The Washington herald., 1922-11-26
TIGER FACES
NEW ATTACKS
f BY SENATORS
Hitchcock Digs lnto Congress
sional Record for TRADE on
Him by German Speakers
PLANS SPEECH TOMORROW
Friends Claim Solid Teuton
Vote in Nebraska Caused His
Defeat in Recent Elections
BY !. BART CAMPBELL.
International New. Service.

BY J. BART CAMPBELL.
In,-rnafIenaI News Service.
To the stinging accusation by
Georges Clemenceau that Ser
man propaganda" inspired the
bitter denunciation by Senator
Hitchcock Of Nebraska of the use
Of "black troops" by the French
on the Rhine, a number Of Sem
ators were prepared last night
to make caustic response in the
Senate tomorrow.
ACCUSATION AMUSES.
Senator Hitchcock's friends laugh
ed at the idea that he could be
rated pro-German. as they recalled
that the solid German-American
vote OF Nebraska was cast against
him at the recent election. and was
largely responsible for his defeat
for-re-election.
Hitchcock was digging deep into
official records for additional data
regarding the alleged outrages COM
nitted on the German people of
The Rhineland by French black
troops" and he promised to
make some sensational disclosures
when he again replied to the fiery
former French premier ON the Sen
ate floor
From his files. Hitchcock dug
q letter written In German by Dr.
Edmund Won Mach. a former Har-
ward professor. and Il notable spOkes-
man for the German element in
this country. in which he was Bit
terly attacked foI leading the un-
successful fight fur ratification Of
the Versailles tryaty by the Sen
ate.
Van Mach ridiruIcd Hitchcock =
action IN fIT-t cund,IUning the
''bisIck shame "f France III the
Senat, August 81. dnd demanding
then the Withdrawal UT unCIvIlized
soldiers from tine French area of
occupation on the Rhine" Hv
wrote:
FLAWS HITCHCOCK.
HI,' hcuck hts been negative
In this campaign against the hor-
ror On the Rhine up to the ap-
proach uf his election. lie had
known the definite facts for
long Time. even when Woodrow
Wilson was stIn pr,sidcnt.
Personally l have no reason to
call Hitchcock among our friends
when htchC.Ck became
q l"hInd-r Of the Wilson ad-
minis'r.stiOn. hr surrendered the
rIgnJ tU D" respected as free
man "" hung up on "a nail his
head heart and ConsCi.nr- and
did 'he dirty work fer Wilson.
This letter entitled The Crimes
Of IiI'C n ok the Nebraska s"n-
ator'- own friends pointed TO az
evidence that the German and
th" German American have no
lov" Tor han. and hat his mo-
uIes III cr!tiCisIng the French use
OF black troops among the Ger
man peopl" were not inspired by
German propaganda" as Glenn
sn""au 'harg-d
Hit"hC0rk. instead of relyinp
upon German prupoganda." was
declared to be ready to present
d"curu nt,ry evidence from the
archives "t the State Dcpartnnt
to support his cha rgcs tha, negro
soldiers We're Gulrtsred 10y the
Fr'n"h government on the Ger
man p-ople
B'It frpnt the Congressional Rec.
ord several DcmOcratir Senators
sfil closely asSo,.iat"d with Former
President Wilson, du" a statement
inserted N II by Hitchcock on
AuS1>' :, last. 10 support con.
'entinn which they are prepar.d
10 MAX" IN the senate that he did
get som" Of his information
frcr, German sources.
"HORROR OF RHINE"
Tn statement read in part, as
follows:
Something more than a year
ago ] rncrived a CODY Of n printed
circullr which I hold in nv hand,
describing in some detail what
was called the Horror on the
Rhin-. 10 gurpOrted to he the
complaint Of German people liy-
Ing i'm the German territory Occu-
pied by French troops. These
German people protested against
the conduct of France in kerpiue
thousands Of black soldiers from
her Afrlcan provinces auartered
among the DrODlc. II charged
thst tho black African troops Of
France. whether negroes or Sene-
Ealese. were committing unspealS-
able crimes against German woui-
en- and children.
Tho statement was signed by O
rumh"- of German associations
snd societies located in other parts
NJ GERMANY. They appealed to the
civilized world to bring influence
IN boar 10 induce France to with
draw her black troops and sub
atituts French soldiers.
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