Show AMERICANISM IS EXPLAINED Means Intelligent gent Under Under- Understanding Understanding Understanding In- In Institutions Institutions In Institutions I standing of History and Ideals Many an American soldier bee bas honored Ills his country with bullets and later disgraced It with Ith hal bal ballot bal ballots lot lots declared C C Wilson Wll on last night ht In an en address before th the Herman Baker lInker pout poet No 9 1 at Mit- Mit Mit-chell Mit chell cheil hall bali In the Ques Ques- Question ques- ques question Question tion What Is I Americanism There Ther are arc three thre kinds kind of pa- pa patriots pa accordIng to the th speaker The I-The Th jingo Jinto 2 the 2 th cynic and 3 3 the Intelligent citizen As A an ot of the jingo Jinro o he referred to Stephen Decatur who shouted my country right rig or and to the Ku Klux Klan he h said ald is Ie I the th outstanding exponent In America today of o pro pro- pro ma und under r the name of patriotism I A good food deal of this so called per cent patriotism is 1 I about 99 per cent country Idiot The Th Klan put puts out a 0 glowing list lIet ot of Ideals sometimes sometime deceives deo the un- un unthinking un thinking nia s but anyone who has hos the power to tile the mind of the th typical Klanman Klan knows p well that the th thing which he lIe advertises s I e a patriotism Is only a form of or- or organized or organized class and sectarian solf seif- seif lt KLAN CRITICIZED The Tho Klan proceeds upon the as- as assumption as assumption that all th the native native- native born born Protestants band to- to together together to gether r to arbitrarily rule rulo rul the tho coun- coun country coun oun country try and keep the tho rest of ot the th folks aho ho are arc Americans olt ot of power That Is I un American The opposite of or t the te Jingo jinro Is the patriotic cynic who also goes noes to IsI I the othe of undiluted In- In Internationalism internationalism In Internationalism He I-fe balle es b ee po pa pa- pa responsible r for most or of I the tho al war e and mischief let loose looe In Inthe inthe the world orld norMs Mr Wilson said that while ehile be had hod a lot of ot sympathy for tor many of this group who ho hall hail supported the geat war ar with the th nd- nd nd In Ing that It was wa a war ear to end ear ar and achieve certain YI float eat Ideals and who ho being belne so utterly disillusioned disillusioned disillusioned had llad decided to abbo all forms of nationalism ea se bin bein the I root of Df the th eill esil e II of Df o militarism But the grIn eraM grase e den den- dan dangers gers Inherent In dan I na- na national national na national pride we can not get Bt along a fos I of national unity an and national Idell he said eold But this thle thi true must I not be ho contused confused I with Ith the false fain tal va- va varlet va-rieti va riot which I would del r e us of I our Individual liberty and makes us all do the Int Intellectual goose goose- i step Nor must It be b c ud InI in I I that headed fat-headed spirit which would make us 8 well ell up like Ilka a stu stuck k pig and Imagine that wo iso 0 are art superior to e other nation I i i Real ma be bo d defined ne as Intelligent 10 loyalty alty to the th group to which we e belong b bit t I It all the while that there ar are varying forms of In all oilier national n or racial groups group It ItI ItIs I Is sometimes hard bard foe us to se ae s e It for our standards are 8 so i en But let us tr try to stand undo and appreciate the th culture of every land Italy France England Ocr Ocr- Germany m many ny Japan Chin China all ha hate hai e their Individual pait pan to play In the th concert of na- na nation na nation tione tion e We must be big enough h to see ee that two rae rac fl 01 ot t two 0 nations may bo be different without of them being necessarily Inferior to the other Ir IG MT or OP ISM I ISM I Amu Arnu when properly understood means meon at bottom an ani Intelligent understanding of the 1 history instItutions Jl a ail ti 11 Ideal or of ori i our DUr count America Is more thana than a geographical location It I a groat spiritual principle I In the heart of world politic politics That cornerstone principle em Il a go whose hose passion plon and pro pro- pro It Is 18 to Create for tor e 01 c of Its It people an of opportunity to all Ill that the nil nil- nature na nature tur ture of Df each Indicate Indicates that i he can become com and In doing thit to life liberty and t to pursue u the goal gDal of all If lit life which Is happiness To To bea ba good a loan Inan must take tak an and intelligent ent interest In public affairs and mix mit In politics In a disinterested nay nav lie He H I must mut also alRo discharge his ch chic Ic debt to that port part of America for I he Is I most moot e c his hi home hometown to ton n The Tho Th speaker Id I'd the patrIotic consideration o city plan plan- planning planning I ning city zoning and the city man man- 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