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Show EAGE FINOS JENOUNGE WAR AS BARBAROUS eakers at Meeting Declare De-clare Conflict Is Abetted M by "Money and Munitions Mu-nitions Trust." I international Nfw? Service. -illOAGO. Sept. 5, Denouncing war ... i relic ot" barbarism and Qnjkrging the present war is the work of incus, deceitful men; that it is -lesale slaughter ot innocent men do not wish to f iffht ; that it is be aided and abetted by the "money war munition trust" of this eonn-the eonn-the speakers at the women's meet-"of meet-"of the Friends of Peace society to-m to-m at Medinah temple, made stirring jIi'aJs for peace here and abroad. ' !oe after another, the speakers, meD women alike, declared that the in-. in-. nee of women must swav the world -he side of peace, and one predicted h universal suffrage for women Md at once mean universal peace. er Announcement. veral times throughout the proline pro-line there were displays of strong - isan feeling on the part of both kers and audience. Cheers greeted - announcement of the sinkiug of Hesperian, but thev were quickly ked. re. Anna M. Sohaedler. chairman he women 's committee, formal lv , . ed the meeting with a brief arl-of arl-of welcome and introduced John klben Walker, national president of 'Friends of Peace organization. He in part: Mends of peace. I ask you to rise i register your silent vow to heaven liT u w our bare to end I system of militarism which makes . isible such a cataclysm, arly all rose, and when they resumed fJQ seats Mr. Walker continued: "mil the problem of militarism Is . ved, civilization hangs in the bal- e. Until the abolition of war is a t all other afTairs must sink into ienificance. This work you must " rin today. ore Is Created. nrj' "vVelsmann. general ehalnran, rffi ed a furore when he said: flf J have felt very dubious of the 'xypaper reports in the controlled ss regarding the alleged under-ending under-ending between thia country and ..many. have been far from certain that y are agreed upon the submarine - -icy. I have feared that these re-' re-' ts have been made to close the s of the people and to divert them " m this convention. 1 have in my ; :id now a press dispatch that ! makes rae think my fears are well I grounded. Here is the dispatch: "The White Star liner Hesperian has been sunk by a Herman submarine subma-rine and 750 people have been drowned." A tremendous roar of applause inter-rumed inter-rumed him. but he and all others on the speakers' platform raised their hands for silence- A moment toter he con-! con-! eluded his remarks and the meeting was declared adjourned when Patrick O Pon-nell Pon-nell of Chicago hurried to the platform and said: The last reports from the scene declare de-clare that Germany has kept faith with the United States and not one life has been lost. Another rousing cheer greeted this statement and then the audience filed out. |
