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Show mass peace;meet-ing peace;meet-ing vehybbucose Chlcngo, Feb. 9 Moro than 15,000 men and women Jammed their wny Into tho Coliseum today for a monster mon-ster mass meeting, under tho auspices auspic-es ot the American Neutrality league, tho purpose of which Is to keep the United States neutral nnd to bring about ultlmato pcaco among the warring nations. 'Fiery speeches wero mado by some who severely criticized tho administration adminis-tration and certain American Interests, Inter-ests, which they accused of humiliating humili-ating thl3 country to aid Great Brit-aln. Brit-aln. Others took a fling at preceding preced-ing speakers and argued that strict neutrality or peaco nover could bo accomplished through demonstrations of racial projudlco and attacks on either this government or thoso involved in-volved In tlio European strife Tho meeting wns mado up of Irish, Germans nnd Austro Hungarians. At J tho end of tho mooting, representatives representa-tives of Gorman societies formed n I column, nearly 2000 strong and sing ing tholr national hymns, marched through tho loop. Tho meeting unanimously adopted resolutions en ling upon the government govern-ment to stop tho shipment of ammunition ammun-ition to any of the warring nntlons nnd asking tho American pcoplo to aid tho administration and to refrain from expressing violent animosity or violent friendship for either ot the belligerents. England Denounced J. J. O'Leary of Now York, presldont presl-dont of tho American Truth Society denounced England, pleaded for Germany Ger-many and ridiculed tho United States. "I believe that It was right In this hall that William J. Bryan, our gifted gift-ed eecrotnry of stato, proclaimed that tho Republican party was trying try-ing to crucify tho pcoplo of this country coun-try upon a cross of gold," Mr. O'Lcnry said. "Ho Is now trying to crucify tho fathor'nnd of more than 25,000,000 of our people upon a cross of British gold." Thero was hissing at tho mention of Mr. Brynn's nnnio and tho chair-man chair-man of the meeting aroso and declared declar-ed ho would lenvo tho platform unless un-less neutrality woro presorved. |