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


Cites Australian Vote ... -.
Cannot we learn from the Aus
:! tralians. who, in the very mids, OF
war Yaliantly insisted on reteTen
dun regarding CONSUMPTION; who even
demanded that the men in the
trenches should be given the right to
vote on this important question The
ballot was taken and her heroes in
the trenches, besriH1ed and siekened
by SO much sight of gore and misery.
voted six TO one against it. H.: -
4 Surely. what country OF five mil
lion sous carried through, land sub
ject 10 monarchicl rule, We, the
greatest democratic country in the
world: we, a country OF over one hum
dred million people, should be able to
DO as well. -... .-.:.
by a supreme effort we will, We
can and We must demand a Teferen.
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" .......c
No Reference to Rebellion 49,.
/ Dr.. Schurmann further told the
Star-Bulletin that in his address he
/
! ability of the United States being
drawn into a second civil war, stat
ing that any announcement that such
j 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 a conversation with a
| 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
i the United States more than half q
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
ural. further feel that we. as Ame-i-
! can citizens, have a right to ask a
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 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 vi. :...%
I'VE hvDhens Of German birth are.
indeed ioval 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 oe violated"
Col. Ziealer Makes Statement
Col Charles w. Ziegler, when seen
by the Star-Bulletin this morning rela-
tive to the meeting of the German AM
erican Alliance. said:
THE meeting was called upon
cabled request addressed to d. Paul
r. ,Jsenberg. 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.. Sehurmann or anyone else attempt
ed to voice some of the words thar are
attributed to have been spoken at the
meeting, / 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.
Says Meeting Patriotic
Z Continuing, Col Ziegief said: a
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 YVES 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, es4,
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