Excerpt from Germans in America

The human aspect of this country has changed from what it was in August, 1914, and for many months following the outbreak of the war. The voice of the peace at any price advocates headed by Mr. Bryan is silent, and Mr. Bryan offers himself for enlistment as a private. Yet up to a very recent date he had a following made up of men and women who sang, I didn"t raise my boy to be a soldier, and who fought hard to make us, by staying at home ourselves and by keeping our ships at home, submit to the domination of the Kaiser now, instead of waiting for his final victory. They were indifferent to the fate of liberty in the world and they daily gave thanks that we were not at war; though to keep out of the risk of war we had suffered national shame and humiliation. Their aggregate was large and they seemed dead to patriotism; they seemed ready to give up self-government and pass under the yoke of any conqueror who came provided they might live their own limp existence unharmed.

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