Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1916 — Many Germans Attended Union Township Picnic. [ARTICLE]

Many Germans Attended Union Township Picnic.

A German picnic was held in Union township Sunday and proved a very enjoyable affair. It is estimated that about 300 were present in the afternoon when the speaking took place. State Representative W. L. Wood was asked to speak and made the first address. He spoke of the duty of foreigners in matters of American citizenship and said that there could be no divided responsibility. That in any matter affectng the United States and any foreign country it was the duty of every loyal citizen to stand by America. There were other speakers from Hammond and Indianapolis, and their addresses, it is understood, while sympathetic toward their mother country in matters of sentiment and affecting their interests in the foreign war entirely loyal to the United States. The picnic had been planned for some time and the results met every