Evening star., 1899-03-28
GERMANS ENTER A PROTEST
Mass Meeting at Chicago Opposes Anglo
American Alliance.
Effort to Stir Up Hostile German
Sentiment is ROundly DenOunc-
ed by Speakers.

A dispatch from Chicago last night says:
The Auditorium was filled this evening by
German-Americans, called together to pro-
test against an Anglo-American alliance
and the alleged false assertions made
against Germany in connection with the
recent Spanish-American war. The COM
nittee in charge received applications for
sever al Thousand more tickets of admission
than there were seats in the hall. a chorus
of 100 male voices was one of the features
of the program.
Ex-Represeutative William Vocke pre-
sided and delivered the opening address.
Other speeches We're made by VIM. Rapp,
on '"rhe Inrnigrated Germans Fritz Clio
gauer, on The American People Not An
g.o-SaXon;" the Rev. Rudolph A. John, on
the American-born Germans" and the Rev.
George ID. Heldman, on What We De-
mand." The meeting was a very enthus-
iastic one, and the following declaration
was unanimously adopted:
with profoundest Indignation we have
noticed the persistent efforts of English
American newspapers not only to incite
among our people vicious prejudices against
Germany and to defame the character of
German-Americans, but also to drag the
United States into an alliance with England.
AS loyal citizens of this republic it is
our right, as well our duty, to. resist
these wicked practices with all due firm
ness. The immigrants from German have
brought with them to this land the achieve
ments of civilization high as it is old.
Upon every field of the intellectual life
of our nation, as well as in commerce,
industry and agriculture, their efforts
have redounded to the veal of our people,
and in peace as we'll 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, So
ciability, the arts, the sciences, the
h.
mans. AS good citizens of this country we
cheerfully hand over the achievements of
German culture to our youthful American
people, still in a state of development.
I'VE emphatically object. therefore, to
the attempt to stamp our people as Anglo
SaXons, and to make them subservient to
English guile. Not England, but the whole
of Europe, is the mother country of the
white inhabitants of the United States.
I'VE demand that not only friendly rela-
tions be maintained with Germany, that
has been faithful friend of our people for
mere than 120 years, but that peace and
harmony be cultivated with all nations,
ard we will, therefore. true to the wise
counsel of George Washington. at all times
firmly oppose the formation of entangling
alliances with England well as with
any other country, whereby our country
may be involved in unnecessary war.
I'VE denounce tie defamers who have
not only instigated public ill-wiH 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.
I'VE further declare that with all lawful
means at our disposal, especially in politi-
cal campaigns, We will at all times strenu-
ously oppose all those who favor the
wicked attacks made upon friendly nations
and who labor to entangie our country in
an alliance with England. We call upon
the committee that has had in charge the
arrangements for this mass meeting to in
vite all the German-American churches
societies and orders in this city to send
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 pro-
tect the blessing of our American institu-
tions against wicked and willy politicians.
I'VE call upon the committee to send
copies of these declarations to the Presi-
dent or the United States, to his secretaries
and to the senators and representatives in
Congress"