Show MR BRYAN'S BRYANS ERROR MR R. R BRYA BRYANS BRYAN'S S 'S error In appealing I to German Americans Is not ro- ro paired aIrd b by the character of ot the appeal Whatever or the service senIco ho lie ma may have ha performed b by describing the Presidents President's dents dent's sense of fairness and good In- In tho the former Secretary of ot otI I State has overborne the tho good b by tho the evil of to Germany German there thero theres is Js s a class of ot American citizens who are are not hot wholly American Ho has haq raised the hyphen to the dignity of ot ian an Issue upon which Germany Is 19 extremely ex ex- ex- ex likely to presume German Americans ceased to be besuch besuch bezuch such the existing cause celebre between Germany and the United States began Thc could not be bc both German and American under the cir cir- cir cir- If It they were German obviously they ceas ceased tl to bo ho American since the two nations for the moment at least had hal nothing in common 1 if they wore were American and thO they could bo nothing else under the obligations of their citizenship oath they were longer German The Tho class to which M Mr Bryan addresses his third brief for weakness docs does not exist There have not been Jacking Jacking- IndIc Indications Indi IndI- c that the German n statesmen and tho the German press havo have believed th there re Is Ig a considerable rable proportion of or ortho tJi tho population of ot this country German German German Ger Ger- man man either b by birth or extraction which thich would sympathize with tho Fatherland under any conditions That th theory thory ory has emboldened German Germane e editors to suggest that declaration of ot otvar war var against Germany German by the United States Stites would be bo followed by civil war warin warin ar arin in tho latter country It is this absurd ab ab- ab- ab surd urd misconception of American life th that Mr Bryan has unhappily flourIshed nourIshed nourished nour flour b by his Imprudent appeal Nor have conditions been lacking to indicate Mr B Bryan an himself has baa shared some such theory His attitude attitude atti attl- tude towards American citizens upon whom nhom foreign govel governments ments may assert as as- f sert rt a a. is not what good public policy could approve This was Il Illustrated II- II 1 by a caSe case recently in point VA IL citizen of New Orleans whose father was born In France but had be omo a naturalized American de- de aired to isit visit Franca France on business He Hewa wt wa Informed by the French consul that he be impressed into the tho military service if It ho he did so so al alt although al- al t though he lie was born on American sql n of ot a a. naturalized American father n a fact a fact that c constitutes him an Amer Amer- Jean ican The The surprised man wrote to toS S Secretary Bryan who replied that he hec c could uld do nothing for 0 him could extend n up assurances that he ho would bo prot protected pro pro- t In his citizenship rights if It he went to France It t should bo be plain from the foregoing foro- foro I g going and from Mr Bryans Bryan's attitude tg towards ards the incident that ho he hhas has hils developed resistance non-resistance to a of ot accepting with humility whatever whatever whatever what what- ever ever Injustice may be he visited upon America or or- Americans American I honor and safety alike mean nothing to him a aa ns compared with the pos pos- of war T The Te a American flag vero he President would signify orly or cowardice and endurance of ot af at- fronts The American abroad would clam claim any citizenship but that of or his own own country were he ho threatened and n nc needed deI dc-d protection i l iNo No botter better time than now could be f found for asserting tho principle that an American citizen can be nothing else that there thera can be no divided allegiance The Tho French law which constitutes the son of a Frenchman a French citizen under nn any and alt all circumstances cir clr- is as gross a violation of or American rights as tho the German law en enacted some few years ears ago that permits permits per per- miLS s a German to retain his German citizenship even after taking the oath Q of anco to some other country That theory should be resisted am and bi broken ken down without to the character of ot tho the alien who takes takee an oath renouncing hi his allegiance while actually retaining It it In appealing to German Americans Mr Bryan Bryon has given notice to th the world v there is a 0 class of ot Americans American who must be placated Ho lie gives color colo to tho the German theory that these Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans still retain Gorman German habits o ot of thought to an e extent that enable them to sympathize with th the tho German rejoicing over the wholesale murder of ot Americans on the Lusitania He re male make even more difficult th the tho Presidents President's ent's task although pretending to render It easier It is character character- of tho the politician who thinks of ot none and ond of nothing but himself himsel |