World War I and Ethnic Chicago-- Part 4: German Books and Newspapers

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra abandoned the German names of works they performed.

Under the headline, "Hun doctrines spread by book in city library," the Tribune reported that a book was found in the Chicago Public Library that didn't  blame Germany for the war.  It was similar to books acquired while the U.S. was still neutral.

A library official thanked the man and said, "Now, of course, with our changed point of view, they should be withdrawn."

The Tribune called the Abendpost, a German-language daily, the "Chicago Hun-tongued newspaper."  It had carried dispatches saying Germans weren't starving  and had sufficient military supplies despite the British Navy's blockade of their ports.

--DaCoot