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Show ! DISH LUTHERANS . SUPPORT PRESIDENT Pledge Loyalty After Hearing Hear-ing of Reports From Nebraska Capital. In view of the reports received from Lincoln, Neb., regarding the alleged disloyalty dis-loyalty of "conspicuous members" of the Lutheran church in that state, the Rev. J. C. Carlson, pastor of the Danish Lutheran church, called for a pledge of allegiance and support to the United States and President Wilson at the quarterly quar-terly congregational meeting held last night. , A unanimous pledge ' of support was given by the gathering, which included several men in uniform, and women knitting knit-ting for war relief and Red Cross work. The Rev. Mr. Carlson said: "It pains me greatly to know that such reports have been and are being circulated as policies of the Lutheran church members. A distinction dis-tinction must be made between the Germans Ger-mans of the Lutheran denomination in America and the Lutheran church, which is universal and essentially identified with the country in which its members claim citizenship. "The Danish Lutheran church is strictly strict-ly pro-American and anti-German in this war, as testified by the message of support sup-port sent to congress and the president at tlie severance of relations with Germany. Ger-many. In order to dispel all beliefs to the contrary I request a standing pledge of support to the United States and to President Wilson." The Rev. William Schmook, pastor of the First German Evangelical Lutheran church in this city, who is confined to bed because of an aggravating illness, made the following statement through his wife: "As this is the first I have heard respecting re-specting the reported happenings in Nebraska, Ne-braska, I am not qualified to pass judgment judg-ment upon them. As far as I know there has been no feeling of anti-Americanism in my congregation. Our lovalty to the Rag under which our religious'pur-suits religious'pur-suits are protected is, as I have stated before, without question," |