The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-28
INDIGNANT
GERMANS
Assemble In Mass Meeting In
Chicago Auditorium
To Protest Against the Way
Things Have Been Going.
NOT ENGLAND ALONE
But All Europe, the Mother
Country of America.
Another Convention of Dele
gates to Be Held Soon.
NOT ENGLAND ALONE

Chicago, March 2S.-The Auditorium
was packed full last evening of Ger
mau-Americans called together to pro-
test against an Anglo-American alli-
ance and the alleged false assertions
made against Germany in connection
with the recent Spanish-American war.
The committee in charge received APP
plicatiOns for several thousand more
tickets of admission than there were
seats in the hall. A chorus of 700 male
voices was one of the features OF the
programme.
x-Congressman William Woke pre-
sided and delivered the opening ad-
dress. Other speeches were made by
William Rapp,on The immigrated Ger
MANS" Fritz Glougeur. on THE Amer
lean people not AnglO-SaXOn;" the Rev.
Rudolph A. John, on THE American
born Germans" and the Rev. George d.
Heldmann, on What we demand" The
meeting was a very enthusiastic one
and the following declaration was I'M
animOusly adopted:
With profoundest indignation we have
noticed the persistent efforts of English
and American newspapers not only to
incite among our people vicious preju-
diceS against Germany and to defame
the character of the German-Ameri-
cans, but also to drag the United states
into an alliance with England.
AS loyal citizens of this republic it is
our right, as well as our duty, to re-
S1St these wicked pracIlcGS with all que
frmness. The immigrants from Ger
many have brought with them to the
land the achievements of a civilization
as high as it is old. Upon every field
of the intellectual life of our nation as
well in commerce, industry and agri-
culture, their efforts have redounded to
the veal of our people, and in peace as
well as in war they have at all times
faithfully fulfilled their duty. No part
of the American people has done more
for the cultivation of music, SOciability,
the arts, the sciences, the churches and
the schools than the Germans. AS good
citizens of this country we cheerfully
hand over the achievements of German
culture to our youthful American peo-
pie still in a state of development.
We emphatically object, therefore, to
the attempt to stamp our people as An
glo-Saxons and to make it subservient
to English guile. Not England but the
whole of Europe is the mother country
of the white inhabitants of the United
States.
We demand that not only friendly re-
latiOnS be maintained with Germany
that has been a faithful friend of our
people for more than 120 years but that
peace and harmony be cultivated with
all nations and we will, therefore, true
to the wise counsel of George Washing
ton at all times firmly oppose the form
alton of entangling alliances with Eng
land as well as with any other country,
whereby our country may be involved
in unnecessary war.
not only instigated public i'll will against
Germany but who have by their gross
ISLANDERS also SoWn the seeds of discord
among our own people and we solemnly
protest against the proposed alliance
with England.
We further declare that with an law
full means at our disposal, especially in
political campaigns, we will at all times
strenuously oppose all those who favor
the wicked attacks made upon friendly |
nations, and who labor to entangle our |
country in an alliance with England. |
We call upon the committee that has
had in charge the arrangements for |
this mass meeting to invite all the Ger |
man-American churches, societies and |
orders in this city to send a delegate to |
a convention to be held at an early date |
for the purpose of forming a permanent |
that the German-American
may be called to action when
ever it shall become necessary to pro-
tect the blessings of our American insti-
buttons against wicked and willy polite
ians.
We call on the committee to send cop
les of these declarations to the presi-
dent of the United States, to his secre-
tares and to the senators and represen-
tatiVeS in congress.