Evening journal., 1918-03-22
ALLIANCE EXPECTS
TO lose CHARTER
Won Bosse Tells Senate Or
ganization Has Done What
Ii Should Not
ASSERTS LOYALTY TO
UNITED STATES NOW

WASHINGTON, March 22.-The Ger
msn-Amerlcan Alliance expects the SEN
ate 10 pass the King bin rcyoking the
ORGANIZATIONS fedora charter and is
resigned TO such action, Or. ;. q. Won
R5sse OF Wilmington. Del, president
of the Alliance, stated Yesterday. pr.
Won Bosse was tesiifying before a sub
committee OF the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee. considering senator Kings bill.
"Our only regret." said Dr. Won Bosse,
"is that the manner Of revoking our
charter has been made the vehicle for
stirring M the feeling Of bitterness be
.,veen the racial integers in this coun-
t-c The loss OF the charter does not
m Itself mean much 10 US under the
circumstances. A. members Of the Al
uahce. we realize that we have per
laps done many things we should not
lave done, and have left undone things
We should have done.
AS LOYAL Americans, there Is notn-
lng for us 20 do now but to put every
cfort into the prosecution OF the war
40 an early and successful conclusion.
Let me call attention 10 the fact
he said. "that IN tho German-Anericans
IN the United States had been Inclined
20 be disloyal, not a wheel could 9e
turned"
Dr. Won Bosse aroused the resentment
Of senator King when he termed Lowry
IIumes. United STATES district attorney
st Pittsburgh, "a witness for the prose
cution"
"Thare is no prosecution OF the AZ
lance" said senator King. Il viii teh
YOU how ! came 20 introduce this bil
Tor re, ocalion OF your charter. re-
ceivcd letters from COMMUNICATIONS
some Of them members OF the Alliance
urging me 20 Introduce such a bill, anC
charging that the Alliance was un.
American They stated that at q time
like this am organization with the aims
and objects of lhe Alliance had no place
In America.
"Oihor senator's received similar let
tcrs After a conference with them,
introduced the bin. / did not press d
before The committee. There probably
would not have been hearings. had yol
not asked for them
Dr Won Bosse repeated that the or
sanitation is entirely loyal Go the caus
of the United states. and said tina
much of lhe belief that it was other
wise bad been due TO misconstructiol
of uuerances of Dr. @. J. Hexamer for
mer president.
Mr. Won BOsse said
Like an men booking backward IN
members OF the National 'German-Amer
lean Alliance see. things clearer toda
than Yesterday. They realize that mat
ters which al ihe time appeared {
them whito now look gray. They res'
lie 10 was high time 10 take stock q
themselves and 10 revalue their wcrl
MANY have fought prohibition an
organized 10 make their opposition p'
lilcally effective This caused them
he Tied up with the brewing industr
much more than they liked But had
not been for the prohibition question
there never could have been an sllisn'
of Germans iI political sense.
we are at war with Germany an
no matter how much we may have di
fered in opinion before the war, n
matter where our sympallies then la
we have as Americans now but or
duty and that 90 bring the war 90
speedy and successful conclusion. 7
This end we German-Americans ha'
Loyalty dedicated ourselves
While maintaining that the ChicaG
,. conference OF the. Alliance called 90 u
political action against the candidaC
~ either Wilson or Roosevelt, was
matter for which tho state alliance
represented were responsible, NC
Rosse today admitted that the Nation
Afiance had violated its charter by u
ng every effort TO oppose the noaliI
Of Anglo-French war loans In this cOu