Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-06
Report Of Resolutions Com
mittee Also Laid Before
Chicago Convention.
WILL IGNORE QUESTION
OF MUNITIONS EMBARGO
But Project VIII Be Favored in Reso-
luton Presented Delegates
by J. J. Tobias.

y.
chief events scheduled for todays ses-
sions Of the friends Of peace.
Although 1t was understood that the
report Of the resolutions committee
| would ignore the subject Of an embargo
on war munitions for the use Of Euro
pean belligerents, J. J. Tobias, Chicago
peace delegate. had announced his in
tention to bring before the convention
a resolution declaring for an embargo.
Mr.. Tobias said he would present the
resolutions from the floor II necessary.
Numbers Of delegates said efforts to
have the convention declare for an en-
barge would fail. They said q majority
Of the delegates would vote against
such action.
Mr.. Bryan Won't be Bound.
Mr.. Bryan's agreement to address the
convention was not given until after a
conference with the executive commit
tee last night. The meeting was secret,
but later Henry weisman. ono Of the
leaders o fthe convention. said that Mr..
Bryan would speak with tho UNDER
standing that anything he might say
ton and anything the convention might
do would OF be binding on him.
Representatives Vollmer Of Iowa and
Porter of Pennsylvania were on today s
program for addresses.
Tribute to Woman Delegates.
The hrst session Of the convention.
which opened yesterday. was given
over largely to the woman delegates
as sentimental acknowledgment Of
the share women must play in the
speakers launched vigorous attacks on
manufacturers who are shipping NUM-
tons to belligerents. These attacks
were greeted by long and continued
x ripple of applause greeted the
reading Of bulletin announcing that
the Allan liner Hesperian had been
torpedoed by a German submarine, but
Immediately storm of Kisses drowned
out the applause. The bulletin, read by
Henry Weissman Of Chicago. chairman
tanned the erroneous statement that
500 lives had been lost. Later another
bulletin stating no lives had been lost
was read, and the delegates broke into
applause that lasted several minutes.
Mr.. Wefssman, after reading the bull
letin, said the action of the submarine
confirmed an opinion of his that reports
declaring Germany had acceded to the
ing submarine warfore, had been pub
lished solely to keep people from at
tending the convention of the Friends
of Peace, and that the lingo press" had
loaned its efforts to the movement
with that end in view.
Ethical Discussions Of War.
The speakers. including Mrs. William
R. Shepherd Of New York, confined
60 ~
war.
Rev. D. o. Berkemeier Of Mount YER
non. N. Y. charged that the influential
tempting to tncite the nations to war.
But the world is not all a slaughter
house." he added. THE plain people
don't want war. The plain people. the
God fearing people, who are not inter-
ested in manufacturing munitions. will
not stand for war"
Mr.. Berkemeier said the plain people
of Europe. whether Russian. German or
French, did not want war.
when we get at the facts" he de-
clared. we will find a handful of am
bilious and INSCRIPTIONS men respon-
sible for it all. And then we will curse
Grey and Asquith and Poincare and
Delcasse into the abyss of hell"
Outlines Purpose Of Convention.
Rev. P. volmer of Dayton, Ohio. de-
clared that the convention must do all
in it's power to carry out its purposes.
which he defined as follows:
To bring pressure to end this war.
To keep the American nation out of
war.
To establish permanent peace.
Mr.. Volmer said there was prevalent
a sentiment to 'let President Wilson
On 30
foreign negotiations was brought up.
That's wrong and it Is un-American,"
he said. I'VE must let our servants,
who handle the reins of our govern
ment for US. know what we want If
we want peace we must keep a watch
on them"
The speaker said he feared some
times that the administration was too
much influenced by the influential
represent the people. He said If it
were put to vote no community in the
country would declare for war. He
charged that there was an "unholy
trinity in the United States that is
trying to rush the country into war.
1T is composed Of the money and
war munitions trust. the lingo press in
many instances controlled by the NUM-
tons trust. and that type of rowdy
ing OF the Lusitanic and the Arabic"
he said.
John Brisben Walker Of New York
presided at last nights meeting and
spoke briefly.
Want Embargo on Arms.
Rev. Theodore B. Roth Of Greenville,
Pa, and Rev. F. P. Wilhelm Of King
ston. N. Y. last night delivered i'm
FASHIONED appeals for an embargo on
arms shipments to the belligerents.
Henry Weissman, chairman of the res
olutions committee, then outlined what
the course of the convention should be,
Mr.. Weissman said the Friends of
Peace Society was organized to keep
the United States away from war and
help bring about peace In Europe, at
the same time bringing about a true
neutrality on the part Of America.
However," he continued, I'VE must
give the lie to those slanderers who
would have US appear as the agents of
the German empire. To make all
Americans believe In US we must not
set one side against another. We must
not interfere with the processes of the
great American melting pot. We must
be moderate"