New-York tribune., 1918-02-26
Kaiser Called
Hexanaer fzEis
Ruler in II. S.
Continued from page I

1914, and printed in the September IA
issue, IN which he urged the establish
ment of press bureaus in every city.
with press agents 20 "lmmcdiatelv
make answer to the hateful attacks bv
irresponsible reporters for English
Newspapers
From page s. of the October, 1917.
issue, he quoted an appeal by the Phil
adelphla branch of the organization for
funds to be raised for the defence OF
the editors of the PHILADELPHIA "Tara-
blatt,' who had been indicted under
the espionage law
Protested to McAdoo
Mr.. Ohlinger quoted letter sent bv
the organization to Oscar Price. one Of
the assistants to William G. McAdoo,
atter the introduction of the King res
olution TOR the dissolution of the Ger
man-Amercan Alliance, in which at
tention was called to the work of the
Alliance in promoting the sale of Lib
erty bonds. 1t was pointed out that f
! the organization were dissolved this
! cooperation would necessarily cease.
ne loiedo man also called attention
20 the close connection between the
-NaIlonal German American Alliance
and the various bodies which had con-
Quoted propaganda in Gcrmanv;s in
terests-for instance. the American
truth Society, the American EMBARGO
ASSoclatlon and "Fatherland" thn
magazine. He called attention to tho
tact that Gustave Jacobsen, of the F,m-
barge Association, had been jndirtnd
and sentenced to prison for alleged
completely in plots
Mr. Ohllnger concluded with viq-
orous appeal to the committee TO djs-
solve the alliance.
J.. IS attempting to lead and is load
ing, he said, "the German in Ills
country after the false gods which ara
teadlng the German nation to dnetr1,c.
ton. ~ "eSvi uc-
"As a man Of partial German do
scent think there is no greater scr-
wee which can be rendered to the noo-
PIE OF German descent in this country
"ne,hD "l'u 70 tne M country generally than to
oUi'oaO lh's idea of keeping the vari
GUS natlonalltles in separate hlocl,c j.;
encouraging them to speak their OWN IN
iIanguage FIRST and English as a forei@m
i,aheuage. agree with one sta4o,,,a,,t :
pH the German Alliance, that tho Ian
guage is the soul of the people
Must BE Americans First
ou can easily see what would ham.
pen IN this country if the peonla ns
every nationality coming hero sbo,Ji
RETAIN their racial solidarity and ,.o4n
logethfcr and as separate rroups II
Wouio lead to ruin. Our institutions
would go by the board"
v. A. Hajek, president Of the rnitod
states Clam Adjustment and InyostiE
sa''ns company, of Philadelphia. will
be the next witness before the COM
mittce, probably on Friday. He is :.
ozech and was formerly with the De
partmcnt Of Commerce.
1, me following is the complete nara
Graph OF the Kaiser speech. accordina
or lie QueuX's book. from which A..
Ohlinger quoted a sentence:
Even now ! rule supreme in tbo
on15ed .h states, where almost onc-haif
OF the population is either of German
b'rth or of German descent. and where
three million German voters do NV,
bidding at the Presidential elections
NO American Administration could ro-
man IN power against the will of the
German voters, Who through that adj
mirablc organization, the German
American National League Of the Unit
ed States of America, control the dos
times of the vast Republic beyond the
sen II man ever was worthy Of y HIGH
Uecoration at my hands it was Herr
Dr. HeXamer, the president Of the
league, who may Justly be termed 10
be, by my grace, the acting ruler of all
the Germans in the United States.'