Ogden Daily Standard | 1917-08-14 | Page 10 | German is Severely Dealt with by Wm. Lowder

GERMAN IS SEVERELY! DEALT WITH BY 1 . LOWDER i I A scathing lesson in patriotism and allegiance o the United States was .givon today by Chairman William Lowder of the county selective service exemption board to a member of a German family which lives in the western part of tho city on a small farm. The German, a young man of draft age, claimed exemption on the grounds that ho was an alien citizen. That in itself would have been satisfactory satis-factory but Mr. Lowder says that tho family, and notably an older brother, had been talking considerably in their community about tho war and the positions po-sitions of tho United States and Germany Ger-many and had offered many sncors about this country, indicating that their sympathies lay with Germany and would always be there. The family has been in this country for five years and none of its members mem-bers has taken out citizenship papers, according to Mr. Lowder. The young German appeared with an interpreter at tho office of the board in the court house when ho claimed his exemption and was asked by Mr. LoWdor at that time to return for an interview. He evaded this as long as possible. When asked as to his sympathies, ho said that he liked America as a' country, but did not want to fight against Germany. Tho best answpr that could be gotten out of him was that ho "did not want to fight" and he gave the opinion that he would not fight, if called upon to do so, even though he had adopted this cas his home. Mr. Lowder called his attention to tho ingratitude of a man who would pick tho fruits of tho land of his adoption, but would return it nothing in the way of the benefits of his citizenship and in addition would exert ex-ert his influence in his community against this country-He country-He was informed as a parting shot that if ho or his brother or any member mem-ber of tho family to which he belonged, be-longed, persisted in talking about America in a disparaging way. that serious consequences would follow. oo