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Show oo CHANT OF A GERMAN-AMERICAN (By CHARLES D. KOUNTZ.) ("If the war results In a world of republics, it will have justified itself." Anon.) Brothers, O brothers, over the sea, When will yo strike for liberty? When will ye learn that tne right divine di-vine Is the right to be free? and the right is thine! Behold the Bear That Walks Like a Man, And grasp the meaning, if ye can! Then, having learned the meaning, heed! The Bear has become a Man, indeed! Look to the East, where the sun begins; be-gins; Mongols unfettered from rulers' sins! And are ye even less than they, That they must teach ye freedom's way? Look to this glorious land of the West, Drawing from every race its best! Saxon and Teuton and Slav and Celt, Common all in a yearning felt! What is the thing that drives ye on Where a million men to their graves have gone? The lust for power, now turned tc hate! Have ye forgotten Babel's fate? The world has need for your fine, ret blood, Rushing to waste in a very flood. Lost for a single ruler's gain! Lost for a sinful cause and vain! Brothers, 0 brothers, over the sea, When will ye strike for liberty? When will ye turn and by your mighi Achieve the one God-given right? New York Times nn |