The sun., 1893-10-04
DR. SToECKER ON THE JEWS.
AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION HE
SAYS EVERY ONE ASKS HIM.

| anti-Semites OF the German Empire tho most
perslstent and vindictive denouncer OF the
Jewish race that has ever spoken from pulpit
| or platform. q man whom even the German
Kaiser was compelled to abandon for u while
on account OF the virulence OF his animosities.
delivered an address In tho hall OF the Young
| Mems Christian Association building on
Twenty-third street last night.
"Three- quarters OF my life and my work. "
| he said. with smile. "are taken up by my
| church work, my literary work. and my re-
ligion. The remaining quarter is devoted to
| politics and affairs OF state. OF that quarter
only small fraction-I am very busy man
| is given up to tho consideration OF the Semitic
question. And yet, wherever l go. l an be-
siegcd by nterviewers. who ask mo nothing
about my politics. nothing about my church
work. nothing about German affairs. nothing
| about my literary views. nothing about any
thing but Herr Stoecker, how Is 1t about tho
| JewsT"
| And the reverend gentleman Joined in the
laughter which followed. Now. In this speech.
| Dr. Stoecker devoted an hour to the decline of
| holiness in Germany. three-quarters OF hour
| to the progress Of socialism. and tho remain
| ing fifteen minutes -
We'll" he said. you would all be surprised
II I did not refer to 1t. but l have very little to
say about the Jews
Aman OF medium height. Of stout build.with
| O bullet shaped head. heavy. frowning eye-
brows. keen blue eyes. deep lines OF determi-
| nation. a face bristing with aggressiveness-
| there you have the Rev DR.. Stoecker. He is
| not IN orator. but he spoke like a man who
| had great many things to say and was anx-
| ious to say them.
The hall WAS crowded and hundreds OF
people stood in the aisles. Among the faces
In the audience were many Of q strong Semi.
wore w turned most intently HiS Upon H the speaker
When DR.. Stoecker arose to speak there was
Thoh saSdfs da ia sT aW
voice: ou o, .,., r,-
Are and give us few hours of holy feeling
Then no read as a teSt. Thou canst not
II am glad" he said that am no longer
court hapialn. for now can go freely where
bow ! few from my Alpine home to Chicago
a typical An merican m ode OF travelling. Laugh
everything that, has been blown across tho
He then began to speak about the great
changes that have come about in Germany
during the past, twenty-iIye years, He de;
patriotism which prevailed in Germany during
ehapsn h1se s s Dnsas ns ss tina! s maEz ssx
countless stI1 widows and noth.rs come to purse
thelr wounded or thKe nome their dead. Never
that her husband had given up his ife for the
sG for his oasF eor es ssss
found dead upon the battlefield with their
military hymn books in their hands. They
sing a holy song But what change has come
l,t over that deyotiGn to the tatherland 3nd that
spirit Of patriotism and religion 2 To-day in
Berlin forty children out OF every 100 that are
born are not baptized. and Berlin is not the
tho
cause Of It ali " nav" Wv
u -Than t;o cpnst MT serve GSd $ and Msmmon
that swept from rich France int poor Germany
carried AWAY the German feeling Of belief and
ing after the god Mammon. And to-day wo
are not ret out OF that misery.
us. In the German heart the spirit OF religion
Is SO firmly planted that moth tng can eradicate
e. Ct sa s had
ofit before It had boiling 70 do with God or
after. The inventor or discoverer. whichever
he was. called i Idealism. And | thqucht, to
man who does not want to believe In any re-
liEion. who hates all religions. and yet, in
Of his owni," Laughter.
and progress OF socia ism In Germany.
You cannot imagine" he said. what we
widest songs have been sung. and the most
iniiaInmatory speeches have been made. did
Ganized the Christian Socialist party. went
to a bulletin board In a favorte boulevard one
meeting Of Christian Socialists that night.
MY friends & dii not come but in their place
head was Herr Most laughter. who. hear. is
ws to heFS he ost in sa sr Hn tSa
friends, 1 will pledge myself and ali Of you to
maintain Ierfect silence until he has finished.
q course; i he he had t0id them to hiss me put
they IisteNed without a murmur. laid before
them my ideal SOCIALISM. They greeted mo
spoke. but it is unnece essary Tor me 70 add that
he was received with even greater applause
than ]. He ripped me to pieces in such mas
terly manner that was quite glad to get out |
alive. At another meeting. at which great
many Of my friends we're present. Most came
M ii s Cried to mY aHe frenGs TS1S
to sing Elm ieste Burg Ist unser Gottf and
Struggled to outsine each other. .iLaaehterj
., II must yeier to another Question" he c9n;;
not make some reference to the Jewish ques.
sM nnt had H. vas sshss ssdTs in
subject. That. Of course is ridiculous. but at !
the same time it is seli-evidont that II go to
only be bad taste but exceedingly presumpt- |
uous on my part TO bring UP any political sub
Jcct whatever.
Now, the Jews In Germany are a source OF
double danger. In finance they are a constant |
menace to German prosperity. In the move |
ment Of socifl revolution they are always at
was Jew. Lasale was q Jew The man who |
to-day stands at the head OF the international |
soclalistc movement is Jew. Then. again. |
the men who control the greater part OF the
wealth Of Germany are Jews It is niammon
on ono hand and revolution on the other
But that alone would never haye caused
me to wage war against Judaism. When the
Jews begin to attack my Church. when they
begin to undermine it's foundation, have a
right to call out to them. Hands off I cannot
permit that Germany, as well as America.
cannot be dominated by the Jewish spirit
The German and Christian spirit a!one can
prevail.
Another thing: am never an attscker,
only a defender. In the German papers have
found many attacks on Christianity. but mono
thing God and man. Kaiser and people. high
and low. But as soon as the lantern OF criti-
cism is turned upon them they scream. Now
that 10 position which girl OF fourteen may
allow horsef to assume, but 1t will not DO for
powerful race,