The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-14
MANY GERMANS TO
QUIT u.s.. AFTER WAR
Thousands. Including Aus
trians, Sever Old Ties Be-
cause Of Arms Exports.
ENGLISH TONGUE DROPPED

BUFFALO. Oct. ADMINISTRATIONS car.
of this city disclose the fact that thou
sands of them since the beginning OF
the war have become utterly %estrangcd
from ties formerly enjoyed in this coun-
try. and that many OF them may return
to Germany as soon as the war is over.
1t Is believed. judging from many inter
views with citizens of German p%arentage
Or extraction in Buffalo. Cleveland and
other cities, that the close of the war
will see a great many thousands re-
turning TO Germany and Austria.
II appears that only a very small per-
centage OF the German Americans in
Buffalo and Cleveland give their first
allegiance to the United states. More
than half OF them rave begun to refrain
from speaking the English language
and to use again the tongue OF the
Fatherland. Even among many Of the
leading business men of German blood
these two cities, 1t is not unusual TO
encounter outspoken bitterness against
the United States.
CRuses of Change In sentiment,
The growing violence of this change
IN sentiment on the part of German
Americans Is variously attributed to the
refusal of the United States Government
to place an embargo on the expectation
OF ammunition. to the exploitation of
German wal feeling by the German
press of this country for the sake of
increasing their circulation, and to the
pro-Al,y bias which, they allege. has
been forced upon American English
language newspapers by England. The
racial pride and old country patriotism
OF second and third generation Germans
have also been intensified by reports
of German victories.
\ prominent German-American propa-
gandist OF this city explained that the
American Alliance was origin
ally a personal liberty" organization
formed before the war by eleven wealthy
German Americans who maintain great
country homes in the Fathcrland. When
the war opened, he said. this organiza-
ton was made a strong pro-German
body and able mouthpieces were paid
to propagate its sentiments.
ono German language newspaper in
Cleveland has jumped in circulation from
5000 to 80, 900 since the war began. II
made capital Of letters from Germany
and Austria. which complained of the
use of American ammunition in Europe
and gave the names of kinfolk killed in
battles.
CRlI Z. =. "Niserable lountry.'
The argument that IT was the I'M
compromising American patriotism Of
the English. Irish and Scotch in this
country in 1876 and 1872 that made the
United states a place to which Germans
could emigrate does not diminish the
present yearning of tn. German Ameri-
cans for the Fatherland. Some of the
richest of them declare that the United
States is a miserable country"
Lutheran ministers who preached for
years in English are now preaching in
German. In one of these churches re-
Gently a Frau Hanfstenngel Of Munich,
a special pleader sent from the other
side. l.Cturrd on War and Women"
When she had finished the congregation
kuelt and the pastor prayed for the
Kaiser and for the success of German
arms.
%.\lphouse Karl. an able lawyer. is the
head of the prO-tierman group in Buff
falo. John r. Ryan, also a lawyer. and
an anti English sympathizer. assists him.
In Cleveland, state senator Herman
Felinger heads "A pro-German circle and
Judge Martin \. Foran and J. L. Mooney
are cooperating. In Buffalo there are
li2. 600 Germans and 1000 .Austrians !;
in Cleveland. l20, 900 Germans and H.
0OU Austrians.