Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-15
GERMANS FILL HALL
AND BROAD ST., TOO,
TO MAKE PROTEST
Demand an Unbiased Press
and Cheer Long and Loud
Denunciations Of England
and Russia.

I
| tended a nass-meetlng that lasted until
nearly midnight last night in the nail OF
the Philadelphia Turngemeinde, denounc-
ing England and her allies, and declar-
ing that Germany had done all In her
mower to avert war and was not guilty
of violating the neutrality of Belgium
| Long before s o'clock every seat In the
large hall was filled, and lovers of the
Tatherland crowded the stage and aisles
to such an extent that the police had to
turn back thousands to the overflow meet
| ing.
Enthusiasm and sincerity marked every
moment of the meeting. AS the speakers
/ earnestly presented their facts to show
| that Germany was not guilty of causing
the war. the hall would fill with ap-
| plause, followed with shouts that came
| from the heart The audience waited
patiently to hear the address of DIR.
kuhnemann, of the University of Bres-
| lau, who bears the reputation of being
the worlds greatest German speaker
Germany did not start the great war
in which she is now engaged said Pro-
fessor Kuhnemann. Germany has
| grown and prospered to such an extent
that she surpassed the other nations of
Europe. and they were determined that
something must be done to curtail Ger
man growth.
THE allied enemies of Germany have
| done everything in their power to crush
her Their warfare has not been confined
| Iot LII ,nI bif n
| the press as well. Necessity compels
Russia and England to supply the press
with news that is not true.
THE power of Russia will fall If she
does not keep Russia, the Balkans and
| Turkey supplied with news of victories
thar never happen. England is in the
| same condition. Her Colonial Empire,
| composed of Canada, India, China, Japan
| and my friends, America, must be made
| her natural sympathizers and Germany's
| anita gonists through the English-con-
trolled press. 1t is a good and proud
thing that Germany does not need those
weapons of lying, but is relying on the
power of her arms on the battlefield.
ENGLAND'S SECRET AGREEMENT.'
Not Germany Is responsible for the
breaking of the neutrality of Belgium.
but England The plans of EnGland's
secret military agreement with the Bel
gans have been found in the secret
military archives in Brussels.
Germany did not want war and the
Kaiser worked until the last second with
all his power for peace.
NO Russian soldier has been on Ger
man soil except as a prisoner of war.
The report that Breslau was on fire
while was still there Is untrue.
Doctor Kuhnemann spoke in German
for three-quarters of an hour. A tumult
of applause followed each declaration that
Germany was not guilty OF any barbar-
ism, but fighting for the very existence
of the Fatherand and for the advance
ment of civilization.
DIR. c. ], HeXamer, a president of the
German-American Alliance, was even
more emphatic than Professor Kuhne-
mann in his declaration that, in view of
the secret plans of the French and Eng
lish to break through Belgium and flank
the German army, the German General
Staff would have been fit only for an
asylum for the weak-minded had they
acted otherwise than they did.
British munitions of war had been
shipped TO the city of Maubeuge,' said
Doctor Hexamer, and they were found.
dum-dum bullets and ALL when the Ger
mans took the city"
CITY SOLICITOR RYAN SPEAKS.
City Solicitor Ryan Joined Doctor Hex
amer In his plea for an honest neutrality
I'VE should insist upon it," said Mr..
Ryan, that an honest neutrality is OBJ
served, and not neutrality of the lip
and of the pen that can be used as a
sword of oppression against one mighty
nation and a shield of defense for an
other.
ENGLAND controls the American press.
England has poisoned the wells Of public
opinion In America against Germany, but
these newspapers that attack Germany
do not represent honest American public
opinion.
From out the conflict of contending
Powers there will emerge a Germany
radiant and united, and a Germany
speaking again for 'Wahrheit, Freiheit
und Recht!"
The militarism of Germany was de-
clared to have been greatly exaggerated
by the American press According TO
President HeXamer. France and Russia
have each annually spent more than Ger
many for armament, and Englands ex-
penditures last year amounted to $780,
OO0OO0, Barbarous Russia on one boun-
dairy warlike, restless France on the
other and England menacing the seas
compelled Germany 10 become a military
nation 10 preserve her own existence.
SOCIALIST ADDRESS.
Hermann Kreimer, a Socialist, said that
the Socialists had not abandoned their
stand against war, but that their phil
osophy allowed "A war in self-defense.
The progress and culture Of Germany
were in danger of being destroyed by the
Russians. Therefore. the Social Demo-
Gratis were justified in entering the war.
The combined singing societies OF Phil
adelphia Joined with the audience in
singing THE Star-Spangled Banner"
Deutschland ueber Allies" and "Die
Wacht am Rhein."
City Solicitor Ryan, President Hexamer.
Magistrate Emely, Franz Ehrlich.
prominent attorney, and Alfred II. AIohr,
Of New York, spoke at the overflow
meeting.
John 3. Mayer presided at the meeting
and made a strong plea for a liberal con-
tribution to the German Red Cross fund
II was announced that the collection
amounted TO several thousand dollars.
Hyn.-, Ta~-.,r n n l.