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Show HEXAMER SENDS OUT APPEAL TO STOP THE LOAN PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 15. Dr. Charles J. Hexamer, president of the National Na-tional German-American alliance, today sent out an appeal to all parts of the country urging that a protest be made against the proposed flotation in America-of America-of a large loan to the entente allies. In the appeal Dr. Hexamer declared tha,t "the Anglo-American combination of money interests, supported by a large part of the Anglo-American press, is bent upon driving our peaceful nation jnto the war as an ally of England," ana adds: "The prime movers of the allied Anglo-American Anglo-American money interests are now also actually engaged in formulating the ne-' farious plot of robbing the American people peo-ple of their savings.' They want to aid England and to enable her to continue the war which she is now waging to retain the mastery of the seas and to control the commerce of all the world for all time. "I call upon all patriotic American citizens citi-zens to pass resolutions In every American Ameri-can society or association, expressing the abhorrence of this unpatriotic and pro-British pro-British scheme and to earnestly appeal to the president of the United States and the secretary of state to thwart this, evil conspiracy; a conspiracy which would rob the American people of the money wherewith where-with it can alone develop the natural resources re-sources of our land, increase our industries indus-tries and extend our own moans of internal inter-nal transportation and aid our agriculture. agricul-ture. "I call upon every true American to write to every financial institution in which he has deposited money, protesting protest-ing against the use of his money for the proposed Anglo-French $1,000,000,000 loan." The appeal was sent to members of every ev-ery branch of the alliance throughout the country. |