New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-08
Danger OF Inva sion

"Tbcrc is danger Of INVASION SAID
Mr.. Chamberlain. ut is time that the
American people walked up to get ready
TO fight and 10 have 3 united country
behind them. instead Of efforts 70 dis
credit rot only the acts which nave
been done by former Congresses, out
the acts Of the Administration when
arc Intended purely and simply Tor the
purpose Of carrying on TINS war 10
successful conclusion
lie chen read the resolution adopted
i'm Minneapolis the other day by tHe
meeting presided over by Samuel tom
pers.
this splendid organization the Amer
can Alliance for America and Democ-
racy) from the expression Of the Cour-
oil for Peace and against milltarism
which undertook 10 meet ln the same
place few days ago,'
lie resumed: There, Mr. President,
If we are - Judge from the expressions
Of individual members there was 10 be
q meeting which was TO dencuncc the
selectiyc draft law. There was 10 be
meeting which was 20 dcuOuncc mill
tarism. There WAS to be a meeting
which was 70 cripple the good right
arm Of the President Of the United
States and 70 hamper and handicap and
hamstring this government in its pur-
pose TO carry this war to a succcss!ul
conclusion.
Denounces Pacifsts
"But acting under the Law that has
been passed here the meeting was not
permitted to be held. And God grant
that the Congress of the United States
L.. =.
government that sees to IL that these
seditious, treacherous and traitorous
meeting shall not be held in this coun-
Try while these young men who go into
the service are sighting TO save this
country against the Outrages and bar
barous crueltics of the Huns
The course mapped out by the dis
tinguished Senator from Georgia. Mr..
Hardwick, if followed out. would leave
US without any army in ,his country;
we would not have any army TO prose
cute the war. The Senator has always
expressed his opposition % conscrlp-
ton, which was perfectly proper; but
the Senator, not satisfied 20 assent 10
the will Of Congress, as expressed in
the so-callcd se.ective draft act, has
introduced already bill not to require
the service Of any one taken under the
sClCctive draft outside of the territorial
limits of the United States That mat
ter was presented to the Military Al
fairs Committee and by a unanimous
vote OF the committee ! was instructed
to report back the bill unfavorably.
"The selectiye draft law is on the
statute books now; the men have gone
Willingly under the law as it stands
to-day. One peculiar thing about this
whole discussion is this: II will be
observed that men have opposed the
draft only in those states whore their
Senators or Representatives have
opposed il in Congress. Without
single exception, as now bear in
mind, this has been the case"
Hits at Hardwick
81 take il that very few Senator's"
began John Sharp Williams, probably
not over five will not agree that We
have seldom witnessed a finer case of
self-infation and pured-up self-acting
than that which has just ieen shown
upon this arena
Senator Reed at once made a point
of order that this was Unparlismentary
in its reflection on Senator Hardwick.
lie did not point out that Mr.. Williams
might as well have named Hardwick,
Reed, Gronna. La Toilette and Narda-
man as mention the figure five imme-
diately following the vote on the
amendment for which those Senators
alone voted