Evening journal., 1918-03-21
TINh OPPOSES ALL
KAISERS AND KINGS
German Alliance is LOYAL 10
United States, Secretary
Tells Senator's
ADMITS HE BACKED
TREASON TRIAL FUND

WASHINGTON, March 2i.-Denounc-
inc the Kaiser and German militarism
and begging that the loyal members Of !
the national Gcrman-American Alliance
should not be made TO bear the burden
Of utterances Of j. c.. Hexamer former
president Of the Alliance. Adolph Timm,
OF Philadelphia, secretary OF the orEsni- |
zation, yesterday entered o defense Of
the Alliance before the Senate Judiciary
Subcommittee which has before It the
King bill 20 revoke It's fnal charter.
limm said that the rank and file Of
the Allionce had not approved speeches
and writings Of Hexamer in which hc
urged the Germans to maintain race
solidarity In this country and opposed
assimilation. Because the Official bulle-
Gin Of the Alliance had published these
utterances, he said, it had been char
acterized by some Of the members as
an advertising bulletin for Hexamer."
II warned Dr. Hexamer repeatedly to
leave or talking Of German kultur."
ssid Timm, because Of the Americans
Of German blood were not favorable 10
NNs AlH uAU nUN AAfEu. lily nlNALEs
Senator King asked what property the
Alliance owned and what debts it had.
THE only property 1t owns" said the
witness, "is $4,000 in bonds the Iron
Fund" contributed by life members. 70
has no debts that I know Of"
Then" said Senator King, III a dis
solution Of the organization were order
ed by Congress. and they should begin
proceedings to dispose Of the property
all that would have 10 be done would
he to return this $4,000 to the original
donors, and suppose their names could
easily be ascertained."
Yes" replied Mr. Timm
The witness told the committee that
'the alliance at no time had any con-
nectlon with the German Government.
nor did u receive any funds from Ger
man sources.
THE fact that former President Dr.
G.. J Hexamer was decorated by q for
eign monarch tthe Kaiser) does not con-
Germ the alliance. A large majority Of
the membership did not approve Of the
decoration. An article In the of1clal
bulletin, written by the secretary. ex-
planned 10 the German Foreign once
that Americans Of German birth or ex-
traction do not wish to be decorated "
Mr.. Timm admitted that the alliance
was opposed to prohibition and that It
has exercised its rights to petition Con-
gress.
Nj Timm insisted that the National
Alliance had done much 70 spread
Americanism, that It had issued book
lets dealing with naturalization and
had urged its branches to establish
night schools for citizenship.
Fanator Sterling cross-questioned the
witness on this matter and brought out
that. except for one pamphlet, showing
the German immigrants how they might
be naturalized, the Alliance had never
done anything 20 teach the German
Americans American ideals or history.
TO prove The loyalty Of members OF
the Alliance Mr.. Timm said that i39l
members Of the Allegheny County
branch of-the organization severely
handled by Lowry Humes In recent
testimony already have purchased $780,
900 worth Of Liberty bonds.
what did HeXamer mean 2" asked
Senator King, quoting from one Of his
more notorious speeches, when he sair
we German-Americans have Ions sur.
fered the preachment that We must bs
assimilated2 No one will eve- find us
prepared 10 descent TO an inferior kul.
tur."
ITS hard to say what he meant" re
Piled Timm. II was always opposed e
those speeches Of Or. Hexamer. I hav'
always held that the Alliance could no
and should not be held responsible fol
his utterances. No Official recognition
~ them was ever taken. / myself
warned Hexamer frequently TO leav'
the word kultur out Of his speeches be
cause the majority Of German-Amerl
cans did not approve Of that word ol
what It signlned. He never took tha
warning"
Timm said he knew Of Hexameri
fervent pleas for German American 20
lltical and social solidarity against "th
rncroachments OF Anglo-Sa Sonlsm bu
he personally had never pad u,J az
tentlon to them.
I'm a plain oommonsense man." h
said Il never cared for HeEameri
academic expressions. In the same wa!
never took any stock in the speechc
of the German Emperor. I am abso
lutely opposed TO him and to all roy
Blty.'
Timm denied that the Alliance hal
ever INDUCED in political activity an
then observing that the Senator SCENE
amazed by this remark fastened q
explain that he meant "the Nations