August Weber, a former Prussian officer, keeps a delicatessen store in Hoboken. His son Herman is an electrician, and when America declares war upon Germany, August plans to use Herman to help the Prussian cause by destroying munitions plants. But Herman has herded with the pacifists and is not ready to take strong measures. But he sees his chums going to war and he seeks to enlist in the United State Army, but is rejected because of a weak heart. His father announces a change of heart and so plans that Herman nearly blows up a plant in the belief that he is helping the cause of America, but he discovers the old man's perfidy and proves himself to the country which has given him his chance.
—Motion Picture News, September 7, 1918