Evening journal., 1918-02-26
KAISER BOASTED
He RULED america
Called DR.. Hexamer Acting
Head in Unites States
BY My Grace
REVELATION MADE TO
SENATE COMMITTEE

WASltlNIlONt Ftbs 90 a A''dN-f-N
naraeraph from the lips Of His Imperial
Majesty Kaiser Wilhelm went down in
fhe records Of the Senate judiciary sub
committee yesterday as part OF the evil
dence which will determine whether or
not the federal charter Of the National
German-American Alliance shall be re-
voked
The august words were read without
trepidaiion by Gusiavus 0hlinger' pres
,dent Of the Chamber Of Commerce OF
Toledo. Ohio. who has made a compre-
hensive study Of the purposes and ac-
4ivities OF the alliance and yesterday
comnleted his testimony before the
senate committee charged with this in
,estigation.
This particular speech Of the Kaiser's,
he said. was taken from documents col
,ected by William Lequex, formerly OF
me English secret service, and is said
10 have been made at secret council
held in Potsdam in June. 1908, with the
chiefs Of the German army and navy
in attendance.
The Kaiser IS alleged 10 have said;
Even now I rule supreme in the
limited states. where almost one-half Of
the population is either Of German birth
or OF German descent. and where 300O'-
600 German voters do my bidding at
the Presidential elections No Ameri-
can administration could remain in
mower against the will Of the German
voters. who. through that admirable
oreanization. the GermaS-American Ma
tional League Of the United states OF
America control the destines Of the
vast republic beyond the sea. II man
o,er was worthy Of a high decoration
% nv hands Il was Herr Doctor lieXa-
mer the president Of the league VINO
NAV Justly he termed TO be, by my
Grace the acting ruler of al the Ger
mans in the United States.
..NNifh the exception Of the numbers
for Iune. 1917. and January, 1918, ! nave
studied carefully every issue OF the OF
Aclal bulletin Of the alliance" said MT.
Ohiinper In the course of his testi-
monv sNowhere do ! find any condem-
nation of the invasion Of Belgium or
fhe sinking Of the Lusitania, but, on
the contrary, vigorous defense OF these
actions.
"r;o,yhere do I flnd any criticism OF
the mlnaristic OF auiocratic regime
IN Germany. any plea for the democra-
tization Of Germany. On the contrary
The plea Is always to remember and
revere the political ideals OF the RAIN
erland' and 10 carefully preserve these
ideals among the Germans in this
country
Nowhere do find any condemnation
Of ruthless U-boat warfare or OF Bern
. storms propaganda 20 embroil 1his
country with Mexico and Japan. ] do
find. however, columns in defense OF
Franz Won Riutelieu and other bomb
ploiters now serving jail sentences for
outrages committed while under the
protection OF the United states
Congress made a blunder when 1t al
lowed this organization to incorporate
continued Mr.. Ohlinger "a blunder that
should be redeemed.
In response 20 a question from Sena-
tor King. author Of the resolution which
would revoke 1.-THE charter OF the ALI
ence Mr.. Ohlincer said that in criti-
cizng the organization 10 IS absolutely
necessary" 10 dinereniiate 10 from the
great majority Of the German-American
people.
"As citizen myself. partly Of Ger
man origin" he said. Il would not for
one moment cast the slur Of disloyalty
on the German population OF this coun-
try or subscribe to the opinion that the
propaganda of the alliance influences
more than a few.
..There Is no question that the mass
Of the German people in this country
Is absolutely loyal. but a few, eXem-
plined by the leaders Of the alliance
are chasing after The gods that are
leading the German nation 20 destruc-
lion For this very reason the organi.
zation Is undesirable and ] am con.
WINGED that in view OF It's activities tn,
largest and finest part Of the German
American element in this countr,
would applaud a repeal Of the charter
Of the German-American alliance
Citing what was expected in Ger
many from the chartering Of the ALI
ance, Mr.. Ohlinger quoted from Bern
hardi's notorious book, Germany anl
Ihe next war" which page IS Englisl
edition) SAYS In substance: Measures
must be taken to insure that the Ger
man element In foreign countries re
mains in a compact block with the po
litlcal center Of gravity In our favor
In America German-Americans havi
formed a political alliance with tn
Irish and established a power witt
which the government must reckon.
Tells Purpose of Alliance.
Another book to which Mr.. Ohlinge
referred in this connection was Ger
many as a World Power" publishe
In Germany before the outbreak Of tn
war. II refers TO the founding OF tn
National German-American Alliance a
great step toward drawing all Ga
Germans I'm the world together for
common purpose" "Its character
best expressed by the closing motto,
said Mr. Ohlinger. "This Is iiterall
translated, Germany. Germars owe
everything; ever eyerything In Oh
world" This book, he said, was "a,
cepted by the propaganda committa
u the alliance for furthering iis worl
Mr.. Ohlinger referred scathingly {
he agreements existing between the al
lance and The Ancient Order Of Hiberr
lans and other Irish-American organ
cations "The only. reasons for thes
unnatural agreements" he said, ''wer'
OF course, German dependence on revo
ution in Ireland TO weaken Britis
strength and support the Kalser's pla