Godly Sedition

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Dublin Core

Title

Godly Sedition

Subject

World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Disloyalty; Pacificism;

Description

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 democracy."

Creator

Lewis Melcher

Source

N/A

Publisher

State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa

Date

11/21/1917

Contributor

N. R. Louven

Rights

N/A

Relation

N/A

Format

Affidavit

Language

English

Type

TEXT

Identifier

Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05

Coverage

1917-11-21; Floyd County; Charles City, Iowa