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

The United States Is a vast muni-
ton factory for the Allies. and Ger
mans in America are objects OF un'
just suspicion and discrimination.
declared DR.. Walter Rauschenbusch
In a Labor day address TO the Ger
man Baptist conference. in the
Woodward ave. Baptist church. Mon
day night. Or Rauschenbusch, who
Is among the leading educators I'm
the United States, even accused
President Wilson of accentuating
discrimination. and said that OF all
the evils brought German. n.Americans
by the war. this ill-will Is the hard
est 10 bear Or. Rauschenbusch
said in part:
Tho great war has brought an I'm
German race Sin this country. our
country has been transformed into
munition factory TO XIII our kin
drcd The money we have put into
banks and insurance companies has
been taken 10 finance munition
plants or loans 10 the allies on the
other hand. the power OF our nation
has not been used TO protect our in
terests. We are unable 90 send food
20 our relatives. oar gifts. our lot
ters our messages OF love arc inter
repted and destroyed We cannot
even send Red Cross supplies 10 the
wounded This manifest one-sided-
ness has put a heavy burden on our
patriotism
But hardest of all has been the
partiFau lll-wlll of our countrymen
Down 10 Aug. I. 1910, the German
elem"nt was UNIVERSALLY u ksd ana
respected. y few weeks later We
al t,f t,it do NJ "A
tion. and even hatred The eastern
meiropolitan press lung accusations
Of disloyalty Doubtless some in
diNiduals TRIED 90 hamper the muni-
tions trade hy criminal methods, but
ali the energies az the federal secret
service have brought strangely f"w
cases TO Indictment or conviction
Yet on So slender a hasis tho prcsi-
dent mad" und sCriulnaftnE Rsp'r.
sions which the pnbllr applied still
NOR" broadly Ne even ckhprted thN
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those whom he had IN mind In
actual practice that could only result
IN The persecution and boycottinR Of
German servants. dressmakers and
wonder - any racial group ~
whit" pcopl" has ever been treated
In such fashion. Yet in the past the
ticTUHUH rTyr hrrn ron~pi'tteti- fcr
their loyalty In the revolutionary
war the English were the hyphcnateE
and Tories. aud WaEhipgtons body
ANhFU WIS NlANf VI OF Germans. IN
IN" tiri war. the Germans were all
aholifipnista and IN" most faitbfui
supporters ~ the union Without
their instant support In the carly
DAYS ~ IN" war Missouri would
doubtless have gone for the Confed-
eracy England was for the south
Germany Tor the cause of the north.
II ~ claimed that 1851 men born
IN Gcrmany served in the linton
armies as against 'S.S0s born In
We know that we have no right
60 give political aif 10 Germany, any
more than our Anglo America
friends have right 90 aid the Allies.
right peacefully 20 defend its own
vital interests. It's income. reputation.
and standing. against any other
group inside OF the nation. Some
drag Our country INTO this war. and
have actually involved ~ deeply IN
unneutral action. The German ele-
r1rut ~ 80 placed that all its inter
ests are IN the maiutenanp" ~ peace
\ war with Germany would bring a
hundred cnlanities upon us. suspicion.
hate. and uudesrrNpd lynchings our
sclf-intercst "a Identified with our
humane feeling and Christianity
After the war n will be realized that
rendered our common country high
service hy creating "A solid block OF
feeling against participation IN the
war. and thwartinE 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 sesslon which has
disposed OF number OF questions
important 10 the German Baptist
denomination.