Evening star., 1922-12-18
Appeals for Germans.
DR.. Kober Answers DR.. Wiley as
to Needs and Deserts.
To the Editor Of The Star:

Germany. ! have read Ut. NNeJ
retoinder, and cannot deny that from
the viewpoint Of my good friend he IL
justified in assuming that the Ger
manspeople do not need nor deserve
aid. Whether his estimate Of the Ger
man people is correct time and I'M
partial history alone will reveal:
I am a man OF peace. and cohsluei
II lust az immoral for nations 10 ee
tie their difficulties with the payoh.s
and bullet as it is for fndiviouais 81 81
to do. But I believe 1t Is unIalr 10
indpe the moral fiber of a nation oy
the methods OF warfare encourage
by its military leaders. examples ",
obvious barbarity have been recoruei
in every war, even In our own Sis :.
war. and will so continue as long do
war is tolerated. tho
NV appeal for aid is based upon 'Io ~,
literature Of the central comm... commune ~
Germany and Austria and the exper.
orinion Of Dr. Copeland. the hea,.A neat
ofticer Of New York and senator-e'eotS o 4
ALI Of which fully corroborate the
accounts given by relatioaS
friends. and the very recent @an-
ment of Joseph F. Tumulty anu
eral press dispatches. ~ from
.
an American commercial 1ournal .i,
the Industrial and commerclai
inv is greater in Germany than IN an
other European country. s,thp,t ",
snbstantiates my statement that .a
Cerman people are making an ho,ie.. -
effort to convert their lapor .inn .
money, meet their treaty ooi. 49,
and buy sufficient 1000 anu "a"
rial tos"carry on b.roic
efforts. we read in dispatches ari- =
Cohlenz December !. thar an W..
can most Of Veterans of FOREIGN wars
started a purse of 20o.ooo mar Ms. .na,
relief work already has begun a'iloms
the German poor a number OF soup
Kitchens are operating, supporIeo
largely hv officers. etc. none II
Wiley will admit that these poor peo,
nile are regarded as both in neeu anu
deserving of American chari.s-
The records of the United states
Department of Commerce snow ,na ,na,
Germany and Austria in is.u 80 anu hrasd. asd
imported from our cnMntr. SFeau
stuffs at a cost of s175.246,S1s ann
meat and dairy products 10 the
amount of s10s.452.752.
DR.. Wiley cites the fact that the
gold reserve in the German treasury v
on October 81. 1922. was only l.o"4 ,soo
marks. Hence the question naturally
ment provide food to prevent StarHa-
ton and at the same time continue 10
nav reparationS in money without dt
least a breathing SMELL?
Our government has reneatedls ue
clared that we are not hghtlns tne
German people. but insisting on iIlah
ing the world safe for democracy.
The young republic is now struggling
for existence. the life or death OF a
nation. Possibly anarchy ana con1u-
sion is involved. I deem it. Therefore.
the solemn duty Of tho des"enda "'s
Of over 6onO.000 of Germans VINO
have emicra+ed to this country. and
of whom 1.6s6102 during the census
of 1920 were born in Germany. 10
show true charity and thus AID IN
preventing repetition of the Rus
sian horror.
1t has always been a source of
great satisfaction to me to know that
the armistice was rendered by the
Society of Friends. which matched
dollar for dollar contributed by the
German element. They evidently re-
membered that the Mayflower of the
German settlers was the good old ship
Concord. which landed in Phi!adel-
phia in October, 1853. and that they,
with other good people who followed.
settled in the counties of Montgom-
cry. Bucks. Lebanon, York. Berks.
Lehigh. Northampton and the north
ern counties of New York. They also
very likely were mindful that the
first formal protest against barter in
human flesh was filed by the settlers
of Germantown in 1888.
/ have read with pardonable pride
of the deeds of valor of these German
settlers in the defense of the frontier
in the Mohawk and during the French
and Indian wars long before the revo-
4, ,2a<t, 11r- ISy9t
the distinguished services rendered
by the French patriots. Lafayette.
Rochambeau and others during the
revolutionary war. we should not for
get that the German element. then
numbering 225.000 in a total of
2,243.000 In 1875, contributed not only
full quota Of troops, including two
kobers. but also the trusted bodv-
guard of the father Of our country.
OF the value of Gen. Steuben. the in
spector general. of Gen. Lutterloh as
quartermaster general. and Ludwig.
the superintendent of bakers, and of
other leaders in the cause of freedom.
others, I would have American his
torians speak. I cannot refrain from
stating that Steuben remained in this
country. figured as regent of the
University of New York. assisted in
planning our Military Academy and
N,
and that the heroine at the battle of
Monmouth. Molly Pitcher. was the
daughter of Mary and John George
Ludwig.
The war Of 1872 furnished such
heroes as Wa@bach. Armistead (Arm-
stadt), Pennypacker. Hampbright. In
every war the German element con-
tributed not only its full quota of
soldiers. but in many instances these
were among the first to volunteer.
According to Benjamin, A. Gould.
there were 1887 German-born VOL
unteers in the Union Army.
The impartial reader of history
cannot fail to observe that Germany's
contribution to the development OF
our beloved country is at least equal
to that Of any other foreign nation,
and that the appeal of the German
people for justice and aid is deserv-
ing of serious consideration. There
never was greater need for peace on
earth and good will toward men"
than now.
Residents of the District who re-
spond to the appeal for food and
clothing for the starving German.
and German-Austrians are sending
their money contributions to Mrs. M
D. koenfg, financial secretary, Dis.
trict OF Columbia relief committee
400 Seward square southeast: old
clothing to the Concord Club, 314 C.
street northwest, or both to the Cen
trail Relief Committee, Inc, 247 Eas,
41st street, New York city. All money
contributed will, it is promised, be
converted into flour, fats and mil
powder and forwarded to the German
Red Cross.
GEO: NJ KoBER.