New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-22
OLD SETTLERS FEST OBSERVED

In spite of the threatening weather
over 500 people gathered at Turner Hall
Park Sunday afternoon to commune
with the pioneers and old settlers of
Brown and Nicollet Counties. It sprinkl-
ed several times during the course of
the afternoon and not until about four
o'clock did it clear up completely but
from then on the most ideal weather
prevailed. Still the mischief had been
done and great number who had
planned to be present simply stayed
away because the skies looked too
dubious. If the weather had been
settled, twice the number of people
would have been present.
The pioneers were well represented,
probably not more than a dozen of those
who have right to the title of Pioneer
being absent. This is one of the festi-
walls for the old folks and they would
come even tho it should rain pitch
forks. They still have the indomitable
spirit that made it possible for them
to turn this wilderness into the beauti-
full and home-like place it is now, and
they show this same spirit whenever
there is something on where they should
be present.
The greater part of the afternoon
was spent in social converse and listen
ing to the sweet strains of the Second
Regiment Band who furnished the
music for the occasion. The young
ladies class under the direction of Prof.
Herman Helm furnished physical
culture number during the course of
the afternoon. They did some club
swinging and it was thoroughly appre-
ciated by all present. 1t had been
planned to have DR.. L. A. Fritsche to
bid the pioneers and friends welcome
as Mayor of the city, but unfortunately
he was detained by professional duties
and did not reach the park until after
five o'clock in the afternoon. It had
also been planned to have an address
in English, but Major Pfaender who had
been selected for this task found it
impossible on account of press of bust
ness to comply with the request of the
committee.
The only speech that was delivered
was given by Capt. Albert Steinhauser
who spoke in German. He took for
his theme the present world war in
Europet He outlined the causes which
led to the war as he saw them and took
occasion to pay his respects to Italy
which had entered the war theatre
only because she had been unable to
bulldoze Austria into ceding her some
coveted territory for her continued
neutrality. He admonished his hearers
to maintain strict neutrality so that
nothing could come to pass which would
entangle the United States in this world
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Mr.. Steinhauser deprecated the fact
that under existing international law,
the citizens of neutral countries could
legally sell munitions of war to belli-
gerent nations and that the United
States government could not prevent
the export Of arms and munitions Of
war to the Allies. He spoke against
the billion dollar war loan that England
and France are trying to float in this
country, giving it as his opinion that
the consummation of the war loan
would do more to destroy the neutrality
Of this country than any other factor
and that such a tremendous loan would
have a tendency to bring on q
panic more serious than the panics
of 1873 and 1893. He expressed him
self as opposed to the militaristic spirit
that is being tostered in Il, this country
whose authors want to spend millions