THE ENEMY ALIEN QUESTION.
o. „ l 0 Editor. Jn-.-Englarid, I notice, is at last vak- >1 r« n i, oler enemy alien subject, for I e f eoent caW ® tb at a monster 4 petition (fintammg a million names, de- -l manding the internment of enemy aliens, A S fV?l Pr r^ d . to the i Of England. What are we doing in this '1 f'Oimmou in the matter? It ia nnito I common talk about the number of Ger- ',l mans, etc., who are at large carrying on -|I -heir ordinary business and enjoying tho *! same rights as those belonging to <mr 1 own nation. I give you now an es> j P ® of wuat we allow to go on. At a 1 prominent school in one of our our cities : -j receiving higher eduaction freeTa X 1 found a German -boy. To m2 mate' ' worse, tnis boy is allowed to act as ser. j geant-major to the Cadet Corps of the *1 <> . 001, and is thus being instructed in « S lT tterS ' . Perlla P s afterwards. ! ° arnvea to use the know- J - edge now imparted against ■ us, some 1 S S< 7 116 is Zealand-born \ , erli&ps ho might be, but as his father J s mtet fned as a dangerous alien, it t J seems 'highly improbable that his sym- i pat,lues are on our side; in fact w& s ♦?»', nk ' safe, - v assume to the'con- ..! t an'. The whole matter requires that ° U , rae JT e9 at ° nce ' and if tlle £ toi f 3ll Government refuse to ' > take action at once, indignation meeting "• "JQ'gnation meeting should be held -■ everywhere, and the Government com- „i ! ' 1° P«t matters on a proper foot- A "1.9; How often do we hear when, say, i a berman name is mentioned, ' r Oh, hj« is 1 all right and thoroughly loyal 1" Well 3 >a come cases this might be so. but who is to be the judge, and, if. good is to re- " s.U, the prunmg-knife has to be put ! tno To °t and everybody of fierman ' " cr,elTl .V' parentage placed where no ■ narm can possibly result. We all talk about what we are coin'*' to do aff.gr the war, but are we doing ' what we should now ? Ave we protecting the future generations from a ropetinon of what is at present obtaining? \e are wholly and solely responsible for ; ■ future, and until we hunt out every - : one of our enemy aliens 'from our Do- '< minion and prevent them ever asaiu rom gaining a footing commercially or pun euros nuv sssoans W .iC[Baoa?s os it WfAV prep pun snu dn asm nai wajflo autos isnj} ajdmouis j -Ams, "i ' n _° -WW I 'P 3 t™l »a«
Log in