Evening journal., 1918-03-04
MAY MAY SURREE.DER
ALLIANCE Charter
Offer May be Made Follow
ing Close of Congressional
Investigation
Mr.. Won BOSSE TO
FACE QUIZ TODAY

lnger as an admirable example of an
American Of German blood Theodore
sutro. Of Now York, was characterizlRg
Ohlinger as a renegade" who was "un-
worthy to loose the shoe latches" OF
many illustrious German Americans.
Ohlinger is the Toledo man who re-
Gently fayed the National German
American Alliance before the sub.com-
mittee now considering the King bin 10
revoke the organizations charter. SUIT
70 is tho honorary president OF the New
York State branch Of the Alliance.
Hc testified for nearly four hours Sat
urday afternoon at the hearing and de-
MED emphatically that the Alliance
membership was disloyal. The exami-
nation was continued today. The Rev.
s. G.. Won Bosse. Of Wilmington, Del,
president Of the Alliance, will be exam
med al this time. II is likely that the
charter Of the Alliance will be present
ed to Congress following the defense.
Karl A. M. Scholz, of Baltimore. at
torney for the Alliance created a sensa-
tion by fling a brief saying that in
common decency' Senator King OF
Utah, should not sit in judgment upon
his own bill.
The room was filed with members of
the Alliance, including most of the high
of GERS, except DR.. c. j. HeXamer, of
Baltimore, whose utterances have been
80 much quoted since the hearings be-
gan.
The denunciation of Gustavus Ohlin-
ger by Sutro was written into n briei
presented by the New York man in the
dual character of lawyer and witness
aAuI now aarrraaa ono .ftuefoNffa Dllfu.
ger" said Sutro, "who speaks OF Ger
man ancestry yet befouls his nest. With
poisonous, false and vitrolic tongue
he denounces German American citizens
"You are greatly in error" broke in
Senator Josiah o. Wolcott of Delaware
"He directed his remarks not 10 all Ger
man Americans, but 10 Alliance mem
bers"
HE said,' interiected Senator Sterl
ing. oe South Dakota, chat the great
majority Of German Americans were
loyal"
"Well, / will correct my remarks when
file my brief with the stenOgrapher,'
continued Sutro. "Shame on such man
who claims, too only a remote aiiilia-
tion with Germany. Such renegade
was never heard Of until he projected
himself into the hmelight. He would
be too insignificant to notice unless the
most august body of men In the country
had stopped TO listen to him.
"Now Mr.. Sutro," broke in Senator
Sterling, chats a very ugly insinuation.
THIS is the judiciary committee"
y don't mean to reflect on you," Of
fcied Sutro.
"You do when you say 'stoop,'" replied
Sterling.
q will erase the word 'stoop' from my
briel" said Sutro.
"AIaybe you had better let your state
ment 90 as you have read IL" said Sen
ator King.
The hearing was crammed with legal
deiin tions and fine points of distinction.
Sutro made lengthy expanat on Of
German kultur' q word he said he did
not think was understood in this coun-
try. He repudiated the idea that Ger
mans not ass.milate themselves.
II was horn,' he said, in one of the
cities of the Hun in AK La Chapelle
in Prussia l have spent seventeen
eighteenths of nv life here. As l am
not woman | do not mind saying
was born ia 1915 ] believe entirely in
assimilation. / married an American
woman and | think everybody should
follow my example.
He said passage of the bill would bt
an insult TO hundreds of thousands
of German-A Americans who had already
been made targets of eplthets, yillifca
tion and invective.'
The best of German "kultur' should
be used in American life said the wit
ness, its high moral side, he explained
Don't You realize the ideals o.
Deutschdum are different from those o.
America 3" questioned King
u don't think culture should be sup
pressed replied Sutro. Il think tn
two should 60 side by side-w.th th
American first. But adoption Of the bes
from the two would broaden any one.
He he'd for the practice of teaching
German in the schools the man wit
two legs has two souls he pictures
quesly argued.
"Do you believe that the German emi
grant should submerge himself into th
American citizeni" was a question b
Senator Wolcott.
Absolutely"
The National Alliance might oppos
prohibition without violating its char
ter. he'd Sutro, because that stand wou!
be for moderation in the drink evil Thi
question led to the activity of the OF
ganizaton in politics. The matter q
the resolution of everybody against Wi
son and Roosevelt sad to have bee
passed in Chicago in 1910 was brougl
up.
81 would not approve such sent
ment," said Sutro. III it had been don
formally would oppose it. If it W,
done outside don't think the membe
were bound by it. Independent speech
are often made by all Of us, includiI
you. saving we should vote for this
that man."
but we don't organize and get cha
tiers first, said Senator Sterling.
Sutr0 said he did not necessarily thin
that applause sanctioned an utteran,
Il don't think that Canada affair VIII
Mr. Bryan was hissed would be revela
10 show the actual sense of the meeting
he said. Later Paul Merchidt, of 81
Antonio, said the Chicago meeting w
not an Of cial Alliance gathering, but
conference Of Germans"
did you get a telegram in Texas tel
ing you who 10 vote ror ror President
asked Senator Sterling.
Merchidt: There was a telegra
saying Hays should be supported"
Sterling: rNhof"
Merchidt. "HaysY Wasn't that u
Republican candidates name3"
lie said "no attention WAS paid" 10 N
telegram. Senator Sterling asked If
telegram was sent instructing vot
against Wilson.
"Ch no" wac the reply, "they xne
that would be useless in Texas.
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