Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-28
PLAN
LOYALTY MEETING
Plans Of Mass Gathering at
Turngemeinde Fail to
Arouse Authorities
DOCTOR HEXAMER TO SPEAK

Germans in this city, invited to at
tend n mass meeting tonight In the
Turngemeinde, Broad street and Colum
bia avenue, are urged to meet in order
to prove that German loyalty is no
empty phrase"
The meeting is sponsored by the
'Hilfsfund of Philadelphia, which be-
came the German Philadelphia Relief
Society during the war, and the invita-
tions. which call attention to the fact
that zone should not take into CON
sideration anything but the need of the
German people," are signed by Joseph
Schlenz, president of the Hilfsfund
Apparently the meeting has been ar
ranged with no objection from the Of
flee of federal agents or the police.
An advertisement, printed in the Ger
man language in German newspapers,
has appeared from time to time telling
of the meeting.
The Advertisement
The advertisement is declared to be
renewal of German propaganda here.
Its English translation follows y
"On Thursday. August 2S, in the
interest of suffering across the ocean,
at the Turner's, under the auspices of
the Hilfsfond of Philadelphia.
Germans to the front. Everybody
should come, for it will be wonderful
time when all the men and women of
German ancestry in the City Of
Brotherly Love meet in order to prove
that the German loyalty is no empty
phrase.
This mass meeting shall bring us all
together after the severe ordeal which
we endured In the past years and it
shall unite us, knowing that it is our
! duty to assist our devastated old father
land and do everything to relieve hun
ger and suffering in order that our
people will again take heart and assume
q leading place among the nations of the
world. This, our purpose, will lead us
to sublime heights, for what could be
nobler and more sublime than pity and
charity.
Would Show World
"All German men and women now
show the world what the people of
Germanic descent are made of. and show
your willingness to meet this emer-
gency! Therefore, come in large num-
hers, filling the hall to the last seat
Nobody will regret having come, as he
will leave with the consciousness tina
his presence has assisted in n nobl
cause. One should not take into con
sideration anything but the need of the
iicrman people, which indeed defics de-
scrption. No other people has suffered
as much during the war as the German
nation is suffering even now. And to
rclievc this suffering shall be our sole
purpose.
"Signed for the IIilfsfund.
JOSEPH SCHLENZ,
"President.
Schlenz was formerly director of the
North Penn Bank, but resigned after
his loyalty to the United States was
attacked and depositors OF the institu-
ton demanded his removal. Ralph 7.
Mover, the accused cashier, is said to
have succeeded in ousting Schlenz after
a heated argument. The objection to
the president of the Hilfsfund as a
director is said to have been based upon
his refusal to buy Liberty Bonds.
Schlenz VIII Speak
~Schlenz made mystery of the grour
of speakers to address the meeting, but
in spite of his efforts it has become
known that he and prominent residents
of German descent who became Motor
ious through their un- American activity
preceding and during the war will
speak.
Herman Kreimer, formerly associated