Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-25
7.R. CR|T|CISES PEACE LEAGUE
Fniis in His Purpose However. and
EiicttS Favorable Editorials for
the League.


Things have been moving rapidly dur
ms the past week. both locally and ma
tlonallN. in tho circles of the American
Branch of the League to Enforce Peace.
The league dinner held in Chicago. at
which Charles l.. Hutchinson. presden-
of the Corn Exchange bank and one of
ChicaSo's most influential citizens, was
toastmastcr. will so down upon record as
. notable affair. The guests included
some 100 of the foremost men and women
of Chicago, and others of note from Il
linos. outside of the city, and from ada
cent states. One of the guests of honor
WAS Ex-Governor Eberhardt of Minnesota
who came for the purpose of getting in
formation that he could utilize i'm promot-
ing the leagues interests in his own
state. Another guest who was at the
speakers table was Jane Adams, a wo-
man prominent in pcace circles and who
is now a convert to the leagues program
She aprearod dcer,Iv interested in all that
was said. DR.. Lowell. president of Har-
ward University. was present and smoke
on the general subject of the league and
Of tho intolerahlc conditions that 1t IL
exrected to amelioratc. Resolutions in
dorsinr the leagues program, approving
Of it's methods and proposing the organ
zation of an Illinois State branch. were
offered by Dr. Smaller Mathews, dean Of
the divinity school of Chicago I-niver-
.sitv. The resolutions were passed with
out a dissenting vote
An example of the wav in which tho
West l.; taking hold cf the neacc move.
mont was shown in the exceptionallv IA
vorable editorials in the Chicago News,
Post and Herald. whose combined circu-
lation is more than 6loooo These edito-
ri.le u-ero olici.eJ III. , criticism urittcp
hv OK President Roosevelt and published
in tho February issue Of the Metropolitan
MAGAZINE colonel Roosevelt although
firm in his purpose Of turning the tide of
public oninion against the league 10 En-
force Peace utterly missed his point and
when the writer's of the above mentioned
editorials finished with the ex-president's
criticism. there was not enough left of it
to he worth mentioning. The league
however, ia indebted to Colonel Roosevelt
for "A considerable number Of editorials
similar TO the three mentioned. 1t seems
fair to state in passing tina; the colonel y
co-oneration has never been solicited by
the league
Tho work Is proceeding satisfactorily in
Ohio. including ARRANGEMENTS for an i'm
J portant dinner at Cleveland. and in In
diana. II is cNpected that Iowa and Min
nesota will he organized soon.
President Taft, who is to speak in Mont
pelior March s. was the principal speak
er at a dinner held Friday in Pittsburgh.
lone feature of interest and importance
was the reading Of a message lust re-
ceived from a neutral nation in Europe
EXPRESSING a Willingness to ioin the Unit
ed states in forming a league of nations
to enforce peace The reading If this
message called forth much enthusiasm
and APPLAUSE
| Governor Gamer Of Kansas has issued
a proclamation designating Sunday Ian
nary %. as Peace Sunday for the state
and the following Monday. January 20
as League to Enforce Peace day. as vel
las Kansas d,v "a State bo,idayl and ask
ed all LOYAL kansans to observe the DAYS
Jntcrcs, i'm the lear,,e continues tn in
crease in New England. Tho first even,
in Connecticut's State campaign WAS tn,
! Middletown mass meeting on tho eycninl
Of .Januarv 6. at which President Taft
Hamilton Holt and Governor Uolconf
we're the sneakers This meeting hrok,
all records for Middletown. The Middle
sex theatre was packed to its uttermos
CAPACITY. People were standing 10 dee,
on the main floor and they even crowded
into the wings and behind the scenery
Many were turned away. Five hundred
members had been secured in, Middletow,
before the meeting and a conseryatio,
committee was apointed TO continue tn,
work This brilliant success was due I.
the very thorough and workrnanlike prep
arations made by state Secretary rlar
enco r. Lee and the various committee
in NIiddlctown Nothing Was overlooked
Posters and disnlav advertisements wcr
freely used the merchants were induce
to include an announcement of Leagu
to Enforce Peace dav in their advertise
,nents. accounts of the league suitable 70
thc understanding Of children were rea,
in the scbools. and organizations of ever
kind verc invited ia urcc their member
ia attend.
A Tho ,ocmhership Of the Vermont hranc
, o., the ieaeue is increasing from day I
h day and interest throughout the State
- growing 10 local branch of tho loaru