Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-20
 DREAM WAS 10
 END THE WAR
Received No Money From German Sources, But Every Dollar Expended Bv Socialists Contributed By Members.

Chicago, Dec. 19.-An efofrt to show that the anti-war campaign of the ocialists in this country was part of an international movement to abolish war and militarism was made by Adolph Germer, general secretary of the National ocialist party, in tes- tifying today in his own defense in the trial of five Socialist leaders for violation of the espionage act.
 Germer said that the Socialists hoped to compel the United States to take the lead on he movement to end he war and enforce the disarm- amant of the world. He read to the jury every proclamation issued and every resolutio nadopted by the Ma tional Ocialist party in opposition to the war since 1912.
 Germer denied that the Socialists ever expended dollar of their de- fense fund to keep slackers out of pail.
 Letters from John Spargo in which he declared that the attitude of the Socialist party since the beginning of the war had been "unneutral, un American and pro-German," were ready to the jury today by cousel for the government during the cross examination of Adolph Germer. gene- ral secretary of the National Soci- alfst party, at the trial of five Socia- list leaders for violation of the es- pionage law.
 Spargo, in one letter said that the call for the St. Louis convention of the party held in April, 1917, at which the proclamation and war platform were adopted, read as if it might have been written in the Ger man foreign office. He protested against the convention being held in St. Louis "one of the largest Ger man cities of the United States.' Spargo was a member of the exec,1- tive committee of the National Social ist party, but resigned in May, 1917, and later was sent abroad as a mem Der of labor commission by Presi- dent Wilson.
 Adolph Germer was on the wit ness stand all day and was still un- der cross examination when court adjourned.
 The name of Frank P. Walsh, form CT head of the National Industrial RCldllOIlS COIlIlllScIOu, dIu ullIll C. gently joint chairman with William H. Taft, of the Federal War Labor Board was brought into the case by Germer He said that Walsh, Clar- ence D. Darrow, and Seymoure Sted man were present at a meeting of the executive committee of the Ma tiona! Socialist party in Chicago, in July, 1917, at which the espionage law and certain literature being dis tributed by the organization was dis cussed
 He said that committee com posed of Walsh, DarrOw, Stedman, Engdahl and himself was named to go to Washington to protest against the action of the PostOffice Depart ment in suppressing the American Socialist.
 Germar admitted that millions of copies of pamphlets declared by the government as seditious, had been distributed by the socialist party.
 Germer in his direct examination dened ever having received any money from German sources to op- pose war. He said every dollar ex- pended was contributed by the mem lbership of the socialist party.
 He denied responsibility for alleg- ed anti-war articles published in the American Socialist, although admit ting he was business manager of the paper
 Germar said he never advised any one not to register under the selec. tive draft but, on the contrary. had told number of persons that they should obey the law.
 Questioned in regard to the speech he delivered in Chicago, August O, 1917, which resulted in his arrest, Germer denied every statement attri- buted to him by witnesses off the government.
 q read from signed articles by Theodore Roosevelt in which he de nied that the Kaiser was responsible off the war and said it would be a calamity if the German nation was crushed as result of the conflict" said Germer
 Roosevelt said the German people were responsible for the war. con- mented on this statement and said that if socialist had made such q c+o Lo would Iho ocrnctoI