The San Francisco call., 1906-10-01
Germans of California
Condemn Welchers.
Call on the Kaiser
to Compel Them
to Pay. :

Resolutions condemning the welching
German insurance companies and call
ing on the German Government an
Kaiser to assert their influence anc
;: compel them TO meet their liabilitie
b Were adopted yesterday at the thir
annual convention of the German
American League at Turn Yerein Hal
3S3 Turk street.
The league. which is a federation of
ali the German societies. lodges and
clubs Of California, began its conven-
ticn at 10 O'Clock in the morning. There
were seventy odd delegates present
the mornings session was taken up
with the settlement of credentials and
, IN hearing reports from the different
organizations which are arranging for
the big volksfest at Glen Park next
!: Sunday. in celebration Of German day.
.. The resolutions condemning the Ger
man welchers Were submitted at the
morning session by Carl W. Mueller, an
attorney at law, who is secretary of
!, the league. Mueller made a lengthy
:. address in presenting the resolutions.
!, declaring that the companies seeking
10 evade their claims were without
. commercial morality; that the men be-
hind them We're a set of Scoundreis and
that il was the duty Of all self-respect-
ing Germans to castigate them in un-
measured terms and do all in their
power TO compel them to meet their OBJ
legations. The resolutions were re-
ferred to a committee and Were not acted
upon. until the afternoon session.
AT noon the convention took a recess
and the delegates sat down to a lunch
con-. at which there were addresses by
the officers of the league and a num-
Der Of out of town visitors.
GRILLs GERMAN COMPANIES.
When the convention reassembled the
resolutions on the insurance companies
were adopted unanimously, as follows:
Whereas, German industries in the
United States during the past year
have been meeting with increased pros
perity and imports. of German goods
into. the United States have greatly in
creaseoe; and,
Whereas. German honesty and Ger
man conduct in general have enjoyed
the best Of names in. the United States,
and coast. Germans in particular have
been held in the most cordial esteem
by all classes and,
Whereas. Through the terrible catas-
. trophe which visited San Francisco
from April is to April 20 loss of more.
than $S0o,00o,0oo was suffered by the
city-a loss covered in over 30 fire in
surance companies for the sum of but
S2OO 0OO,O 600; and,
whereas, Of ali the fire insurance
the least loss Of .all-viz.s Ss,0oo,o00; !;
and,
Whereas, Most all the other compa-
nies have already covered or partly
covered their liabilities by prompt pay
menSs; and,
Whereas, Three German fire. insur-
ance cOmpanies-yiZ., the Rhine and
Mosel, the North German of Hamburg
and Austrian Phoenix-are the only
companies (which absolutely refuse TO
admit any liability and refuse to make
any payment whatever and,
Whereas, Through. the action of said
companies the Germans of San Frame
cisco had to suffer acutely, being in
sured in said companies, and much
misery and. suffering was caused in
German families which was only partly
alleyiated through the charity of Amer
ican coast citizens, and
-" Whereas. Confidence in German hon
esty has suffered greatly throughout
the country through the action of said
companies, therefore be it
Resolved, That we, the German
American League of California, embrac-