The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-28
STRONGLY PROTEST
AGAINST ALLIANCE
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on Record.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

CHICAGO, March 27.-The Auditorf-
UNI was packed full this evening OF
Gernan-Ame orleans, called together to
protest against an Anglo-Amerlcan al
lance. and the alleged false assertions
made against Germany in connection
with the recent Spanish-American war
The committee in charge received ap-
plications for several thousand more
tickets of admission than there were
seats in the hall. A chorus of l00 male
voices was one of the features or the
programme.
Fx-Congressman William Voceck pre-
sided and delivered the opening ad-
dress. Other speeches were made by
William Rapp on The Immigrated
Germans" Fritz Glouger on The
American People Not Anglo-SaXon,
the Rev. Rudolph A John on me
American Born Germans" and the
Rev. George d Heldmann on What
We Demand The meeting was a very
enthusiastic one and the following de-
cIaration was unanimously adopted
With profoundest indignation we nave
noticed the persistent efforts or Enslisii
and American newspapers, not only 70 IN
against Germany and to defame the char-
acter of the German-Amerlcan, put also
to drag the United States into an alliance
As IoyaI citizens of this republic it is
our right as. well as our duty TO resist
these wicked practices with all que ilIIn-
ness The emigrants from Germany nay -, Z
brought with them TO TINS lalu tl .s
achievements of civilization as hlgh as II
is old Upon every field of the lntelleclual
life of our nation as well as IN coIhllt te Ue.
Industry and agriculture, their eHoTtS
have redounded to the veal OF our people,
and in peace as well as in war they nave
at all times faithfully fulfilled their duty.
No part of the American people mas zone
more for the cultivation OF music, socld,
bility, the arts, science, the churcheS ana
schools than the Germans. AS good Gu,
zens of this country we cheef1ully ndllu
over the achievements of German cu tiIi Re
To our Youthful American people, stu IN
a state of development.
We emphatically object, therefore, to
the attempt to stamp our people as An
gIo-Saxons and to make it subserVlent TO
English guile Not England but the
whole of Europe is the mother country "a
the white inhabitants OF the United
We demand that not only friendly re;
lations be maintained with Germany, INA ! !
for more than 12O years, but that peace
and harmony be cultivated with all ma
lions. and we will, therefore, true to the
wise counsel of George Washington,
ali times oppose the formation of all en-;
tangling alliances with England, as Wen
as with other countries, whereby our
country may be involved in unnecessary
war. - +o1,o
not only instigated public ill-will against
Germany. but who have been their, gross
slanderers also when the seeds of discord
were sown among our people, and we sol
EMMY protest against the proposed -alll-
ance with England.
We further declare that with all law
ful means at our disposal, especially in
political campaigns, we vii at all IL mes
the wicked attacks made upon friendly
nations, and who labor to entanglle our
country in an alliance with England; We
call upon the committee that has charge
of the arrangements for this mass-meet-
ing to invite all the German-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 organization that
the German-American citizens may be
called to action whenever it shall become
necessary to protect the blessing of our
American institutions against wicked and
willy politicians.
We call upon the committee to send