Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-05
Long Protest
is Made Public,

Boston, Jan. A lengthy protest by
members of the Advisory Board of the
jamestown Exposition against 1.-THE di-
version of the exposition to the service
of nliiitarism,' was made public here
tonight. The protest is made by Carol!
ID. Wright. president IF Clark College
Edwin u. Mead and Rev. Edward F,v-
crett Hale ID. d.. Of Boston, Cardinal
James Gibbons Of Baltimore. John
Mitchell. president of the United Mine
Workers of America. Miss Jane Adams
Of Chicago. Miss NJ. Carey Thomas,
president of Bryn Mawr College, Will
liam Couper. the New York sculptor,
Prof. Charles Zuchlin Of the Univor-
sity Of Chicago. and others.
The document i'll part is a follows:
The cXtravagdnt militarism of The
program cf the coming jamestown Ex-
position. as developed and disclosed
during the last few months is pro-
found shock to a great body Of the
American people. In one of the official
issues If the official organ Of the exno-
siti0n there is published conspicuouslv
list of the attractions of the coming
exposition.
I-SiltttI w I'M lt'IIlS. HtdilN Ill IT,
latinG to the proposed naval and mill
tary display. ar" given. Among them
are
'Grcat"st military spectacle that the
world has eVe~ seen. srandest naval
rcni .Zvnus in history. magnificent pro-
dCCtion Of war scenes, reproduction of
the famous battle between the Monitor
and Nerrlmac at the place where that
battle was fought The greatest gath
cring of warships in the history of the
world: moro nombers of royalty Of diff
ferent countries than ever assembled
in peace or war: the grandest military
AMI naval celebration ever attempted
in any age by any nation: a great liv-
ing picture Of war with all its enticing
spenGors."
The protest continues:
eve believe that the knowledge Of
this program. which is one Of the
many statements in the eXpOsitiOn'S
Journal and bulletins in these months
has come to throc-QuarterS of the
American people as n great surprise. 1t
IS n program utterly different from that
given when the plan Of the jamestown
Exposition was first submitted to the
people. when 4 large body of men and
women whom We honor We're with our
selves. invited to place upon its adj
viscry board, and when the various
states were asked for and granted large
financial support to insure its shccess
"That an international naval and
military celebration was to have con-
spicnous place in the expositions pro-
1,-( ~,
granting aid for that purpose in 1905.
WAS we'll known. and was conventional
" proper. but the purpose to make this
great exposition primarily naval and
military spectacle. to intoXicate the
American people for six months by a
great living picture of war with all
of its cnticing splcn@lors. encouraging
the notion that war was Il thing Of
splcndor. n pageant and game instead
Of q horror and today almost inVarla-
l,v a crime was not known. was not
avowcd and has clearly been gradu-
ally evolving purpose, whose carrying
out. as now advertised. can only work
immense mischief to the country. We
solernly protest against 1t. -.
Gould our counsel at this hour pre-
of the amount now appropriated for
showing the American people the
snIcndors of war be withdrawn from
that office. whether the aportionment
of money be by the exposition author
ity or Congress authority and devoted
to showing them the splendors of jus
tice.
We appeal to all those in any way
resconsibly associated with the COM
ing exposition. who feel the meaning
Of the word America and who divine
the significance of the international
hour which is now striking, to unite IN
an effort to avert this humiliation from
the republic and in this effort we be-
lieve that they will have the support
of everything that is enlightened, faith
flu, and sound in American public SEN
timent."