Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-08
RESOLUTIONS OF GERMAN AMERICAN
ALLIANCE AROUSE SHARP CRITICISM

Few unsodly yultureS who feed ana
get fat on the blood of war.
Cites Australian Vote ~...-
/ Cannot we learn from the Aus
! tralians, who, in the very midst oi
/ war valiantly insisted on reseren
{ dun regarding CONSUMPTION; who even
demanded that the men in the
{ trenches should be given the right 70
vote on this important question The
ballot was taken and hershefoes in
the trenches, begrimed and sieke1ed
by so much sight of gore and misery.
voted six 10 one against IL ~
J Surely, what a country OF five mil
lion souls carried through. land sub.
! iect TO monarchicl rule, we, the
I greatest democratic country in the
! world; we. country OF over one hum
bred million people. should be able TO
/ do as we'll.
! by a supreme effort We will, We
can and we must demand a Ieferen-
/ DUN, which is the only rational and
! fair method to decide that great ques-
/ ton so vital to us all-the question
Of war and peace" r..
No Reference to Rebellion ,.
/ Dr. Schurmann further told the
| Star-Bulletin that in his address he
made no differences as to the prob
ability of the United States being
drawn into a second civil war, stat
ing that any announcement that such
threats or intimations were made BY
him or by anyone else would be
ridiculous.
DR.. Schurmann then added that other
remarks attributed to him in the
morning paper were made not at the
meeting but in conversation with
reporter subsequent to the meeting.
Not for any particular reason re-
ferred in that conversation to the
Civil War to show merely the horrors
Of war that had been experienced by
the United States more than half
century ago. The object OF the reso-
luton passed by the meeting was to
show our loyalty to the United States,
though our sympathies are with the
German cause, which ! think is nat
GTaL further feel that we, as Ameri-
can citizens, have right to ask
referendum"
Talks After Meeting
Dr. Schurmann said that of the pub
lished remarks attributed to him in
his speech the following were not
made in the meeting but in converse
ton with a reporter afterward:
THE same heart-rending conditions
which prevailed during that awful and
severe war of South against North are
again rapidly taking shape all over our
land. The storm is threatening and
the deadly lightning may strike and
destroy with terrific fury.
ITO avert this threatening outbreak;
to render it harmless; to harness it;
that must be our work. We must not
fail and we will not fail. Benjamin
Franklin has taught us how to sue
coed.
I'VE hVphens of German birth are
indeed loval Americans. Our oath to
the land Of our adoption; the land
which has sheltered US and has not
only given us and our families our
daily bread. but has offered US again
and again many golden opportunities
to rise to undreamed of heights, will
never We violated"
Col, Ziegler Makes Statement
Col Charles W. Ziegler, when seen
by the Star-BMletin this morning rela-
tive to the meeting of the German Am
erican Alliance. said:
1.-The meeting was called upon
cabled request addressed to ID. Paul
r. Isenberg. who is president of the
local branch of the alliance. As Vice
president l am acting during his abb
sence on the mainland and therefore
/ called the meeting.
AT the opening OF the meeting
distinctly stated that remarks must
be confined to the resolutions them
selves and they were so confined. Had
DR.. Schurmsnn or anyone else attempt
ed to voice some of the words thar are
attributed to have been spoken at the
meeting, i should have Immediately
shut him Off
Col. Ziegler was shown the state
ment made by DR.. Schurmann as to
what he actually did say at the meet
ing and corroborated that statement.
He said the meeting was short one
and did not last over Is minutes for !
debate on and passage Of resolutions. I
Says Meeting Patriotic
Continuing, Col. Ziegler said: Il
have been an American citizen nearly |
all of my life and member OF the |
National Guard nearly 40 years, hay-
ing joined in California in 1877. The
idea that would have permitted any
thing like the unpatriotic remarks at
tributed to Dr. Schurmann in his
speech is ridiculous. The purpose of |
the meeting was patriotic and there |
are no more patriotic American citi- |
zens than those in the German Ameri- |
can Alliance
Carl du Roi Explains
Carl du Roi, who seconded the res
olution, also said this morning that |
many of the remarks attributed to DR.. |
Schurmann by the morning paper, es- |
pecially that concerning civil war