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Show lTELE(MMS POUR INiOJAPIlOL Official Washington Besieged ' by Pacifist and Anti-Pacifist Pilgrims. STREET PARADES DENIED Tremendous Efforts Made at Eleventh Hour to Influence Congress on War Issue. WASHINGTON, April 2. Pacifist and anti-pacifist pilgrims beseiged official of-ficial Washington today in an eleventh-hour effort to influence congress toward their respective views of im. pending war with Germany. Street parading was denied both by police orders, but the program of each called for unorganized sidewalk processions pro-cessions to the Capitol where senators and representatives might be canvassed can-vassed for their peace or war ideas. Simultaneously thousands of telegrams tele-grams from all parts of the country poured In upon the Capitol and White House, either praying for peace or urging drastic action to uphold American Ameri-can rights and .honor. Flags Are Everywhere. Flags floated from nearly every window in down-town Washington, from houses in the residential sec- j tions and all automobiles carried red, white and blue banners. Men and women wore flags on their coats and children carried them to school. The day was marked by a show of patriotic pa-triotic fervor seldom equalled in Washington. Most pacifists came hero from New York and other cities under the direction direc-tion of the Emergency Peace Federation. Federa-tion. They arranged a meeting this afternoon to act on resolutions and ' petitions and a mass meeting for tonight. to-night. The anti-pacifists, calling themselves "pilgrims of patriotism" came from a number of-eastern cities, marshalled by a New York citizens' committee to neutralize the effect of the anti-war forces. Special Trains for Washington. NEW YORK, April 2. Several thousand militants and nearly a thousand thou-sand pacifists filled a number of special spec-ial trains for Washington which left New York today beginning shortly after midnight. Although the advo-1 cates of peace were outnumbered they got away first, eight hours in ad-. vance of the first train bearing those who styled themselves "patriotic pilgrims," pil-grims," and who favor war. Each pacifist carried a white tulip and wore an arm band inscribed "Keep Out of War." Prof. Ellery C. Stowell of Columbia university, who led tho war pilgrims, said he expect-1 ed nearly 20,000 persons would go I from Now York on this errand. "Why should patriots go to Washington Wash-ington now?" begins a statement issued by tho committee in charge of the war pilgrims. The statement continues: "The hour has struck to put an end to the Prussian oligarchy and the houso of Hohenzollern There can be no peace, or democracy in the world until those enemies of democracy bite the dust" Pacifists' Antl-War Slogan. The delegations of pacafists assembled assem-bled at headquarters of the emergency peace federation and were furnished with white arm bands bearing in large black letters the inscription "Keep out of war." They were supplied also with cards to admit them to the business and mass meetings and the city addresses of their senators and representatives. The delegates were instructed to spend the morning calling upon their legislative legisla-tive representatives and urging them to tako no action that would lead to hostilities. Both pacifists and anti-pacifists anti-pacifists planned to attend the opening open-ing of congress at noon. Louis P. Lochner was directing the activities of tho pacifists. "If we should fail to prevent war," ho said, "wo will continue to work for peace just as certain people In England Eng-land have done all during this war in Europe." Foreigners Among Pacifists. About 1000 of the pacifists assembled assem-bled on the stops of the main entrance at tho capitol and became so active that squads of police drove them to the broad plaza, while small delegations delega-tions of the pilgrims jeered and hooted. hoot-ed. The pacifists shoujted replies and there was no mistaking foreign accents in the words of some of the shouters. There were a few clashes between tho two parties, but nothing in the nature of serious fighting or disorder. Somo of those in the crowd persisted persist-ed in breaking through the police lines and mounting the steps. Police reserves re-serves were called and the pacifists were forced back while the polico kept all norsons wearing pacifist insignia on the'movo. Allies of Kaiser. Senator Pomorene of Ohio, indignant indig-nant over arguments of an Ohio pacifist paci-fist delegation visiting him, told them: "You are tho best allies the kaiser has." Demand Ousting of Stone. Sonator Martin, Democratic leader, received petitions demanding tho ousting oust-ing of Senator Stone as chairman of the foreign relations committee because be-cause of his attitude on the armed ship bill, l |