The Washington herald., 1917-04-02
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Of the pacifst argument convincing.
which effort, it is believed. however, Will
be fruitiess.
Every Senator and Representative re-
ceived in his mail a protest against q
declaration OF war. which had been ap-
proved by the Union Against Militarism
through its executive committee. which
includes Amos Pinchot, Jane Adams.
Owen R. LoveJoy, Rabbi Wise. DR.. Henry
r. Mussey, Crystal Eastman and others.
The individual presentation Of argu-
ments to legislators will be a continuous
performance beginning early this morn
ing and continuing relentlously to the
time Of the vote on the war declaration
in Congress
This afternoon at o'clock and tonight
at s the pacifsts will hold mass meetings
in Convention Hall.
Pullman Denies Statement.
Mai. Raymond W. Pullman, superin-
tendent of police. last night said the
paragraph attributed to him in the ad-
vertisement signed by Edmund Won
Mach, leader Of the paclfists. Is only half
true.
Half truths are not truths at ALL" said
Mai Pullman. Half truths sometimes
make more trouble than absolute lies.
The statement in the advertisement at
tributed to Maj. Pullman reads:
Mai. Pullman, chief of the District po-
lice. told me that had the constitutional
right to hold a meeting in a Washington
theater this afternoon, as had planned.
for the purpose of discussing the cbiestion
whether the honor OF our country de-
mands our entering the European war.
but that he would like to have me waive
the right and abandon the meeting. He
felt that there were times when 1t was
hrnariRan Ott
liens not to insist upon their rights.
naturally gave up the meeting"
That statement is entirely wrong" "
said Mai. Pullman. 1T is what Won
Mach tried to make me say when he came
to see me regarding the matter, and IS
just exactly what I refused to tell him.
He wanted me to say that 1t was my wish
that he should not hold the meeting. l
told him that It was not my wish that
he did or did not hold the meeting. but
that If he wanted my advice l would
Cheerfully give it to him.
81 told Won Mach that the present was
no time for a demonstration of any sort
either for or against peace or war. That
every patriotic citizen should wait to see
what the policy of the government is and
then stand as one behind It."
In reply to the advertising put forth
by the Emergency Peace Federation. and
oIncT lOTIns OF pdClIlSl propaganda vi
rected especially at women, the follow
ing statement was issued by the pre-
paredness committee of the New York
and New Jersey section. woman's de-
partment of the National Civic Fedora
ton:
THE hysterical cry of the feminine
pacifist to arouse the timidity in Ameri-
can women is an insult to our sex. and
is deserving of the sternest rebuke by
the patriotic woma nhood of our country
and must be repudiated.
'In our past history American wives.
mothers and daughters never have failed
to fulfill their duty to their country, and
when they are again called upon to do
their share they do not propose to play
the towards part nor for safety.s sake
to skulk behind the flag of International
ism. The pacifist, whether man or woman,
is a moral coward because a pacifist
"The road from pacificism to disloyalty
is a short one; at one end is cowardice
and at the other treason. A call Of the
pacifist to resist resistance is a call to
betray our country"