The sun., 1916-03-13
TEUTONS' LOYALTY
SEEN IN Big BAZAAR
German American Alliances
Head Says There Is No
Split in Ranks.
10000 CROWD ATTENDS

Although the managers ~ the bazaar
FOR the relief ~ war sufferers In GER
many. Austria Hungary and allied coun-
tries dedicated Yesterday to the German
American population ~ Long Island
People crowded into Madison square
Garden by the thousands from many
other parts Of the earth, and all agrech
that the visit was worth while II was
estimated that fully 10000 attended the
big charity event.
Henry Woisnann. president OF the
German American Alliance OF the state
of Sew YORK. was enthusiastically ap-
plauloi last night WHOM he said IN An
address oc welcome that with this DEM
ouetratiou oe our German American
population all the theories OF split
IN the German American ranks nave
been shattered"
''Thr hearts ~ all ~ us he said.
ARE full of jus'ifiabe pride when We In
,hc davs Of sorrow follow the gigantic
struggle - our Old fatherland against
= world IN arms and see the wo'her'ul
| victories 81 our brothers and the glory
Of the GERMAN raUlc which today flows
over the autlr" world and think ~ the
wonderful cooperation Of every ono IN
sympathy with this great charitable
movement
/ These sentiments. German In express
sion. do not make us strangers in our
. new fatherard nor do they take the
least hit away from our love Of country
in whose culors We are celebrating this
fair, an aHpir of pure charity FOR the
old and an affa.r Of love FOR the new
country. the new country which secures
o our psac" and our prosperity. which
guarantees liberty for future genera
, tors for all times
1T is with this sense that our work
must be understood that our duties as
Americans are going hand in hand with
our sympathies for the war sufferers on
the other SD. and that We again want
10 refu,e every argument made against
the loyalty ~ our German Americans.
I'VE In this country. while synpathiz-
iug with ,;rruauy are trying to promote
Amer,cauiHl and American prosperity
May this time of pear" here be- ever
lasting and may this fair be one of the
chains which tie faster the bands Of
friendship between the old fsthe-laud
and III. new fa'h.rlaud. the cuuu'r,c>
. which ..lWaN~ have been and always
vii b. leading ~ ever! ptIeS, on of hui
n.au!'v IN TIA" preservation and Iu IA.
promotion Of the true doctrine. Of III.
.r,y."
| Dr. PAN Ritter. the Swiss Minister II
this country and pejalal Bey. III. Tur
kish Consul. GENERAL in New York, wcr,
Interested visitors during the day.
\ free concert wa given in the after
noon 10y IN. United Singers Of Brook!yr
under th" direction of carl Flcur. rn'
BROOKLYN Arior Society. with It's men
and wolueus choruSes and own "rches
! ira. got an ovation last night Mis-
Louisa iIalsSman Rigcers, contrdl'o
was the soloist and the Manhattan
I Ladies quartet also sang Tn" .\rlun'
We're led 10y Eugene klcc THIS or
ctulZA'iou won H." Empcrors prize a
the national German singing fcs'iva
, last year
Tn. concert. given hy prof. SSiuu.ls
wa in charge ~ otto Goritl. the Metro
tolois,s. Karl Jocra tenor. Aln.rt vui
Nocnhon. pianist Richard Arnold. vio
linst Mrs Nicsscu stone. soprano an,
Nj ,;orit2.
The sum ~ s2l,500 wss real ze1 a.
saturday night and &, count ~ tickets
showed 23.3oo admissions
All tho booths were well patrouiZ.,
Yesterday. l.nV,ls II art enjoyed -,
exhibition Of lio paintings, ~ which TIVE
by Euhcus came from Mrs August IIcch
sch'r, wife ~ the banker
To-day Viii h. dcvo'"d to shontiuc 50
cictIcs and bow Ing clubs, and to-,nurrov
the German societies of Greater New
York VIII hold sway AZ the fan