The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-22
Vice and Dissipation Promoted
to Injure Morale of Soldiers
and Demoralize Labor.
GERMAN AMERICAN
ORDER ACTIVE ENEMY
New Names Thought Given
Old Orders to Allay Gov
eminent Suspicion.
Methods { hanged.

Startling revelations Of enemy in
frIEue through the German American
alliance and recent disclosures at last
leave no room for doubt Of the beer
barons being an enemy within our
gates. The versatile hand OF the Hun
has long worked for a dissipation Of
the morale Of our nation at home as
a telling blow against the boys on the
battle front, now facing the horrors
of Teuton bar barism as practiced In
their plan Of warfare
First revelations came as result
Of the inVestIGa ton nv congress Of
the German American alliance. when
the nation was astounded ut the ex-
tent of this enemy enterprise Pro
Cermanism was the purpose upper
most This institution got financial
strength from q beer barrel tax.
THIS INSTITUTION for the pur-
pose ar PROMOTING GERMAN
IDEALS. WAS financed in fact hy
brewery interests nf this country.
This accounts for the viciousness OF
its manipulations Many German
brewers Of America have demon
strated that thew are our enemies
Huns nEhtihe for the fatherland.
Chicago forced the dlsgraceful ne
cnssitv on Secretary of the Navy
i''ttllNiS - axe Is l4dfifa III ''At FlIAs TIC
booze interests Of that city, which
have The support of the United soci-
cites made IN Of organizations with
almost unpronounceable ne mes.
When Secretary Of the Navy Dan
iels asked 10 have special bar permits
revoked in Chicago as protection TO
the sailor BOYS in training. these
United societies turned against the
nation and stood for the saloons and
vice conditions Continued, they
meant harm to the sailor boys, and
hence would sap some strength ny
undermining moral stamina as vel
the fatherland
Report from New York Is To the
effect that another enemy plot has
been uncovered through the discovery
of some dangerous ingredient in beer
90 strong that II eats the yarnish of
the hars. =. The ingredient SO far has
baff1ed chemists to define it. What
ruins bar varnish would unquestion
ably injure human beings
The federal government was com
PEELED 10 hold soldier training bows
out of the city Of Seattle until the
CITY could he made free from vice
Vicious practitioners among the un-
derworld women were alleged 10 he
AiltFI 'flF 'tlttlfis-ilt u ttiFN i'NFhi' -
pionaze system TO solicit and disease
soldier boys. Beer was the handmade
of these women.
Philadelphia is right now in this
throes Of necessary cleanup by the
federal government Conditions were
such through the influence of saloons
and vice. that there WIS an increasing
menace Of widespread Decentralization
among shipyard workers as well as
military men. Beer harons have been
shown In hold the manipulating hand
responsible for direction Of this
yiCioueness
The German American alliance has
continued its existence in Ohio. and
this enemy agency has heen nut in the
spotlight Just within the last few
days The brewers agency for fight-
ing to save tho traffic In this state has
been branded the outlaw II is-held
as disloyal and ordered to diFhand
The. German-AmeriCan alliance in
Nebraska defeated the ratification of
the national prohibition amendment
and was there revealed as the tool
of the kaiser and doing its most effec-
tive work for Hun harharism by sup
porting booze and dissipation in
America.
The versatility Of this Eemy within
\
which il changes to, m-V the con
demn7tion Of the people and the &C
ton of officials against enemy insti'
buttons The German American ALI
2nce in Cincinnati. according to an
uouncement. has gone out OF exist
ence But, 10 the end is not Vet. The
Germ y An ertcan alliance, disioya
In its purpose, dispands and there
grows In its place the American Git
zans' league There is i'm Chicago the
United Societies for Local Self-Gov
eminent New York gives us the
American Temperance forum and the
American Temperance league These
names sound Ane Are they part OF
The general scheme The brewers 81
America are on the ion. They are
fshtir~ through new agencies. They
are changing their methods as occa
sion makes necessary.
II should not require more evidence
than = already at hand against tht
hrewer~-the arch enemy of decen
America sm--to place his produc'
on the prohibited list as an imme
diatelv necessary war measure while
awaiting the national amendme en-