Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-08
BITTER ATTACK
ON ENGLAND At
PEACE MEET|NG
President of American Truth
Society Says Effort Is Be-
ing Made to Cruelty Faith
erland Upon Cross of Cold

isr MORNING JouaHtL ssEcIAs Nsssso wIRsI
Chicago, Feb. III. ]. O'Leary of
New York, president of the Amerl-
can Truth society, denounced Eng
land, pleaded for Germany and ridi-
culed the United States, at a mass
meeting here today, under the aus
piees of the American Neutrality
league. The avowed purpose of the
meeting was the promotion of peace.
and a large crowd attended, a great
percentage Of the audience being
Germans
Il believe ii was right in this hall
that William j. Bryan, our gifted sec
Rotary OF state, proclaimed that the
republican party was trying to cruci-
fly the people of this country upon a
cross of gold" Mr.. O'Leary said. He
is now trying TO cruelty the father
lands of more than 25.000,000 of our
people upon a cross of British gold"
There was kissing at the mention
of Mr. BryaH's name and the chair
man of the meeting arose and de-
clared he would leave the platform
unless neutrality were preserved.
Swedc Lecturer Protests.
Gustavus schyan. a Swedish lee
turer, who was to have been one Of
the chief speakers, told the audience
he had sat in shame listening to the
iniiammatory speeches, He was not
in sympathy with the spirit shown,
he said, and would not have come to
the meeting had he foreseen the
character it was to assume.
Frank Buchanan. labor leader
was met with boots and cat calls
when he defended the sincerity Of
purpose of Mr. Bryan
while | may not agree with the
secretary OF state,r he said, Il do
believe in his sincerity in his work
for peace and l believe he will be
able to do some work that will be
valuable You are not going to make
progress by appealing to prejudice"
Appeals for Fairness.
The Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones, pas
tor of All Souls church, who had
been asked to act as chairman, ar
rived half an hour late When he
reached the coliseum, he found the
sidewalk lined with men selling ban
ners bearing pictures of the German
emperor the German eagle and the
inscription Deutschland uber allies
O'Leary was speaking, amid APP
plause. when DIR. Jones entered the
hail German banners hung from the
gallery and the banners of German
societies, numbering $50, decorated
the space about the speaker. Ameri-
can flags were outnumbered.
DR. Jones pleaded for place for
the allies flag. Where is the rose
of England" he demanded. why is
the French flag not here2 Where is
the Russian flag q
Pleads for Neutral Meeting.
Put them all there, say II this
Is pro-German and an anti British
meeting--and mind you, my attitude
would he the same II il were pro-
British and auti-Germans--I have no
place here and respectfully beg leave
to withdraw"
Before the arrival of DR. Jones.
the meeting adopted the declarations
of the principles of neutrality adopt
ed az Washington in O conference of
various organizations, as well as
formal resolutions protesting against
the export Of arms, ammunition and
munitions of war; calling for the ma
tional control Of the manufacture OF
weapons, and for peace and harmony
IN the promotion Of neutrality with
out arousing animosities. The resolH-
tions deprecated The use OF airships
as means Of dropping bombs or
other missiles Of destruction on un-
fortified aud non-military communl-
Ties.
After the meeting. many Of those
present paraded the streets singing
die Nacht Am Rhein.