Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-17

Hartford, Conn, Sept. 16.-Riotous scenes marked a meeting at Socialist Hall here today of the Hartford branch of the Peoples Council of America for the arrest of the speaker, Mrs. Annie R. Hale of New York, the chairman, Alfred E. Whitehead, of this city, an1 the abrupt ending of the meeting by 1. cured but at one time when the au- thoritfes stepped in a clash seemed imminent. Police action was taken , after Mrs. Hale had criticized the conscription and declared that the United States had no right to go abroad to fight Germany because of a belief that fifty years hence." Ger
 A Scene of Confusion.
 Long before Chairman Whitehead opened the meeting the hall was crowded. many apparently being naat week sG Seeking ns to feroid ia Fre e quent cheers and some misses greeted the speaker during the part of her speech that she was permitted to de- liver. When she was ordered to stop, dience for the platform, chairs being overturned and benches thrust aside fin the dash toward the speaker, while cheering, yelling and hissing added to the direction. One man advanced down the hall shaking his fist at the speaker, declaring that she had in ments the situation looked serious but the police and federal agents working together kept the situation well in hand and at once cleared the hall
 Held in $500 Bonds Each.
 As soon as this was done, Mrs. Hale and Whitehead, who had been arrested, were taken to police head quarters, where they were charged for a hearing in $500 bonds each.- As they left the hall more cheers and misses greeted them, and a large crowd followed them to the police station. demonstration apparently ended I
 Police action was taken after a conference between federal agents and local officers at the meeting. Later it was said that the matter had been turned over to the city authorities and it was not expected that a federal charge would be made. Right to "Admonish" the President.
 The meeting had been announced as | in commemoration of the 130th anni- l versary of the drawing up of the con- | stitution of the United States. In | the course of her address Mrs. Hale l said she felt she had a right to lad | monish'' the president out of the | s Scriptures, p; ,,ls because she had worked
  know whether to apologize for having i done so or to be proud of him. One ] of the best things he had ever said, in her opinion, was his remark about | she clamed her constitutional right to criticize the president and that be- cause she was his personal friend she could say what she pleased. She away from the peace vote of the reich stag,' which she said represented the German people, adding that had this government received this vote as it near peace. The president, she said, had not answered any peace proposals until one had been made by "the great est of all spiritual autocrats in Christendom--the pope"
 War Stupid and Sinful.
 War" she declared, 'is born of and based on craven imag- nings. An individual is made to kill another individual with whom he has 10 quarrel in a conflict brought about oy the trader behind thea lines. It is stupid and shameful and it is time for he world to make common cause to ,nd this travesty. It is about time for he people to tell their rulers to stand make the world safe for democracy. Government must have a re-birth."
 Said. Kaiser Feared Attack. Referring to Germany, she said that the kaiser was frightened of being Lttacked when he went into Belgium, ut that does not justify this country : n going over to fight Germany be- ause of a belief that fifty years hence Germany may make war on this  Germany, she asserted, is not try ng to Germanize the world, and said hat although Germany had France ,bsolutely beaten in 1870 yet that ountry has continued to live it's life nd prosper.
 At this point the police took a hand 1ar1ier there had been a conference T etween them and the federal agents, : ut it was explained later that at that : ine it was decided for the sake of 2 vidence" to permit the speaker to E O. tinue for 8 while longer. An of- u c.al stenographer took the speech for [, la authorities. Cutburst from the Audience. In The order to stop the meeting was b e sis nal for the outburst from the u dience, which surged toward the a form while Chairman Whitehead n < 1ly endeavored to make himself \ d above the tumult, urging every- d 1e to keep calm and cool. The of s cers thrust themselves into the jam t, nd while one or two took positions D sside the speaker and chairman, the O