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GERMANY SENDS SECOND NOTE ON THE LUSITANIA DISASTER Reassures Safety of American Lives on Neutral Vessels WILL PERMIT PASSAGE OF U. S. SHIPS But in Return Will Entertain Hope That the American Government Will See That No Contraband Is Carried iwriii Ortuisi * offer embod >« in tie reply to t. e Fnited Slate* sate regarding the sinking of the Lusitgrm and submarine warfare, ■tick was drhvered to James \V Orard. tbs American axubwssador. , t* as follow»: Ibritw Tie undersigned has the ,ioor u» make tiir followmg reply to a.:* ni eilni-y. AtsluiMdor Ger ard to 'he B *e of the loth ultimo. r» tlie tmpa - rtnetit of American in 'erest* by U*e German submarine war The imperial German govern ment warned with satisfaction from •us tilts ' «»tr eminently the gov* rn twr of toe Fund State* is con , erusd its seeing the principles of .rmafJtjr realizso m tin present war Also this appeal finds ready echo in Germany and Use imperial govern ment .* quite Hilling to permit it* •tatrMPta and derision* In the present case to be governed by the pr t.. pe- of humanity. „m*t as it has dame always Have Stead Together. "Tie imp. ra! German govern ment welcomed with gratitude when the Anon. at. goveminent. in the *>o'e of May IT.. Itself recalled that •erruany U*a alma * permitted itself -« tv governed by the principle* of pr gres* and humanity in dealing « h the law of maritime war. Since •i.e tine- • hen Frederick the Great negotiated with John Adams. Ben)* ni-ua Frank in and Thomas Jeffer-on rue treaty of meafulp ana com mer. r of September 9. !T»C. between I’m* * and tbe republic of the west. German and American statesmen are in fn~t always stood together - the struggle for freedom of the seas and for the protection of peace able trade In the international proceedings that bare been since conducted for t:. regulation of the law# of mari time warfare, Germany and America hate jointly advocated progressive prim ties, especially as applied to raptures at sen and protection of the interest of neutra's Kve® at the heglnn ng of the pres ent war the German government de clared Its willingness to ratify the declaration of London and thereby subject itself to tbe tie- of Its naval forces to all the restrictions pro vidcd therein in favor of neutrals Germany likewise has been always tenacious of the pr-nt :ple that war si wild he conducted against the armed and organized forces of an enemy country bet that the enemy vihans population must he spared as far as possible from the m-js ^c«-s of war Tbe imperial govern in' ut « t.eri*hc» the definite hope that some way will he found when peace is concluded, or perhaps earlier, to regulate the law of marit me war in a wanner guaranteeing the freedom of :iie seas, and will welcome it with gratitude and satisfaction if It can work hand in hand srith the American government on that occasion Germany Not Guilty. "In the present war the principles which should be the idea! of the fu ture have been traversed more and wore, the Sunger ita duration, the German government has no guilt thefe.r It is known U> tbe Ameri «an government how Germany's ad versaries. by fimpletely paralyzing peaceable traffic between Germany and peaceful countries, have sinned from tbe very beginning and with nrneasiag lack iil consideration at t;» dcstrwtlt-n. not ao much of the am —d forces as the life of the Ger man nation, repudiating in doing so ali the rules of international law and disregarding all the rights of neutral* "f’n November J. 1911. Kngland de *'awed live North S»a a war area and by planting poorly anchored mines and the stoppage and capture of ves sels made pasting eitntnHy danger am* and diCcutt for neutral shipping. First 1915 Wheat. Wtimifburt. Mo One dollar per tmhrl was tbe price received by G. M fiaacn-fl for tbe fir>t load of 1915 • beat. It weighed fifty-nine and a half pounds. Mew Haven Suit is Dismissed. ltawton. Mass.—A suit of minority stork holders to recover >102.000,000 from former and present directors of the Xew York. New Haven A Hart ford railroad, who were charged with alie-gad improper expenditures -of com pany funds has been dismissed. Order for Locomotives. Pittsburgh Pa — Nine hundred era pleves of the H K Porter compary returned to the shops here in conse tuence of orders from Russia for thirty three locomotives. Lawson Forces Lose. Denver —The Colorado supreme court has denied s motion filed by attorneys for John R Lawson, strike lewder, convicted of mnrder. for a writ of prohibition, to prevent Judge Granby Hillyer from taking any further actios in the Lawson case so that by actually blockading neu trai coasts and jM>ris. contrary to all muirnalional law -long before the beginning of submarine warfare. Eng land practically completely intecept ed legitimate neutral navigation to Ger : any also. Thus Germany was driven to a submarine war on trade. ‘On November 14. 1914. the Eng lish pr*mier declared iu the House <>f Commons that it was one of Eng 'and's principal tasks to prevent food for the German population from n aching Germany by way of neutral juris. Since March 1. England has !■<-< n taking from neutral ships with out further formality all merchan dise coming from Germany, even when neutral property Just as it wl> also with the Boers, the German people an- now to be given the lob e of j* rishing from starvation w.t. it' women and children or of re linquishing its independence. War of Self-Defense. "While our enemies thus loudly an«i openly proclaimed war without mercy until our utter destruction, we were conducting war in self-de fense. for our national existence and for the sake of peace of an assured permanency. We have been obliged to adopt a submarine warfare to meet the declared intentions of our enemies and the method of warfare adopted by them in contravention of international law. * "With all its efforts in principle to protect neutral life and property irom damage as mucn as posstoie. the German government recognized unreservedly in Us memorandum of February 4 that the interests of neu trals might suffer from the subma rine warfare. However, the Amerl ian government will also understand and appreciate that in the fight for existence, which has been forced upon Germany by its adversaries, and announced by them, it is the sa cred duty of the imperial govern ment to do all within its power to protect and save the lives of German subjects. If the imperial govern ment were derelict in Us duties, it would be guilty before God and his tory of the violation of those prin ciples of highest humanity which are ♦be foundation of every national ex istence. Case of Lusitania. "The case of the Lusitania shows with horrible clearness to what jeo pardizing of human lives the manner of conduct.r.g war employed by our adversaries leads. In the most direct contradiction of international law all distinctions between merchantmen and war vessels have been obliterat ed by the order to British merchant men to arm themselves and to ram submarines, and the promise of re ward- therefor, and neutrals who use merchant!] en as travelers thereby have been exposed in an increasing degree to the dangers tcf war. "If the commander of the German submarine which destroyed the Lusi tania had caused the crew and pass engers to take to the boais before fir irg a torpedo, this would have meant tbe sure destruction of his own ves sel. After the experience in sinking smaller and less seaworthy vessels, it was to be expected that a mighty ship like the Lusitania would remain above water hcng enough even after the torpedoing to permit passengers to enter the ship’s boats. Circum stances of a very peculiar kind, es pecially the presence on board of large quantities of highly explosive ! materials defeated this expectation, 'n addition it may be pointed out thai if the Lusitania had been spared i thousands of cases vf munitions would 1 have been sent to Germany's enemies • and thereby thousands of German I mothers and children robbed of bread winners. Repeats Assurances. “In the spirit of friendship where British Claim the Credit. London. — The British admiralty 'ta'.*d officially that the submarine | which made a successful attack on a German warship on July 2 in thei Baltic was a British boat. Prohibit Exportation. London. — An order-in-council was gazetted prohibiting the exportation from Great Britain of jute yarns, jute pieces goods and bags and sacks made for jute to any destination. Heretofore the prohibition only ap plied to certain European ports. British Officers Indicted. Washington. P C—Five British of ficers have be»n indicted in San Fran cisco for violating neutrality by re cruiting In this country for the Brit ish army._ Police Chief Arrested. Wichita. Kan.—O. K. Stewart, chief of police of this city, was ar rested on a charge of three sales of whisky. The shies were alleged to have been made in the city hall from stroke of liquor which the police had confiscated. with the German nation has been im-. bued towards the union and its in habitants since the earliest days ot its existence, the imperial govern ment will always be ready to do all it can during the present war also to prevent the jeopardizing of lives of American citizens. The imperial gov ernment, therefore, repeats the as surances that American ships will not be hindered in the prosecution of legitimate shipping and the lives of American citizens in neutral vessels shall not be placed in jeopardy. “In order to exclude any unforseen dangers to American passenger steam ers made possible in view of the con duct of maritime war by Germany's adversaries, German submarines will be instructed to permit the free and safe passage tcf such passenger steamers when made recognizable by special markings and notified a rea ; onable time in advance. The im perial government, however, con fidently hopes that the American gov ernment will assume to guarantee that these vessels have no contra band on board, details of arrange ment for the unhampered passage of these vessels to be agreed upon by the naval authorities of both sides. "In order to furnish adequate facili ties for travel across the Atlantic for American i itizens, the German gov ernment submits for consideration a proposal to announce the number of available steamers by Installing service, a reasonable number of steamers under the American flag, the exact number to be agreed upon the same renditions as the above mentioned American steamers. Can Travel Under U. S. Flag. “T!:e imperial government believes it can assume that in this manner adequate steamers for travel across the Atlantic ocean can be afforded American citizens. There would ap pear. therefore, to be no necessity for American citizens to travel to Europe in time of war on ships carrying an enemy flag. In particular the im perial government is unable to admit that American citizens can protect an enemy ship through the mere fact of their presence o nboard. "Germany merely followed Eng land’s example when it declared part or the high sea an area of war. I onse fluently accidents suffered by neutrais on enemy ships in this area of war cannot well be judged differently from accidents to which neutrals are at all times exposed at the seat of war on land when they betake them selves into dangerous localities in spite of previous warnings. “If. however, it should not be pos sible for the American government to prepare an adequate number of neu tral passenger steamers, the imperial government is prepared to interpose no objection to the placing under the American flag by the American gov ernment of four enemy passenger steamers for passenger traffic be tween North America and England. Assurances of ‘free and safe’ passage for American passenger steamers would extend to apply under the iden tical pro-conditions to these formerly hostile passenger steamers. Glad to Make Use of Offers. “The president of the United States has declared his readiness in a way deserving of thanks to communicate and suggest proposals to the govern ment of Great Britain with particular reference to the alteration of marine war. The imperial government will always be glad to make use of the good offices of the president and hopes that his efforts in the present, as well as in the direction of the lofty ideal of the freedom of the seas, will lead to an understanding. The under signed requests the ambassador to bring the above to the knowledge of the American government and avails himself of the opportunity to renew to his excellency the assurances of his most distinguished consideration. (Signed.) ’VON JAGOW.” __ Italy's First Serious Loss. London.—The Italian navy lias suf fered its first serious loss, an Aus trian submarine having successfully torpedoed the cruiser Amalfi in the narrow waters of the Adriatic. Most nf the crew were saved. This is the tecond allied warship to fall a victim to an Austrian underwater craft, the french cruiser Leon Gambetti having, 'arlier in the war. been caught in the Ionian Sea. All the belligerent powers are rap idly building submarines, and It is reported that Austria has nine at Pols done. Thus the Italian ships will run serious risks in moving abou* the waters of the Adriatic, which are well suited to the submarines. Rates Must Conform. Washington, D. C.—The interstate commerce commission has ordered a reduction in Iowa-to-Kansas rates, tc conform with the rates from the city ' ot Omaha. Would Abolish Military Drills. San Francisco. — Resolutions de i manding the abolition of military I drills in all schools and protesting against preparedness for war as a ; means of peace were adopted by the i international conference of women j w orkers to promote permanent peace Gema Stolen by Child. Philadelphia.—Uncut diamonds and other precious stone6 valued at 110,000 were stolen from the Jewelry store of E. J. Hertz, located in the central shopping distrlcL Reach Dadlock. Washington.—Efforts of the United States government to secure dye stuffs from Germany for American manufacturers have reached a dead lock which appears unbreakable. Lit tle hope for a supply from Germany Is looked for. Citizens of Loup City are agitating paving. Brown county reports crops are booming. Third annual Sutton Chautauqua will open July 20. A new modern elevator will soon be built at Craig. A new bank building will be put up at Glenvil this summer. Fourteen North Platte families are quarantine for smallpox. The Alliance Chatauqua will be held from July 20th to 31st. The new Presbyterian church of Fairbury is nearly completed. Plans are nearly ready for Schuy ler’s $45,000 high school building. Boys, it is thought, wrecked the in terior of the Norfolk high school. A County Teachers' Institute will be held at Gering August 23 to 27. W. N. Becker, former editor of the Ashland Gazette, died at his home in that city. Old settlers of Sarpy county will hold their annual picnic at Papillion August 2S. The cornerstone of the new manual training building at Peru Normal has been laid. , Excessive operating expenses caused the closing of the North Platte Good Samaritan hospital. A petition is being circulated in Dunbar for the purpose of voting $25, 000 school bonds. Authorities of Fairbury have decid ed to start a rock pile gang to work out all evil doers. An unknown man was run over and instantly killed by a Burlington train south of Kearney. Work on the new addition to the Union Presbyterian church at North Bend has been started. The contract has been let for the new horse barn at the state farm. Lincoln. It will cost nearly $30,000. Actual wtcrk will begin on the "Seeding Mile” of the Lincoln High way south of Grand Island, by Aug. 1. The annual reunion of the Fremont county veterans and sons of veterans will be held at Sidney August 24 to 27. William Burge, a retired farmer, was killed when he was run over by a Northwestern passenger train at Pilger. The farm house of George Boettgar. near Ord. was struck by lightning and destroyed. A total loss of $1,500 was sustained. Stella is the richest town in Rich ardson county per capita of popula tion. according to the county assess or’s report. Polk county fanners are all prepar ing for the harvest of wheat and some have already commenced work in their fields. Governor Morehead has appointed E. A. Wairath of Osceola as state printing commissioner, succeeding N. J. Ludi, Osceola. Lawrence Bruner, professor of en tomology at the state university, Lin coln, was selected as Nebraska’s most distinguished citizen. In an auto accident near Fullerton, Miss Amy Blofleld was seriously in jured and Frank Whitney had his shoulder blade broken. The contract has been let for the building of Broken Bow’s municipal water and electric power plant. It will cost nearly $16,000. July 14 the Episcopal church of Fremont will celebrate the fiftieth an niversary of the first Episcopal sen ice ever held in Fremont. A fall in the thermometer brought frost to the vicinity of Chadron the night of the Fourth of July. No in jury to crops was reported. The big sales pavilion barn and silos of Henry C. Holt in Kearney were completely destroyed by fire, en tailing a loss of about $10,000. In one of the fastest fights ever held in Bridgeport, Jess Verbeck was awarded the decision over George Dean, colored, of Scottsbluff. The Board of Education of Schuyler has elected J. A. True of Cozad as superintendent of the schools to suc ceed Charles Arnot. who resigned. The school board wf Weeping Wa ter has set the date for the opening of school in the fall. September 13, so that it will not conflict with state fair rintoc Hundreds wf acres of wheat and rve were completely destroyed by hail in a strip of country fifteen miles wide and thirty miles long, west of Calla wav, Custer county. A survev nf the Omaha registration lust completed shows a registration foe Omaha and South Omaha of 34, 304. There are lfi.014 republicans registered and 11.093 democrats. The hardware store owned by W. A. Compton and the grocery and notions store of Bertg & Meehan at Cortland were destroyed by fire. The loss on both buildings and contents is esti mated at between $12,000 and $13,000. A number of cattle in the vicinity of Elmwood are suffering from “Blackleg,” it is reported. Judge Hanna of the district court of Loup county, has instructed a grand jury of the county to inquire diligently into the alleged killing of Roy Box. and bring an indictment, if the evidence so Justifies. Governor Morchead has proclaimed Sunday, July 18 as Purity Sunday. The object Is to further and increase the interests of the people in social, civic and moral welfare and the sup pression of public vice. The Cass county annual teachers' institute will be held at Pl&ttsmouth August 30 to September 3. The Wayne Commercial club has appointed a committee to solicit $1,100 among the business men for the establishment pf a system of electroliers. Farmers In Adams county are tak ing advantage of the dry weather and hundreds are in the fields cutting one of’the biggest crops ever harvested in that locality. Many idle men have been called to the fields to assist in the harvest HEW liWSIN FORCE MEASURES PASSED BY LAST LEG ISLATURE EFFECTIVE. MANY AMENDMENTS ARE MADE Session Laws Numbered 3C5.—County Attorney Takes Over Duties of County Coroner. Lincoln.—More than 200 changes in the state laws, including numerous entirely new statutes, went into ef fect in Nebraska Juiy 8, as a result of the activities of the last legislature. The session laws number 305—a total of 21t> house rolls and eighty nine senate files having been passed by the last set of lawmakers. About ninety of these laws carried the emergency clause and became ef fective upon the signature by the governor. Some of the laws which have be come effective are. The bill repealing the senatorial pref erence law, compelling legislators to sign statements No t ami ;. Several bil s having to do with the regulation of live slock shipments and tile control of diseases among animals. Sets up i strict law in this regard and gives tile public better protection. A law forbidding banks from deduct ing value of real estate mortgages trout tin ir capital stock tor purposes of tax at ion. Torrens land registration law. not compulsory, but allowing counties and in dividuals to say whether or not they elu.U come under it. The Richmond bilk allowing eounly bv arils to construct court houses upon ii per cent petition of taxriayers. Tile Hlauser bill, arranging election i-allcts in parallel columns and providing for making crosses in front of names. The Mattes bill providing for brief court opinions and doing away with necessity of filing opinions at time high bench's judgment Is rendered. Several Irrigation bills giving land owners wider latitude and more help in meeting conditions arising in their sec tion. Take into consideration the pos sible water storage project for Phelps and Kearney counties and also the pos sib.e purchase by tile Pnited Stales of the Tri-State ditch in Scottsbluff and .Morrill counties. Water power district bill, providing a plan of organization and carrying mi tire same. vators coming in under the act and giv ing farmers more protection and wider oonorturiities to hold grain for best price*. . ae nurse slan.iard bill by Wallace Wilspn. setting liigner marks in this pro fession. A law abolishing the office of county coroner and turning the duties over to the county attorney. several school laws providing for ex tension and benefits for rural sections ind allowing more business to be shown in the operation of city schools. A law requiring physicians to treat the eves of all new born babies with silver nitrate. . ..e Nichols law allowing state hanks to come under the slate federal reserve system. The Weesner bil! placing serum plants under state regulation. The chiropractic bill giving state sanc tion to the practice of healers of this school me Shumway law. providing for ster ilir-flon of defectives under certain re strictions. Taxes Are Higher. The European war is responsible for increasing the assessed valuation of Nebraska 7,000,000 dollars, if I returns from remaining counties bear out the gains shown by the first thir ty-seven counties. By rafting the value of agricultural produce the war is ♦xerting its influence. The total increase for the thirty-seven counties heard from amounts to $2,100,000. The combined valuation for purposes of assessment, which is one-fifth of the actual valuation, was just a little below $145,000,000. The grand total in 1914 for the uintey-three counties in the state was but $471,933,972. At the same ration of increase, the val uation would show- a gain of $0,817,000. Only five of the counties reporting have shown a decrease. They are Box Butte, Boyd, Cass, Chase and Dixon. Power Plan; May Be Near. Development of Blue river power plants at Milford. Crete and Beatrice may be possible within the near fu ture if plans being considered now by the Moore syndicate of Detroit, are carried out. Mr. Moore, who holds the string to a huge money bag, is in Lincoln and is known to have bet n giving the problem some attention during the past few days. His syn dicate still has Loup river holdings, but due to the fact that the heavy market is a considerable distance from the projected location It Is prob able that this development will not be put through at once. His large holdings in the Lincoln Traction Co. promises the development of the Blue river at a point where the electric current could be brought to Lincoln without great cost. Lincoln Postmaster Dead. Francis W. Brown, postmaster of Lincoln, died after an illness of a few weeks. He was mayor of Lincoln for tw\-i terms and was a candidate for congress on the democratic ticket. During his service as major he signed the dollar gas ordinance and the six-for-a-quarter street car fare or dinance. He was appointed postmas ter about six months ago. Valuation to Be Raised. As a result of a trip made by Sec retary Pool and Land Commissioner Beckmann for the purpose of inspect ing school land in Cherry and Brown counties, the valuation of a dozen tracts will be raised. Will Examine Trust Companies. State Auditor Smith will have the twelve trust companies doing business !n Nebraska examined by State Ac countant De France instead of em ploying a special examiner for that purpose. Busy Agent in Kimball County. Kimball county farmers who hired ar agricultural agent, or farm demon strator, last year, are giving their new “hired man” a good work-out. During the first eleven months of serv ice. his records show that he visited 4f;2 farms at the request of farmers, or more than one a day. In addition, about twice that number of persona! irquiries were received at his office. The co-operative sale of seed and live stock through the association for this period amounted to $10,874. £>iefe 2lbtcilung iff fiir bic j ^amtliengliebcr, tpeld?e am | liebften I)eutfcb Icfett. | ~V-r- *ii ^rnn-H'ii n~f>^rnrri|j Tit bciitidicit ^iuDe|iridi= Slmerifaner. 2?ir Iefcn in Scitidbriitcn ba& Gng lanb baS SWutterlanb SlmcrifaS tit, baft bie amerifanifebe £prad)e uni fiullur cnglifdi it. baber jcber roabre Slmerifaner mit $erj unb £anb in bem ie^igen ©eltfricg auf Seiten GnglaitbS fteben miiffe. Sluf bei anbern Teite ijt ber ©ebanfe, bai ber -Stcg ber SUIiicrtcn tit letter Qinie eitt 8ieg (rnglatib*, ber jahr bunbertlangen Unterbriieferin ber fleitten Siationcn, fein rotirbe, mas* gebenb. Ter .^aft. ber erfliirlicbe i'afe, ben SiuSbeutung unb Hitter brudung erjeugt, rriinufjt ben 9iuin, ben Untergang ber alien 2ceriiube rin an ber Xbentfe. ®ir tnoflen in fiibler lleber iegung bic SteUung ber jog. S3 in be tn d) . 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Ter 2?rite fam unb ,agtc bie milben Tiere um ibre £iiute 311 SWarfte $u bringen, ber 5rldni)cr unb Cdjotte baute bie Gifcnbabnen unb StraRen, bann jogen ftc in bie S’riibte, mnrben Slaiiflciite 1111b Span fierg. berGngfanber befonberg mad)* te bic acmaitigen 2?ermogcn, bie burdi bie S3crnicbtiing ber jungfrau* IidEjen ©drber. burdi roilbe Spefula* tion in Gifenbabnmerteii. bag ©ofb* fieber ber Celfelber unb Gngruben ermoglidit rourbe, ber Teutidic in feiner griinbfidien, fonfernatiuen Hrt perbanb fid) bauernb mit ber gdjolle. unb f«f»if fo einen bauem* ben Reidjtum ber ?fmerifa’g Slultur du gcfunbes Jjunboment ga'o. ffiollt 0>br 3nl)len, jo lejet bad tiicbtige SBerf^ non Xr. Cdi non (Solumbus unb ^(jr tnerbet .'oochaditung nor ber joltbeit ?lrocit (hirer '3orfabren er balteit, ^br tnerbet tnijjcn, rncidi ban ernbe ffierte beutfdjer 3-Icij; unb iHr* bcit in v4>eniijt)inaitia, £bio, lUiidii gait, Illinois, etc., gcjcbajjcn but. . Xcr Xeutjdi . 'Jimerifaner ijt in er i Ucr fiinie ber Sdjopjer unb Xrager : einer b I ii b e n b e n S a n b to i r t - * f d) a f t in ben Sereinigten 2taa* ten getoorben unb finb es bis beute j iit ben 3entraIitocteii tncnigjiend ge* 1 blieben. Sente aber, bie nut $rmib ! unb Sobcn ueriradiicn iinb, bie nidit trie Jiomaben turn Crt ju Crt jit* ben, roo bie ^.agb nod) Stcidjtum jic gerabe binjiibrt, tnerben geru ben itanun aujuebmen tttib mtt bem i’lu te, ben sjers unb Siebc cinjlbjjt ner tcibigen. 2o taten cs bie Xeutfcb - Stmcrifa ncr non ban iage an, als bie golbene Tvrcibcit non (inglanbd unertragii djem ^soebe tninfte. 2ie f ii m p j - ten t a p f c r anf t a u f e n b |2d)lad)tfelber!i unb balfen j ber neuen £eimat, bem licbgetuonne lien Sanbe Unabbaugigfeit unb (Si ; nigfeit erftreiten. -Lie pro*britifd)enGIcmentc flier im 2anbe rceifcn immer roiebcr barauf | bin, bag heffifcbe Selbner auf Gng* | Ianb5 Scite fdnipften, fie Dergeffen, i bag Gnglanb? ©olb fie gefauft bat* ! te, urn Slmerifa’a Sreibeit 3U erroiir* gen, genau fo roie cs jegt mit ibrem ©olbe Jtalien unb iRufjtanb, Rubier 1 unb 9?eger fauft, um Teutidblanb ! auf bie ftnie 311 aroingen. Sic Der geffen, bag biefc armfeligen jpeffen Don einem Sanbe?Datcr Dcrfauft ronrben, bcr cngIifd)cnSIute§ roar, fie Dergeffen, bag Jvnebricb ber ©roge e3 Dcrbot, bag Sblbner, bic Gnglanb fiir ben amcrifanifcben ftrieg gebungen batte, burcb preugifebes Territorium • sieben burften. Sie Dergeffen amt), bag Sreugcn ber crfte Stoat roar, bcr bie llnabbangigfeit ?lmcrifa’3 anerfannte unb mit ibm in polfer* recbtlidje Sesietiungen trat. §m Siirgerfrieg Dergoffcn bie Teutfd) - ?lmerifaner Strome Don Slut fiir bie Union, bie uie gerettet roorben rodre obne if>re ipilfe. ©e neral Garl Scbur3 3cid)nete fid) befoitberS au*, bie altcn Seteranen | crinnern fid) ber .'pelbcntatcn „of tbe ; blonbbaireb ©erman bops robo j fougbt roitb Sigel". ftram Sigel j roar ein Sobn bes Sabcnerianbee, ; ging in bie ©efd)id)te al§ bcr .<pclb Don 9teb Slibge unb al? ber Dfamt, ; ber mit 4000 iUfann Slarplanb : .^eights gegen ©eneral Garin mit ; 15,000 99?ann f»ielt. Son ben 1485 SfcbaiUcn, bie Lincoln mit Grmdd)* tigung be§ &ongreffeS fdjlagen lieg, rourben 273 an Tcutidic ober Teutfd) - 91merifancr Dcrlicbcn. Ter ©runb 3ur ?lu§3eicbnung biefer I Si'anncr roar in 64 fallen bie Gr* bcutung feinblidjer Salmon, in 34 1 Sullen bie Teilnabme an bcr Grftiir* mung Don Sicfsburg, in 65 ^dEen iapferfeit in ben Snbianerfricgen. Tas finb fpredjenbe 3ablcu fiir bie Trcue ber Xcutfdjen 3U bem Stater* i lanbe unb ber ipei-nat ibrer S>abl, fiir bieOpfer, bie fic fiir bie ©rbge bcr Scrcinigten Staatcn, fiir bic Gi* nigfeit bcr Union gebradjt buben. Ter ^ r i c b e biilt fciiien Ginjug *_ _ iV» • v r unu i mi muc uiyuuii ill ber ofonomifdjen unb poliiifcben @c fditdjtc biefes Sari beg. £er £eut fdjen Slnteil an bcm beginuenben '.'lufftieg ift nidjt gering. Ter [par fame beutfd) - amerifanifdje Sauer unb ©efctjbftomann unb ^anbroerfer trug fein ©clb j*i ben Sanfcn, unb biefeg ©clb murk frudjtbar gemadjt in ber ^nbuftrie- unb Gifcnbabn Cntroirfelung. ©ok mid) Cincinnati, Slilroaiifee, Chicago, St. Souis, $n bianapolig, Suffalo, Glecelanb unb SaJtimore, fur3 nad) alien ben gro ficn inbuftrieHen Scntren non bente, benft Cud) fiir tdneu Slugcnblii bag beutfd)e Clement auggeldfcht unb ber gome Cbarafter ber Strike rodre nchinbert, |a bie game Sebentung biefer gemaltigen SHittclpunfte ber Snbuftrie Dcrnirfjtct. Unb bann benft an bie fulture" Icn, bie i b e a l e n @ ii t c r, bie bie Seutfdi • 2lmcrifancr gcfcbaffen, ibre Seiftungen in ber SUntft unb SBiffenfdiaft. ibre Scbulcn unb Cr Stebungganftaiten, ibre taufenben non religiiifen Serfammlungorau men ibre Jtirdien unb ftaocllen in Stabt unb Sanb, bie frommgldubU gen ©ebete, bie innigen Sirber, bie fie gegen ben .*j5immel fenben, bann mifei 3br mao biafe Sinbcftrid)-2lme* rifancr fiir biefeO Sanb getan uri5 fiir feine fnltnrclle Cntmirfelung. £ico in Stiirge ift bie Sebentung biefer oft mil Spot! alo balbe 21 me rifaner begoidincten leutfd) - 2lme rifaner. Sic finb numerifdi ftdrfer alo irgenb ein anberer Solfoteii, ,:te baben an ber 2tuffd)Iiefeung beg San beo aig 2lderbaurr ben beruorragenb iten 2luteil, fie oergoffen Slut unb Scben fiir 2lmerifa’g Jyreibcit unb ©inbeit, fie roirften im grieben auf alien ©cbieten, bie bog Seben Iieb unb lebenorocrt madjen. Sie feben in ber ©ejeidjnung aig Tcutfd)-2lmc rifaner feinen Sdjimpf fotibern ei nen Mubmegtitcl. @ie miffen, eg ift roabr. mao in ben (efeten SJodien ;in begeifterter beutfd) . 2Imeri;,a aer fagte: 9tehmt bie Teutftben aug 5em Sanbe unb $br nebmt $era unb Jficren jerausl