Melcher notes a Rev. Thiel, who, when pressed about not praying for US, said "I believe that all the nations at war are wrong therefore I can pray for none." And he also later said that "there are a good many fads in the world. One of them is…
Response to Davis from Governor's office, noting that Babel wouldn't stop this woman from talking German, but that there is not reason "for this case to be given publicity through the columns of your paper."
On pro-Germans in Floyd County. Author feels that "until some of these insulters of the American Cause stretch hemp, the boys in the trenches will not have the united support that they should have." Taking 'stretch hemp' to mean 'hang.'
Ainsworth's side of the Kreutz case, in which he at first refused to come and then relented when given a public hearing. His fear is evident, and the coercion thick.
