New-York tribune., 1921-03-01
Friends of Germany Are
Interrupted in Speeches
in Mass Meeting, but Or
der Is Finally Restored
Hvlan and Enright
Scored by Veterans
CohaIan and Won Mach
Assail Colby's Stand;
Four Arrested for Alleg-
ed Disorders i'm Street

TIE Germans heid their meeting in
Madison Square Garden last night &c
protest against "the horror on the
Rhine They held it in a hall tt 4
vas decorated from floor to roof with
American flags, that was guarded inside
and out by more than one thousand
nolic.. on foot, on horseback and on
motorcycles.
They held it with national. state and
county officers of the American Legion
and other veteran organizations sta
toned in the Garden TO help Quell any
bathurst on the part Of Legion mem.
hsrs who had gained admission. They
euened it with The Star-Spangled I'd
Banner" and the waving Of American
aags, with which every one present was
provided. and they had as speakers the
lieutenant colonel of the 69th Regiment
the commander OF the United American
War Veterans and an Alaskan clergy
nan. who is a member of the American
Legion.
Several A. r. F. Veterans Elected
A dozen men or more. most CT ths n
Veterans of the American Expedition.
sry Forces. were elected from the hall
together with one German sympathizer.
The vast hall vas filled to overfiowing.
1t was estimated that $1,000 persons
were inside when the doors were
closed at s o'clock. Overflow meetings
zero ctorpd az ysri0uS crrOerc fbo
sicinity.
Madison Square was jammed with
people, thousands of them hostile to
the sponsors of the meeting. Mounted
police weaved in and out through the
crowds. just as the cowboys used to
DO to prevent herd from stampeding.
Their efor.5 we're seconded by the
popping, hoAking motorcycles and by
patrol 7agons, four Of which were
drawn up IN front Of the Garden when
the meeting opened.
Legion Head Present
One Of the men elected from the
Garden said ne was John Schieffelin.
Son Of William Jay Schietfelin and ar
overseas veteran. Another was Captain
Felix Froger, head OF an organization
OF French veterans. Among the officers
OF the Legion whom the police ushered
into the meeting as volunteers, pledged
10 nelp IN the preservation of order,
were F. c. W, Gaibraith, national head
Of the organizations; Henry W. Buxton,
,unty chairman; James NJ. Blackwell,
district chairman for Manhattan and
.he Bronx; H. Allister Morris, state
treasurer; William F. Deehan, first
commander Of New York, and
dugh Robertson, assistant to the state
commander. Other members of the Le-
sion were present by the score, but it
was SAID that they had gained entrance
NTH forged tickets.
Inc meeting was under the auspices
VI the New York Campaign Committee
against the Horror on the Rhine. It's
srInclpal purpose, aside from giving
euoicity to the charges made against
french colonial troops. was to adopt
feSolutions indorsng that introduced
congress by Representative Fred
srek A: Britten. { Illinois, demanding
sAe withdrawal of "uncivilized French
soiored troops" from the occupied zone
N Germany.
Or. von Mach Presides
AS each person entered the Garden
received small American flag and
program, printed in English. In the
srogfam were the words Of "The Star
spangled Banner" the resolution
s snlcn was to be introduced and the
sames OF the speakers. DR.. Edmund
sOn mach was chairman. Promptly at
sl5 ne arose.
we Will now sing the first and third
iefses Of The Star-Spangled Banner"
ae announced.
.s1 lhe band struck up the air and the
tnoie assemblage rose and sang. wav-
obo y Al..
fas down, The Rev. Gallus Bruden de-
psered the invocation, and then DR..
s0n Mach outlined the purpose of the
sseungA He scarcely had begun to
'psaK when the first disturbance came.
IA young man in the second balcony
2sied something which no one on the
ta.a moor could distinguish, but which
Eas regarded unanimously as hostile to
1e speaker.
Morut rut MN out!' came chorus of
mn .ne police and host of white-capped
sss.naants rushed to the young mans
in the second balcony and yanked
sI% Iue Oh II. Another man started to
nnaaa s MS comrade and he. too, Joined the
h. lynch " &, himl" yelled German-look-
E s AUDITOR and as the cortege passed
bs sss s" ne gave sly kick at one of
h ne .aa police grabbed him and put him
,iesss st.s procession too. All three we're
Etsss Etsssu within two minutes Of the first
ssS ssS'!.Iuption- ~ The first two prisoners
san Iny I'ney were members of the Ameri-
E. legion One of them was said to
ta ~. es.e.fge McNullen, and the name of
nr rs"er was said to be Katz.
h,i. Won Mach resumed his sneech.
{urhaaa haaa not got far when another dis
ss.snce sera broke. This time several men
hs0 Sohcerned in it, and as their Ger
kye,,." "eiehDors sought to still them n
sol;sa sniLdy vas developing, when the
fbss and the white caps broke II IN
Sut - s'lne "a, they marched about = dozen
A.. no Arrests Are Made
"mong them was the man who said
sslin tne @ son of William Jaw Schief.
hshs, 0,hers gave their names as
bpss, %. Johnson, Of 73 Ryerson
Lesss.,. hrooklyn; II. V. Faucon. Of 50
sIss s,e ,siace. Brooklyn; John Harbeck
II North Seventh Street. Newark ;
ehtb cusaitup, of 156 West NINETY
eee' and James NJ. Farr Sd, of
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