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Show *! S! S2S2S2SS! a « S! S2- 1TES OPPOSED TO German a ' 1 * outhwestrrn Cot*. Srn> lK « ht: it thefpare. or the | y developed atp- ' Ite. cbiefiV tW cur t F S W i ^ i A ^ y ' fluently. H » Hh chiefs h s f i l l f ^ | f { \ Bultfrtte; lat. member of* the tifk a4, White" i'Roek, ' Utah, had'; visited' 3w$ h their j people' in the vicinity of Ign& eio and j had told ' them . that" the-. Indians ' in] ^ feh • did not, and. y « onhi not'have to' rt. gi » t « n and to* Ignaeio ' Utes seem- j frigly ymm; influenced by the talk of ,' pie* visitors « ndi'" perhap. s other ag'e%| ; iie$ th « * t; may .' bo- at work, 1 Attorney "'"' feilfivan talked the mat-tor.. over " thoroughly .. with the chiefs and* explained every detail of '. the, draft,.,,' He points out that; efforts" to evade the registration and draft would be. futile., and if'the Indians,. resisted hy'force or otherwise,-."' it. was, likely United States troops wotdd •••$$ sen here, to enforce the government '. orde | ngr Mgiftratj^ « anil ' draft, is ca3 « gtlllKfe'rnied- Mr. at their ;;:: pe# levhad rather • ont# 4^ scsJ, ttoss' tot ifean md' they; were mk;},$ ofeg Iter. .' The'>'^ oonipi#| RC- i% r_ s principally rifa% tfc » , ween the, ages, of • twenty- one a IrtyrWie,' . although the,, •• others' • to » • said to be of-' the- same tre » d'of opinion. The ehange. manifested by the Ute* s surprising, inasmuch as ' heretofore • • they have not' objected to registration or the drajft; ^ nd during the last liberty Soars* drive ; the. Tfi » cio Indians were banner stabserifcen, the agency school being• the first--. place in. the county to " go over the top" by over-subscriptions. The threatened opposition* of the Indians is thought to fo nothing more than they have heed misinformed and inflamed by seditious and unpatriotic talk from unscrupulous Indians and others who are trying to throw every possible obstruction in the way of the war machinery of the United States. Men whd have- influence and understand the '"' ways of the' Utes and can speak their language should immediately stari'misslonary " work by way of informing the Indians that they are not being" imposed upon and that ' American Indians,, now in France, are rendering a, • great service for their country,', and are « athwiastk in. their support- of the U. S. government. In other, words,.., the Indians should be : soundly, impressed - with the idea that Amaricln way, is the only way.. |