Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-28
MAKE TRUCE WITH THELlON
German Citizens of Chicago Declare Against
Anglo-American Alliance.
RESOLUTIONS RING WITH PATRIOTIC ARDoR
Denouncc iu strong Terms the Ell
forts of Certain English-Amcricnn
Newspapers to Incitc Pubic
VIII Against Germany.

CHICAGO. March 27,-The Auditorium was
packed full this evening with German
Americans, called together to protest against
an Anglo American alliance and the alleged
false assertions made against Germany in
connection with the recent Spanish-Ameri-
can war.
The committee in charge received appiCa-
tions for several thousand more tickets of
admission than there were seats in the hall.
chorus of 700 male voices was one Of the
features of the program. Ex-Congressman
William Woke presided and delivered the
opening address. other speeches were made
by William Rapp, on The lmmigrated Ger
mans" Fritz Glcgauer, on The American
People Not Anglo. SaXons;" Rev, X. A. John,
on The American Born Germans" and Rev.
George ID. Heldmann, on What We De-
mand."
The meeting was a very enthusiastic one,
and the following declaration was adopted:
Gcrmnny's Contribution TO America.
With profoundest indignation we have
noticed the persistent efforts of English
American newspapers not only TO incite
among our people vicious preiudices against
Germany and to defame the character OF the
German Americans, but also to drag the
United States into an alliance with England.
AS loyal citizens Of this republic ii is our
wicked practices with all due frmness. The
immigrants from Germany have brought
with them TO this land the achievements OF
civilization as high as 1t is old. Upon
every field of the intellectual life of our ma
ton as well as in, commerce, industry and
agriculture. 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 schools than the Germans. AS
good citizens of this country we cheerfully
hand over the achievements OF German cul-
ture to our youthful American people stlll
in a state of development.
We emphatically object, therefore, to the
attempt to stamp our people as Anglo-SaN-
ons and to make them subservient to English
guile. Not England, but the whole of Eu-
rope, is the mother country OF the white in
habitants of the United States
We demand that not only friendly rela-
tions be maintained with Germany, which
has been faithful friend Of our people for
more than 12O years, but that peace and har-
mony be cultivated with all nations. and we
will, therefore, true to the wise counsel of
George Washington, at all times firmly op-
pose the formation of entangllng alliances
with England, as well as with any other
country whereby our country may be IN
voved in unnecessary war.
We denounoe the defamers who have not
only instigated public ill-will against Ger
many, but who have by their gross ISLANDERS
also sown the seeds of discord among our
own people, and we soemnly protest against
the proposed alliance with England.
We further declare that with all lawful
means at our disposal, especially in political
campaigns, we will at all times strenuously
oppose all those who favor the wicked at
tacks made upon friendly nations and who
labor to entange our country in an alliance
with England. We call upon the committee
that had in charge the arrangements for
this mass meeting to invite all the German
American churches. societies and orders in
this city to send delegate to a convention
to be held at early date for the purpose
of forming permanent organization, that
the German American citizens NAV be called
to action whenever it shall become necessary
to protect the blessing of our American IN
stitutions against wicked and willy polltl-
clans.
We call upon the committee to send copies
Of these declarations to the president OF the
United States. to his secretaries and to the
senators and representatives In congress.