Denver labor bulletin., 1915-08-21

the Friends of Peace which is to hold a
convention in Chicago, September and
g. winding up in a grand peace demon
stration on Labor Day. 1t is planned
that the overwhelming number of at
tendants at the convention will be sui
| ficient proof of the popular sentiment
in this country against war.
| The Friends of Peace is a central
body representing many affiliated organ
izations of every class, religion and
creed, all pledged to do their utmost to
| prevent this country from being drawn
| into the maelstrom of the war. 1t is
| a direct outgrowth of the peace agita-
| ton which has been gathering momen-
| tum thruout the country, and which was
expressed SO overwhelmingly at the mass
meetings at Madison Square garden,
New York. June "a, attended by 100000
persons and at San Francisco, July 4,
attended by $4,000. The necessity for
the movement is based on these allega-
| tions:
That there is strong evidence of
deliberate plot to involve this nation in
the European war.
War influences at Work.
That any sensible person knows that
no nation of Europe is seeking war with
America at this time, when each has all
| il can bear i'm the existing struggle, and
| that if we become involved it will be
entirely at the instigation of our mill
tarist agitators.
That the same subtitle influences which
dragged the Italian kingdom into the
war against the peoples will is at work
in America and along identical lines.
That the millionaire clique are loudest
Ias. an bNH
the triple incentive to avenge the death
of one OF their members. to enhance
| their power over the cOmmonality. aud
to make good their loans to England,
which loans England has threatened to
repudiate il she should lose the war.
That the capitalist controlled pre-
has been made the medium for stirring
up a war fever in this country, just a
was the case i'll Italy, and that the news
and editorial columns OF these jingo pa
pers allege a war sentiment which does
not exist. that the efforts OF the jingo
press to arouse the people to favor war
has failed utterly and that if a vote
were taken. nine -tenths OF the people
would be for peace.
Headquarters of the Friends of Peace
have been established at $50 Nassau
street. New York. rooms 70S-7l0. West
ern headquarters are located in Chicago,
and Chicago peace loving societies have
been given charge of all the local ar
rangements of the convention including
tue reception of delegates, who are going
to be so numerous that they willlfill
| every hotel in Chicago. -.7s.3f
Friends of Peace Organizations.
Among the organizations competing
the Friends of Peace are these: Amer
lean Independence Union, American HUI
manty League, American Truth Society,
German American Peace Society, United
Irish American Societies, American Fair
Play Society, and number of labor or
ganizations and religious societies. The
affiliated societies so far enlisted, num-
Der about 50. New ones are coming in
daily and il is expected that the number
will reach 200 before the date OF the
Chicago convention. More than two nil
lion people are represented in the pres
ent membership.
1t is expected that the National Peace
convention in Chicago will be attended
by 10000 delegates representing every
element of American nationalism and
every section of the country
An announcement issued at the Friends
of Peace headquarters is as follows:
Strong evidence of the existence of a
preconceived and carefully designed plot
to involve this nation in the European
war makes it necessary for all loyal
Americans to awaken to the exigencies
of the hour, to pledge their adherence to
| the tenets laid down by our forefathefs
| that Americas safety lies in peace ana
! unity and freedom from any "entangling
| alliances
Financial Interests Are Busy.
1t SO happens that there is certain
element of our wealthy classes, who,
| thru association or descent, or merely
| financial reasons. are in favor of abro-
| eating our traditional stand for peace
and independent action. The great fl
| nancial interests, those who profit by
loaning money and supplying war matte
rials for prolongation and extension Of
the war, have succeeded in enlistng most
of the metropolitan press on their side.
| Tho few are so bold as to come out
| openly and declare for war their tbin1y
concealed intent daily becomes more APP
parent TO intelligent citizens.
Common sense tells us that no nation
at this time is seeking or likely to GEEK
war with America. We on our side
know we can keep out of the war by adj
herring to our policies unless we are
misled by those to whom it is a matter
of dollars and cents to mislead us.
1t is the desire to make the peace con-
vention as representative as possible Of
our cosmopolitan population. Invitations
to send delegates are being extended to
political societies of all parties, to church
congregations and religious organizations
of every denomination, to civic and re-
form bodies, women's clubs, and organi-
zations of citizens of foreign birth and
extraction. As the blood Of all nations
go into the melting pot to make The
American nationalism, we want the blood
of all nations to be represented in this
convcntion.