New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-30

Literature circulated by the No-Con-
scr;ption League and by the Emergency
Peace Federation has been sent by the
National Security League to the De-
partment Of Justice at Washington. In
statement published on Monday, the
league charged these organizations with
conducting campaign "insidious and
dangerous and said that by means Of
circulars sent broadcast they were urg'
ing american citizens to disregard and
disobey the law"
Copies Of the circulars were obtained
by The Tribune yesterday. Those OF
the No-Conscription League are sent
from its headquarters, at 20 East 10th
Street, where Emma Goldman edits her
magazine Mother Earth" Leonard ID.
Abbott is secretary and NJ. +. Fitzger-
aid is financial secretary of the league.
100000 Copies Distributed
Miss Goldman said that 100000
copies of circular headed mo Con-
scription" had been sent through the
mail and by express. The circular says:
Transcription has now become a fact
in this country. 1t took England fully
eighteen months after she engaged in
war 20 impose compulsory military
service on her people. II was left for
free America TO pass a CONSUMPTION
bill six weeks after she declared wal
against Germany.
Every country in Europe has recog-
nized the right Of conscientious OBJ
iectors. Yet this democratic
country makes no such provision for
those who will not commit murder at
the behest of the war proiiteers. Thus
the land of the free and the home OF
the brave is ready to coerce free men
into the military yoke.
"No one to whom the fundamental
principle of liberty and justice is more
than an idle phrase, can help realize
that the patriotic clap-trap now shout
ed by press, pulpit and the authorities
betrays desperate effort of the ruling
class in this country to throw sand in
the eyes of the masses and to blind
them to the real issue confronting
them. That issue is the Prussianizing
Of America, so as TO destroy whatever
few liberties the people have achieved
through an incessant struggle of many
years.
Freedom of speech, Of press and as
sembly is about TO be thrown upon the
dungheap of>political guarantees. But,
crime of all crimes, the flower of the
country is to be forced into murder
whether or not they believe in war or
in the efficacy of saving democracy in
Europe by the destruction Of democ-
racy at home.
Objects of the League
"The No-Conscription League has
been formed for the purpose of en-
couraging conscientious objectcrs TO
affirm their liberty of conscience and
TO make their objection to human
slaughter effective by refusing 10 par
ticipate in the killing of their fellow
men. The No-Conscription League is
to be the voice of protest against the
coercion of conscientious directors to
participate in the war. Our platform
may be summarized as follows:
1--WE oppose CONSUMPTION because we
are internationalists, anti-militarists
and opposed to all wars waged by
capitalistic governments.
1--WE will fight for what We choose
to fight for; we will never fight simply
because we are ordered to fight.
1--WE believe that the mlitarzation
Of America is an evil that far out
weighs, in its anti-social and anti-lib-
ertarian effects, any good that may
come from Americas participation in
the war.
1--WE will resist CONSUMPTION by every
means in our power, and we will sus-
tain those who, for similar reasons,
refuse TO be conscrpted.
Resist conscription. Organize meet
ings. Join our league. Send us money.