The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-30
RUSSELL KISSED As
he PLEADS DEFENCE
Socialist Leader Warns Fcl.
low Members ~ Party Of
GermSny's Aims.
TELLS or JAPAN'S REAT

In the face Of q storm Of Kisses
Charles Edward Russell, a national
leader Of the Socialist PARTY. declared
last night at tho annual dinner Of the
intercollegiate Socialist Society that the
United states mus build the worlds
greatest armament or be overwhelmed.
The Kisses came from the advocates OF
International disarmament. which most
Socialists are. The dinner was held In
Palm Garden. 100 East Ffty-eighth
street.
"As long az We have a competitive
system we will have war; said Mr..
Russell. You may talk against II vn.
Ill you are black In the face you are
bound to have It. II we are going to
have war we are going to have the
tools Of var II you don want to see
the country plunged into wsr erradi-
cate he cause OF war.
we can gee rising the most colossal
empire the world has even seen we can
see It stretching from the North Sea
to the Bosporus and the sues Canal
an empire Of 1850 900 people backed
by tremendous wealth and pledged to
become "A world empire. Misses. ]
Thank you for those Kisses you will
have more to hiss about before I get
through.
No Faith In German Treaties.
What is the use Of taking about
treaties? There are no more treaties
that Germany Is bound to respect. Ger
many will not respect new ones any
more than II will respect the treaty with
Belgium or the Luxembourg treaty.
Because I have told you the truth
about Germany ! am termed heretical
and threatened with expulsion from the
Socialist party. II | called Germany
the great liberator | would tie hailed AZ
a great Socialist.
w must either disband our army.
tear down our ports m tell everybody
an armament better than the best.
Iiisses)."
At this point John Spargo. also a So.
cialist leader. jumped up and yelled:
stop acting like geese an snakes
Let us stop this kissing"
Russell kept on There is no middle
ground. no place for moderate prepared
ness-we must go the whole game. You
may preach he doctrine Of non-resist-
ance. but you will never get the Ameri.
can people to accept II. The moment
| the country is attacked the great Amer
lean people will demand TO be led against
| III VII DuN VIC III uItpTCpdTSu
hundreds Of thousands OF unframed
soldiery will be put to slaughter-that is
the thing you face.
says Japan ThreateneA u. 8.
Two months ago Japan was on thu
point of attacking us. You haven't a sus
p.cion Of the situation. or what Wash
ington knows about II. The whole fee
was mobilixed and 1900 soldiers sen
to Corregidor. Tho sudden Intervention
of Great Britain :,revented
w are emlnently threatened with
war and we are without the tools to fgh
with. say America ought TO be de
Tended and bulwarked against imperial
ism and absolutism."
william English Wail!nS. answering
Mr.. Russell. said he and other Socialist.
disagree with MIR. Russell because the,
believe Germany has already been de
feated.
Jack London says that n he though
there was any chance OF Germany win
ming he would rush TO the trenches ant
die for the Allies" said Walling.
John spargo said that the United
States faces less danger to-day than a
any time during her history.
But we are asked by Russell 20 pa!
an increased premium for insuranc,
when there is decreased danger" he said
Russell asks us to increase the autoc
ncy and imperialism OF Europe. w,
want this nation 10 lead the world In a,
opposite direction Tho war may give al
nations an opportunity for disarmament
| want America to lead the way Il
freedom"