The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-13
l|ElECk N DEFENSE
OF On. DERABURG
( lea1tpr who Has Been Grossly SANDER
~, ang President Now Adopts
Different Tone.
PRAISES HIS sELF-REsTRAlNT
understand Editor Declares America
Needs Germans Spokesman TO Give
II Real Truth About Germany.

New York, May 12.-George Syi-
s <esfer yiereck. publisher OF The
\ Fatheriand, gave out the FOLLOWING
IL statement In reply to the attacks on
~. Dernburg. Mr. Niereck's article
viii appear as an editorial in the next
4 Aumber OF The Fatheriand'
7a ..Engiand's alliance with Russia rs
Rnssianixfng the British press. Shall
ri also Russianize the United states
T.ha allied press Historically demands
that the right of free speech be de-
ssNied to Dr. Bernhard Dernburg. the
Z s1aoet eloquent exponent OF the German
I xsnuse in the United States. Because
they cannot answer his arguments they
would send him into exile. Because
h~ has told them the truth. manfutly
md forcefuiiy, they would throw him
Y 10 the lions. lis this the United States
cr In II Russia is Jefferson for
~eottens Has fair play lost its mean
singe
'sfsut off her wires severed, Ger
many WAS without a spokesman IN the
United states Her able amha ssad or.
gagged and hound by the rec tap's OF
once. was not in the position 10 break
anew from day 10 day the web of de-
Srett spun by the British spider, Mr..
HERNIA Ridder and other Americans
OF German descent could speak Tor
themselves they could speak for
twenty million Germans and Amert-
cans in the United States; they could
not speak for Germany. DR.. Bernhard
4 Dernburg was the only man who
could present the case Of the German
I people TO the American people.
Need of German Spokesman.
IF We have siienced the one man
who ca speak freely. vet with author
u nv. in cur midst, who knows into what
unwlse action. in spite OF the wise
restraint Of President Wilson, the peo-
pfe Of the United States may be led
hy false information? Then. If mis-
chief happens, how shall the German
people ever forgive tho United States.
who choked the voice If Germany's
oniy spokesman in the supreme crisis
tftat has faced her since she was
Graded in blood and iron.
.President Wilson. in his fine speech
delivered in Philadelphia. has urged
i American citizens not TO think Of
themselves in groups His warning
: should be addressed primarily to
American champions Of Great Britain.
No pro-German ever proposed the In
corporation OF the United States into
\ the German empire The British pro-
pa Uganda distinctly avows that such is
its ultimate object, Andrew Carnegie
has distinctly said
speaks of understanding"
Professor Usher. author of Pan
tsermanism. has stated again and
again. over his signature, that an 'un-
.hersts nding with the allies against
tsermany existed at the time of the
panish-A lerican war. Shall we be
led TO suspect that such an understand
ing exists now?
Who put the hyphsn in German
American except the rahid pro-allies,
and their American propa ganda? Shall
the rift In our citizenship, already
serious. be made irreparable by an act
Of wanton injustice Fortunately. the
destinies Of this country are in safer
hands than IN those of erratic third
Term demagogues and irresponsible
scrfbhlers."