Evening star., 1917-09-05
What Alliance Stands For.

Through Samuel Guwpers. its chair
man. the American Alliance has issued
the following declaration OF principles:
LAS believers in the great and splen-
did vision of democracy and lnterna-
tionalism.. the rfraternalism and soli-
darity OF all peoples, we assert at this
time our unqualified loyalty to the re-
public of the United States of America
and our determination to do all that
lies in our power to win the war in
which it is engaged.
Loyalty to the ideals of freedom. de-
mocracy and lnternationallsm requires
'Disloyalty to America in this crisis
is disloyalty to the cause of freedom,
democracy and internationalism.
NO national selffshness impelled this
republic to enter the war. The impell-
ing motive was the consuming ideal
ism born with the establishment of this
republic itself to preserve freedom, not
only for itself but for all nations,
great and small, and the body of in
ternational law which all the free
democratic nations of the world respect
and observe and only the brutal autoc-
racies seek to dishonor and destroy. In
such a conflict real standard bearers of
democracy and true internationalists
can have no Hesitation in supporting G
our republic. which has made it's own
the cause and interests of all free peo-
pies. 1t is therefore in truth not a
capitalists war, but a freemens war.
Support of Workers Sought.
Fully impressed by these facts. re-
aliZing that a noble internationalism is
implicit in our American conception of
national existence, it shall be our pur-
pose to bring to the support of the
government all the moral and material
power of the working class of the ma
tion. 1t shall be our task to interpret
Americas democratic spirit and pur-
pose in this conflict to our fellow work
ers. especially those of foreign birth,
and to combat every form of propa-
ganda. no matter by whom it may be
carried on, which tends to weaken the
loyalty and devotion of the masses and
their Willingness to strive and sacrifice
for the nation and it's high purposes.
I'VE shall strip the mask from those
who, in the name of democracy, anti
militarism and peace. are engaged in
the nefarious propaganda of treachery
to all that these noble words repre-
sent We Indignantly repudiate the
claim that this propaganda-Which be
it remembered, brings JOY and comfort
to German autocracy-has the support
of the labor movement of America. Not
even at the behest of the so-called peo.
pies council will the organized work
ers of America prostitute the labor
movement to serve the brutal power
responsible for the Infamous rape OF
Belgium-the power that would subject
Russia 10 a worse despotism than that
of the Romanoffs.
democracy will not be served by the
victory of autocracy, by letting tn.
Declaration of Independence be sup
planted by the kaisers fiat.
Not to Surrender to Iron Rule.
"Militarism will not be checked by
surrender to the power which has or
ganized all the resources of civilization
to the end of imposing its brutal iron
rule on the world.
Peace will not be secured to the
world through the subsection of the
free and democratic nations.
We shall be as loyal to the struggle
for freedom and democracy at home as
to the struggle for freedom and democ-
racy in international relations.
ITO the men and women of the Ameri-
can labor movement, and to all sincere
friends of democracy and information :
aliSm we call for loyal support to Amer
lea and her allies in this great strug-
gle Let us make our beloved republic
strong and victorious for the sake of
humanity. and thus insure for our chill
dren and their children the priceless
heritage of liberty and democracy. Let
u.s. at the same time stand shoulder to
shoulder in the fight against the foes
of democracy within our own borders
resolved never to rest until the goal of
democracy. industrial, political and in
ternational. has been attained"