World War I Centenary - Retrospective Blog - The New York Times

NEW YORK — Commenting upon the report that Federal agents were compiling a list of “gloaters”— i.e., Teuton sympathizers who exhibit satisfaction at reverses suffered by the Allies and the sinking of American ships — the “New Yorker Staats-Zeitung” says: “It has already been admitted that there exists no law under which such ‘gloaters’ — those rejoicing maliciously — may be punished.