Show AREAL A REAL AMERICAN 1 I 1 otto 11 II kahn iahn one ona at af the biggest I 1 I 1 bankers in new york yok city and a german by birth is an all american in every fiber or of his being at a meeting in milwaukee a strong german center 1 last saturday evening lie he addressed his compatriots in the following language which sets up an ideal that a good many american and ger man sympathizers would do well to adopt as their own it is not enough tor for us americans of german birth merely to do our duty and be loyal to the united states said mr kalin kahn we must speak out fair minded men will understand that we are not merely blatantly patriotic in it so speaking but that we are proud to let it be known that the blood in our veins cannot drown drawn the conscience in our breast that the taint of germany is not in ili the blood but in the system of 1 I was born in germany I 1 served in the german army I 1 was closely connected with german business interests until the outbreak of this war I 1 know germany and I 1 know the real causes of this wa war r thirty years ago almost to the day germau germany y began be ga n laing lading her plans for a world conquest the true german saw this war coming and fought against it but there was no chance against the system germany cannot offer the russian as an excuse it N was a s brooked ked by berlin and was a menace only to austria the first scene was set in connection with the abadir episode six or seven years ago when the pan germans planned to get a secure footing in south america in 1913 austria planned to conquer serbia and so informed italy then her ally americans of german blood know that it was not the old germany of which we are proud that brought about war but the german aasem ell 1 |