The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-08-25

Daniel w. LAWYER Of st. Paul, Min
hesota's fearless champion of human
liberty, delivered stirring patriotic
address last Sunday at Loyalty pic
mic held at Lake Nolney, LIE Sueur
county. In spite Of a heavy rain more
than 1900 people attended. Mr.. Law
Ter was at his best and his old time
oratory resounded through the valley
of the Minnesota into the heart Of
the strongest pro-German locality in
the state
The speaker did not mince his
words, and he struck telling blows at
those who have beer attempting to
lead the people of this state into the
camps of the, kaiser He spoke in
part as follows:
This is time for plain English and
it is too late to discuss the reasons
why We are at war with Germany. No
nation had grosser propagation or was
of war was recognized by congress,
than the United States. Germany muir
dered American women and American
to bring about an invasion of Amerii--
Promised S1exico a slice Of american
territory. it Eraciouslyy, gave Am, American
provided the stars and stripes We're
painted on their sterns, it filled the
lapd with spies, it bribed public men
Stew hH up Ppublic works. 1G burned ms
elevators and factories and the sup
porters of the kaiser in this country
are now openly preaching treason and
rebellion.
The New Ulm Meeting.
In this propaganda. of treason, Min
nesota has been given the front rank
by a traitors meeting at New Ulm pre-
sided over by, a traitor MAYOR AUD l, ad.
dressed by lot Of other traitors. They
all talked a good deal about constitu-
tional law but everybody knows that
this country and that they are loyal
only to the German kaiser. They are
kaiserites and. not Americans. 1t will
take. New Ulm quarter OF century
to live down the infamy with which
it has been stamped by these traitors.
It cannot clean its record by an inter
view given out by the president of it's
commercial club no matter how patrl-
otto and loyal he may be.
The people of Minnesota and of the
country will look with suspicion upon
ing s or man Of fe e trsors
' held in the eA open and deeisring abso2
I'VE and gnGendtqRs 0yay to the
passed at that meeting advocating OPP
position to sending our soldiers across
the water and in the parade according
who had been drafted for military serv-
ice. I would like to have all Of these
boys read life of Benedict Arm0ld
Man Without a Country They will
live to cure the day when thew were
misled by willy conspirators to commit
an open act Of disloyalty and treason.
COMMUNICATIONS Suffer.
The speaker deplored the position
in which the COMMUNICATIONS of
Minnesota had been put by a few
leaders claiming to represent them.
He said that ninety-nine hundredths
of the German-AmeriCans of Mime
sofa are loyal to the flag and are
eager and anxious to defend it with
any sacrifice of treasure or blood.
The New Ulm meeting, however, and
the public expressions of. men like
and ulus
American Alliance, of Minnesota. have
put every man with a German name in
Minnesota under cloud Of suspicion.
present generation. Pfaender resigned
his commission in the army. in the
speakers opinion. to avoid court mar
tial for such conduct as his New ulm
three years have been the kaisers prin-
cipal agents in Minnesota. In St. Paul
Moersch is known not only as a traitor
but as, the leader Of the German
element in Minnesota: This seems to
81 fact he seems proud Of his infamy:
saw. the other, day Moersch's appli-
cation to be elected a member Of the
Commercial club of St. Paul dated Nov
Is. lo1s in which .!. he described his oc.
KNOW whether this means fore!~n rep
9esentative or foreign reporter. In any
&vent he is the kaiser's chief repre-
sentative in Minnesota and in my
opinion is reporting to the enemy
whatever may be to the enemy's adj
vantage to know. I hope the report
current in the newspapers is true that
these men and other traitors are in
tending to put a state ticket in the
field next year as it will enable US
to have a census of traitors and save
the government whole lot of inves-
tigation."
Public Safety Commission.
In speaking of the Public Safety
commission the speaker Preferred by
name to each member individually