Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-28
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2S, leiSl
Audacity Of German Brewers.

Audacity Of German Brewers.
The audacity and daring Of tho German
Americans with apologies for auneXing
the American section OF the designating
title-as revealed in the purchase ct a
Washington paper to fight the National
Prohibition amendment Ivy propagandsts
methods is astounding and no persons
but an obstinate. thlck-hcadcd, Vet
crafty people would at this particular
time have cndravorcd To further risk the
indignation OF tho American public
The correspondence that passed rn
selling tho Washington Times IL W K.
Hearst editor is amazing III ITS stupid
daring and overwhelming audacitv. II
shows that nothing may intervene he-
tween ,ne German and his desires. aud
that there is no form OF lying. low Gun
r,np. base Misrepresentation. or deception
that he IS not ready to resort to, even
though hc opposes the policy OF the
povrrnment and the viii of the people
In his ,tnderhand method he will 60 70
any length. and like tho kajscr. IN de
ending to open the worlds war. IS ready
10 risk II
The Germans IN this instance Operated
through one brisbane. an cmploye ot
Hearst. the owner of several publication,
some of which havr hecn barred from
England. others from towns adjacent 10
New York because OF their alleged Sc
d,tious pro-(icrman-u -utterances Tins
galaxy of brewers loaned" the money
10 brisbane 10 purchase the Times OF
Washington, and the prelimlnaries show
the newspapers work was to oppose IN
season and out all measures which had
any bearing on the curta,ment Of beer
consumption especially the National
Prohibition amendment
Tie discovery Of this conspiracy 10
thwart the will of the public came IN goo'i
time to render futile thr efforts Of these
Germans
II serves. however, to show 10 what
extent these undcsIrablcs are ready 10
go to carry their point Willing and keon
were thev 10 invest hall million dollars
IN a newspaper to distribute lying prOpa
ganda. and CHAD to buy for cash any reptile
in public position who would favor thClr
schemes. II is repetition of the kaiSer
thorough belief IN the night Of might
be IT the might Of arms. OF lribe money
or purchased propaganda No people IN
the world except tho Germans, who be
lleve themselves To be a type of super
man, would at tins particular time have
taken the chances Of being kicked out
al our country hv Americans, who have
borne much, but who feel that the cnd
of their federation has been reached.
Ii the German-Americans cannot see
that the brewing business has been
fatally hit they arc As blind aS he kaiscr
n the other lessons Of the war Il Is To
such people as this group Of rlch brewers
that the whole disrcputable business has
been revealed in all its hideousncss. They
hsvp neddfed with every phase of Amen-
can life; not oDly have they besotted
large percentage of our population, they
have interfcred with and corrupted
elections; worked, voted, acted as a unit
against every condition, law or circum-
stanc in this country that invaded what
they regarded as their nights They havr
insistentlv and persIstently protested
against an orderly Sunday, as day set
apart Tor meditation, worship and re-
taxation Instead they insisted sunday
be- day for debsuchery, for boistcrous,
vulgar amusements--an anti-( hristian
dav
Possibly there Is no Law relating 10 the
manufacture licensing and sale of beer
that thev have not violated or cirCum-
vented-thcy have not stopped at any
thing TO gain their point; they have
abused their newly-acquired citizenship
81 every turn In short they have dctied
our government
Their high-handcd action IS now meeting
Its reward, for the government and the
American public are awake TO the con
temptible audacity OF these heads Of the
disreputable business and they will be
stamped out 81 sight under the heel OF
our incensed people
BY their reprehensible methods the
brewers and distiller4 have brought the
drink question to solution probably
fifty wears sooner than the end would
otherwise have been reached, SO after all
America may be the gamer through these
unsavory methods Of our false American
citizens.
All this again raises the query is there
IN the German race any sense Of decency
or loyalty to nation which has lifted
them out Of semi-slavery, poverty and
obscunty TO freedom, riches and q place
IN the community.
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