The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-28
OBJECTION BY GERMANS.
MEETING Held TO Puorr~r
AGAINST EsGLIsn ALLIANCE
strongly Worded Resolutions Ne.
sosneinx NJ False the CAarxe.
OF German Sympathy for sps,n
Daring War with That Country.

CHICAGO. March 2--Tne Apsseo-s,,,,
was packed sali this evening Of Gevrnag-
Americans. called together to rrosess
AGAINST an Angio-Anericaa alliance and
TIE alleged false assertions maize against
aerrnany III connection with sAe re-@ra.
ss'anisA-Amsrican war The COMMITTEES IN
charge received applications for several
thousand more tickets % admission, thsn
there We're seats IN the ball A chorus Of
40 male voices VAS one OF the features Of
the programme. Ex4.ongressrnan WI
lam soeecA presided and delivered the
opening address Other speeches were
MADE by William Rapp, on The ImrnI-
grated Germans Fritz Gsoagher on The
American People Not Anglo-Saxou..' the
Rev Rudolph A. John om The Arers-
eaii-ooFn Germans" and the Rev George
d. Heldnann on What We Demand.
The meeting was a very enthusiastic
one. and the following declaration was
unanimously adopted:
With profoundest indignatson ya have
noticed the persistent efforts Of English
and American newspapers, not only 20 In
cite In our people vicious pretudices
against Germany and to aefame the char
acter OF the German-Americans but also
10 drag the United States into an alliance
with England. As loyal citizens OF this
republic. II is ctr right as well as our
duty TO resist these wicked practices with
all due firmness. The euiigranss from
Germany have brought with them to this
Land the achievements Of civilization al
nign as IL Is Old. Upon every field of the
intellectual life Of our nation. as we'll as
IN commerce. industry and agriculture,
their efforts have resounded 10 the veal
war they asve at ali times faishfuiIy full II.
filled their duty. No part of the American
people has done more for the cultivation
the churches and schools than the Ger
mans. As good citizens OF this country.
We cheerfully hand over the achievements
o! German culture TO our youthful Ameri-
can people SUI IN a state of development.
We enphatically object. therefore, to
the attempt TO stamp our people as
Anglo-Saxons and TO make 1t suhservient
to English guile. Not England bat the
of the white inhabitants OF the United
States. We defnnad that not only friend
~ relations DE maintained with Germany.
that has been a faithful friend of our
people for more than 10 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 tine oppose the formation of
all entangiing alliances with England as
well as with other countries. whereby our
country may be involved in war
We denounce the defamers who have
not only instigated public I'll will against
Germany. but who have been their gross
slanderers also. sowing the seeds of dis
cord. among our own people, and We SOL
eHiHls protest against the proposed aiu
ance with England. We further declare
that with all lawful means al our dis
posal. especially In political campa gns
we Will al all times strrnuousiy oppose all
those who favor the wicked attacks made
upon the friendly nations and who ahnf
20 entangie our country in an alliance
with England.
Eve cali upon the committee that has
had in charge the arrangements for this
mars meeting to invite all the German
American churches. societies and orders
in this city To send a delegate to a con-
ventien TO be held al an early date for the
purpose of forming a permanent organira
Lon that the Decentralization citizens
may be called to action whenever 1t shall
become necessary to protect the blessing
II our American institutions against wick
81 and willy politicians We call upon the
committee to send copies OF these deciar-
atoms to the president of the United
States. to the secretaries and 20 the REP
reseniatiyes in congress-