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Our object should be to leave open all the avenues of truth. As the most effectual hitherto found has been the press, it is, therefore, the first shut up by those
who fear the investigation of their actions.”—Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence.
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POLITICAL REFORM
som e ot our co u rts th e new b a stile s, on th e s te e rin g wheel, as w as found m any of th e pro-w ar m em bers of ; him as being th e m ost b rillia n t m an caused such a tem p est in a teap o t F IG H T FOR L IB E R T Y
T h e m ore im p o rta n t m o v em en ts o f j w ith p e tty ju d g es as th e w ard e n s? n ecessary in E ngland a fte r th e mili- th e ir own party . T he nicknam e of in th e F re n ch Socialist m o v e m e n t; in th e ‘N o rth w est.’
W A G E D IN G E R M A N Y
politlcal reform a re th o se co n cern ed Ju d g e s, w ith th e d u st of dead law s ' ta ry blundered.
“K ie n th a lie n s” w as applied to them ; one who, if he w ere a m o d erate, in-
“ T he F ed e ra tio n ist is undoubtedly
with th e p erm an en t im provem ent o f | aBd dead th eo ries in th e ir eyes and I L et g u a ra n tee d c o n stitu tio n a l lib- as a title of scorn. S teps w ere tak e n • ste a d of a rev o lutionary, would be ! en title d to feel chesty. It h as evi-
T he stru g g le betw een dem ocracy
political m ethods and in stitu tio n s, m ouths and b rain s, a re stam p in g out e rtie s be our cloud of sm oke by day to m ake fu rth e r m eetin g s in n e u tra l j able to w re st th e lea d e rsh ip of th e den tlv been able to accom plish, w ith and ju n k erism is on in full blast in
H hese m ovem ents h a v e for th e ir ob- :
speech, a re try in g to sh ack le and our p illar of fire by night. His- co u n tries im possible, and, n eedless to p a rty from A lbert T hom as. T he only 14 copies in the ‘N o rth w est.’ G erm any, even though m any A m er
ican dailies, for reaso n s best known
ject th e ex ten sio n of th e su ffrag e ’bp b ra v e s p irits of th o se who see to ry n otes the p resen ce in every age say, th e k a is e r’s governm ent on its p rese n t sta n d in g of th e m inority f a c - ! w h at th e e n tire B ritish natio n was ' to them selves, a re a tte m p tin g
to
to classes still excluded from it, o r ; th a t th e fa u lts of lib e rty can be of m en w ho will n ot bend th e ir
side w as equally vigorous in depriv- • tion is larg ely duo to h is genius as unable to do in th e glorious davs o f - m a^ p th e people believe th a t th e
they aim to in c re a se th e political <nrp<> only by m ore lib erty !
T he necks to ty ra n n y of any kind, and
ing th e G erm an Socialist m issionar-i an o rg an izer
1776, for it h as ap p aren tly fright- rna<’sos, of G erm any a re cowed and
power of th e people and
to stren g - Kif*at fear
is abroad in A m erica! lite ra tu re
p rese rv es
th e
inspired les of th e ir p assp o rt privileges.
I H is a ttitu d e tow ard th e w ar is rev- ened a g re a t republic of 110.000.000
\ t F ran k fo rt on th e Main, for ex-
then th e ir co n tro l over th e ir
chosen P u b lic officials a re crying, "K eep tho u g h t and b u rning w ords of th e
B ut the courageous F ren ch d eputies , ealed in p a rt by th e follow ing state- people into a s ta te closely b ordering am ple, a m ass m eetin g was held in
rep re sen ta tiv e s.
your m outh sh u t and obey th e law ” - m en and w om en who toiled for liber- alread y had accom plished as m uch j m ent, which he m ade last Ju n e for upon com plete collapse, w hile G reat w hich 50.(100 persons
p a rticip a te d .
“W oe u n to th o se who ty even w hen ty ra n n y w as stro n g est, as resonably could be expected a t ! A m erican consum ption:
The N ational P la tfo rm of th e So o th e rs say,
it w'.ns n ecessary to utilize
six
¡B rita in in 1776 couldn't frig h ten a and
,
,
.
1
th
e
people
cialist P a rty c o n ta in s th e follow ing oppose us,"
w hile still o th e rs cry. A re we A m ericans
today stuffed, , th a t tim e. T h eir Sw iss visit s e rv e d ,
“Nobody would accept any kind of m easly 13 colonies w ith less th an , Who desired to h e a r tin e w ar prob-
“ T reaso n ! T re a s o n !’1
jolitical p lan k s o r "d em a n d s” :
tongueless people? Don t wre know . as an insp iratio n to all In tern atio n al- ' peace. If we had to choose betw een j 4.000,000 population. And how for- • lenis discussed.
U N R ESTR IC TE D
AND
EQ UAL
T h ese a re not th e tim es th a t try tb a t tb e foundations of our institu- j8ts. They re tu rn ed hom e to do th e ir i a d ishonorable peace, w hich would tu n a te th a t the te rrib le plot w as dis-
S peakers, rep re sen tin g the “dem o
OTl’u
in n o
lihneti'na
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h liv ” S ocialists.
it 1 i d « R adicals Ulltl
SU FFRAGE
FOR
M EN
A N D , m en
’s souls. T h ese a __
re th e _ ..
tim es t Hons
and rxtiv
our lib
e rtie s o a re
m ar- p art . in
cry stallizin g th e now s e lf - ! still fu rth e r m u tila te our country, ev- i covered before it w as too late.
T he pra,,<’ bloc”
and
..
i
( ath o lics—pounded h ard a g ain st an-
WOMEN.
th a t give m en th e o p p o rtu n ity to ! t Vrs w bo- on th e block, on th e battle-
conscious m inority.
erybody would in sist upon going on circu latio n of The F e d e ra tio n ist h as nexation schem es of the im p e ria lists
T H E ADOPTION OF T H E IN I sta n d e re c t, in th e c risis of a w orld field, on th e gibbet, or in th e dun-
w ith th e w ar. But th e re a re a ltern a- 1 reach ed th e am azing figure of 14 in
and in favor of an honest and dem o
TIATIVE, R E FER E N D U M AND RE- v-ar; to sta n d firm w hile th e m an on ' Sp°n . gave th e ir lives, th e ir freedom
tives, and m ore and m ore th e F ren ch i th e s ta te of W ashington d u ring th é c ra tic suffrage system .
in
m
ir ideals?
lrmam
It w as u n fo rtu n a te th a t no one of nation dem ands th a t an a tte m p t be i , la s t nine years. Had th . e rem a rk , a b , le
,
M eetings
CALL AND O F P R O P O R T IO N A L h o rse b a c k is abroad in th e land- to and th e ir h appiness
ess to
io th
in p e e ir
ir
m e a ts. -
... ' a re also
d u being held
, u in ,
be fe a rle ss w hen ev e ry p e tty iw fce W e sa y to a n y deepotlsm . a , Lin- b e th re e . . . ™ enough, to d e v e lo p ,
)( h o n o rab |y bu( ,n .,.„ VPrv
a e » „t s -
R E PR E SE N T A T IO N .
governm ental
ental official
in k k s s he
he is
Is coin
coln said
»»¡<1 to
“ th e slave
slave pow
pow er: “ Brok- m l« a n atio n al leader. R affln D ogena rapl(]|y „
not
m>de , or a n o tb e r
¿ „ „ „ l u l y , b a,i ever
T H E ABOLITION OF T H E SEN- o o r r governm
official th
th in
ATE AND T H E VETO PO W E R O F a despot clothed w ith ab so lu te and Pn bV !t we m ay b p i bend to
we and Blanc practically have dropped
O ther im p o rta n t figures in t h a 1 y ears, th e circu latio n m ight have before,
out of sight since, and th e role of
T H E P R E SID E N T .
final i» w e r. T h ese a re th e davs of ' ,,PVPr w ill.”
i m inority a re th e D eputies P ressem an e, been doubled, o r nearly so, and th en '
do ,,ul
not w
ant th
u g h t « o f : ' - th • e ir
m ore
forceful C
om rade, --------
P ie rre ; M istral and Sixte-Q uenin.
T he election of th e P re sid e n t and golden o p p o rtu n ity for m en of c o u r- | W e uu
wa,‘l
luc e tho
w u u b u i
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All of th e re would, indeed, have been ‘hell j
W H A T DOES IT M EA N ?
V ice-P resident by th e d ire c t v o te of ; age. W e a re th e h e irs of all th o se ! A m erica reg im en ted and censored. ! Brizon h a s been th a t of an a g ita to r, ;
destin ed to a popping.’ It would have been too !
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the people.
in th e p a st who
have fought
and i W e w an t m en and wom en who a re i n - ( a «uPpr Propagandist, r a th e r th an a j be h eard from when Socia, i8m raakes ]a te to have even saved th e ruins.
; Is th e revolution in G erm any, so
T he abolition of th e pow er usu rp ed (H«d for lib erty . L ib erty
is
ou r dividuals and who know how to th in k ' ch ieltain .
its full s tre n g th felt in F ran ce T he erstw h ile proud republic would prayed for and so feared, at h an d ?
B rizon’s principal c h a ra c te ristic is
by th e S uprem e C ourt of th e U nited b irth rig h t. As long as th e m em ory and come to conclusion: who a re not
T he m inority, w ithout re p re se n ta tio n j have gone and its te rrito ry probably D ispatches, “ unconfirm ed”, from Am
of
heroes
and
m
a
rty
rs
lives,
lib
e
rty
overaw
ed
by
th
e
idea
of
the
sta
te
,
i
fea
rle sn e ss sh e e r
anim al bravery,
S tates to pass upon th e c o n stitu tio n
n o r of officials in high places; n o r j w hich n othing can
quell. As soon in the governm ent, of course, has given over to th e H uns, th e jack ste rd a m seem to in d icate th a t Ger-
ality of leg islatio n en a cte d by Con cannot be dead.
and , rab
and ..........w
th e sage
m any’s fate is about to be decided.
....
. ,
,
by th e ideas of the m ajo rity nor th e 1 as he got back from S w itzerland he , been unable to
w m odify national
..uu.v»«, .......
- b — its —
u .c m b e ru
u . sh .”
gress.
T h e , m ay kill your body, th ey can
’......... . » « ........ • ®
. , , m „ alan
,,„a ra
in te rn atio n a l polities, such a s th e
As soon as otfic.al recognition o t „ „ t on th e b a ttle fie ld alone, but nt
National law s to be rep ealed only close your m outh w ith th e seal of d o ctrin es of a c h u rc h : m en and wo- com m enced a cam paign for peace in m ajority, u n d er A lbert T hom as, has } th e su p e rio r m erit of T he Federation- home,
by act of co n g ress, o r by a re fe re n death , b ut th ey c an n o t sto p your m en who a re not afraid to be in the the C ham ber of D eputies com parable accom plished in so dazzling a f a s h i- ! 1st as a g reat pro p ag an d ist is re-
W hen th e late chancellor. Dr.
dum vote of th e m ajo rity of th e v o t m essage, if you have one. Dead m en m inority and to speak w hen o th ers only to th a t of L iebknecht in the on. Its propaganda has been w ithin ! eeived from \ \ ash in g to n , the sub- M ichaelis, was appointed in place of
talk louder th an live m en. W ill th ey j ^erpa,n p ,lp at‘ and who stan d fOr |
s e a s o n ^ h e s jo k e ^ f ro m d ie I the ran k s of th e p a rty and am ong i scrip tio n price will be correspond-j Von B ethm ann-H ollw eg th e world
ers.
the ran k s of th e p a rty and am ong ; scrip tio n pric
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i.
o ic n J
“ Id'nrvvrx
Io
« ' A n t Vi 1 n o c
•
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The extension of d e m o c ratic gov be able to say of you. as th ey said ¡ J l * . LIU. 5 LU t i l l .
nonsocialist
citizens.
Much
of its »»-»trlx»
Inglv n raised.
Fam e is w o rth less w ondered if the revolution had come.
T he freedom of th e p ress m ust not trib u n e denouncing th e p ro lo n g a tio n ,
.
,
•. __ •
ernm ent to all U n ited S ta te s terri- of
F
e
rre
r:
.nt ,
, be th ro ttle ,!: freedom of npoeeh , ball ' of .b e w ar an a c a p i t a l « Infam y. He ! m0" ‘ e f" T t,y e work h a . been u n d e r- , w ithout .n lta b lo reeom penno.
n ay. , Tho N . y . C l „ „ .„ a , tim e said th a t
tory.
(
Glad cam e th e new s to ty r a n t, ns
,)e 8bpprM M d. A buse
trM declared th at by w inning th e B attle I ero u " 't
°< ,h e r le " '
th e " a |w r
j th e governm ent w as shaky, and th a t
The im m ediate cu rb in g of th e
ship, se c re t lite ra tu re has been gotten
it ran .
I it was undecided w h e th e r to give in
speech dies in a day, b ut its denial of M arne and h altin g th e invasion
TE LL
JU D G E
powers of th e c o u rts to issu e injune- T he kingdom s of th e w orld w ere
into the hands of th e people. — Will- , S U F F R A G IS T S
to th e rev olutionary elem en ts or to
sh ack les th e race.
F ra n ce had accom plished h er only
BLUNTLY
THEY
W IL L
O B EY
tions in labor d isp u tes.
te r A dolphe R oberts in New York i LA W W H E N G IV E N V O T E .
less one m an .”
rep re ss them w ith a stro n g hand.
D ream s a re the re a litie s of life, leg itim ate object. Peace, he pointed
The free a d m in lsta tio n of ju stice.
T he first ca su a ltie s of w ar. even ' Life w ithout dream s is w orthless, ; out. w ith a good ileal of reason, could Call.
And th a t was th e m eaning of a
W ashington. Oct. 29.—T he tria l of colorless and u n d istinguished bureau-
T he calling of a convention for th e ' in A m erica, a re free speech, free
and th e m ost w onderful dream of all he obtained by neg o tiatin g w ith Ger- i
Miss Alice Paul and h er asso ciate
revision of th e c o n stitu tio n of th e p ress and th e rig h t peaceably to as-
su ffrag ists
for
p ic k e tin g
th e (>r«u like M ichaelis, w hose policies
is th e dream of absolute liberty. It m any for the evacuation of occupied ,
A G R E A T V IC T O R Y
I nired S ta te s.
sem ble and petitio n th e governm ent.
W
hite
H
ouse
was
m
ore
sen
satio
n
al w ere u tte rly unknow n
is an idea th a t will stan d the s tra in te rrito ry . T he a n n e x atio n ist designs
All th ese m ea su res a re e s se n tia l. W e a re a gov ern m en t of and by
,
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.
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,
,
L
in
m
an
y
resp
e
c
ts
th
an
any
previous
I Todav we read th at the
uncou
of a w orld w ar and continue to w eave o t such allies as E ngland and ira-1 The following quotation from the tria ls
...
. ,
but in p ractice th e S o cialists lay par- discussion. F orce is n ev er a rem-
‘
'f
ir
m
e
d
w
ireless
from
th
e
Dutch
itse lf into the life of hum anity.
; perial R ussia should not be allow ed O akland W orld is w orth rep rin tin g i Miss Paul and Miss W inslow told
tic u la r s tre s s on th re e of th e se edv, and all ty ra n n ies, w h e th e r of
|
city
rep
o
rts
th
a
t
th
e
ch
an
cello
r has
I to cause th e shedding of a single for Jts editorial value and view point- thp judge 8ome VPr>' plain tb in ^ s -
dem ands: W om an S uffrage, Propor- m ajo rities, p e tty judges or g o v e rn -1
been
sum
m
oned
before
th
e
k
aiser.
French
blood.
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1 “ H ave you a n y th in g to say before
MINORITY SOCIALISTS O r e x T tra
of e F
rench
his drop
d o c trin
w
as a v blood.
ear or tw o in r
aciiu i.tai ot Adolp.i G erm er at j pronounce se n te n c e? " Judge M u l-, a n d th at his resig n atio n a lre ad y is
tional R e p re se n tatio n and R e stric tio n m en t officials, a re as had a s ty ra n -i TH E
.
m is d o c trin e w as a y ear or two in j G rand Rapids, M ichigan, is the g re a t-j low ney asked Miss Paul,
FRANCE
of the Pow ers of th e C ourts.
n ies of kings.
advance
of the tim es.
It m a d e . eS( ev en t in A m erican politics th a t • "W e sim plv wish to say th a t we in th e hands of his m aste r. . If th a t
(By M orris H illquit.).
T he g re a te s t rig h t in th e world
th a t tho
T he m inority, or revolutionary. So- Brizon unpopular, especially am ong bas taken place for years.
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is th e rig h t to be wrong. If th e gov
Dr. van
c ia lists of F ran ce a re at v a ria n ce lbp politicians. He w as vilified in i G ernier w as not really on tria l and p,{p(1 Mfss P a u l. .<nor to t h e ’ law s , B ethm ann-H ollw eg m ade
e rn m e n t o r m ajo ritie s th ink an indi
his
mis-
w ith ’ th e m ajo rity on tw o points of tbp bourgeois press, while the So- n e ith e r w ere his eleven associates. It nr the rules of th is court. We. have
vidual is rig h t, no one will in te r
ta k e s ; he w as a rea c tio n a ry posing
suprem e im portance. In th e first ciit’ist p apers did
not d are to give was 100.009 S ocialist dues paying had no voice in the m aking of th ese
fere w ith h im : but when a g ita to rs
place, they do n ot believe th a t th ^ bim anv »«PPort. On the
floor or m em bers.
It w as 1,000.000 people ,aw s and 'lo not consider th a t we as a liberal. Rut he h as som e so rt
(By H arry W ein b erg er, G eneral ta lk a g a in st th e th in g s considered w ar w ith th e c e n tral pow ers h as Hie ( ham b er he
of c h a ra c te r. And th e la te ch ancellor
was first
hooted, w ho vote th e S ocialist tic k e t th a t
boub’ b
-oun 1 bv tin m.
Counsel A m erican
Legal
D efense holy, o r w hen rad ic als c ritic ise or
"Did I u n d e rsta n d vou to sav ]or w as as com pletely unsuccessful
n e c essa rily destroyed th e in teruation- Iben m obbed. Ink pots and ru le rs w ere being tried for “T re aso n .”
th a t you do not consider y o urself as H ig posfi,b,e for
ch ancellor to
League and M em ber New York Bar.) sa tiriz e th e political gods, or ques-
al movonoent, and a re In favor of w ere throw n a t him by Irate collea-
T he ju ry announces to the w orld bound by the law s of th e la n d ? ” cried
Ideals c an n o t be killed by im pris- tion th e ju stic e of our law s and in resu m in g ante-bellum rela tio n s w ith £u e s- Gn m any occasioiis d eputies
be.
th a t our lite ra tu re is a lrig h t and for M ullowney.
.
1 * H
He e was given every pow er: he
onlng th e id ealists.
Ideas cannot s tltu tio n s. or pacifists talk a H ghts th e C i a l i s t s of o th er co u n tries, in- ’p« Hieir se a ts and »H acked him,
the good of h um anity and not against spon^ S' - i ^ o n s ^ d e r Unit * J 'in c i we kaTser’s en the whole stre n g th of the
be stopped as long a s one b rain con- w ar. or S ocialists talk for the
forces. And he failed.
,
eluding G erm any and A ustria, when- Pulling his beard, sp ittin g in his
it. T hey announce th a t our sta n d have no voice in m aking th e law«. !
tln u e s
to
function. G overnm ents, of labor o r u niversal peace, how th e
T his m eans hut one th in g — tho
ev er it is p rac tic a b le to do so. In *ace an<^ even s trik in g him w ith th e ir On w ar is w ithin the law of our we should not be held responsible ■
c h u rc h e s, ju dges and ja ile rs have old inquisition aw akens, and the pri- the second place, th ev advocate an Hsls.
C harges w ere filed a g ain st co n stitu tio n al g u aran tees. They, and if wp ,Jo not obpV them ."
j rev o lu tio n ary forces a re m ore power-
trie d it a s fa r back as th e m em ory son. the w heel, th e to rtu re cham ber,
- of xt
1,™ joined i them , in s a y in g ,
“ W ell,
w hat do vou in th tbn
in k of tlio i ful th
k a is e r’s su p p r o rte rs
im m ediate peace, on .i
the n b asis
the him
nnn ^ wbpnovnr
n ^ n e v e r nnauihio
possible, qnH
ano ba
ne wa* the judge
q q o non
• a n i the
>
or rec o rd s of m en go. T hey h av e th e mob. a re called to su p p re ss th e
11^
• x«
• xi_
.
. . .
pool Z jz U.O v O people in the 1 district harcrained for Tho Social
evacuation of F ra n ce .and Belgium suspended from particip atio n in the th e re should be no d ifference in ou r j of Colum bia who a re w ithout a vote
drBann<1
trie d th e noose, th e rack, th e dun frpe expression of thought,
and th e a rb itra tio n of all o th e r points deb ates of the A ssem bly for num er- co u rts of law in w ar or peace tim es, i in th e ir a ffa irs ? ” pursued M ullowney
\ a " a n ‘ a 1 1080 " 10 a re w pary of
geon, th e cold ste e l and th e leaden
E x p ressed ideas have to b e a r the
Even handed ju stice according to law ! “ W ould you suggest th a t they should ,hp w ar an(1 Hie u n b earab le ju n k e r
at issue.
ous Periods of 15 days and less
b u llet, th e excom m unication of th e ex am ination of th e opposition and j T he s tre n g th of th e m inority is
^ ul
retu rn ed to th e a tta c k w ith and the con stitu tio n is due in the not obey th e law s of th is court or thum , cannot be held in chock Ar.'l
th e law s of th e lan d ? ”
ch urch, th e th re a ts or hell h e re and m ea su re up to tru th . Today, for the
som e new tac tic s m ust be used.
; rapidly grow ing am ong the ra n k and undim inished courage and energy. V nited S ta te s a t all tim es.
“ I th ink th a t, if the people in
h e re a fte r; th ey have broken th e bod first tim e in th e h isto ry of th e Uni-
filo of tho party. T his fact w as de-
w as
te rro r of m in isters when
W e hope now th a t th e governm ent W ashington would think m ore about ' T here will be one of tw o th in g s
ies, but n e v e r have they been able to ted S ta te s, A m erica
secs
hidden
m o n strate d in s trik in g fashion early they appeared before P a rlia m e n t *o will
realize th at we have won and th is situ atio n it would not be very — e ith e r th e Pan-G erm ans, sen sin g
fully subdue th e s p irit of m an. Ideas p resse s w orking n ig h t and day un-
' in th e c u rre n t m onth at Bordeaux, rep o rt on th e a cts of th e governm ent, th a t
they will he w illing to allow long before they would have a p a rt d efeat, will give in m ore and m ore
in m aking th e ir law s." re to rte d Miss ' to the S ocialists in a vain effort to
a re contagious, and, crushed to e a r t h .: d e r ground. C annot th e governm ent
w hore a national Socialist congress Tim e and again th e carefully censor- ( expression of opinion when it does
Pa.’.'J,r ,, ,
,
■ stem th e rev o lu tio n ary tide, or else
spread o v er it.
see th a t is not th e way to fight a
. z,
L
i has been in session. Everv radical pd p latitu d e s of cabinet m em bers not levy w ar a g a in st the republic
W ell, have you a n y th in g else to ,
.....
A m ericans m u st know they will w ar for dem ocracv? G utenberg, when
k «
iu «
.
n
proposition which w as discussed rc- ^ ^ i e cut acro ss by his strid en t ers or give aid or inform ation to the say in reg ard to the sen ten ce of the j Hiev will tighten th e screw s, try in g
continue to have as m uch lib e rty as he gave th e p rin tin g p ress to the
rule by m ain force. E ith e r way is
enem y th a t would b e tra y m ilitary court except w hat you have alread y
eeived ag g ressiv e support, and w hen
“ Hown w ith the w ar!
said ?”
they d e sire to have and th e courage hum an race, gave them a fig h tin g
a
confession
of d e fe a t; th e re tire
activity.
th e question of continuing to vote j
“I have not."
to hold and fig h t for. O ur republic w eapon m ore pow erful th an all arm s,
m
ent
of
M
ichaelis—if
it is a fa c t- is
All Socialists c o n g ra tu la te G erm er
for th e w ar budgets in P a rlia m e n t
‘Seven m onths in th e w orkhouse.”
In th e fall of 1916. for in stance,
may be d e stro y e d ; it cannot be P rus- because he gave the people th e pow-
a
stin
g
in
g
defeat
for
the
pow ers th a t t,
and his asso ciates, but we should
sianized.
L ib e rty n e v e r Is a g i f t .1 e r to th in k to g e th e r and to p ro te c t caine up it was carrie d by th e negli- w hen M. R ibot( then m in iste r of fi
M OTHERS REVOLT AT
have
driven
G
erm
any
to
its
ruin.
gible m argin of 21S ballots out of a nance, announced th e success of the c o n g ra tu la te ourselves m ore when
H IG H COST O F M IL K
It is alw ays a p u rch ase, and th e them selves.
T he upshot will he revolution. It
i to tal of 2.886 cast. U ntil very recent- second national loan, Brizon w aited we know th a t we have a s e c re ta ry
price Is blood and te a rs, h ap p in ess
I am pro-A m erican, and a g ain st all >
New
York.
Oct.
—
M
others
i
n
can
bp n o thing else. T h ere a re no
w ith th e nerve to stan d his ground
and th e p erso n al lib e rty of th e indi- au to cracy .
B ut m u st we give up ly th e voicing of serious opposition u n til th e inevitable word “ victory" and bring ab o u t such a victory for all p a rts of the city, driven to d e s - ! tw o w ays about it. T he revolution
p eration bv the sudden in crease in m av be h e re ; th e k a ise r m ay be se n t
vidual p u rch a se r.
L ib e rty a lw a y s ' all th e rig h ts of dem ocracy to over- to th e budgets, w ithout which th e w as pronounced, and in te rru p te d :
w ar c an n o t be w aged, would have
th e cost of m ilk, th e m ost n ecessary
“ T he only victory we w ant is peace." his and our party.
has been th e g re a t te m p ta tio n f o r ; throw a u to c rac y ? M ust we kill dem-
The “ P iu te ” P re ss said little of a rtic le in th e food of babies, held pro to a G erm an equivalent of S iberia
been u n thinkable.
Bedlam in sta n tly broke loose in the
idealists.
' o cracv? Is th e freedom of th e indi-
w ithin w eeks, ju st as th e czar was
T he m inority is rep re sen te d in th e cham ber, but every tim e th a t o rd er th ls ac(lu ittal.
We w onder w hy? te s t d em o n stratio n s all over town
J u s tic e w alks w ith leaden feet, and vidual to abso lu tely cease in Amer-
last S atu rd ay at 2 p. m.
dethroned w ithin a few w eeks of the
C ham ber of D eputies by a group of was resto red , and Ribot a tte m p te d to SuPP°se 11 had bepn Hie o th e r w ay?"
In th e nam e of th e ir children th ey change in the m in istry th a t showed
has lo st h e r way, and c an n o t find ira because w e a re a t w ar with
appealed to th e citizens of G re a te r . . .
,
. . .
m any of th e co u rtro o m s of A m er-j a u to c ra c y ? M ust m en be com pelled 38 m em bers, as a g a in st about 100 recom m ence w here he had left off,
N -w York to give them a change of , th a ’ th e b« rea u c rac y was to tterin g ,
U N H O L Y C H E E R IN E S S
ica. T hey a re a rre s tin g and jailin g to violate th e ir
consciences
and m ajo rity S ocialists. T he to tal mern- Brizon sh outed:
a d m in istra tio n th a t will concern it- ; *rbe revolution m ay not ta k e th a t
bersh ip of th e C ham ber is 602.
but
victory
bv
“
V
ictory,
yes
our th in k e rs and h u m a n ita ria n s. Men id eals? M obbing o r jailin g sp e ak e rs
self m ore w ith th e citizens a t hom e form . T h ere m ay he revolts, like
• • •
i m eans of p eace!"
This is th e feeling of the B. C than w ith th e enem y abroad, and to th a t a t W ilhelm shaven.
th at will
are being s e n t to ja il for re p rin tin g and w rite rs do n o t s e ttle questions
As explained form erly, th e m i n o r i t y H e finally was subm itted to t h e . F e d e ra tio n ist on account of th e re give them a vote and voice in the m ake G erm any a b a ttle ground a g iin .
the D eclaration of Independence and of rig h t o r w rong, pacifism or mili-
election of th e a d m in istratio n . Milk,
d istrib u tin g it on Ju ly 4; for w e a r - , tarlsm . peace o r w ar. Don’t we re- offered no opposition tif th e govern- cu sto m ary a ssa u lt upon his person, ’ cognition th e p ap er lias received the chief nourishm ent of th e ir ba But th e revolution cannot be p o st
from S e a ttle officials. A ssista n t U. bies, is 14 c e n ts a q u a rt and still go poned very m uch longer.
lng a b u tton w ith an A m erican f l a g ! m em ber th e sto ry of Lovejoy and m ent or any of its policies d uring and suspended for a sh o rt term .
the
early
days
of
the
w
ar.
It
was
Brizon
h
as
been
a
voice—
sane
In
S.
D istrict A ttorney Donald A. Mc- ing un. T he m o th er can n o t pay it.
on It and aro u n d th e flag th e w ords. G arriso n ?
And th e cap italism of th e world
,
believed
a
t
th
a
t
tim
e
th
a
t
th
e
strug-
its
violence,
discordant,
but
com
pel
Donald
has asked the postal depart- They hope to raise th e ir voices loud
“O ur R ights, But No W a r” ; for
T he purpose of the U nited S ta te s
enough to reach th e m ayor, th e gov- fea rs U’ ■’u st as th ey fe a r and h a le
gle
would
be
com
paratively
sh
o
rt,
ling.
A
m
an
who
know
s
him
m
ent
a
t
W
ashington.
D.
C.,
to
b
ar
talk in g p e a ce ; fo r giving out peace co n stitu tio n w as to en able ev ery citi-
th e R ussian revolution. .They will
e rn o r and th e president.
pam phlets to p a trio tic c itiz e n s; for zen a t an y tim e to brin g th e govern- and even th e m ost rev o lu tio n ary in tim a tely told m e la st D ecem ber from our sheep-pen the said paper,
fight ju n k erth u m as th e ir enem y;
talk in g agatyist w a r; for talk in g for m ent and any person in a u th o rity to com m unist was in favor of resistin g th a t his personal m ail, which am ount- because it is fo sterin g an ti-d raft pro G E R M A N S O C IA L IS T S
but th ey would r a th e r a thousand
U N IT E D , B R IT O N SAYS
u n iv ersal b ro th e rh o o d ; for rea d in g : th e b a r of public opinion, and a t all file invasion of France. Indeed, it ed to about 100 le tte rs a w eek a t th e paganda in S e attle and o th e r Pacific
tim es have a ju n k erth u m th an a
London, Oct. 29.—A rth u r H en d er | rev o lu tio n ary governm ent.
in public th a t p a rt of th e co n stitu tio n tim es to know and discuss all th e m ay be a sse rte d th a t up to the end tim e he retu rn ed from K ienthal, bad N orthw est points.
of 1914 the F rench S ocialist party , risen in 1916 to 3,000 le tte rs , m ost of
The paper says it has long felt th a t son. th e labor m em ber of th e B ritish ! It is ours to w atch and w ait. Tim e
w hich g u a ra n te e s th e rig h t of free facts of governm ent and society,
w ar cabinet, who resigned b e c a u s e :
speech, free p ress, th e rig h t peace-
Is it not tru e th a t w ealth and priv- politically, had no m inority faction, them from soldiers, com m ending him it “ was not receiving due and prop- the governm ent refused to issue pass- wiR tell- But, ju st as surely as Rus-
i e r recognition of its in trin sic m erit. oorts to E nglish deleg ates to th e j sla o v erth rew czarism . G erm any will
ahly to assem b le and petitio n th e , ilege n ev er b e a r a fair sh a re of the T he la tte r was organized for action for his stan d on the w ar.
by
c
e
rta
in
fo
rm
er
rev
olutionary
So-
W
orking
quietly
in
th
e
background
T h ere a re a t p rese n t 105 copies of Stockholm conference, declares in an
gov ern m en t; for “ blocking tra ffic " burdens of governm ent or w ar? Is
overthrow ju n k erth u m —an d will not
cialists
and
a
few
new
a
d
h
e
re
n
ts,
have
been
o
th
e
r
and
m
ore
able
th
e F ed e ra tio n ist going to th e U nited interview th a t th e allied governm ents
w hile m aking a sp eech ; fo r d iso b e y -! it not tru e th a t in tim e of w ar v ast
stop there. And th a t is w here tho
Of th ese the m ost in- S tates. Of th ese 68 are exchanges, will probably discover th a t th ey have
ing an o rd er of a policem an, an o rd er p ro fits alw ays have been m ade by a fte r the long deadlock on th e w estern lead ers.
m ade a m istak e in p rev en tin g the decades of in cessan t Socialist te a c h
th a t th e co u rt a d m itte d th e police- sp ecu lato rs in food and in supplies fro n t had m ade it cle a r th a t th e w ar fluential probably is Je an Longuet, 14 are paid su b scriptions to points in- pronosed g a th e rin g —th a t is. if they ing will bear its w-onderful fru it.
m an had no rig h t to m ak e ; for in- i and tra n s p o rta tio n ? If we m u st have would la s t for years, if not for an a deputy for th e d e p a rtm e n t of th e side th e s ta te of W ashington, and 23 really desired to w eaken th e G erm an
C apitalism w ants a quick “ knock
Seine.
a re Paid su b scriptions to points out- m ilita ry caste.
suiting th e U n ited S ta te s uniform co nscription of m en, of hum an life, e n tire generation.
o
u
t”, and then peace. But peace will
H enderson contends th a t th e m a
L onguet’s fa th e r w as a noted side th a t sta te . And we a re assu red
T he first public ste p w as tak e n
when p ro te stin g a g a in st soldiers and ; le t us h av e also, conscription of prop-
not
end it. P eace will u sh er in the
jo rity and m inority factions of So-
sailors b rea k in g up peaceful m eet- j e rtv o r incom es. L et us e lim in ate by th re e d ep u ties—P ie rre Brizon, F rench radical, who lived in London bY governm ent ag en ts th a t an ‘anti- c ialists in G erm any a re equally op-j social revolution; and R ussia and
ings, claim in g th a t all th e se th in g s w ar p rofiteering. L et us rem em ber, Ratfin-D ugens and A lexandre B lanc— for a long tim e, w here he m arried d raft pro p ag an d a’ h a s been carried posed to th e w ar. and th a t if they G erm any, side bv side, will be th e
have got direct word from the
a re diso rd erly conduct, tending to a also, th a t idle land m eans h u n g rv who w ent to Sw itzerland in 1915 th e d a u g h te r of K arl M arx. Je an on in S e a ttle and o th e r N orthw est could
re p re se n ta tiv e s of the w orkers in e re a te s t po* Prs in 3,1 thp wor,d
breach of th e peace.
m en and wom en and children. As a for the purpose of holding conferen- was born in Ixmdon. T he fam ily p oints.’ It m ust have been serious the allied and n eu tral countries, it ' m a^’e Hie world over safe for hum an-
W e a re all w alking in th e shadow w ar m easure, let us force every acre ces w ith G erm an Socialist leaders, retu rn ed to P a ris w hen he was still or th ese ‘governm ent a g e n ts ’ would w as th e ir plain duty to m ake a fight ity
of w ar. Most of us. how ever, h a v e
into its fullest econom ic use,
so th a t M eetings took place In th e villages a child, but not before he had re- not have noticed it. And 14 paid for for th e im m ediate enforcem ent of > T he next m oves will be w atche.l
.
our eyes on th e s ta r s
of peace
and food m ay be produced to th e great- ! of K ienthal and Zim m erw ald. W hat
eeived a solid grounding in E nglish, copies and less th an h alf a dozen ex dem ocracy, and th a t thev would be !
supported in everv way by the d e m -; " th fpar and trp m b ,ia F by p l u to c r a t
liberty, and because a few a re arti- e s t e x te n t possible,
so th a t none
will program , if any. w as adopted nev er T oday he is one of th e few m en in changes to the whole s ta te of W ash-
ocracies of o th e r countries.
T he a '* OVPr Hie w orld; they will be
culate, ex p ressin g our hopes and o v r be w ithout sufficient.
i h as been m ade public, but it is known F ren ch politics who has a p e r f e c t, *ngton, and but 105 copies to th e ju n k e rs would soon have felt th e ir w atched w ith confidence by th e w ork
d esires, judges a re sen d in g them lo
D on’t leave e v ery th in g to th e mili- 1 th a t the outlook for peace and th e r e - ' com m and of th e E nglish language .w h o l e U nited S ta te s, has th u s caused pow er slipping;. H enderson believes e rs all over th e w orld, who know
th e p en iten tiary , to th e w orkhouse, ta ry and naval a u th o rities. T his is
su rrectio n of th e In te rn atio n a l w ere In priv ate life he is a law yer, w ith a Hie republic to so rock upon its foun- th a t, as th e S ocialists co n stitu te zbe M’h at th ey m ean.
flning them , tak in g th e ir p ro p erty , still a governm ent of th e people, frankly discussed.
larg e m etropolitan practice, and he dations,
th at
even
‘governm ent m ost pow erful p arty in G erm any, '.he
M ichaelis is as m uch an insignific
allies ought to recognize it.
and even o rd erin g them d e p o rted lo M ilitary and naval plans and opera- I T he u p ro ar caused in F ran ce by h a s been a freq u en t co n trib u to r
to a g e n ts' noticed it, and th e a s sis ta n t
ant pawn as w as S tu rm er. But he
R ussia, th e new hom e of Democrn- tions, w hile being executed, should, th ese conferences h as not y et died th e radical p ress.
d istric t a tto rn e y felt im pelled to call
T he death penalty has rec e n tly seem s d estined to he as im portant
T his
cy. If C h rist gave o ut th e Serm on p erh ap s, be censored, but criticism down. Brizon.
Raffin-Dugens
and
* * *
upon ‘d e p a rtm e n t’ Burleson to come been abolished in M issouri.
as the R ussian, in being th e im m e
on th e M ount H e would be sen ten ced m u st be free, so th a t th e civilian p a rt ¡ Blanc w ere called tra ito rs by th e
Je an L onguet is a g re a t in ternatio- to tb e rescu e and exorcise the m akes eleven Rtates in all w here d iate cause of the liberation of tho
punishm ent by death m ay not be le
to th e w orkhouse for six m onths. A re of governm ent shall keep Its h ands 1 bourgeoisie, and w ere o stracised by ‘ nalist. T h ere a re m any who reg ard , dam ned thing, 14 copies of which had gally inflicted.
world.— (New York Call.)
LIBERTY AND WAR
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