The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-26
POLICE ARREST 7
RED FLAG WAIVERS
Continued from First Pogo

the activity Of men In the United
States uniform in the Garden. These
latter constituted themselves as a
bodyguard to the police and police re-
serves, and a large part Of the disorder
that arose whenever the flaming bunt-
ing was shown was apparently due TO
their unauthorized zeal.
A band started the entertainment a
little after o'clock with THE Star
Spangled Banner" Few voices at
tempted to sing the national anthem.
but when II was followed by THE Mar
seillaise," THE International" and
the song OF the Social revolution.
Wow! Everybody could and did sing.
One song printed on leaflets. generally
distributed. was called THE Red
Flag" It's chorus runs:
Then raise the scarlet standard high J
Within its shade we II live and die.
Though towards finch and traitors
sheer,
Well keep the red flag dying here.
A wide aisle was kept clear most OF
the time down the centre Of the Gar
den. In the middle of 1t sud
denly appeared a RED sweater shaken
to and fro. by a young man who
had jumped on a chair. This caused
a shout that rocked the building. Po-
lice ran down the aisle. conflscated the
sweater and propelled its owner out
side.
Then youth IN navy uniform who
somehow looked phony paraded about
the great room with another young
ster who had dorined a red blouse. The
red person was arrested and his blouse
taken as evidence. AS the stripping
operation left him in a rather embar-
RAISING state he was allowed to re-
enter the Garden and get his vest and
coat before being taken away.
Every police sally was the signal for
prodigious booing from all parts OF
the Garden 1t looked like a hectic
evening. More and more police and
police reserves came In and clattered
to assigned places until all the gal
leries as well as the main floor were
alive with them. Once more 1.-THE Star
Spangled Banner" unaccompanied by
voices
Scott Nearing, who is under indict-
ment on a charge OF violating the es-
p.onage law. presided. Whatever else
one may say about Nearing. he GER
tainly has a voice that fits the Gar
den. He said at the outset that some
people have come here to disrupt the
meeting and make what trouble they
cam"
we are not here TO break the peace
but to acclaim international Social
| ism" he shouted THE committee ur-
gently requests that you use all your
power Of self-restraint and remember
| that our business here is not to dupli-
| cate Flanders field. but to celebrate
the coming Of g new world based on
the international brotherhood Of the
workers OF the world"
"GaR Law" in America.
With the official stenographers writ
ing ruriously and Deputy Commits
sioner Leach listening hard back OF
the speakers stand. Nearing proceeded
to expound the current socialistic doc
| trine, to protest against "our own gag
law in America" to predict bitter
| times for the laboring man this winter
On the whole he was moderate in his
expressions.
One Of the things he said was: IF
Attorney-Generai Gregory or Commits
sioner Enrtght can restore liberty and
throttle imperialism In this country
there will be no more need for the Sc
c-et service or the police courts"
What he demanded Of the United
States was that at restore OUT liber-