E.L. Roschke letter to Theodore Graebner - November 8, 1919
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Bourbon, [Missouri] [November, 8, 1919] Prof. Theo Graebner, St. Louis, [Missouri] My Dear Professor:- In the Lutheran Witness of [October] 28th, Who was preacher at Lutherville, [Arkansas] in [ms illegible: 2 wds] you made brief reference to the fact that one of our pastors was driven from his home at Lutherville, [Arkansas] by a few gunmen. Now it is truly deplorable that such things still occur, but at the same time we must admit that at times the victims of such violence are also at fault, at least to some extent. We all know that we are living in abnormal times, that our American people are restless at present, that many have a blind hatred for anything that even reminds them of Germany, so why not be careful. Why taunt the lion (mob), while he is angry? This I think was done at Lutherville. You can judge for yourself after reading the following quotation from a letter from a classmate of mine at present pastor in Louisiana. He writes
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the League of Nations should succeed, that He should see to it that Wilson would not be able to finish his speaking tour for the L. of N. [League of Nations], & many more of the most absurd things he mentioned. Have we not here a concrete example of a minister getting into trouble by his own fault? So for the letter from my friend. This information about Lutherville I did not give to you, because perhaps I bear a grudge against the man at Lutherville (I am not at all acquainted with him), but in order to give you an opportunity to hear also the other side of the question. Perhaps it may be of some value to you in some later article. Both
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| Title | E.L. Roschke letter to Theodore Graebner - November 8, 1919 |
| Creator | Roschke, E.L. |
| Source | Roschke, E.L. Letter to Theodore Graebner. 08 November 1919. Graebner, Theodore Collection. Concordia Historical Institute, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Letter from E.L. Roschke to Professor Theodore Graebner concerning a recent article Graebner wrote for the Lutheran Witness. Roschke informed Graebner of a recent trip he had to Lutherville, Arkansas where a German pastor gave a sermon criticizing the League of Nations and President Wilson. While Roschke agrees that the rules limiting the use of the German language is wrong, he brought to Graebner's attention that in some cases he understands why people want to eliminate German. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--Public opinion; World War, 1914-1918--Religious aspects; German language |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Contributing Institution | Concordia Historical Institute |
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| Date Original | November 8, 2019 |
| Language | English |