The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-03-26
FORECAST REVIVAL OF
KAISER'S ORGANIZATION
Movement Now on Which Indi-
Gates Brewers and Hyphenates
May Have Again United
LITERATURE Ape AIRS
Senator King, Who Led Fight to
Dissolve Old German-Ameri-
can Alliance, Aroused
LITERATURE PEARS


the Gcrman-American Alliance? Pos
sibly under another name, but with
the purpose of systematically working
in the interest of Germany and tho
return of beer to this country.
United States Senator King, of
Utah, believes there is such a move
ment and such an organization. 1t
was Senator King who introduced
early in 1918 the bill which led to re-
voking the charter of the national
German-American Alliance. He now
announces that he sees in certain
movements now going on, a recru-
descence OF the German-American AL
lance, and that he intends to con-
denim it in a speech in the Senate at
the earliest opportunity.
Senator King has letters informing
him that such organizations are be-
ing formed in Cincinnati, Chicago.
Milwaukee, and other centers where
the old German-American Alliance
spirit was organized prior to the war.
For instance, there has been going
out from a central source in New
York, appeals to German sympathiz-
ers to enlist in campaign for send
ing food to Germany. There has
been a ready response to this appeal.
One .teamship line alone has sent
food to Germany bought i'll response
to this appeal, to the value OF almost
six million German marks.
Contributions have been pouring in
on this agency in response to its APP
peal based on grounds of sympathy
and humanity.
Now, according to Senator King,
this same organized movement is to
be turned into political channels and
an effort will be made to renew n.y.
phenatcd politics after the American
people thought they had forever rid
themselves OF the hyphen as a result
OF the sacrifices of the world war.
THE ACTIVITIES OF THIS
ORGANIZATION OF WHICH
SENATOR KING SPEAKS ALSO
EMBRACES AN EFFORT TO
AGAIN MANUFACTURE AND
SELL BEER IN THIS COUNTRY.
Senator King calls attention to
four-page pamphlet gotten out by the
organization, in which is this para
graph:
We affirm the right and the
duty OF Americans OF German de-
scent and Americans of Irish de-
scent, and all Americans, ire
spective OF descent. to take part
in their own government, instead
of entrusting the reins to an in
solent clique composed of one
domineering racial group taking
its cue from London.
1t will be recalled that throughout
the political manipuations OF the Ger
man-American Alliance while it was
busy in politics, there was an under
tone of hatred OF England and OF ac-
cusations that American politics and
at least a part OF the American press
had become imbued with British SEN
timents.
There is much about this new move
ment and its declarations sound like
those OF the Gcrman-American Alli-
ance in former days. 1t will be re-
called that in the incorporation OF the
national German-American Alliance, it
declared as the first OF its principles,
the conse walton Of the principles of
representative government and the
protection and maintenance of all civil
and political rights"
The New York pamphlet which has
fallen into the hands of Senator King
appeals for subscriptions to maya
zine which says in its advertising:
German government ascribes i'll
health partly to diminished beer RAJ
tons"
ave never waver in our loyalty to
the United States, nor in our sympa-
thy with the German people"
"German-Americans organize for
political action"
"Where is the German-American
leader?"
"Thc American Red Cross refuses
to aid German children"
Trying the kaiser is dangerous
precedent"
Now an interesting question arises,
whether the United States Brewers
Association S advancing money to
help finance this new German-Amer-
lean movement.