Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-11
GERMAN AMERICANS HERE
TO PROTEST WAR NEWS"
Public Gathering Will File Objection Antoerman Tone of
Foreign Stories Printed by American Newspapers-Rev.
M A. l. Hlrsch Explains Attitude of Promoters of Meeting

American press has 'colored 1t SO as
to make 1t appear as anti German as
possible That Is what we protest
against It Is un-American and dis
tinctly against the fair play policy
that has always marked the handling
of big events in this country"
Asked what the nature Of the con-
ference would be, Rev. Mr.. Hirsch
replied:
ut will be for the purpose of dem
onstrating to the American people at
large that the large number of Ger
man citizens in this country resent
the slurs, insults and false statements
that are being made about Germany,
our Fatherland.
I'm the eyes of the world 1t is be-
ing made to appear that Germany
alone is responsible for the terrible
conflict and condition of affairs that
is now ravaging all Europe This
Germans know to be untrue, and we
want the American citizens to know
the same thing. Unbiased unpreju-
diced stories of the European trouble
will show Germany in different
light. Our conference and protest
will be for the purpose of prevent
ing if possible, a continuance of this
nlacing of Germany in a false posi-
ton before the people of the United
States by the printing of garbled.
false and slurring stories In the
American press"
Girl Clerk Criticised.
AS an example of what German CIT
i.ens are being subjected to In TINS
country Mr.. Hirsch recited an incl
dent that had been related to him by
a Young girl of his congregation VINO
works in a large New York business
office. al
r,oe+ in tears, and said she was be-
ing lnsulted almost daily by felloW
cIerlfs who told her that she came
from an un-Christian race, that all
Germans were barbarians and asking
her why she did not go back to her
Undoubtedly a great deal of this
ves meant to be taken in a JoKlns
way. but the young girl USED TO tue
chiyalrous and fair-play spirit OF the
American race, could not understaho
why she should be talked TO IN tnis
manner =, L.
fair illustration of how the Ameri-
can nublic have been led to think
of the German race through the sto-
ries printed in the American press.
II Is unjust, unfair and absolutely
against the usual spirit of the Amer
loan IT is to call attention TO TINS
fact that we intend to hold confer
ence and try and find method to
put stop to 1t.
Rev. Mr. Hirsch did not care to
fell lust who the prime movers IN
the conference would be, but did say
that while 1t originally had been
started as a protest to come from the
church element, 1t had been later de-
cided to embrace all branches Oh the
German race in this city In the con-
ference. He said he understood the
Central German Society had already
taken steps to arrange a similar
meeting of protest and that until ne
learned how far this body had gone
in its arrangements he could not tell
lust when the protest conference
would take place. He did not think
II would be held any later than Wed
nesday night, August II. The first
meeting of those interested in the
matter will be held at the FTeie
Zeitung office, on Washington street,
where arrangements will be made for
general gatherings to be held later.
Steps are also being taken by the
various German end Austrian socle-
ties looking toward plans for the
sending of relief to their country
men. These steps will include the
collection of funds for use in Red
Cross work in Germany and Austria.
The Newark Turn Verein board of
directors will meet tonight at the
Turn Hall on William street to ar
range for a mass meeting of German
Americans to be held in the near fu-
ture to discuss all the problems con-
nected with the war in Europe. The
committee that will arrange the meet
ing consists of Richard Teimer, Jacob
John Ruttenberg, Paul
II<reutz and Gustav Vogelsberg.