The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-04-14
THE PEACE meet
HELD in DETROIT
THE SPEAKERS OPPOSED ANY
PREPARATION FOR WAR BUT
"PAsSEp THE PLATE"
PROF. BERLE SHOUTS GRAFT
There Was a Great Crowd Out to
Hear the Speakers Now on Tour
of Cities Preaching Peace
VS.. War.


was packed Sunday afternoon with
people who came to listen to speak
ers who oppose preparedness and an
overflow meeting was held In the
Campus Martius Democracy
Against Militarism" read huge sign
stretched across the stage of the
opera house, as the keynote Of the
Truth About Preparedness"
Henry Ford and hia wife sat mod
estly hidden In box at the principal
meeting. Society women distributed
circulars of Congressman Tavener's
speech on the Cost Of War" Ster-
eoptican slides and motion pictures
were shown. Workingmen in the gal
leries led frequent rounds of applause.
Harold Jarvis sang.
The speakers at the mass meeting
are on tour of II large cities where
similar mass meetings have been ar
ranged by local committees. They
have announced that their tour Is IAN
answer to the challenge of President
Wilson that all who oppose the policy
of larger army and navy should
hire hall and tell 1t to the people OF
the land"
"This meeting is not anti-prepared,
ness, but anti-militarism," said Rev.
Eugene Rodman Shipper, the chair
man. in his Introductory remarks
1--WE seek the best interests of the
/ hny ho a nrnflt
Of the military circle which is bring
ing Europe into ruin.
"This meeting is a protest against
the hysteria Of fear which many
agencies have cultivated so system
atically and against the frenzy of war
fare which may threaten our lives
our liberty and our proper pursuit o!
happiness
DR.. A. A. Berle of Tufts college
Boston, was the first speaker. He
was followed by Rabbi Stephan S
Wise of New York and Amos Pincho
who subsequently briefly addressed
the overflow meeting in the open air
The crowd listened respectfully bu
asked numerous questions. There
were other speakers following thu
principal ones. The chief arguments
of some of the speakers were: 1.-THE
war frenzy Is q disease. 1T is thu
| greed of the munition manufacturer:
that is fighting peace" when there
is no more poverty people will no
want to fight"
Rabbi Wise disclosed: II am agains
mflitarism now, because IL we con
tinue to prepare, another war will b.
inevitable. and it will be the first o
o series, world orgy of fH'e, disaster
and blood. God forbid that the sham,
of a perpetuation of war should lii
on the conscience of the American
people"
DR.. Berle charged graft, saying
Let us not allow feverish madness
to endanger our liberties and place
ourselves in the hands OF the militar
lists who are now organized to graf
upon the public credulity and fatter
their bank accounts"
Pinchot among other statements
said this: Remember, war is Of th'
people and it is by the people. Blu
war is never for the people. Consld
er, in Europe $1,000,000,000 is being
spent every Is days in the destruc
ton of war"
DR.. Wise then made an appeal To-
funds, declaring that while travelling
expenses were guaranteed to the par
ty, that there was no surplus funds
for printing or other expenses. Col
lection plates were passed around ant
about $500 collected.