The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-13
PEACE MEETING
SCENE OF DISORDER
When Attempt Was Made To Adopt
Resolutions Urging Senate to Rati-
fly the France and England
Treaties.

| New York, Dec l3.--A riotous out
break interrupted a large mass meeting
| keld at Carnegie hall last night in sup
port Of the arbitration treaties which
| President Taft has proposed with Eng
land and France. Twenty-eight reserve
policemen were hurried to the hall and
eight persons were forcibly elected.
The outbreak occurred after Nicholas
Murray Butler, president Of Columbia
university, had read resolutions urging
the Senate to ratify the treaties, and
Alfonso G. Koelble, Of the German.Amer-
lean Citizens League Of the State Of
New York, stepped to the front Of the
platform and moved that the majority
resolution of the United States Senate
committee on foreign relations be adopt.
ed as a substitute for the declarations
contained in the Butler resolution.
"This declaration Is not promoter
OF peace, but d breeder of war" he ex.
claimed, and the words were scarcely
out of his mouth when men jumped to
either side of the stage and raised their
hands in an apparent signal, whereupon
pandemonium was let loose in the up
per galleries.
Cat calls, yells, groans and Kisses made
il impossible for Chairman Joseph IL.
Choate TO proceed with the meeting.
-Four hundred prominent men were seat
ed on the platform and they were as
founded at the outbreak A large group.
OF them held conferences for more than
ten minutes while pandemonium still
reigned. One man on the platform
jumped up and shouted as loud as he
could: "That packed gallery is com
posed of lot of towards"
AT this the shouts in the gallery be.
came louder and megaphones were
brought into use. Women in evening
dress in the boxes jumped to their feet
in fright. In the midst of the noise,
Chairman Choate announced that the
Butler resolutions had been unanimous.
ly adopted. The persons in the main
part Of the auditorium took this as a
signal for counter demonstration,
jumped to their feet, shouted their ap.
prevail and waved their handkerchiefs
and hats.
Andrew Carnegie was down on the
program as the next speaker, but he
sat in apparent amazement at the
demonstration and, in his place, Rabbi
Stephen Wise asked for hearing. He
was met with such cries as "shut up"
and throw him OUT from the gal
leries Above it all he shouted II warn
you people in the gallery that no PEG.
pie in the world will feel so badly at
the result of this meeting tonight as
the Irish leaders in the English parlia-
ment."
His reference brought forth an even
stronger combination of groans and
bowls. Koelble, whose resolution had
precipitated the riot, called to the peo-
pie in the gallery to show spirit of
fair play, but bis appeal was in vain.
Believing from megaphones continued
and both Koelble and Wise gave up the
attempt to speak. Chairman Choate was
equally unsuccessful The police reserves
reached the gallery by this time and
elected the leaders of the disturbing ele-
ment, but no arrests were made. Chair
man Choate announced that the meet
ing would be adjourned. A dozen men
on the platform tried to assist him in
restoring order. He said
"The action of the gallery here to-
night has done more to cause the rati-
fication of these peace treaties than all
the peace speeches that could be made
during the evening. In virtue of my
authority as chairman of this meeting,
l declare the meeting adjourned without
the audience listening to the speeches
of the other two gentlemen"