| Show EDITORIALS BY TIlE THE PEOPLE STAND BY PRESIDENT Editor Telegram I wish to congratulate you upon your editorial ot of Wednesday Standby Stand Standby Standby by the President and I wish to congratulate congratulate congratulate con con- the people of ot Salt Lake City that we have a at the editorial head of our our- papers men with the true appreciation appreciation appreciation of or right and animated by sentiments sentiments sentiments sen sen- of honor love of country and condemning wrong even though it must offend a few of our foreign born citizens who only see dimly through their own own glass In our serious serious serious seri seri- i ous differences with Germany and her war methods this country will stand by the president regardless of a few politicians who for for- forthe the sake of holding holding- office would lower our standard and sell our country for a pot of porridge Our government is based on human I rl rights ht and th the liberty of the indi Indi- vidual a foundation of or rock that will not perish and woe to him who would sacrifice this honor to serve self THE TELEGRAM is a young paper and seems to have association in its a large number of young men and it is therefore gratifying to hear them express this loyalty and devotion of country for by this we older men can view the future with greater assurance of national security the right of self government and to serve God according to the dictates of our own consciences These are the United States of America one of the greatest most populous and wealthiest governments of the world We Ve welcome all aU those who wish to s share in our beneficent institutions and all who come may enjoy every privilege accorded to the native born This fact alone should at once make of such persons persona loyal and patriotic citizens But a few like a Mr 11 Doelle whose communication appeared recently paper and who vho still leas lIas hasa a strong German Gennan accent fail faU to appreciate la e these privileges and criticises our president calls him a cheap Jester and a political blunderer He Ho feels that because the United States does not aid Germany to quickly quick quick- ly win the war that we are contributing to the number pf widows and orphans How Illogical His arguments have been answered scores of times to the satisfaction of all an true Americans but he cannot see the point And this is 13 Isone isone one of the lamentable circumstances of ot the world war The German people people people peo peo- in many ways are certainly certainty most intelligent and yet woefully lacking in some ways They can can see only from one angle Their ambition is to rule the world If they expect to do it with the sword they will surely fall fail They have conquered many countries and subjected them to their domina domina- tion But have they ever made friends of these conquered people History fails faUs to reveal it Have they really any friends of a single government on the face of the earth I doubt it By intermarriage and strategy they have planned to control the policies of other countries and in part have succeeded but cannot control th their ir subjects and thus have found their plans nullified because of an overwhelming overwhelming over over- wh whelming sentiment of these people against them Surely this is a national national national na na- na- na weakness and it is this weakness weakness weak weal ness that misleads the minds of our German born citizens I am not speaking of all German Gennan citizens for there are many who today Stand by bythe bythe bythe the President and I am glad of it and my heart goes out in wa warmth mth to them E PLURIBUS UNUM PLURIBUS UNUM |
