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Show f S WILSON IS OUR TO KEEP IT OF MIR rmer Secretary Bryan Is Wong Speakers Before Convention of Friends of Peace. HICAT.O. Sept. Prolonged applause MM) William J. Bryan during hla ad-a ad-a btfOIt the national convention of Kriends of Peace today when he want you to be thankful that this ntry's president loves peace and la ng with every means at his disposal reserve our country's peace." "lorUy before the delegates bjui cheered gressman Henry Vollmer of Iowa R.ln and again while he attacked the ..Unistration for permit ting shipments war munitions from America to Eu- -th spoke at the afternoon session, concluding buslnea meeting of the rent ion. fore adjourning, the convention in-ted in-ted its officers to make known to -idem Wilson and congress the pur-s pur-s of the Friends of Peace aa em-ien1 em-ien1 in resolutions adopted at the ning session. ?edom of Seas. ie resolutions, which were styled "A declaration of Independence," made formal demand for an embargo on lit ions of war. but declared for the dom of the seas to all commerce, in-lng in-lng that with all belligerent nauons, opposed manufacture of death-dealing " '.ements for profit. le officers also were Instructed to v up bills embodying these principles presentation to t lie next congress. Oie best applause-gathering incident he convention took place at the after-l after-l session, when Jermiah A. O'Leary sew York, one of the speakers, called Rev. G. C. Berkemeir, a German-?rican German-?rican delegate, and the Rev. J. H. S. erville, an Anglo-American delegate, he speaker's stand and requested n to clasp hands as a visible refuta- . of charges that the convention was o-German gathering. ie Rev. Mr. Berkemeir, a Lutheran C' ster. clasped the Rev. Mr. Somerville. C Episcopalian rector, in his arms and ed him on both cheeks, while the ,. ence burst into frantic applause. an's Speech. " Bryan confined his address to a jssion of the ethics of warfare, the " ssity. as he described it. of the ed States keeping out of the present hie and of the duties of citizens in g ail in their power not to endanger "country's peace. In part, he said: We must not be too hasty to crlt-se crlt-se those in official positions, who. n I know from experience, are often represented and misunderstood. think the president has not alwavs en given full credit for hie efforts preserve peace. Tou will recall at when I resigned from the cabi-t cabi-t I said that the president and I -I not differ in our desJre to rnain-.n rnain-.n peace, but only as to the means the end. rlt behooves all of us to maintain erance and charitv In the move-m move-m for peace, and to invite co- re ration from all. This war proves that preparedness rie.nat a preventative of war. J; -s War Not Wanted. ' have been speaking and travel -; in the central states of the upper ssissippi valley, and from what I ar I believe the people do not want x. Tou can't make the people pre-re pre-re for war until you can convince ;m that this country is about to Invaded. want to warn you that you can-t can-t transplant to America the hatreds it are vexing Europe unless vou -a prepared to eat of the fruit of 'the 'I'- f the dogs of war must fight In rope, let them fight. But let us old hydrophobia In this country, t will be Impossible for one aide the European conflict to annihilate i other, as has been suggested. One e cannot dictate permanent terms settlement to another. They must together, and they might as well It at once. f we ever have war I demand that j jingo editors of this country make the front line of battle. There is a difference between one's ht and one's duty. Sometimes it ;a citizen's duty not to exercise his hts. Citizens should keep out of 3 danger zone of the European lflict. America must remain neutral so as M preserve the useful task of medla-Bfc medla-Bfc for herself after the war Is over. ' liner Attacks Wilson. ngressman Vollmer, In his address. - :ed the fact that he had helped to 'duce in congress an act providing -nn embargo on shipments of muni-ri muni-ri abroad. He said he still stood for tact, and that, far from being un-fc.Tal. un-fc.Tal. as Its opponents had charged, ."country could not be honestly neutral V out it. o be neutral." said Mr. Vollmer, "Is to pretend to be willing to herp both A- "when we are perfectly aware that Hrside cannot get our help. This is Pt our worthy president once called P bt neutrality,' In the case of Mex-vft Mex-vft Why can not he see It that way In Vaw of Germany? Ii the eyes of official Washington. Lean kulture must be regarded as SU-:3r SU-:3r to German kulture; at least It gets id preference in our foreign policy." |