New-York tribune., 1919-02-12
Nearing Gives
jury His Views
On War Cause,
Says Dollar and Flag II.
ory in Accord With g..
ments by Lord Palmers,..
His Writings in Conr
Pamphlet Calls Armed Cona,..
Disease Like Typhoid; R.,a
School Director on Stan,

Scott Nearing. who in conjuD,.,..
with the American Socialist soe;' .''''a
on trial in the United States nI'.'. '' I
court before Judge julius N. Mss'.
Tor violating the espionage act 'a's'
the stand late yesterday afternon. w '''A
explained his pre-war beliefs '"4
Before Nearing began his to..:
Seymour stedman, his attorney, s'sa hsa y
trlOuted among the jurors all tho h0n va
that Nearing had written. Of SS' 'S'''
there were about dozen, and hna' ha''l
written by conservative" un;ra'',l "vol'
professors both for and against w.s
SOCIALISM, not forgetting the "rad;.a,' M
lnterrogated by stedman. Nss~. .ss
testified that he was tbirtv.sra -'''
old, married, the rather nj +ne I'VE yesh|
dren, born in this country of f"U ch-
VINO could date their ances+o 1 parent
TO pioneers of 200 wears 9'ots US Osci s
1ather, he said with a sm;le "so dis
stockbroker in New York Ce' Cif" was
LApIdlnS Doctors Depreo
Nearing said he was educated ;. j,
elementary schools of Penns,,,..ll Penn ~ IN
ana took his doctors degreen ,sTsaa ~ pa
sylVanla University. Nearjnc ror,l an ela.
mat doctors degree is one ,s'asfs'e "a
paraphernalia of the aca.,emio ,sa VI =!
he told of the books he had had uu;.! mol!e
OF the incidents which broucbt f'a,ti dHs
his leaving. by mutual eonsar.s as spoa
lacultles OF Pennsylvania and TolsIs u
universities, and of his acting as i's. ebs.
man mar &C, OF a child labor committee wGa v,l'a
nad helped HIM change his views sb,n
ctGnol1lons as they existed" He snos snSt,
o'Ilerly OF the existence of child lsha,
discussing the Germs of War ,TSa
ne wrote IN 1916, Nearing said A 4.
tneory advanced in that pampbIet W., @
'hat war IS like typhoid, and the wsv
cure the disease is to get to the hot, i"
OF Its cause. His theory was bo wv;
IN agreement with that of Lord ps
mefston (an English diplomat Of mss
years ago., that "the flag follows s',l =
dollar and when Opposing d0n..
meet war is inevitable. VIVA
Cites English Embargo
Nearing cited the recent emb.ru
passed by England against foriS|
imports, and pointed to the fact tbst i
mad been hailed in this countrv =,
peclally in the Senate. with apnrsbs,
prisals." 9'''' VI It
The Great Madness, A Victorv fs,
rlutocracy' which caused Nearjor,|
Indictment and cf which The Trim.
printed excerpts yesterday mornirs
was, according to Nearing. based on n
article written by K. Il. A. SeIigmsr
professor Of economies at Columh,
University, who, Nearing saws. was i
ways ''pro-war' and who is OPPOSED n
socialism, and articles appearin h
journals Of the Navy League.
Earlier in the day goverrD,,
witnesses were called to show Is |
connection between Nearing and ,be
AmeAican Socialist Society, but sfer
the government had concluded It's cas.
and the customary motion to oisrs,
the entire Indictment was made BY Mr. L
Stedman. Judge Mayer ruled that IL I
would dismiss the two counts which
charged conspiracy on the ground hat
the evidence introduced to substsnt
ave TINS charge was negllble.
United States Calls School DireclG
Algernon Lee. educational directs
of the Rand School of Social Scias
and Socialist Alderman, was called
Mr.. Barnes, and testified that he sl
Morris Hillquit had been on the csE
mittee that had written the "famts
st. Louis resolutions of the Socials
party. which asked the workers d
America to oppose, by mass resistsrn
if necessary, war in general
Judge Mayer ruled that Lees test
mony could not be held against Nelf
ing, even though he he~ Joined II
Socialist party after these resolutions
were passed. Bertha Mailly, eSecE
tive secretary of the Rand School. i''
tilted that she had read the "Grssi
Madness very rapidly and knew vel
little of how the manuscript was pus
lished
Many sympathizers were presen'
The trial was adjourned to ThuEsda'
morning.