New Britain herald., 1916-04-28
BUSTING DENOUNCES
 TEUTON ACTIVITIES
Excited Debate in Senate Over
 Flood Of Telegrams


 Husting of Wisconsin, a democrat, l yesterday sharply denounced the Gel 1 man propaganda responsible for the 1 recent flood of telegrams that have poured in on official Washington pro- testing against a breach in relations | with Berlin. MT. Husting said there ! had also been an artificial campaign
 of the same kind in Wisconsin 70
 force him into supporting an e,n- 1 bargo on munitions of war. Mr l Husting said that the propaganda 1 was the result of a "deep- -laid-p plot | to poison the minds of citizens all over the country with the thought 1 that the president wants war, when
 every fact gives the lie to such an 1 assertion"
 MT. Husting read a circular sent
 out by the American Embargo Con- | ference, Inc, with offices at 1S9 North 1 Clark street. Chicago, asking citizens 1 to send the telegrams from prepared 1 forms. The circular announced that | the conference would mail checks to ; reim purse senders for telegraph tolls
 as soon as statements of expenses were received This part of the clr- i which, MT. Husting had intended Of y the resolution may now be withheld. The Circular.
 The 1etterhead of the circular gives as officers of the American Embargo Conference Colonel Jasper Tucker Darling, President, Chairman of the Executive committee; w. R. McDon- aid, General Manager; J. M. Forrest, Secretary; C. Hialmar Lundauist, nto,o urer. It is estimated that expenses already assumed by the conference in 1 connection with the telegraphic pro-
 paganda must have amounted to about $1OO,O0O.
 The circular says in part: We are making this extraordinary appeal to you because we know from the most positive information that is possible to be obtained at this time that the situation warrants it. We cannot find words strong enough to tell you of the gravity of the situa- tion, and we assure in the most earn
 est manner possible that practically the only thing that will keep this country from becoming involved Gin the European war) is an immediate and great expression of the real sen- timent of the people of the country who want peace. We also solemnly assure you that it is too late to mail an expression of this sentiment 70 Washington. It must be telegraph phed. They (the telegrams) should all be in Washington by Wednesday.
 "Only believe that out information
 is of the best and send the telegram now.
 Might Cause War.
 1T believe there is the evidence of plot which would plunge us into
 war" said Senator Husting. T ant against those who in the garb of the Prince of Peace must by these me- thods bring us breackneck into the conflict. For whole year, when congress was not in session. the pres ident kept us out of the war. and regret the insinuations in these tele-
 grams that the President of the United States and the cabinet have any idea except to preserve peace if it can be done with honor to the nation. Here we find a deep laid plot l to poison the minds of our citizens all 1 over the country with the thought that the president wants war, when every fact gives the lie to that as-
 sertion. This is all being done by this l mysterious Embargo Conference. l These 100000 telegrams coming now to congress are sent from a common source and they are being paid for 1 by this same organization l Senator Husting urged a congress 1 sonal inquiry to determine exactly who is responsible for the propagan- da.
 1T want to know" the Senator i continued "who is paying for 8 couple 1 of hundred thousand telegrams.