Chant of Loyalty.
By ELIAS LIEBERMAN.
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Firm as the furnace heat Rivets the bars of steel, Thus to thy destiny, Flag, are we plighted; One are the hearts that beat, One is the throb we feel, One in our loyalty, Stand we united. Many a folk have brought Sinew and brawn to thee; Many an ancient wrong Well hast thou righted; Here in the land we sought, Stanchly, from sea to sea, Here, where our hearts belong, Stand we united. Ask us to pay the price, All that we have to give, Nothing shall be denied, All be requited; Ready for sacrifice, Ready for thee to live, Over the country wide, Stand we united. One under palm and pine, One in the prairie sun, One on the rock-bound shore, Liberty-sighted; All that we have is thine, Thine, who hast made us one, True to thee evermore, Stand we united. |
American Munition Supplies
The Alleged German Plot to Buy
Control of Their Sources
The following dispatch from Washington, dated June 8, 1915, appeared in The Chicago Herald:
President Wilson and his Cabinet considered today the known fact that German interests, reported backed by the German Government, are negotiating for the purchase of the great gun and munition of war plants in this country.
Secretary McAdoo of the Treasury laid the matter before the Cabinet. He had information from Secret Service agents of the Government who have been following these German activities for some weeks. It is reported today, confirming The Herald dispatch of last night, that the plants for which negotiations are on include that of Charles M. Schwab at Bethlehem, Penn.; the Remington small arms works at Hartford, Conn., and the Cramp works at Philadelphia, which, it is said, Schwab is about to acquire; the Metallic Cartridge Company, the Remington Company, and other munition and small arms works.
Included in the Schwab plant holdings are the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Massachusetts, and the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, where it is reported parts of submarines are being made for English contract, shipment being made through Canada.