The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-07
Labor and Democracy Con.
ference DenOunces PeO.
pies Peace Council.
ADOPT RESOLUTIONS
AGAINST PACIFISTS
Substance of Presidents
Declarations Are Recited
as Proof.
6v Assoc iated Press,

Minneapolis. Sept. 6.--Fhc American
Alliance for Labor and Democracy late
today unanimously adopted II rcsoln :
tion denouncing as unwarranted the
declarations OF the Peoples Council oi
America for Democracy and Terms oi
Peace aud other similar orGaniza tions
that America has not clearly stated
her war aims.
Governments Unofficial Reply.
The resolution. viewed ny some dele
Gatcs MS the governments unofficial
reply to the criticisms of pacifsts and
ro-Gcrman progandists. was sub
mi,ted after II lengthy session of the
re solutions committee. II was read by
John Spargo. former member of tn.
executive committee OF the Socialist
party. and adopted almost immediate
ly amid applause.
II points to the German plan, re-
fcrrcd to by President Wilson. to
throw n broad belt of military power
across the center of FalrOpc and be-
yond tho Mediterranean into the
heart Of Asia. and continues.
Germans Need Immediate Peace.
'''rhe only chance left Ia tho mas
tcrs of Germany OF retaining the nd.
Nantagcs gained. and of perpctuating
their own domination over the Ger
man people. is the enactment of an
immediate peace upon terms favor
able to themselves"
A committee report was adopted
recommending that the organization
be made permanent that an admins
trative committee of nine charged
with power to arrange details of or
ranization be elected and that an ap-
peal be made to other organiza tions
and individuals to join tho alliance
The resolution follows.
Text Of Resolution.
The so-called Peoples council and
other organizations allied with it. pro-
Tossing to speak in the name Of the
working people of America, have de-
clarod that the aims and purposes for
which we ar" at war have not been
definitely stated These people have
made n great deal of clamor. demand
ing that the president of the United
states make II definite statement of
the reasons why we are at war and
the ends we seek TO attain. We, the
members of the Minneapolis confer
ehce of the American Alliance for La
nor and Democracy, declare that this
demand of the Peoples council and
ether paeifist organizations, even If
made IN good faith. is entirely unwar-
iahted. In support of this statement
We submit the following:
Wilson Declares PRINCIPLES.
ON January %. 1911, before the
United States entered the war, Presi.
dent Wilson in an address to the sen.
ate, set forth tho principles which
should govern any peace with which
the United states could associate II,
self and be true to It's noblcst ideals
and traditions.
Several Times Repeated.
Since the, United States. entered
the war, the presidenut has upon three
notable occasions clearly and explicitly
set forth tho American aim, the OBJ
Jccts which must be attained by any
peace to which the United States can
agree. We refer especially to the war
message of April ., 1917. the note to
Russia on May 26. and the reply TO
ms holiness. the pope. dated August
81. 1917.
President Issues WARNING,
I'm his Russian note and again in
ms address at Washington on the
fourteenth day of June. President Will
son gave Il solemn warning against
the sort of peace desired by the Ger
man military power. a. peace which
would not only defeat the objects of
the United States in entering the war
DAt would place this nation In grave
danger of future aggression from Ger
many He pointed out that the mill
tary masters OF Germany planned to
throw broad belt OF military power
across the very center of Europe and
beyond the Mediterranean into the
heart Of Asia. This purpose has been
nearly fulfilled through the subjcction
TO German uses of Austria. Hungary.
bulgaria and Turkey and through IN.
conquest of Serbia and Rumania.
IN his note to the revolutionary
government of Russia. May es, 1917.
President Wilson justly said that:
The position Of America In this
war Is so clearly avowed that no man
can be excused for mistaking II. She
seeks no material profit. nor aggran.
dIzement Of any kind. She Is fisbtin.
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