New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-07
'FATHERLAND'S'HAT
In POLITICAL RING
Viereck Announces Re-
solve to Put German
Americans in Office.
M'ADOO MOUTHPIECE
FOR WALL STREET
No Pro-British Presidents or
congressman Can Expect
Mercy, Editor Says. 4.

George Sylvester Viereck announced
yesterday that zone of The Father
lands birthday resolutions is to take
an active part in the Presidential and
Congressional campaign of 1916" In
cidentally he changed his editorial plan
to attack the President in an article
which will be the leading editorial in
the next number of his paper. Accord
ing to Mr.. Viereck, who only recently
corroborated Henry Weismann in de-
claring President Wilson to be "po-
litical bankrupt" the President is now
"a man of intellectual distinction" and
imbued with sincere patriotism" II
isn't the President who is at fault, but
his sinister advisers" who are to
blame, Mr.. Viereck says.
In his statement announcing that
"The Fatherland" would embark upon
a political career on its first anniver-
sary, Mr. Viereck said:
eve must teach the Germanic ele-
ment and the Anglo-Saxon element TO
be friends, but without sacrifice to our
dignity. Just as Germany was asleep
when the world was divided, so the
German-Americans failed to seize their
political opportunities in the New
World. We must assert ourselves in
politics. In this work The Fatherland'
will do its share. We hope that by 1916
peace will be restored; but, peace or
war. The Fatherland' intends to take
a very active part in the Presidential
campaign. We shall be free to indorse
candidates who measure up to our re-
auirements. We should like to see
many German-Americans elected to po-
litcal Offices.
1--WE shall uphold no candidate who
takes orders from London. We do not
want a pro-English President. All we
ask of the President is that he should
be an authentic American. We do not
want a pro-British Congress, either"
Mr.. Viereck further declared that
sinister influences in the Cabinet of
the President and among Congresmen
were responsible for what he calls the
pro-British policy Of the Gdministra-
ton. He said:
1.-TWO of the Presidents advisers
were born under the British crown.
His son-in-law is the mouthplece or
Wall Street. 1t has been an open Sc
cret for months that certain Senators,
high in Republican councils, have de-
clared that if England should weaken
the United States would surely come to
her assistance. These men would even
sacrifice the Republican party on the
altar of the Anglo-Saxon moloch.
"The Anglo-Sakon conspiracy knows
no party lines, however. Mr.. Roose-
welt willingly betrays the Progressive
party if he can play into the hands of
the Anglo-Saxon war mongers. Mr..
Roosevelt in his speeches makes him
self the advance agent of the British
war trust.
1--WE know that Germany is fighting
for her existence and does not want to
add TO her enemies, or she would not
have so patiently borne our gratuitous
insults. We also know that the sinister
advisers of the President are deter
mined TO precipitate war. We shall
hammer this knowledge into the peo-
pie. Forewarned is forearmed. With
this knowledge in our possession they
simply can't put il over-they simply
can't get away with it,"