New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-11-21
anti Mill RISM
UNION ORGANIZES
AMERICAN UNION FOR A DEMO
CRATIC PEACE REPLACES
OLD BODY.
NO CHANGE IN FUNDAMENTAL
PRINCIPLES OF PLANS OF
TWO YEARS.

The American Union Against Mill.
tarism has been recognized, and is
now known as the American Union fol
a Democratic Peace. The subtitle to
the organization is Free Peoples Free
Markets Free Seas World Union Of
Disarmament.
The new officers are Amos Pinchot
Chairman, Mrs. Henry G.. Leach,
Treasurer, and Crystal Eastman, Secre.
tary. Other members of the Executive
Committee are: Emily G. Balch, A. A.
Berle, Herbert S. Bigelow, Frank Bonn,
William F. Cochran, Max Eastman,
John Lovejoy Illiott, iona Gale, Charles
7. Mailman, John Haynes Holmes,
David Starr Jordan, Owen R. Lovejoy,
Frederick Lynch, James H. Maurer,
Henry R. Mussey, Norman Thomas,
Alexander Trachtenberg, Oswald CARR
son Willard, James p Warbasse, L.
Hollingsworth Wood.
Has National Following.
The Union, which is the outgroWth Of
a small committee started two years ago
to oppose the growth Of militarism in
America, has today a large national
following. A representative national
Committee Of 100 is now being formed.
"Our new name' to quote the Secre-
tary, Miss Crystal Eastman, in a state
ment, means no change in the funda-
mental beliefs or in the objects of the
Union. It does mean change of en-
phasis. When we organized, universal
disarmament was distant goal. Only
a few idealists believed that it could be
achieved in this century. Today the
world war has brought it uddenly near.
People, great and mall, in ali countries
are talking about disarnn men It, alking
about it not as a far eff dream but as
something to be actually achieved at
tie end Of this war; Notable among
the advocates: Of it are the. Pope, Mr..
Asquith, Count Czernin, the Austrian
Pre- mier, and President Wilson. We
feel that the time has come to work
positively for what practical people
everywhere recognize as the essentials
of an enduring peace, Free Peoples
Free Markets. Free Seas World Union
for Disarmament. A firm pact among
the nations to guarantee these essentials
less must be the outcome of
the great war;
The purpose Of the organization is to
promote in this country an intelligent
public opinion to support the essentials
of democratic peace.
An American Peace.
1--WE believe that democratic and
enduring peace is essentially an American
peace-American not in any narrow
meaning of national ACKNOWLEDGEMENT,
but in the sense in which America has
stood for the hope of freedom for all
peoples. AS basis for this final peace,
the war must be settled without acquisi-
ton OF territory by any belligerent,
without punitive damages, and without
an aftermath of economic hostilities.
Free peoples, free markets, free seas,
world union for disarmament these
are the only possible guarantees upon
which we may hope for a world without
war. We hold that the achievement
of these objects will constitute an
American peace.
Meanwhile we are utterly opposed
to the extension of militarism in this
country, and especially to all legislation
tending to fasten upon the United States
a permanent system Of compulsory
military training and service.
Peace Negotiations.
We believe that peace negotiations
should be entered into as soon as Ger
many has given some official assurance
of her willingness to meet the terms out
lined by the President on August 81
in his reply to the Pope: 4
Peace should rest upon the rights
of peoples, not the rights of govern
ments, the rights of peoples, great OF
small, weak or powerful their equal
right to freedom and security and self
government and to participation upon
fair terms in the economic opportunities
OF the world the German people Of
course included if they will accent
equality and not seek domination
Rev. G. G. Helm returned home
Friday from Echo, Mimi, where he had
been for the past week, raising 4 building
fund Tor new church to be constructed
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