The Washington herald., 1918-03-21
DOESN'T HAVE
MUCH USEFOR
KAISER BILL
German-American Alliance
Secretary Claims to OPP
pose Propaganda.

Kaisers and kings play no part IN
the life Of Adolph Timm. secretary Of
the German-American Alliance.
7 never took much stock In the ex-
pressions Of the German Emperor. be-
cause I'm opposed to all emperors and
kings" he said yesterday afternoon
at the hearing on the bill intended to
dissolve the organization for alleged
disloyalty.
During the hearing, Mr.. Timm ex-
pressed his opinion OF DR.. C. J. Hex
amer. the former president who was
decorated with the Red Eagle for
spreading German kultur. by saying:
Il never cared for his academic ex-
pressions; Pm plain. common sense
man"
Opposes All Emperorz.
The first quoted expression re-
garding the Kaiser came out when
Senator King asked:
when the German Emperor,
after extorting peace from Lenine
and TrotZky said German kultur
had been saved, didn't he mean the
ideals. teachings. military spirit, au-
toeratic form of government and
gross materialism Of modern Ger
manyT
Mr.. Timm gave his opinion Of the
Emperor. but Senator Sterling, of
North Dakota. Questioned:
Don't you think he used the word
kultur as Senator King suggested %
Probably he did" replied Mr..
Timm.
The witness said the Chicago con-
l. e.
pose the election of Roosevelt or
Root. but denied that opposition was
made to the denomination or cleo
tion Of President Wilson. Senator
King dug up the everybody against
Wilson or Roosevelt" slogan pub
iished in the oficial Bulletin in
April. 1916.
We agreed to keep this business
out Of the Bulletin as far as pos
sible because it was political" said
Mr.. Timm.
Senator King-Did your organi-
zation incuIcate the idea that Ger
man kuItur was best?
GDeutsehIand Uber Allies.
-Timm-'T came here when I was
DBL don't know much that is Ger
man, but their school system may
be better"
King-.'what about Deutschland
Uber AIles?'
Timm-'I never believed In that.
When they sang II here-they don't
sing Il now-they didn't mean any
harm"
King-"Did you ever hear of the
Kaiser's fund to spread pan-German
Rultur?''
Tiun,-'TUe 1vara psvsr annroacbed
with it. We always kept away from
the pan-German movement"
King-"Don't Dr. Hexamer's words
convey an expression of it?"
Timm-"As far as 1 know he was
opposed to it"
After reiterating that he had been
opposed to DR.. Hexamer's speeches,
the witness continued:
IT never cared for Kultur and I
was. opposed to it; I opposed propa-
SHnda for it."
He declared he was most enphat-
icaIly'' against attempts to spread
literature for pan-Germanism.
'AH that came my way" he said,
went into the waste basket"
Questions swung to the defense fund
raised for the editors of the Phil
adelphia Tageblatt. now on trial for
treason. Mr.. T1mm was secretary
of "a meeting for raising funds. He
said today:
For Fair Trial
Il said these men who we'd known
for years should have a fair chance
that even churches raised funds to de-
fend people charged with murder"
King-"Dldn't you say there was no
liberty in this country, and to be care
full about communicating with soldiers
in camps for they might get into trou-
ble?''
Timm-"I did not"
The secretary of the alliance had
questions prepared to ask a prospec-
tive witness, one V. A. Hajck former
ly of the Department Of Justice.
He says he sneaked in at a closed
meeting and heard me speak," said
Mr.. Timm. I'VE didn't have any
closed meeting"
Mr.. Hajek has not been called to
testify. II is probable after DR.. Won
BosSe. the president Of the alliance,
takes the stand tomorrow, Karl A. NJ.
tScholz, the attorney. will testify and
the hearing will then close. The COM
mittee does not expect to hear DR.,