The Detroit times., 1916-09-05
DR.. Rauschenbusch
! Charges iii Will
During War
CALLS COUNTRY
MUNITION PLANT
Educator Delivers La
Dor Day Address to
Baptists

The United States Is vast NUM-
don factory for the Allies. and Ger
mans In America are objects Of un-
tust suspicion and discrimination,
declared Or. Walter Rauschenbusch
in a Labor day address 10 the Ger
man Baptist conference, IN the
Woodward-ave. Baptist church. Mon
day night. DIR. Rauschenbusch, who
In among the leading educators In
the United States. even accused
President Wilson OF accentuating
discrimination. and said that OF all
the evils brought German-Americans
by the war. this ill.will is the hard
est 10 bear. DR.. Rauschenbusch
said in part
The great war has brought an I'm
mense tragedy 20 the people OF the
herman race in this country. Our
lcountry has been transformed into
q munition factory TO kill our kin
banks and insurance companies has
been taken TO finance munition
plants or loans To the allies. On the
other hand. the power OF our nation
has not been used 10 protect our In
terests We are unable 10 send food
ito our relatives. Our gifts, our let
eepted and destroyed. We cannot
even send Red Cross supplies To- the
wounded. This manifest one sided o.
ness has put heavy burden on our
but hardest % all has been the
partisan ill-wtf OF our countrym"n.
iDown 10 Aug. !. 1914. the German
ieiement was universally liked and
- A - FsA fE a.
were objects OF suspicion. dcnuncia
A ition. and even hatred The eastern
metropolitan press flung accusations
siof disioyslty Doubtless som" In
!dividuals tried "a hamper the muni-
ltions trade by criminal methods. but
lnll the energies % the federal secret
servic" have brought strangely few
leases 20 Indictment or conviction.
EiYet on 50 slender q basis the prcsi-
n dent made Understanding RSp' g.
.isions which the public applied stu
4imoro broadly. lie even cNhOrt"d the
\ society ladies OF Washington 20 haze
tlthose whom he had in mind In
Ilactual prartie" that could only result
Hin the persecution and NoNruttiug 81
Herman aerf ants, dressmakers and
lbutrh hers
II 7 wonder n any racial group of
K white people has ever been treated
Min such fashion Vet VA the past tho
ElGermans have been ronspicsious fuJ
"A their loyalty. In tho r"Nol'ff unurE
war the English were the hyph mates
ard Tories. and Washington body
guard WAS mad" up ~ Germans In
n the Ciyil war. the Germara were an
n RbCiitlpntsts and the most faithful
n supporters - tho union without
\ their instant support. IN the enrly
days ~ the war Missouri would
n doubtless have gone Tor the Confcd
reracv England was FOR Tho south
n Germany for the cause of the north
il - claimed that li6.Sli men born
In Germany anrvod In IN" Tniun
armies. "a against t5.J0N horn in
Il We know that We have no right
70 give political all TO Germany any
Il more than our american
friends have right 90 aid The Niles
u But every great group ~ pcopl" has
right peacefully % defend its own
Il vital !ntercHts, Is income. reputation.
and standing. against any oth"r
Il group inside 81 the nation Some
i other racial clements have tried %
A drag our country into this war, and
have actually involved ~ deeply IN
unneutrh action. The German ole
II ment ~ 80 placed that all ~ inter
4 ests are In the maiutcuanro ~ pence
| A war with Germany would bring "a
| hate. and undFscrred lynchingE. cur
| sslf-interest rs Identified with our
| humane feeling and Christianity
After the war " VIII b" realized that
tho German people In America have
rendered our common country a high
/ service by creating y solid block 81
| feeling against participation in tho
| war. and thWarting the partisan pas
| sion OF other racial forces which
might have forced us into the hell
OF war.
The conference closes Tuesday
evening. after a session which has
| disposed OF number OF questions
| important 90 the German Baptist
denomination