The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-07
APPLAUSE
 IN CHICAGO WHEN
 HYPHENATES KISS
Audience Cheers Bryan When He Says President Is Trying to Preserve
 Peace

Chicago. September 6-Prolonged ap- plause greeted William J. Bryan during his address before the national conven- tion of the Friends of. Peace today, winch he said:
 'I want you to be thankful that this countrys President loves peace and is trying, with every means at his disposal, to preserve our -eouatry's peace.'' Shortly before the delegates had cheered Congressman Henry vollmer of Iowa. when he attacked the administration for permitting shipments of war munitions from America to Europe
 Before adjourning the convention in structed its officers to make known to President Wilson and Congress the pur- poses of the Friends of Peace as embodied in resolutions adopted at the morning session.
 The resolutions. styled. "A new declara- tion of independence,' made TO formal demand for an embargo on war muni- tions. but declared for the freedom of the seas to all commerce, including that with all bclligerent nations, and opposed man ufacture of death-dealing implements for pi oft.
 The officers also were instructed to draw up bills embodying these resolutions for presentation to the next Congress
 Hyphenates Embrace
 The best applause segathering incident of the convention was when Jeremiah A.. O'Leary of New York, one of the speak, ers called the Rev. c. c. Burkmier & German-American delegate, and the Rev J. H. $. Somerville. an Anglo-American delegate, to the speakers stand and re- quested them to clasp hands as a visible refutation of charges that the conven- tfon was a pro-German gathering.
 The Rev. Berkmier. Lutheran minis ter. clasped the Rev. Somerville, an Epis- copalian rector. in his arms and kissed him on both checks The audience burst into frantic applause.
 MT. Bryan confined his address to a dis cussion of the ethics of warfare. the ne- cessity, as he described it, of the United States keeping out of the present trouble and of the duties of citizens in doing all in their power not to endanger the country's peace. '
 We must not be too nasty 10 criticize those in official positions who as know From experience. are often misrepresent- ed and misunderstood he said
 Il think the President has not always been given full credit for his efforts to preserve peace. You will recall that when resigned from the cabinet said that the President and did not differ in our desire to maintain peace, but only as to the means to the end.
 Tt behooves all of us to maintain toi- erance and charity in the movement for peace and to invite cooperation from all
 Preparedness Not Preventative
 This war proves that preparedness is not preventative of war.
 T have been speaking and travelling in the central states of the upper Missis- slppi valley. and from what I hear | believe the people do not want war You can't make the people prepare for war until you can convince them this coun- try is about to be invaded
 T want to warn you, you can't trans plant to America the hatreds vexing Eu- rope unless you are prepared to eat of the fruit of the tree.
 If the dogs of war must fight in Eu- rope, let them fight. But let us avoid hydrophobia in this country
 Tt will be impossible for one side in the European conflict to annihilate the other. as has been suggested One side cannot dictate permanent terms of set clement to another. They must get to- gether. and they migth as well do it at once.
 If we ever have war I demand that the jingo editors of this country make up the front line of battle.
 There is a difference between ones right and ones duty. Sometimes 1t is a citixen's duty not to exercise his rights Citizens should keep out of the danger zone of the European conflict
 America must remain neutral so as to preserve the useful task of mediation for herself after the war is over.'
 Congressman vollmer, in his address. recited the fact that he had helped to introduce in Congress an act providing for an embargo on shipments of mu- nitions abroad. He said he still stood for the act, and that far from being unneutral, as It's opponents had charged the country could not be honestly neutral without It. V