Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-03-13
OUT IN THE OPEN.


their hands openly these days. They
have passed the stage OF limiting at
going to England's assistance and
are now organizing for a campaign,
which viii have for its purpose the
moulding of public sentiment in
favor Of our declaring war against
Germany The so-called American
Right Committee OF which George
Haven Putnam lis president, has an
nounced that Carnegie Hall, New
York, has been engaged for tonight
for a public meeting to give express
sion to "the opinion OF those who be-
licve that the time has come for the
United States to take a far advanced
position in opposition to the Teu-
tonic allies" The announcement OF
the meeting from which we have just
quoted declares that THE Carnegie
Hall meeting is the outgrowth Of the
movement started by the late Paul
Fuller. first special representative
sent to Mexico by the President. In
spite of perhaps because OF his close
personal relations with the President
Mr.. Fuller believed that the United
States owed il to civilization to
enter the war as an active opponent
Of the Teutonic allies"
Tho Carnegie Hall meeting to-
night will be the first overt attempt
to involve the country in tho
European war The promoters OF il
have been working in the dark for
many months. They have flooded
the country with pro-Brtish litera-
ture by way of working up a senti-
ment in favor Of the United States
arraying itself on the side OF Eng
land. United States Senator Jones,
in the course of a debate in the Sen
ate in the Gore resolution warning
Americans against travelling on arm
cd belligerent ships, said that there
existed an aggressive and we'll
financed league to bring this coun-
try on the side OF Great Britain and
her allies. He quoted from the Con-
stitution of the League, which is
knows as the Citizens League for
America and the Allies, these words
ITO use all lawful means to put this
nation definitely in sympathy with
thc Allies" Senator Jones quotes
Professor Josiah Rogers Of Harvard
University as saying: Let us do all
we can to bring about a rupture be-
tween this Country and the Central
Powers
Acting on this suggestion, Mr..
George Haven Putnam and his fellow
pro-Britishers are about holding
public meeting in the Metropolis OF
America with q Wow to popularize
the doctrine that race patriotism"
! imposes upon this country the duty
of going to England's assistance in
her hour OF danger Richard Olney
Of Massachusetts, who had been Sec
retary OF State in President Cleve-
lands Cabinet, was the first to
breach this doctrine Our Anglomen
eagerly subscribed to It and have
! been diligently at work to give il
| PRACTICAL effect. They We're engaged
in this business long before England
became involved in war with Ger
many During the last eighteen
months, they doubled their efforts
to serve the land Of their love. For
the last ten days they have been very
active in Washington trying TO bring
Congress around to their way OF
thinking They believe they have
succeeded We believe they are
mistaken. But if they have succeed
ed, war with Germany will be the
consequence. In other words, the
country win pay in blood and treas
ure for the successfully carrying out
the pro-British conspiracy that has
been long Matching
One Of these Anglomaniacs, Mrs.
John Astor. who is now on her way
to London to resume her work in be-
half OF q relief fund for British sol
diers, before her departure from
New York granted an interview to
representative OF the New York
Times Among other things she
said. 1T seems to me that we must
declare ourselves as standing for
those principles that England is
fighting for SO why cannot we give
the encouragement of warm and
generous expression of our SYM
pathy with her? An alliance OF
English-speaking nations, il seems to
me, is the greatest ideal toward
which we work. One OF the OBJ
stacles that hinder it is our in
sistencc upon the relations OF the Col
onies and Great Britain long ago in
the Revolutionary War"
The person who spoke in this man
ner gave voice to the hopes of the
entire tribe Of Anglo-maniacs. These
| Genationalized Americans would have
us forget the American Revolution
and all II accomplished In their
! opinion 1t was huge mistake which
| has imposed upon them the ardu
GUS task Of rectifying the blunder
committed by Washington and his
ccompatriots. II it had not been for
| that blunder. our Anglomen would
now be British subjects. They are
such in spirit, which explains why
they are so desirous OF having the
! United States fight England's bat
ties. Those of them who win make
up the Carnegie Hall meeting to-
night hope that that pro-British
demonstration will have an effect in
The way Of hastening an Anglo
| American alliance AGAINST Germany.