New-York tribune., 1918-06-07
German-American
Demonstration of
Loyalty Planned

Representative German American:
held a meeting yesterday afternoon ir
the Office of the "New Yorker Herold,
"a North William Street, to arrange
plans for a patriotic demonstration tt
be held this month, at which Ameri
cans of German origin will express
their loyalty to this country.
lwentythree representatives of Ger
manic organizations having tota
membership of 250,000 attended the
meeting. William Forster, president
OF the Liederkranz, was made tenn
porary chairman.
Franz Sigel, president of the Friends
of German Democracy, offered the fol
lowing resolution, which is intended
organizations that will attend the
demonstrations:
That such public demonstration shall
give unqualified evidence of the loyalty of
citizens of German extraction to this the
the land of our birth or adoption by show
ing our complete abandonment of any and
all allegiance to the principles of govern
ment in force in the German Empire and
our whole-hearted belief in the ideas and
ideals of the government of Washington,
jefferson, Lincoln and dWilson-government
OF the people. by the people and for the
people.
That. in order to prove our sincerity
beyond question, we believe that such dem
onstration must express our absolute con-
demnation of the German government,
the German Kaiser and the Prussan mill
tary autocrats, who are and nave been the
German government, and whose lust of
conquest brought on this terrible war, in
which our sons and the sons of all true
Americans are now shedding their blood
so that liberty and right shall rule in the
world of the future and autocracy and
despotism and the rule of brute force be
forever banished.
That such demonstration shall express
our common hearty support of the vigor-
Gus prosecution of the war until the COM
mon aims Of the United States and the
Allies shall be attained and a complete VIC
tory won for freedom and democracy and
shall further express our unshakable belief
and conviction that such victory can be
complete, result in world made safe for
democracy and lasting peace, only by the
overthrow of the present rulers of Ger
many. the Kaiser and the Prussan militar-
ism that is the foundation of their power.''
Anti German American prejudice
Will continue until we can establish
the fact of our whole hearted and
patriotic loyalty to America" declared
Mr.. Sigel.
Let us for the moment accept Mr.
Sigel's resolution in principle" sug-
gested Herman Hagerdorn, of the
war work extension bureau of the De-
partment of the Interior, but his over
ture was lost in the discussion that
followed. Adopting the resolution
would amount to suicide in our
societies." declared Dr. Gustav Sche-
ler Others wanted to apply the test
of the sentiment of their various or
carnations and the resolution was re-
ferred to q committee.
Mr.. Hagedorn suggested that Flag
Day, June IA, would be a most ap-
propriate date for the patriotic meet
ing That date will be considered at
meeting of the committee in Charge
at $3.50 on Monday afternoon in Turner
Hall, Lexington Avenue and Eighty
fifth Street. A report will be made
then of the result of the committed s
efforts to obtain a hall for the demon
stration. The date will be set and the
final plans announced at general
meeting next Wednesday evening at
o'clock, at the Liederkranz, Ill East
Fifty eighth Street
The following attended the meeting
yesterday: Julius Koettgen, julius
Ewoldt, Herman Hagedorn, j. E. Rid
der, George Wichert, Hubert Motz,
Bernard w. Weller, c. A. Ladges, J.
II. Grabau, Fred. Bischoff, John Weigl,
Curt Taiersch, Arthur Miltenberg.
Rev. Julius Jaeger, Rev. William
Popcke, Christopher Rebhan, DR.. Gus
tav Scholer, Franz Sigel. Ludwig Mis-
sen, P. W. Dittinger, H. w. Mumm,
Julius .Holz and William Forster.