaders whose treacher­ German American element is heart and soul for the ... cause,
ous scheming in behalf of foreign interests has including “The American Monthly,” the “Neue Zeit” in
brought so much grief to every loyal American of Chicago, Schrader’s “'German American World,” which
foreign birth, a new nationality group movement has changed its name to the “Progressive,” and ¡the “Deutsche
Post” a new German magazine published by Mr. Heiss. The
been launched which to all intents and purposes is German language press, with the exception of a few lured
basically political in nature. Organized for the by Republican flesh pots is for LaFollette. Not one German
purpose of feudal warfare upon the two dominant language newspaper of importance is for Davis. A few
American political parties, The Steuben Society, in are on the fence, but there is no question that their readers
with the Senator from Wisconsin. ... In accomplishing
the defiant language of. one of its predominant are
our own emancipation, we shall -burst the shackles of our
leaders and organizers, George Sylvester Viereck, brothers in Europe. The election of LaFollette means the
has evidently been dedicated to one specific cause — scrap for the Treaty of Versailles -and the fraudulent League
of Nations, misbegotten by the combined effort of four senile
political piracy.
minds in Paris.
Perhaps the best way to illustrate to what extent
And in the language of Andy Gump, as the
these foreign leaders are trying with might and main
to swing an American national election and cause German language press-, under the leadership of
political havoc, is to quote a few extracts from the Viereck et al, goes so goes the large percentage of