The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-18
Cheer Russian BOlsheviki at
Mass Meeting in
Chicago
OPENLY ESPOUSE
RED RULE HERE
Victor Berger, Representative Elect,
Boasts Of His Indictments for Sedi-
tion-Mask Of Loyalty to Govern
ment Thrown Of.

AiCit AaOWH I'll.
CHICAGO, Nov. 1S.-The Chicago
Socialist, party in all its branches was
delivered yesterday to tile forces of
Bolshevism by their accredited party
leaders. This step was taken at
mass meeting held in the coliseum.
Socialist leaders who since the war
started have protested their loyalty to
the American government and the sue.
cessfnl prosecution of the war threw
aside their government support nantes
and openly boosted Of their sympathy
and support of the Russian revolution
lists, and declared in their determination
TO help forward an American movement
to make the United States unit of a
world Socialist international.
The mass meeting. which had been
called for the announced purpose of
celebrating the OVERTHROW of the Ger
man kaiser, was in reality nothing less
than a public toastmaking 10 the Boil;
shcyiki and dcnunciation Of all mill.
tarism.
Speakers SKINNED line bordering
on actual disloyalty to this nation and
government agents took stenographie
reports Of utterances that arc likely to
be termed enemy propae snda by the
government authorities. These will be
presented to I. s. District Attorney
Cline today for examination.
OF the 5000 or 10000 persons in at
tendance, fully IS per cent indicated
Russian or German descent. The Ger
man language was used freely by the
Socialist speakers. A German singing
society sang the Socialist march and
1.-The International in German. 1.-THE
| Marseillaisc was sung in English.
The Star Spangled Banner" was not
sung.
Every speaker, from tho chairman.
William Bross Lloyd. recent Socialist
| candidate for United States senator. TO
the woman representative of tho broken
Siberian Soviet, had words of praise for
| the Russian Bolsheviks. None had
words of appreciation for America s
part in the world s war. Every refer
euce to the Bolshevik states Brought sp.
| plause that at times rocked the build
| ing.
The American flag was mentioned
| only once, and then in apologize terms
in comparison to the red banner Of the
| internationals. There were sncers and
slurs for the American soldiers in the
war, but no mention of their heroism
The Socialists who helped the govern.
mcnt in war work were described as
having "sold out and Samuel Com
! pers and his fellow labor uniouists were
made the subject of the speakers
iibes.
| The collection of funds for united
/ war work was denounced and the So
ciahsts were urged to withhold money
from this work and contribute il TO a
fund for Socialistic educational propa
gands.
| Victor Berger was introduced as q
man who could qualify as good So
cialist "because he can show his in
dietmcnts
81 can show four indietmcpts-ab bout
; 60 counts. said Berger in acknovl
! cdging introduction, while his hearers
: howled applause. IL was not indicted
because had committed any crimo
! We were indicted because we stood for
Socialism-ihat was the only reason
They say the Socialist party of the
> United States is German. Germany will
! be proud of having given this socialism
to the world. They object TO socialism
because il would do away with white
slavery. That 3 why they indicted u.
and that S why they made peace &c
! quickly