Iditarod pioneer., 1915-04-03
MEET OF NEUTRAL LEAGUE
 CAPTURED BY GERMANS

CHICAGO, Feb. 7.-J. J. O'Leary of New York, president of the American Truth So ciety, denounced England, pleaded for Ger many and ridiculed the United States at 6 mass meeting here today under the auspices of the American Neutrality League. The avoWed purpose of the meeting was the promotion of peace, and large crowd at. tended, great percentage of the audiencce being Germans.
 q believe it was right in this hall that William J. Bryan, cur gifted secretary oi state, proclaimed that the Republican party was trying to cruelty the people of this country upon cross of gold" MT. O'Leary said. He is now trying to cruelty the fatherlands of more than 25,000000 of oul people upon cross of British gold.
 There was hissing at the mention of Mir Bryan's name, and the chairman of the meeting arose and declared he would leave the platform unless neutrality was pre- served.
 Gustave Schvan, Swedish lecturer, who was to have been one of the chief speakers told the audience he had sat in shame listen ing to the intlammatory speeches.
 He was lot Tn sympathy with the spirit shown, he said, and would not have come to the meeting had he foreseen the character 1t was to assume
 Frank Buchanan, labor leader, was met with hoots and catcaIls when he defended the sincerity of purpose of MT. Bryan
 While l may not agree with the secre- tary of state" he said q do believe in his sincerity in his work for peace, and 1 be- leve he will be able to do some work that will be valuable. You are not going to make progress by appealing to prejudice. :
 The Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones, pastor of All Souls church, who had been asked tc act as chairman, arrived half an hour late When he reached the Coliseum he saw the f. sidewalk lined with men selling banners bearing pictures of the German emperor the German eagle, and the inscription
 Deutschland Uber Alles"
 O'Leary was speaking amid applause when Dr. Jones entered the hall German ban, ners hung from the galleries and the ban Eers of German societies numbering l5C decorated the space about the speaker American flags were outnumbered. Dr. Jones pleaded for a place for the allies flags.
 "Where $ the rose of England" ?" he de manded. Why is the French flag not there Where is the Russian flag"
 Put them all there, I say If this is 2 pro-German and an anti British meeting and mind you, my attitude would be the same if it were pro-British and anti German I have no place here, and respectfully beg leave to withdraw"
 Before the arrival of Dr. Jcnes the meet ing adopted the declarations of the princi ples of neutrality adopted at Washington in conference of various organizations a; we'll as formal resolutions protesting agains the export of arms ammunition and muni i tions of war, calling for the national con trol of the manufacture of weapons and fol | peace and harmony on the promotion O neutrality without arousing animosities. Th' resolutions deprecated the use of alrship as means of dropping bombs or othel missiles of destruction on unforufed anC l nCn-militant communities.
 After the meeing many of those presen paraded he streets singing Die Wacht An | Rhein."