Evening journal., 1915-09-14
GERMANS CHARGE
VIDE ENGLISH PLOT
Baltimore TeutonS Call Upon
President Wilson 10 Stop
War Talk
10000 ENDORSE
THE RESOLUTION

BALTIMORE. Nd. Sept. 14.-Amid
a storm Of cheers, 10000 German
Americans Of Baltimore. who attend
ed the annual German celebration
yesterday at River View Park under
the auspices Of the Independent Citi-
zens' Union of Maryland, unanimously
adopted a resolution calling upon
President Wilson and Secretary of
State Lansing 10 take the necessary
steps tn prevent an alleged attempt
on the part of the large money in
terests of Great Britain. aided by
bankers and certain newspapers in
this country, to embroll the United
States In the European war as an ally
OF England.
The offering Of the resolution came
as a dramatic climax to the address Of
Or. c. J. Hexamer of Philadelphia,
president of the National German
American Alliance, and was presented
Tor the approval of the vast audience
of German-Americans by the speaker.
DR.. Hexamer did not mince words
in referring to the alleged attempt
that had been made to misrepresent
the position of the German-Americans
in the present war. He declared with
emphasis that there was we'll
founded conspiracy on the part of the
large moneyed interests and "subsi-
died press" TO place the peace-loving
German-Americans in a false light
and to convict them Of being traitors
to the country in which they now
lived and to which they had contri-
buted the best in them to perpetuate
the principles of American liberty
and to make it the greatest nation
in the world.
Conspiracy Is Alleged.
The resolution charged the big fnan-
cial interests here with doing every
thing in the way Of furnishing England
with munitions of war and as driving
this peaceful nation into the conflict as
an ally Of England; also that they are
actually engaged in formulating "the ne
farious plot Of robbing the American
people Of the savings which they have
in good faith deposited in banks and trust
companies, in order to hand them over
to England to help protect her credit and
TO enable her TO continue the war which
she is now waging 10 retain the mastery
Of the seas.' In conclusion the resolu.
tion states;
THE 10000 American citizens TO-
day assembled to observe the ami
versary of the American victory over
/ the British at Baltimore sOlemnly
declare our adherence of the unpat.
riotic scheme. and we earnestly call
upon President Wilson and Secretary
of State Lansing to thwart the evil
conspiracy, a conspiracy which would
rob the American people of the
money wherewith it alone can devel.
op the natural resources of our land
increase our industries and extend
our commerce across the seas, i'm.
prove our means of industrial trans.
portation and agriculture"
A Henry Weismann of Brooklyn, pres
ident of the New York State branch
of the National German-American Al
lance, aroused the audience 10 a high
pitch of enthusiasm when he stated
that IL was the influence of the loyal
patriotic, peace-loving German-Amer-
leans that helped to maintain peace in
this country when the moneyed inter-
ests and the pro-British were loudly
crying for war with Germany
He declared that German-Ameri-
cans we're charged with being traitors
simply because they were endeayor-
ing TO present the side of Germany in
a truthful way. He declared that
despite the work Of the financial in
terests. both here and in England
which would benefit most by a wal
involving this country, the German
Americans would continue to do their
duty to place themselves in a proper
light before the world and TO meet
the Misrepresentation that had beer
made as to the real causes of the pres.
ent conflict in Europe.