New Britain herald., 1916-02-04
MIME. HOLLOWAY IS
 PREPAREDNESS FOE
Woman Socialist Gives Fiery Ad-
 dress on European War

Madame Alexandra Kollontay, known throughout Europe as "The Stormy Petrel," delivered fiery ad- dress at Turner hall last evening un- der the auspices of the German branch of the socialist party, and for two hours, she kept her listeners keyed up to a high pitch, as she narrated her views on the "World's War" now raging in Europe. The speaker has had wonderful experience since the beginning of the great conflict and is at present an exile from all coun- tries in Europe with the exception of Norway, to which she will return in Q short time to take up her work in the cause of socialism.
 A reporter who interviewed Madame Kollontay found her an interesting conversationa1ist, who is devotedly attached to the work she is engaged in. She said that for over twenty years she has carried on the work in Russia, her birthplace, and Germany, Sweden and Norway. She was resid- ing in Berlin at the outbreak of the war and on the second day she was taken into custody by the German | soldiers and thrown into prison but | was later released when it was dis | CoVeTeu that Sno was Socialist, who l bore no love for her native country l However things got too warm for her l and she was finally driven from Ger ! many and landed in Sweden, where | she took up her work In the latter l country she found the same plans for mil1tarism being made as in Germany l and few weeks after her arrival l she was cast into prison, but later released and sent on her way. She
 finally cast her lot in Norway.
 | Three months ago she received a | call from the American branch of the | socialists and came to this country
 In answer to question as to how she obtained admittance to this coun-
 try she stated that it was fortunate
 for her that she was travelling first
 class and was not asked any questions
 by the government officials During | her stay in America Madame Kollon-
 tay has travelled extensively, giving
 lectures on socialistic doctrines from
 Maine to California, and is now com-
 pleting her work. She expects to fin- ish in New York within the next two ! weeks.
 Blames Capitalists For War In the course of her remarks Mad 1 anne Kollontay placed the blame for the war in Europe on the capitalistic classes who she said have for years favored militarism. She attacked the preparedness plans now being discus sed so freely in this country and as-
 serted that the same methods were employed in the countries now at war She spoke of the beauty of America. but the conditions in some respects she said, resembled Russia Germany and other foreign lands on account of corrupt politics. J. P. Morgan and John D. Rockefeller were classed in the same light as the Kaiser and Czar, and these powers of money who arc today shouting for miIitarism and preparedness will eventually thrus, this country into the throes of war
 through their clamors for larger profits, she claimed
 Madame Kollontay spoke of the re. semblance of the methods of the police in this country to those o1 Europe, and cited several alleged
 brutal attacks made by the officials
 during the garment workers strike ir
 Chicago. She said the time had ar.
 rived for the working classes tc
 fortify themselves for the fight with
 the cap1talistic classes, which she be.
 lleves is the inevitable.
 Sees 10000. .OOO Killed
 She attacked the diplomats of this
 country and asserted that by recent
 actions they have evidenced that the,
 are plotting to put America into the
 war. Tales of terrible atrocities that she had witnessed were revealed by the speaker and she stated that