The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-03
Attorney Scholz Asserts Organ
ization Could Fight Prohibi-
ton With Propriety
HE OPPOSES BILL
WHICH TAKES AWAY
CHARTER OF BODY
Denounces Ohlinger Who APP
peared in Support of Meas
ure and Who Was Compli-
mented by Roosevelt

Washington. March AT the sAnna
time this afternoon the man In tbs
street read Theodore Rooseveit's de-
scription OF Gustavus Ohlinger as 'ar
admirable example," of an American o.
German blood. Theodore sutro. Of
New York, was characterizing Ohlin'
ger as q renegade who was un
worthy to loose the shoe laces' o.
many illustrious German Americans.
Ohlinge is the Toledo man who re-
Gently flayed the National German
American Alliance before the subcom
n1ittee now considering the King bill
to revoke the organizations charter
Sutro Is the honorary president Of this
New York state branch OF the All
ance.
He testified for nearly four hour
this afternoon at the hear ring ant
denied emphattcally that the Alliance
membership WAS dIsloyaL
Kari A. N. schclr, Of Baltimore, at
torney for the Alliances. caused a sen
sation by nling brief saying that II
common decency' Senator King. o.
Utah, should no sit IN Judgment no
upon his own bill.
The room was filied with members
OF the Alliance. Including NJ ost o.
the high officers, except Or. G, J. Hex
amer, Of Baltimore. whose utte-ance'
have been so much quoted since thu
heart, - began.
The denunciation of Gustavus Oh
linger BY Sutro was written in
brief presented by the Nav York mar
in the dual character OF lawyer anG
witness
And now comes one GustavuA oh
finger" satd 3utro. " who speaka O.
German ancestry yet b~touis his nest
With a poisonous. falss and yttrioli'
tongue he dsrounces German -AnAert
car esftrens"
says Witness Nv In Error.
You are greatly in error" orok'
ig Sans or Wolcott. OF Delaware. "H'
directed his yenaarks not 20 all Ger
mana NJ orleans. but TO Alliance mem
nars"
He said" interjected Senator S,er
Ling, of South Dakota. that the grea
majority OF the Commandments wer'
loyal"
We'll viii correct nay rsnark
when file nay brief with the stano
Erapher," continued Sutro. shame OF
such man who claims. too. only
remote animation with Germany. Sucl
n renegade WAS never heard of unit
he projected !mself into the Tim eight
(sAe would Re too Insignificant to no
tics unless thu most august body %
men In the country had stopped e
listen to-
Now, Mr.. Sutro." broke IN Sena
tor Sterling. that's very ugly In
situation. This IS the judiciary com
snittee OF the"
st don't mean TO reflect upon you,
Uttered Sutro.
40 rrFN S-nvf sw4nnrt
| piled Sterling.
II will erase the word 'stocp' from
my brief said Sutro
Maybe you had better let you
statement 60 as on have read It..
said Senator King.
The hearing was crammed with le
gal definitions and fine points OF dis
ttnction. Sutro made a lengthy OK
PLANTATION OF German ''kuitur." wort
NE said he did not think was under
stood In this country He repudiatet
the idea that Germans should no
assimulate Themselves.
was Born I'm Prussia
II WIS born" he said, Sin one o
the cities of Prussia 7 have spsn
seventeen eighteenths of my life here
As ! am not q woman I DO not min
saying | was born in fs45. I heliev
Antireiy In assimilation. I married a
American woman and think every
BODY should follow my example"
He said passage of the Hill would b
an Insult to hundreds OF thousands o
German who had airead
been made targets OF epithef. viiIifl
cation and invective." he also sal
such action would certainly not In
crease patriotism in German-Ameri
cans.
The best ~ German 'kultur" Shout
be used In American life said the wit
ness--its high moral side, he explain
cd.
Don't you realize the ideals q
Dutchdum are different from thos
Of America ?" questioned Senator King
IT don't think American cultur
should be suppressed" replied Sutre
II think the two should go side b
uide-with the American first. Blu
adoption OF the best from the tw
would broaden anyone"
He held for the practice OF teach
ing German in the schools--'the ma
with two languages has two souls.
picturesquely argued.
do you believe that the Germa
smigrant should submerge himself int
the American citizen?" was a quee
ton by Senator Wolsott.
Absolutely
Might Oppose Prohibition
The National Alliance might oppos
prohibition without violating It's char
ter. said Sutro, because that stan
would be for moderation In the drin
eviI."
Later Paul Meerschsidt, OF San An
tonic. said the Chicago meeting VIA
not an official alliance gathering, bu
y conference OF Germans.
Meehscheidt and Paul Scheiders, Q
Yak sonyille Fla both said Carrna n