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Show ONE AMERICAN GERMAN AMERICAN Mayor Dlankonburg of Philadelphia said In n speech at tho Union loaguo "Tho" first djjy of any citizen' this country, natlvoborn or naturalized, natural-ized, Is his duty to his country. It makes no dlfforenco from whoro wo como." Hero is ono German Amorlcan who la as good an American ns nnyono born of Pilgrim ncostry. Thoro aro of courso many like him. Thoro novor has been tho slightest ground for 111 feeling bolween Amorlcan citizens citi-zens upon any point In controversy since tho European war began. Dut tho persistent offorts of a subsidized Gorman pross in Amoricn, nnd thoso ot agitators similarly engaged, has stirred up bitterness and division whero, but for their agitation, nono would havo oxlsted. This would bo a good tlmo for other oth-er roprcsentatlvo American citizens of Gorman birth, parentago or ancestry, an-cestry, to follow tho oxamflo of tho mayor of Philadelphia. Surely thoro nro many who feol exactly as ho does. Loulsvlllo Courier Journal. |