Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-06
VICTORIOUS, GERMANY WOULD ATTACK IT, S.;
FOSTER SPIRIT OF HATRED AGAINST AMERICA

Der of Commerce. with his staff saw
that every detail was given close at
tention, and to this fact was due much
of the success of an unusual occasion.
In the opinion of many who gave ex-
preston to their feelings at the close
/ of the meeting, 1t was a clean cut
program of speech making rarely
known for such occasions, all of
which served as added fuel to the
great flame of patriotism that the
drenching downpour never for a mo-
ment had the slightest chance of
/ quenching.
In his Introductory remarks Mr..
Gerard complimented the local mill
tary organizations, the Governors s
Troop and Companies d and of the
Eighth Regiment, in the highest
terms He said that he had never
seen military units anywhere which
had made a greater impression upon
him by reason of their snappy move
ments and fine appearance. In at
tention as did also the Red Cross dele
| cation. The young women who have
organized and are doing notable work
in the local branch of the Red Cross
were busy throughout the day in add
ing members to the corps. They were
attired in the regular Red Cross uni
form and the work which they are
doing in this community is just be-
| ginning to be appreciated.
Ecnna. Arsenal of Nation
Pennsylvania was declared by Mr..
Gerard to be the arsenal of the ma
ton, and Governor Brum baugh pledg-
! ed the honor of the Commonwealth
in standing back of its readiness to
do its share in the country's work. A
tenth of all the money and men which
| President Wilson can hope to throw
into the field must come from this
State.
That Pennsylvania would stand
ready to come to the nations aid as
1t did once half century ago under
Governor Curtin at the call of Abra-
nam Lincoln, was the declaration of
| the Governor, who was called upon
by David E. Tracy, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, to preside at
the meeting. Mr.. Tracy referred to
the tremendous resources of Pennsyl-
vania and to the widespread desire of
her people to support the President
He also dwelt upon Governor Brum-
baugh's appointment of two hundred
representative citizens as a committee
of safety before the actual declaration
of war.
Governor Martin c. Brumbaugh was
the first speaker of the evening and
in introducing Ambassador Gerard
said in part:
Pledges State
MY friends and fellow citizens l ac-
cept the kind invitation of
to preside at this meeting
tonight. 1t is with great pleasure
and deep sense of responsibility
that l stand before you on this mo-
mentous occasion. 1t is no
small matter as we gather here to-
night, under conditions such as have
not been on our State for many years
te ,,aII IoI1 III e
us, and one in which we should feel
proud to confess our American citi-
zenship. There will be no shortage in
this State in this hour of need. either
in money or men. We will be called
upon to furnish one-tenth of the re-
sources of the nation to the President
in his hour of need and 1t must not be
thought that this Commonwealth will
waver in its duty. AS this State, un-
der Governor Curtin, stood behind Lin
coin more than a half century ago,
so it will stand behind President Will
son in this hour of need.
This is q momentous hour for an
other reason. The President in his
hour of need sent one of the most dis
tinguished men as Ambassador to Ger
many He carried himself like a pat
riot through this hour of tribulation.
He has come back, through no fault
of his own, and has honored us to
speak at this momentous occasion. 1t
affords me great pleasure to intro
duce to you one who has recently re-
turned from the Imperial Court of
Germany, Ambassador Gerard"
Lauds Mccormick
Following Governor Brumbaugh eX-
Ambassador Gerard said, in part:
1T affords me unbounding pleasure
to speak before such a patriotic gath
ering as is assembled here tonight;
co ie- nj oI
of this great Comm of Penn
sylvania, the center of the nations
arsenal. If it would not be for Penn
sylvania, America could not enter the
war. In this State you have all the
means for making war parapherna-
lia."
The former ambassador compli-
mented eX-Mayor Mccormick for his
part in electing Wilson.
Taken Only Step
President Wilson has been three
years trying to keep us out of the war,
bearing the most unjust criticism
with silence. Now after considering
the matter thoroughly from all angles
he has done the only one thing to do.
Now l suppose you want to hear
something of the country which liked
me SO we'll that they kept me one
week after l asked for my passports
AS general rule when an ambassador
asks Tor MS passport papers, he is
given them at once, but not so with
Germany. When l asked why they did
not give them to me / was told it was
because they had heard that the Am
erican people had not treated their
ambassador as he should have been
treated. My reply was that the United
States never acted uncourteous1y to
any person.
U. S. Misunderstood
THE German people do not under
stand us. America has been abused by
the German press and the people are
made to believe that we are a people
with fat purses in hunt of dollars. They
have the idea that the United States
fears them and in a conversation with
German official he said to me: Why
the United States does not dare to do
anything against Germany. There are
I five thousand reservists in America
, who would rise up against you If any,
thing was done My reply to him
was that there are five hundred thou
sand and one lamp posts in the United
States and if the reservists rise up they
will be hanging on them in q short
time.
Il believe the German people in this
country are loyal. They have come to
this land, which has given them an
opportunity to become rich and pros
porous and I think they will stand by
us in this hour of need. 1t is my
onininn that tho German naopIa a., Ait.