The sun., 1917-09-02
PEACE RABBITS
SH00ED OUT OF
CHICAGO HUTCH
Herren Retreat as Frauen
Try to Strafe Grin
ming Cops.
L0WDEN STOPS MEETING
On to New York, Wandering
Pacifists Cry, Hoping for
Welcome Home.
speciol Despdfch to The Sun. :.
CHICAGO. Sept. 1.

specidl Despdfeh to THn Sun.
CHICAGO. Sept. /.
Men shall clap their hands at him,
And shall hiss him out OF his place.
The lamentations Of Job.
Even as was writ by Bildad the Shu-
hite Of some others that vexed the
jpdiclous, the pacfists were rooted to-
day out Of the tent wherein they trusted
-Chicaso-the tent. in a way Of speak,
ine. OF Kamerad Big Bill Thompson.
They had no more than settled down In
the West Side Auditorium in the Ghetto
TO indulge In the innocent amusement
OF denouncing the Government OF the
United States. when the police. driven
10 their duty by Gov Frank o. Lowden
Of Illinois. broke up the meeting. harried
the rabbits into the street and served
notice that the Governor would permit
no such anti-American gatherings any
where within the State.
So they dispersed with exceeding ve-
iocity. Oh. with such schnelligkeit.
II was the last straw. Brutal oppression
could 60 no further. They had tested
the temper of authority as much as
lay in their kind. Kamerads Lochner
and Max Eastman had been chased from
Minnesota and North Dakota by rough
and ridiculously patriotic citizens who
were barely restrained from using the
rome Five cities had rejected them with
strong language. and now Chicago
showed them the hole the carpenter
made. Their bones turned to water and
ther spirits to wax. Their resolution
eeeped away. The great pacifist ad-
venture was busted.
Wanderers Admit Defeat.
Confession of defeat came officially at
o'clock tonight when Herr Lochner
gave out this statement:
We have formed permanent organi-
sation, which was our purpose. and we're
satisfied. This was zone before the
police stopped the meeting in the West
Side Auditorium this morning. and we
are now disbandng."
After six hours of pickering following
their election from the West Side hall
the pacflsts decided that nothing was
left for them to do except submit to the
authorities and claim victory.
When they arrived, at some speed. at
the Fort Dearborn Hotel they began
10 look up train times to New York.
for New York has tolerated more from
them than any other city they have
yet tested In the babble gabbie that
pacitsts jabbed clenched fists to the
!rescoed ceiling and compared Lowden
to Nj. Romanoff of Tobolsk, they
shouttd wildly that the dispersal of their
meeting was against the law. They
cling to the law, these pacifists. when
trouble comes upon them. They asked
each other plantively why Kamerad
thompson. Burgomeister of this delight
ful city. had not been able to protect
den left nothing to Thompson's authority.
The Governor stepped over the
Mayors authority and told the police
wha, TO do. They clamored to be ar
rested, especially some of the women.
Tor the female of the species has much
more nerve than the male but nobody
would arrest them. "G'wan," laughed
the big Chicago cops, giving them n
gentle push--no more. "G'wan, we're
lot going to make martyrs of ye."
But We want to he arrested" de-
manded the pacfists. well only arrest
Ee for hittin' wan OF u.s." suggested an
irish sergeant squaring off. Come now.
MI me-hlt as hard as ye please" And
ne stuck jaw like block of granite
within SIX inches of the paling faces Of
tne Herren Cohen and Panken and
salutsky. But this was no proper way
10 approach martyrdom the Herren de-
ooed, and the Irish sergeant grinned
and turned his back.
confusion ReiEns Again.
The Introduction of the Governor left
me pacifsts just where they were be-
iore-in tangle OF confusion. uncer-
minty, argument and poorly laid plans.
iew were hot for iisking Minneapolis (:
some others thought Ii would be good
publicity to try to hold a meeting in
washington. but the most were for Civ
ing up the whole adventure and return
!ng to the East. This was the advice Of
.he most influential, including Lochner.
several escapes by the skin OF his teeth
mad taken a lot of paclfistic fury out of
Herr Lochner.
The ominous growls of Mnneap polls
ana Hudson were still rumhlng In his
ears lie was willing to quit, and ad
.n'tsd II. he put the best face possible
upoh the humiliating collapse of the
eoples council expedition. saying that
.hey had attained their ends by proving
.he hostility Of the authorities and by
ioFnlns temporary organization here
III chicago, and that it was unnecessary
70 run the risk Of killing or injuring
fhyboly hut the truth is that Lochner
.hl all the others with a grain of good
judgment realized that the farce was
paved out and that the sooner they got
'ack 70 New York the better
therefore they were busy tonight
p'klhg passage to the East, their
MINDS like the minds of children, turning
W Inc possibility OF three or four hours
.t sightseeing at Niagara Falls. Even
ne u news tonight that n trainload of
e"hcs Council delegates had arrived
Minneapolis from San Francisco
.al'ed TO stir them much. For a time n
..Neh 1--we. the notion Of starting clash
nh the authorities at Minneapolis. but
e" . were keen Cor that. They had lost
..eif stomach for trouble. Unless there
snould come a very unexpected turn OF
..eh's 'he Eastern delegates will be on
"er way home within a few hours.
Day Opens Hopefully.
4, Ine day began hopefully enough for
Ns. e harassed rabbits. The opening eye
nus of morning beheld Herr Louis p
"ohner and Herr Max Eastman, editor
.ne Masses, arriving from the States
nieh had elected them. They arrived
nn the looks OF hunted men and were
sIeeted with cheers by their disorganixed
"ome'ess following. YiddIsh, German
nd some English greeting nuttered
o"ut them as they stood on the side,
aik IN front Of the Fort Dearborn, and
"n'h all hands trekked for the West Side
Continued on Second PaOs.