New-York tribune., 1918-03-01
Prince Ienry's Visit to y. S.
Part of German Propaganda
Vast Scheme Of Kaiser to Control Votes Of Former
Tcutonc Subjects in Western Hemisphere
Exposed by Writer in 1912

n1hcent Bibles. with appropriate auto
graph inscriptions, have been present.
ed by the Emperor and Empress to
lnnumerablc Lutheran churches in this
country. Costly prizes have been given
by the Emperor 10 the various Iioder-
Hranz societies and turnvereins; in
fact, to nearly every society which has
been formed TO foster in one way or
another the union OF German -Ameri-
cans.
The great Pan-Germanic Society,
with Headquarters at Berlin. does not
couhne its activities TO the United
States, but extends them TO Brazil and
the South American republics espe-
eially Venezuela. Thus. with regard
10 Brazil. the Germans avowedly plan
TO dominate her dcytinics by means Of
the votes of Brazilian citizens OF Ger
man birth or narontagc.
FFhe society is concentrating it's en-
crSy IN the three southcrnmost states,
where Germans have preserved their
native identity throughout five genera
tons There are three German col
onizlng concerns. which jointly own
over million square miles of Brazil
IAN territory, completely dwartng the
various states constituting the German
Empire, which altogether cover an area
OF about 20S,000 square miles
Sooner or later, the great province
OF RIO Grande do Sui, which is almost
wholly German, Will proclaim its inde-
pendence of Rio de Janeiro, and set up
what VIII be an independent German
South American republic. in close alli
ancc with the Fatherland.
'As part Of this general policy. and
coupled with persistent and energetic
efforts to bring all the American citi-
zens Of German birth and OF Ger
man origin into one of several
great unions, for political pur-
poses, influenced from Berlin, we nave
to-day, here in America, the German
American National Bund, which has on
ITS roster nearly four millions OF mem
bers of the Teuton race. each one of
them possessed of an American vote
and, consequently, Of a voice in the af-
talrs OF the American nation. Its pres
ldent IS DE-. c. A. Hexamer, who has
frequently given expression of his
warm sympathies with the ideals Of the
fat-Germanlc League of Germany
hen, there is the union of German
American veterans, which has its in
Vulnerable committees in every city
town. and, l might add, village of the
tnlted States, and which embraces not
only men who have served in the Ger
man army, but also German-Amercan
citizens who have served under the flag
Of the United States. Their subris-
sion to the orders of Richard Muller
the president Of their confederation, is
complete, and he would be able to d-
rect their vote
The danger to the United States is
clearly set forth in a recent issue OF
the Pan -Germanic organ, the 'Neue
peutsche Zeitung,' which openly avows,
10th in its editorial columns and in the
letters from its own official correspond
ents in New York, the real aim of this
plan for the federa,ron of all German
American societies in the United
States, which is now in process of ex-
/ ccution. Thus. the 'Zeitung' declares
that the German-American National
Federation and the Federation of Ger
man American Veteran Societies. as
well as all kindred organizations, are
tlrmly bent upon preventing any policy
on the part of the United States that Is
friendly to Great Britain and unfriend-
L. to Ger1nar,r "