Bisbee daily review., 1917-06-24

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 | lars It reminded me of a patent med
 icine concern that sold pills in the
 loft over a printers place when l was | publisher, but 1 have notion the
 man who sent dollar for twelve box
 es of pills got more for his money.
 Up to this time I had thought of the
 Emergency Peace Federation as being
 a tigar-clawed menace to America. 1 1 imagined it's trade mark to be wolf
 cast in iron, showing it's teeth. If so,
 never were skids so suddenly put un-
 der an iron wolf and cotton dove
 showed into its place. In the new cir
 cular asking for a dollar the second
 clause of the Federation's Immediate
 Program" was dropped entirely. It no
 longer desired 'To oppose the enact
 ment of measures for compulsory mili-
 tary service"
 A little later I learned why. The
 Emergency Peace Federation did not
 mean to actively oppose registration
 for the draft. There was reason. The
 chances were that those who actively
 opposed registration would be, few
 minutes later, snugly and safely in jail
 to stay there for ain indefinite period.
 be bad to hall all the peace" propa-
 gandists in jail at one time and for a
 long time. The Emergency Peace Federation, was told, had decided not
 to go to jail so it could be on hand when a crisis arose calling for its ac- tivities. If registration was to be op- posed it could be opposed by the American Union Against Militarism.
 It looked to me as if the Emergency Peace Federation had met the emer- gency and had stepped it. It seemed to be saying Let George do it." Only two of those on the Execu- tive Committee. of the Emergency Peace Federation are also on the Ex ecutive Committees of the American Union Against Militarism. This, I am sure, does not constitute an interlock- ing directorate. Neither is there any significance in the fact that both have offices at 70 Fifth avenue, New York, and in the Munsey Building, Washing ton, D. c.
 If the Emergency Peace Federation ever meant to be sharp toothed wolf dove. It's only object, so it states, is 'To defend American ideals of liberty and democracy in war time and to work for an early and lasting peace" Of course we all want to defend Amer ican ideals of liberty and democracy, and we all want to work for an early and lasting peace. Only the Emer- gency Peace Federation doesn't mean what I mean. It is not for me to say what the Emergency Peace Federation wants, but in my hay way I should guess that it would say, right now, Hands up" ony it would say it to | America and not to Germany. And can imagine what Germany would do when we put our hands upi
 The danger of all these peace organ izations is not in their desire to pre- serve democracy and to long for peace; it is in their ability to shout for peace when such shouting will en- courage our enemies to strike. It is | in their ability to shout anything that | savors of protecting our national rights is undemocratic. When a man is fighting for his life the wife who 1 clings to his knees and cries Don't l fighti Don't fight," handicaps him and may be his murderer When a nation l is fighting for it's rights, and for it's life, the dove that flies in its face and beats it's wings into the eyes of the | fighter is menace and may bring de- feat and slavery even while it coos for | democracy and liberty.
 These dollar-begging peace organi- zations would be danger and threat i if they could be taken seriously. But who can take them seriously? They ! can hardly take themselves seriously; | they admit they are mushrooms, built | up in mushroom fashion" But one thing they will take seriously; they l will take dollar-anybody' dollar even if it is gotten by slyly worded ap- peals to defend American ideals of liberty and democracy" when those ideals are not in the least ideals of the great majority of Americans.
 Better, hundred times over. keep your dollar in your pocket; better, a | thousand times over, give it to the Red | Cross.