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Show TO HOLD PRO-GERMAN MEETS Sessions Alleged for Purpose of Protesting Pro-testing Against Negro Troops In French Army of Occupation. Pro-German meetings planned for the near future in a number of cities cit-ies in the East and Middle .West will he closely watched by the American Legion, according to national headquarters head-quarters of the ex-service men's organization. or-ganization. The series of meetings, it js understood, will be held for the purpose of protesting against the reported re-ported presence of negro colonial troops in the French army of occupation, occu-pation, despite the fact that the troops in question were withdrawn many months ago. Cities In which the meetings are scheduled are Milwaukee, Omaha, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Louisville, Chicago, Cleveland and Wew York. It Is understood that Dr. Edmund von Mach, who was rebufted at Washington, Washing-ton, D. C, In an effort to enlist Ijie aid of F. W. Galbraith, Jr., Legion national na-tional commander, in the project, and George Sylvester Vierick, notorious Boehe magazine editor, are among the hyphenated Americans who are sponsoring spon-soring the movement. A bulletin from Legion national headquarters, warning state headquarters head-quarters to watch for an attempt to revive German propaganda and to create cre-ate sentiment in America hostile to the allies, has been sent out, and ttps have been taken by national officials offi-cials to influence the Department of Justice to prohibit the meetings. "A recurrence of German propaganda propa-ganda activity in this country is something some-thing the Legion has been watching for for some time," said Lemuel ' Bolles. national adjutant of the Legion. Le-gion. "I feel that the greatest check to a movement of this kind will come from citizens of Teutonic extraction, of whose loyalty and sincerity there can be no doubt Loyal Americans should know of the sinister efforts to turn sentiment In favor of the nation with which technically we are still at war." |