New-York tribune., 1922-11-27
Crowd Howls
As I)eIDs Defies
Ut. s. Authority
Socialist Chief Embraces
r. w. w. and ALI Reds
i'm First Speech Since
Release From Atlanta
To Defend Mem i'm Jail
Declares HE Will Oppose
War Again as Vigorous
ly as He Did Before

CHICAGO, Nov. 28 (By The Asso-
ciated Press). Eugene Debs. leader Of
the Socialist party. made his first pub
lie speech since leaving Atlanta peni-
tentiary here to-day and was given
an ovation that delayed the start of
his address for more than an hour.
Hundreds stood outside the hall for
hours after fire guards limited the au-
dience to 1000 people.
Jean Longuet, French Socialist, in
whose honor the meeting was held, was
overshadowed by the demonstration
accorded Debs. Huge baskets of red
roses tied with red ribbons were given
Debs by his admirers, and after the
meeting the Socialist National Commit
tee was forced to conceal Debs in g
small committee room for nearly an
hour to keep the waiting crowd from
carrying him away. With tears eours-
ing down his cheeks, Debs begged the
committee TO let him go out and shake
hands with the crowd, and once he
forced his way to the platform despite
their protests that his strength was
unequal to the strain.
Nothing to Regret
'T am just recovering from the ef-
fects of speech | made almost four
years ago." Debs told the audience. "Tt
was q record making speech. | be-
gan it at Canton, Ohio, and finished
it at Atlantic Penitentiary.
"But there Is nothing to regret. I
opposed the war and still oppose war.
| would not 20 to war at the command
of any capitalist country on the face
Of this earth. would have saved the
lives of 10000 American boys who per-
ished on the battlefelds of France to
create 10000 new millionaires in this
country. / spoke at Canton from a
deep sense OF conviction, and, after
all, ten years is worry modest sentence
for having an opinion Of your own
in the United States"
Ignoring the fight of the Socialist
party leaders against the I. w. W.,
communism and the Russian Soviet
government, Debs declaring himself q
citizen OF the world, embraced all three
in teh ranks Of "the defenders of free
speech"
"Out of the war; he said, zone great
good came, quite unexpected to the
ruling classes of the world. That was
the Soviet Republic"
AtEacRe SeulG10H Act
Hepraised the nineteen Communists,
including William Bross Lloyd, whose
conviction under the Illinois anti
syndicalisn, law was upheld few
days ago, and attacked the act under
which they were found guilty as a
disgrace to any state" Likewise, he
said, he stood behind the twenty Com
nunists who are slatedto go on trial
at St. Joseph Mich, Tomorrow under
similar law and would fight for the
freedam of the sixty-eight wartime
prisoners, "mcBtly members Of the
despised I. w. W." who are still in
Federal prisons.
E Il despise and defy their laws" he
said. II am not citizen OF the United
States, despite the fact that was born
and raised in Indiana. Because !
obeyed my conscience lost my citizen,
ship, but I would far rather have it
that way than keep my citizenship and
lose my conscience"
Jean Longuet devoted most Of his ad-
dress TO an attack on Georges Glenn
enceau and the peace treaty of Yer
sailles. Clemenceau, he declared, "no
more represents France than Mr..
Schwab or Mr. Pierpont Morgan repre-
sents the spigit of America
The fundamental cause Of the present
situation in Euroue, he said, is the
peace made in 1919, and this was a
natural result of the continuation Of
the war until that time.