Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-12-21 | Page 15 | Kahn Declares Loyalty to the American Cause

KAHN DECLARES LOYALTY TO THE AMERICAN CAUSE NF,W YORK. Dec. 20. Tn reference to the testimony before the senate commit-teo commit-teo in Washington lO'lay, Otto H. Kahn Issued the following statement tonight: "From the very beginning of the European Eu-ropean war I have demonstrated by my actions and spoken and written words my abhorrence of Prussianized Germany, my utter hostility to her cause, and my active and whole-hearted sympathy with the cause of the allied nations. Within a few mon ( hs of t he on I break of the war I became, and have continued to be ever since, an object of abuse and attack at-tack In the German press. "I took my stand according to the dictates dic-tates of my conscience and judgment. I have never wavered in that stand, either publicly or privately. It wa.s known widely, wide-ly, and to none better than to German emissaries and the German government. "My record ever since It'll in support of the allied cause in opposition to the German cause not to speak of loyalty to the American cause is, clear, open and ; unequivocal. If that record does not protect me against misrepresentation, j misconception or misinterpretation, nothing noth-ing that I may say will." j