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THE FATHERLAND New York City, New York, U.S.A. 15 March 1916 (page 82)
A PERSONAL LETTER FROM THE EDITOR.
Dear Reader: You, as well as I, must have noticed that many important articles appear on the war and other international problems which, for reasons of space, we cannot reprint in The Fatherland.
THE FATHERLAND is a fighting organ; as such it must take up the events of the day from week to week, often to the exclusion of valuable material from many sources, such as Houston Stewart Chamberlain’s momentous tribute to the German language, or that trenchant study of Sir Edward Grey, by Sir Roger Casement. These articles were published in The International, as were also Ex-Congressman Vollmer’s fiery attack, “American Rights and English Insolence,” Dr. Dernburg’s article on Henry Ford, and many invaluable contributions from the brilliant pens of such writers as Frank Harris and Aleister Crowley.
At one of our editorial conferences, we considered how we could bring powerful and convincing articles of this nature to the attention of all the readers of THE FATHERLAND. We thought at first of issuing them in pamphlet form. But many reasons were advanced against this suggestion. It would be expensive and we could not be sure of reaching THE FATHERLAND readers regularly. They would buy such pamphlets as for some reason or other appealed to them by their title, and they would miss many others of equal importance.
In order to make these articles easily accessible to all our readers, we have made an arrangement to print such articles that are too long for THE FATHERLAND every month in The International. I am editor of The International as well as of THE FATHERLAND. The International is now in its tenth volume, and is the only American magazine that gives Germany a square deal.
While THE FATHERLAND aims to be primarily the mouthpiece of Americans of German descent, The International, containing much more space, covers a greater field. It is an American monthly which aims to be the organ of all those American irrespective of descent who refuse to regard the United States as a colony of Great Britain.
In addition to vigorous editorials and special articles like those I have described, The International also prints a good deal of fiction from the German and other languages, and interesting comment on Literature and Drama.
The subscription price of The International is $1.50 per year, or 15˘ per copy. In order to bring The International, if possible, to every reader of THE FATHERLAND, The International Monthly, Inc., has made an arrangement with The Fatherland Corporation, according to which readers of THE FATHERLAND will receive a special reduction in the subscription price of The International.
The International will be sent to any reader of THE FATHERLAND for ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, if the subscription reaches this office on or before the first of April.
The International, while printing much that is entirely different from what appears in THE FATHERLAND, will nevertheless be a valuable appendix to THE FATHERLAND.
Trusting that the large family of readers which supports THE FATHERLAND will also extend their support to The International, I am,
Sincerely yours
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