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Show lEG!0.! UuLLisiS UNDER THiM j Ex-Service tvisn Prcir,.ily Halt Ex ploitations of Pro-German Troubleinake rs. In response to the warning issued by their national commander. F. V. (lalbrailh, Jr., American Legion members mem-bers in many parts of the country have been active in lighting against efforts of pro-Genmuis and other hyphenated persons to drive a wedge between America and her allies in the World war. Twenty-five thousand patriotic citizens citi-zens of New York intended the "All American Meeting for God and Conn-try," Conn-try," which was held in Madison Square Garden tinder the auspices of the Legion, as a protest against a previous pre-vious pro-German meeting, said to be for the purpose of creating sentiment against the alleged "Horrors on the Rhine." When word was received in Philadelphia Phila-delphia that Dr. Kdmund von Mach, notorious German propagandist, was planning to hold a meeting In that city, Legion members and other patriotic pa-triotic citizens opposed the proposition proposi-tion and succeeded in blocking the scheme. Similar action was taken by the Legion and various societies in Indianapolis. Indian-apolis. Among the organizations cooperating co-operating with the Legion was the national na-tional executive committee- of the American Gymnastic union, composed of a large membership of citizens of German extraction, which insisted upon unhyphenated citizenship and scored Von Mach and George Sylvester Sylves-ter Viereck. On the same day the Indianapolis In-dianapolis board of public works announced an-nounced it would not permit the use of its large convention hall for the proposed Von Mach meeting. Learning' that Louisville was on the proposed itinerary of Doctor Von Mach, the Kentucky department of the Legion Instructed posts to use "every lawful means practicable to stop the threatened invasion of Boche propagandists." The Kentucky Legion's bulletin also warned against the activities ac-tivities of Viereck. Legion posts have also opposed the hyphenates in Chicago, Cleveland, Omaha, Cincinnati and Milwaukee. |