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"America For Americans
I FOOD WINS THE WAR j
i DON'T WASTE IT |
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KfcsCUM. l'HE KK.U. GERMANY
From the Knickerbocker 1'ress.
Tiio position of til© loyal Ameri
can. of CjtTii.au descent is generally
recognized us most difficult, calliug
lor sympathy and comprehension ou
the part oi those who have uo such
troiftde. A strong word, and oue of
profound common sense, has been
spoKeu for these individuals by
Hans Zinsser, professor of batter
iologv in the Columbia university
school of medicine. i>:'. Zinsser,
writing i:i the Columbia L'niversity
Quarterly, rvtnixds his fellow Am
ericaus thai only those anions them
of • ermaa stock are deprived in
this war of the satisfaction of
fight.ng shoulder to shoulder with
rn.'u of their own race, and of ren
dering service alike to the country
of tceir birth and the country of
their fathers.
Of Americans of German blood.
Dr. Zinsser remarks further that
thtre are those among them, "who
have been brought up in what they
considered the best German, tradi
tions They have been taught
fr m childhood her literature and
'•er music. They have studied in
her uuiversities and her laboratories^
and have taken grateful pride in
the memories of their immediate
forefathers. llut a'.I this has been
swamped and plowed uuder by the
policy of .merciless a:id materialistic
efficiency with, which a harsh aud
Dunaucratiu government has suc
ceeded in hypnotizing a whole peo
ple. I'uder these circumstances,
who cau have more reason for re
sentuieut or u stronger desire to
see the German military power de
feated than we who had pride iu
the attributes which we considered
the true characteristics of the best
German blood?
"This is our '76. Perhaps we feel
"bout it much, as the colonists felt
when they gathered about the ar
senal in Concvrd or when they
thr»w the tes" into Boston haTbor.
Th*y vere English far more thau wa
are German. Yet they fought be
cause their inherent sense of liberty
hart Leeu violated. Iu the same way
theia are men and women of
lisrman lineage in this country who
resent the policy of the present
German ruling grouj> much more
acutely than this is possible for
Americans of pure Anglo-Saxon
bloo'i. We are in this war with our
hearts and our souls, not only be
cause our country has declared! war,
not only because of Beglium, of
Sertia, of the Lusitania, of the U
boa^s. of the Mexican plots—suf
ficient reasons in themselves—but
in addition to all this because we
oelieve that it is for us to redeem
a« far as we may the blot which I
has been stamped upon the mem
ories cf our fathers by a gov- |
eraaieiii t&a; iu consider at the
f- - ■ •
reseat time politically] abnormal."
Hero wq have a direct expression
if simple loyalty to the United
itates. coupled with an accurate
;raso of the reJfeons which have
aad© it imperative for the world's
•llied democracies to put an end to
he pretensions o£ Hoheuzollernism.
Jut there is also here an expression
f thf peculiar circumstances whicilj
iiafce this necessity more compelling
o those of German blood than to
my others. To Americana of Brlt
sh, French, Italian or Russian an
estry, this is a war against aa
lien foe, but to those of Ger
nan blood it is a struggle to rescue
he laiid of their origin from a
vretched system hich has despoiled
t of its most precioua possessions
mil has disgraced the German name
hroughout the world.
PERTINENT FOOD
PARAGRAPHS
>.o\v is the time for every" good
satcr to couio to {he aid of his
.■ountry.
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*u the matter of food do not
aiis'alte substitution for starvation,
f e Caited States Food Admlnistra
t.oa asks >v>u for the former ia or
der to guard against the latter.
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Remember that being a slave to
your eating habits is one way of
helping the kaiser.
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Th proper study of mankind
(just now I is the food question.
Meatless days and jvlieayess days
are sure steps towards fightless
days.
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Practice food conservation for
'he sa'fe of your stomach, for the
sake of" your poeketbook, for the
sake of your country or for any
ot?°r reason under the sun, but
UK aURB YOU DO IT.
fh* lit 17 wheat crop tn France
was less th.an half of normal, using
• he c.-ou of litis as a basis for com
parisons. There was a shortage of
lTti.'H'U.OOO bushels, or 53.3 per
cent. The potato crop was only
within one-thrrd of normal. The
sj~ar beet crop showed 4 deficit of
per cent. Her meat herds in
'n eariy fall showed a shortage of
1u,SoO.OOO animals.
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Those are a few of the reasons
America must feed her associates
in the war. They ure 110 longer
able to feed themselves, and un
ions we come to the Tescue are face
' face with starvation. And starva
tion means defeat iu the war.
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So closely is tlie world linked
today that the war has been
orought into every American house
hold. The armies are fighting to
da<- 3,000 miles ahead of their food
base, a. thing which would have
oeen impossible in any other way.
There is a food base iu every kitch
en in this country. The efficiency
with w hich the housekeeper admin
ister her important command will
measure the amount of food that
can be sent to the front. If the
supply stops, the war stops—and
we aie defeated.
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Twenty per cent of the world's
sh.poing has been destroyed by U
boa:s or is interned in neutral
harbors. There is not euough, left
to transport all of the food Europe
must have unless it is in coneen
txa'ed form. The concentrated
foods, those containing the great
est nourishment iu the least shin
Dim' space, are beef, porrk and
muilon, wheat, sugar and fats.
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Kurope needs millions of tons
or" hod. America cannot supply it
unless our consumption is reduced.
Our surplus of wheat has already
been snipped, and still we must eend
niill'ons of bushels each month.
There is but one way it can be done,
au.l that one way is by individual
economy at the table. substituting
othei foods for those wliich must be
sent abroad. Our ability to do it
will meausre our efficiency jn war.
The minute our supply stops, Eu
rope approaches starvation — and
then she will stop1 fighting.
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"We want more meat," some in
Ameiica may say. "We get tired
of beans and other substitutes."
Mavhe we do ,but do you think we
ge* as >ired of substitutes aa Eu
rope does of lack of meat without
any substitutes?
Th» Wise Fool.
"Blessed Is the peacemaker." observ
ed the sage
"He'll get something besides a bless
ing if he attempts to settle a row be
tween a man and his wile." comment
ed tlie fool.—Cincinnati Enquirer. '
SO CIALISTS SAW
GERMANY'S ERROR
Urged That Inhuman Deporta
^ tions Be Stopped Because of
Effect on Neutrals.
GERARD SUMS UP SITUATION
"Germans Will Stop at Nothing, ana
the Only Thing They Respect Is
Force" — Huns' Capacity for
Cruelty Told by Whitlock.
Aroused by the indignation shown
by the whole world over the ruthlesi
deportations of the people in Bel
gium and France, socialist deputiei
in the reichstag protested against
the continuance of the practice. 'Am
bassador Gerard's evidence shows tht
extent of the horror.
In the Norddeutsche Ailgemeine
Zeitung of December 2, 11)10, the fol
lowing protests ngulnst the deporta
tion of Belgians to work In German*
appeared, made, respectively, by So
cialist Deputy rinase and Deputy Dltt
mann, members of the reichstag:
"Thousands of workmen in the oc
cupied territory have been compelled
to forced labor; we earnestly ask the
government to restore to these work
men their liberty, especially In Bel
gium. In truth, we (the Germans) find
no sympathy in neutral countries; even
the pope has made a protest against
tills procedure, and several neutral
states have done the same. Common
sense Itself demands that we abandon
this procedure which moreover Is In
opposition to the Hague convention to
which we have agreed."
"In opposition to the secretary of
state, I must recall that when former
ly the Belgian workmen who had tied
to Holland returned to Belgium. Gov
ernor General von Blsslng promised
that these Belgian workmen would un
der no circumstances be deported to
Germany. This reassuring promise
has not been kept."
Ambassador Gerard's Interesting tes
timony appears In his recent book;
A fturarH'c PvlH*riC0_
M'tie president (during my visit to
America In 1916) Impressed upon me
tits great Interest In the Belgians de
ported to Germany. The action of Ger
many In thus carrying n great part of
the male population of Belgium into
virtual slavery had roused great Indig
nation In America. As the revered
Cardinal Farley said to me a few days
before my departure, 'You have to go
back to the times of the Medes and
the Persians to find a like example of
a whole people carried Into bondage.'
"Mr. Grew had made representations
about this to the chancellor and. on my
return. I Immediately took up the
question.
"I was Informed that It was a mili
tary measure, that I.udendorf had
feared that the British would break
through and overrun Belgium and that
the military did not propose to have a
hostile population at their backs whc
might cut the rail lines of communt
cation, telephones and telegraphs, and
that for this reason the deportation
had been decided on. t was. however,
told I would be given permission to
visit these Belgians. The passes, nev
ertheless, which alone made such visit
ing possible were not delivered until a
few days before I left Germany.
Belgians Forced to Make Munitions.
"Several of these Belgians who were
put to work in Berlin managed to get
away and come to see me. They gave
me a harrowing account of how they
had been seized In Belgium and made
to work In Germany at making muni
tions to be used probably against their
own friends.
"I said to the' chancellor. 'There are
Belgians employed In making shells
contrary to all rules of war and the
Hague conventions.' He said. 'I do
not believe It." I said, 'My automobile
Is at the door. I can take you. In four
minutes, to 'where 30 Belgians are
working on the manufacture of shells,'
But he did not find time to go.
"Americans must understand that
the Germans will stop at nothing to
win this war, and that the only thing
they respect Is force."—James W. Ge
rard. My Four Tears In Germany. 191'<,
pp. 3951-52.
A similar point of view Is expressed
In an article entitled "Vae Vletls"
from the Hungarian newspaper N'ews
zawa of Budapest (quoted In K. O. Os
slannllsson. Militarism at Work in Bel
glum and Germany, 1017. pp. 53-54.)
Mixed Hungarian Opinion.
"Mechanical skill, and especially
qualified mechanical skill. Is for the
moment a more important factor than
usual, and as It must be obtained
where it can be obtained. Belgium has
had to suffer In accordance with the
old saying which always holds good:
Vae vletls (woe to the vanquished).
In Poland mechanical skill and the
arms which exist there are mobilized
under 'the glorious and fortunate ban
ners of Poland ;' In Belgium under 'the
banner of necessity.'"
". . . The question remains: for
what kind of work will the Germans
use the Belgians? . . . every kind of
work In Germany Is war work, wheth
er It Is called agricultural or Indus
trial work. As the deported Belgians
have not given their consent, their use
Is contrary to International law, and
the policy of the Germans In Belgium
and Poland Is equally to be deplored.
Instead of aiming at bringing us near
er peace, it serves to embitter our op
ponents and to arouse more hatred to
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