New-York tribune., 1918-02-15
Security Head Says So.;.,
lists Pen Should Co
No Further
Cites Latest Writing.
AS Most Offens;;,.
In One Pamphlet EXP.
fessor Says u. S. Sho,,,
Follow Russian Exannl.

Two new pamphlets written ,...,
by Scott Nearing yesterday cam. .a.' :. J
attention of S. Stanwood Mepks, : ~
ident of the National Secur;s, ~. p'''
Mr.. Menken denounced n.
phlets as the most daring ara r., ri
to the Kaiser of any propagand. =
has been circulated in New yorl,
In one of these pamphlets v,:.,
entitled "The Menace of Mil;..r;.
Nearing declared:
"ln August, 1914, the Ame-o.
pie lamented because the unfo,,r.'.
militarized citizens of autocrs,;. =
many were forced into war Will.
their consent, but in April 1917 y
c'tlzens Of democratic America -.
forced into war without their co,..
Nor did our government have II. -
cusc of the German governms,. :
vasion." 'a
In the other pamphlet. which !, -
TITLED, open Letters to Protiteer,-..
Arrangement of Big Business !, -
Relation to the War" Nearing saw.
Would Follow Russia
The time has come for the Amer;..
people to follow the example of H.,
Russian comrades-to throw aside a
barbarlsm of modern industri,,
cIety, to destroy economical narss;..
TO annlhiiate all the social institute.
which enable one man to live pnon :.
other mans labor. The time has -,
Tor the peoples everywhere to It'll
possession of the world and run It n
the service of mankind.
Business men will no longer rr.
the world that they have wrecked
Recent events lead me to tho cor.,,
SION that it is not the diplomats vi,
want the war to go on, but the bn,
ness interests. WV 'us'
Il believe that when the history =
TINS period is written, it will bo ro.., - :.
TO the endless shame of the ruling ,,, c1.n
IN the United States that they con,;n~! ~.
a brutal war because there was moss
in il. ''''
"Oh, yes, have heard YOU bust.,,
men shouting patriotism from b,
hlousetors. You stood up when ~.
star-Spangled Banner" was sung M
sa,uted the flag when it was unturIs
During the CHASTITY month of Nal
1917, you helped pass the selective ri
wee act, under which other mems I'll
nave been chosen to so into n
trenches. . Because of patriotsrl
Let the rate of profit stand as !
answer"
Accuses Business Men
Referring to Liberty Loan adyel
tisement headed MAKE the World S,j
for Business,' which was donated H
New York firms in the first loan csz
paign. Nearing remarks:
What does that mcan-Make til
world safe for business?
"lt means huge. red, war profits. t
means broken bodies, weeping wems,,
wailing children, hungry old men, shat
tered homes. desolate villages, disess.
famine, death.
at means hell on earth, kept gsip,
so that American business men can get
theiis."
Nearing's latest assistance to The
Kaiser shows the need of more rig.
orous enforcement of the present sedf
ton law or else the passage of mon
severe law, according to Mr.. Menken.
1T the government can imprisan
Nearing under the present law, Ii.
government should lose no time in put
ting him in safe place. said Nj,
Menken. ''Jf Federal authorities ar
unable to jail him because Of som.
Ioophole in the present sedition Law. )
new law should be passed by Congrea
Immediately.
"Nearings pamphlets are not circ:
lated among the rank and file Of Ames
leans. That would be a waste of prif
paper. 1t is among workmen. thcs
more recently emigrated to this couf
try, that hearings pamphlets are scs'
tered. fear some men actually DE-
lleve what Nearing writes.
Right now this country is trying u
mobilize the workmen, particularly ~
shipbuilders. TO back up the boys !,
France. Nearing's pen must proces:
no further