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DEFENSE COUNCIL
ISSUESWARNING
Scores Lutheran Church and
University Professors for
Manifestation of Un
American Conduct.
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purchased Liberty bonds or partici
pated m their sale. The council is
sued a warning calling attention to
the tact that such threat. imAimj
to treason and would be so treated.
inis warning nad wholesome effect
Under direction! frnm ( -....;t .u.
secretary of the State Banking board
i i various national and
state oanks ot Nebraska making in
quirv as to threats nf thU h. .-.,..
Several hundred of these reports were
received. The larger number of banks
reported that no threats had been
made. A number reported actual
threats and a much larger number
reported statements that amounted
iu impnea tnreats Most of these
reDorts said that tho. wi miner iaA
by the state council had had unques-
iiousoiy gooo enecr, whether upon
those wnti vifrr inrMnmA a
nism either from thoughtlessness or
from outright opposition to the gov
ernment These reports show the
eiiunsr, inaepenaent spirit ot most of
me icra5Ka oauKers.
Misunderstanding Exists.
' "A majority made it very clear
that thev would Tint tam1v anhmU tn
threats involving patriotic action. At
the same time a large number of
these reports showed that there exists
throughout Nebraska a very general
jiwBuuucrsianaing 01 tne purpose and
the necessity nf'thi wr anA h
council was urged to carry on a sys
tem or education tnrough patriotic
met tins'. 5wim Mm rJ U. ;...-
tion as it affects bankers may be ob-
jamea oy me suggestion made in the
larger number of these reports that
the column in the bank reports pro
viding for thf tl(fmnf n( niAK..,.
invested in Liberty bonds be omit
ted until tne conclusion of this war.
Manv of these rirnrf tilA Iit uk;u
f they had invested in these Liberty
, mfc; 111UU4111 11 uesi nor, 10
make any great noise about it. Fol
lowing are extracts from two of
these reports which are fair samples
of perhaps seventy-five others;
f "We don't fear threats, but would
noi oe greatly surprised it the' fact
became known w had invatH mnnaii
in war bonds a good many deposits
wiruiu uc (juiciiy -wiuiurawn. Aisvwe
have had tin thrata hut hiu h-i4 (r.
quent inquiries as to whether or not
wowcrc going 10 invest in Liberty
bonds. This makes it very, hard for
us 10 aovertise tne tionds in connec
tion with the bank. We shall, how
"It is hardly, possible to present in
frill vUt.m.Mt tL. ' I f
la sii.iiii-ni. 111c iiiaiaui.es Uli will
fairly show the real situation. In one
Nebraska town an American of Ger
man birth engaged in the banking
business has been so open and pro-
nounrrd in hi atinnnrt nf ! cm...
crnment that he has lost several thou
sand dollars in deposits, controlled
t)y Prussian sympathizers. From one
town comes the well-authenticated re
port that while nothing has been dons
in that town to aid the Red Cross
enorts to noid Ked Cross meetings
have been ooenlv and violently antao.
onized. Many instances reported by
uiurougniy responsiDie business or
professional men ' or farmers have
shown that men of commanding in
fluence in the community have openly
expressed their sympathy with Amer.
ica's enemy and have persistently dis
couraged every effort to help Amer
ica. One man engaged in the banking
business stated publicly that his bank
would do nothing for the sale of Lib
erty bonds, adding: 'I -would com
mit suicide before I would take up
arms against Germany.' '
1 Fear Business Losses.
. "One of Nebraska's best known and
most reliable citizens reports the se
riousness of the situation in his com
munity, saying: 'The pro-German
sentiment is so strong that even some
of the patriotic citizens seem to be
afraid to io their full duty and feel
considerably intimidated.' Another
report says of another community:
Many of the business men seem to
be tinitd for fear they will lose busi
ness if they engage in patriotic ac
tivities. "Where the complaints deal only
with the treasonable or thoughtless
words of a single or of one or two,
individuals it is not serious, for such
cases may be handled with words of
warning and through educational ef
fort. But the extracts cited above are
fair samples of a very large number
ot reports showing where whole com
munities are more or less affected by
the un-American attitude of influen
tial men. These complaints have
come in such number and from such
responsible sources that it is impos
sible longer to withhold them from
the public. In certain communities
men working for the country's good
have been embarrassed and handi
capped, in some instances threatened
with personal violence and in manv
instances promised damage to their
business at the hands of men who are
openly opposed to our country's cause.
From every section of the state
come reports showing the need in Ne
braska of a widespread educational
campaign. It is very generally . re
ported that among the native-born as
well as among many of the foreign
born and concerning whose loyalty
there can be no question there is gen
eral misunderstanding as to the mean
ing and the purpose of the war and
therefore among these a general lack
of sympathy with the war. To meet
this misunderstanding the council is
preparing to cover the state with lit
erature and is arranging for patriotic
meetings to be held as soon as con
venient in every town in Nebraska.
Support from Germans.
J "Some of the strongest support and
best co-operation has come to the
. council from Americans of German
bjrth or descent and the council
" c rJy ,recgnze the perfect loyalty
of the larger number of Nebraskans
df German origin. But covert and
open attack in various sections of the
state upon our country's cause have
reached such proportions that they
rtust be given serious attention. The
interests at stake are too important
for the patriotic men and women of
Nebraska to remain in the dark. An
aroused public sentiment at this time
jytll go far toward the protection of
life and property, toward the conser
vation of fnnf. ci.nr.tic nA m fur
therance of the effort to place Ne-
orasKa squarely in line with the
tional government fnnarimi ,(
na-
the
tinwillinenrs of lfa wn mmKr
at
nrat to taice tne situation seriously,
the council is perfectly aware that
Ihese words of warning will be a reve
lation, to man and that they may sot
be accepted by some with the serious
ness to which they are entitled. It is,
however, necessary to give the warn
ing and to solemnly appeal to all pa
triotic men and women to bestir
themselves in order that Nebraska
may be put in fighting trim for Amer
ica.
"For the reason that the seriousness
of this situation has forced itself uo
on the council and that it has no other
concern than that involving the best
interests of Nebraska and the United
States, the council speaks with per
feet frankness with respect to serious
evils that can only be cured by a
thoroughly aroused American senti
ment To this end and in this spirit
the council takes the liberty of ignor
ing all precedents and refusing to be
controlled by an indispo3ition, natural
among thoughtful men, to do the un
usual But 'he war in which we are
engaged is unusual and efforts in
honest sunDort of that war must be
unusual, too. The council rctuses
therefore, to temporize with serious
situations involving the welfare of the
country.
"The University of Nebraska is a
oatnotic institution. Its emcient chan
cellor and most of its capable faculty
are working zealously for Americas
welfare and so general has become
their co-operation with the counci
that the university has come to be
nracticallv an adjunct ot this organ
ization. But several orofessors of the
state university have so persistently
eiven encouragement, publicty and
privately, to those who are out of
harmony with the American cause
that the council deems it necessary
and proper to publicly register protest
against these practices. It is not fair
to the parents who send their boys
to the front, nor to the boys them
selves, that men of commanding in
fluence in educational or other circles
shall be permitted to cultivate senti
ments that are detrimental to the
cause for which the boys fight. When
all the energy and genius of the busi
ness and agricultural interests of the
state are being employed tor the
protection of food supplies it is not
fair that conspicuous and influential
and, presumably, law-abiding men
shall preach doctrines that may en
courage the vicious and the lawless
to acts of violence.
Appeals to Church.
"Pernios never in history has it
been deemed necessary by a public
body to sinjrle out by name a great
church organization and appeal to
the patriotism of its members to off
set and check the dangerous tenden
cies of many of the conspicuous rep
resentatives of that organization. Be
cause of the reliable reports that may
be said to come from every section
of Nebraska and come in number
by the hundreds it is necessary that
the council make such an anneal witn
respect to the organization known as
the Lutheran church., The conspicu
ous representatives of that church
nave very generally, ana it may pe
said almost universally, refused to co
. " . ...J r. 1 -
operate with any of the several ef
forts made by patriotic citizens fdr
the support ot the government, un
the contrary, thev have, very gener
ally,' publicly and privately, discour
aged the American cause, and nave
shown marked partiality for the cause
of America's enemy.
"Depending upon the American pa
triotism of the men and women who
comprise the Lutheran church mem
bership, the council makes this ap
oeal to them to out a check upon the
un-American activities of some of
their conspicuous and influential rep
resentatives. The council could wait
until great damage has been done
from this source before making its
protest. Perfectly aware that its pro
test is unusual, but conscious of the
absolute necessity for such a protest,
the council makes that protest now in
order that American interests may
be faithfully protected. Confident
that it is useless to make further ap
peal to the conspicuous representa
tives of that church, the council id-
dresses its appeal to the rank and file
of the church membership, and here
by calls upon that membership to
make known, on behalf of the Luth
eran church, devotion to America
the country that gives it protection
and religious liberty.
"In the discharge of its duty to
America, the Nebraska State Council
of Dtfense intends to employ its
power and authority to the limit in
the diort to suppress in Nebraska
any interference with the determina
tion to push this war to a speedy and
successful conclusion. It will strive
to put down every attempt to handi
cap or embarrass or discourage those
who, grateful for the blessings they
njoy tt American citizens, are try
ing to repay, at this critical time, the
great debt they owe. To this end, we
appeal to every patriotic man and wo
man in Nebraska, regardless of birth
or ancestry. (Signed),
EDGAR HOWARD.
Acting Governor;
ROBERT M. JOYCE.
GEORGE COUPLAND.
GEORGE H. HARRIES.
RICHARD L. METCALFE,
GEORGE O. BROPHY,
DR. E. O. WEBER,
SARKA B. HRBKOVA,
CHARLES A McCLOUD,
GEORGE E. JOHNSON,
T. P. REYNOLDS,
P. L HALL, Jr.,
Adjutant General.
NEBRASKA STATE COUNCIL
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OFFENSIVE NEAR
BELGIAN COAST
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waging in Galicia the capture of Hal
icz, important though it is, is only
an incidental feature. Given secure
possession of it, the Russians have
the road to Lemberg well opened up
to them and a continuation of their
attacks on anything like the scale of
the last ten days seems likely to re
sult in the fall of the Galician capi
tal at no distant date.
In capturing Halicz the Russians
totik more than thirty guns and nu
merous prisoners. The Russian ad
vices to the Russian war office say
they are continuing their advance,
pursuing the retreating Austro-Ger-man
forces.
On the French front in northern
France an attack was made by the
Germans in the Woevre district near
Flirey. They were ejected from a
portion of the trench in which they
temporarily gained a tooting.
British naval air forces attacked the
Turkish-German fleet lying off Con
stantinople on Monday night and ob
tained hits on the Turkish cruiser
Sultan Selim, formerly the German
cruiser Goeben. and other hostile
warships nearby, causing explosions
and fires on board.
British Official Report.
London, July 11. The enemy pene
trated British positions in Belgium
on a front of 1,400 yards to a depth
of 600 yards, says a statement is
sued by the British war office to
day. '
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which were proven to be false and
which in any event had no connec
tion with the charges preferred
against him.
It may also be said that if is no
secret that the captain will direct
his remarks particularly toward Su
perintendent KugeL Another bit of
msiae iniormauoa is mat iviaionev
has documentary evidence with which
to substantiate at least some of the
charges he will make.
To Reach Higher Ups.
This situation, when it develops,
will give a new aspect to the city hall
embroglio and will place one of the
higher-ups on the defensive.
Whether the captain will spring his
charges during the hearing of De
tective Paul Sutton, beginning Thurs
day morning, or will wait until the
general police investigation starts, is
regarded as a detail.
Those who are on the inside say
it will be an honest-to-goodness ex
pose.
The citv council will begin at
o'clock Thursday morning to hear
charges against Detective Sutton.
Neither of Them Is Talking.
"Let him talk." was the reply Ch!e
of Police Dunn made when asked for
a statement regarding charges made
by Captain Steve Maloney." He never
.was friendly to me, added the chiet.
"I believe he is crazy."
The chief said he did not care to
make any further statement; that he
is not surprised at anything Maloney
might say.
"It is all a pack of lies," was the
statement made by Superintendent
Kugel when he learned of the charges
made by Captain Maloney.
"I am not going into 'details at
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