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Peace Resolutions
Tho following momorlal was pre
sented to Senator Stono by Mr.
Georgo Wheat, of Harvard Univer
sity: "To the Commlttoo on Foreign
Relations, Senator William J. Stone,
Chairman, tho Capitol, Washington,
D, G.
"Washington's Birthday," Nineteen
Seventeen.
"Wd, tho undersigned college men
and women, representing fprty-nine
institutions of learning in Amqrica,
fool that wo should state at this crit
ical time, what the possibility of war
means to us. It is wo who, in tho
event of war, yUl bo asked to aban
don thoso high ideals of construc
tive servlco to our country for which
wo aro now preparing, and divert
strength to channels of destruction.
"Wo fool that a declaration of war,
meroly to satisfy national 'honor,'
would bo treason to tho spirit of
civilization which has made obsolete
tho settlement of personal quarrels
by tho duel and vendetta. Loss of
national 'honor' and 'prestlgo' has
ever been tho ready excuso for
senseless wars prompted in reality
by sinister motives of conquest and
profit. Wo propose to deal with tho
facts as thoy aro; wo do not propose
to bo deceived by those forcos urg
ing war for profit, while tho young
people of tho nation pay the price
l) blood, and in shattered hopes and
ideals.
"Tho President's noble efforts to
restore peace to tho wlarrlng nations
of Europo will bo construed as mere
rhetoric If America now resorts to
the sword to settle a question of less
plunged Europo' into unspeakable
horror.
"Cherishing as wo do the demo
cratic ideals of America, we dread
the restriction of individual liber
ties, and tho autocratic control of
military forces which inevitably ac
company war; tho conscription of
life Witu no corresponding con
scription of wealth; the suppression
of freo speech, trials by court-martials
and arbitrary tribunals, and
all "tho pernicious evils which find
bjrth in the passions of hate and
fear and suspicion generated by war,
Wo view with alarm the possibility
that our beloved America, whose
high ideals of liberty and justlco we
aro all pledged to serve, may sacri
fice her supremo principles for the
outworn theory that bloodshed of
fers any reparation for national
wrongs.
"Wo aro gratefully conscious of
tho efforts President Wilson has
made to keep us out of war. We
have viewed with approval the sup
port accorded thoso efforts by cab
inet and congress. As? college men
and women we ourselves have en
deavored to lend aid by arousing
and making articulate the peace
sentiment among our colleague's.
"We realize that it is not difficult
to maintain peaceful relations when
every neighboring country is at
peace, but that the supreme test of a
nation's moral courage comes when
it puffers constant provocation. We
aro convinced that the honor of our
nation can best be preserved by the
exercise of calm self restraint dur
ing this critical period, and by dig
nified refusal, to use their own' dis
astrous methods in .dealing with in-
, yltal import than those issues which juries inflicted upon us by our war
SI"
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Mr. Bryan's New Book
Heart to Heart Appeals
Mr. Bryan has made a careful collection of the .
Heart to Heart Appeals, scattered through the speeches
delivered by him during a quarter of a century (1890
1910) in tho belief that they will be of permanent in
terest to the reading public, especially to students. .
Thoy cover all the issues before the country-during
tho eventful period covered by his connection with
American and world politics..
1 twenty-two chapters deal with topics ennumer
ated J o tablo of contents below:
CONTENTS
XI
i
I. Government
II. Tariff.
Ill, Income Tax
IV. Money
V. Imperialism
"VI. Trusts
"VII. Labor
VIII. Popular Election of
Senators
IX. Publicity Campaign
Contributions
X. Initiative and Referendum
Equal Suffrage
XII. Tho Liquor Question
XIII. Issues Past and
Present
XlV.-rrChicago Convention
XV. St. Louis Convention1
XVI. Baltimoro Conv'tion
XVII. Pan America
XVIII,)-In Foreign hands .
XIX. Peaco
XX. Religion
XXI. Ideals
XXII. Miscellaneous
Mr. Bryan is sepecially anxious to get the book into
tho hands of University, College and High School stu
dents. Any student desiring to act as agent can obtain,
terms by addressing the publishers, Fleming H. Reyell
Co., 158 5th Ayo., N. Y. Readers of The Commoner' can
secure the book at one dollar per volume by addressing
The Commoner or the publishers.
It will be sent FREE to any subscriber pending In
three subscriptions at one dollar each. Address
THE" COMMONER, LINCOLN, NEB.
wrecked neighbors. Wo are con
vinced that no injury is wilfully,, in
tended for us, and that all we have
suffered in the past, and aro likely
yet to suffer is only tho inevitable
backwash of war from which no
neutral nation can ever, be freo so
long as wars persist. We feel that
all such -injuries should bo dealt
with sanely, and deliberately, after
the present war is past.
"We belfeve that war should not
bo declared, until tho people have
had an opportunity to express them
selves on the issue by advisory ref
erendum. ' Wo view with, " concern
the, possibility that America rnqy be
drawn into virtual belligerency
without actual declaration of war,
and we urge our government studi
ously to avoid any hasty action, or
plan of action such as arming mer
chantmen, which might tend to bring
about a state of conilict, and thus
deprive citizens of the United States
of their rjght of democratic control
over an issue which so profoundly
affects the life of every individual.
"It is our loyal purpose to sup
port President Wilson arid those
working with him, in every con
structive effort looking toward the
preservation and restoration of
peace.
"Signed by eighty cqllege men
and women representing fifty educa
tional institutions."
College Section, Emergency
Peaco Federation, 70 Fifth Avenue,
New York.
MR. BRYAN'S PATRIOTISM
In an interview in the Miami Her
old, given out on his return to his
winter home, Mr. Bryan said:
- "I shall live up to a patriot's4hty
if war comes until that time I sh
do what I can to save my country
from its horrors."
In 1898, when President McKinley
called for volunteers to fight the
war with Spain, among the first to
offer his services was' his opponent
in the recent presidential campaign
of 1896. Mr. Bryan was appplhied
colonel of a Nebraska regiment and
remained in service until after the
protocolVith Spain had been signed.
Mr. Brya;n Is now a much older
man and probably could be of little
aid to the government in the field.
-JJV"" " yv.c uu poiL u. wo cvu mo
service of his country if the worst
comes. They will be of assistance,
too. This country is not military.
It knows not how-to fight unless
tremendously stirred by dome great
issue of self-defense or humanity.
"Thrice armed is he whose cause is
just." Mr. Bryan has sought to re
strain the impetuous arm and cool
the ardor of our people for war, so
that we shall not enter it, unless it
seems absolutely forced upon us.
Chattanooga 'News.
TOOK IT BACK
The city council of Danville Is in
tensely patriotic- When tho.' news
came that W. J. Bryan was- in
Washington endeayoring. to arrange'
a "peace at any price poljcyjr the
city fathers went mad with over
heated patriotism and blew off their
safety valves.
A set of resolutions was adopted
calculated to start spontaneous com
bustion in the center of a fil.led ice
house.
After a week or so the council
met again and proceeded to take it
all back. It had been discovered
that some of the tough things sa'd
about William were not true and thp
whole business looked sort of silly
like. The motion to expunge the
record carried. Some one should
gently -breaks the 'news to iT"
otherwise he Siay never know?
nearly he came to being blown W
of the water.--PaHsJ0Q72er
MR. BRYAN'S PROBATION VLVx
Mr. Bryan gives a good 100J
of himself as a demoenfueaul H !
cause ot prohibition. To thi L ?
audience that greeted him at l
orial hall, Wednesday nteht L .J
his party had done so J r "
that he felt constrained to serv "j
as he could in this particular, wl
came as a recruit to a cause long
ago proclaimed by others, and found
his right as a democrat to do so in
the fact that a majority of both
houses of a democratic congress now
favors prohibition and that, of the
twenty-three prohibition states
twelve are states that uniformly
elect tho democratic ticket.
The argument that Mr! Bryan
makes against the saloon is all that
the most uncompromising prohibi
tionist could, ask. Such an auditor
would probably hear little that was
positively new to him, but he would
find most of it looking new in Mr.
Bryan's pleasing and forceful ora
tory. The Memorial hall meeting,
like the convention of which it was
a part, is a record-making demon
station of Ohio sentiment against
the saloon. Columbus (0.) Uis
patch. v ,
DEMOCRATIC FORWARD LEAGUE
Following is the form of pledge
being used by the Democratic For
ward league of Kentucky in further
ing its statewide campaign for pro
hibition: "I hereby enlist in the Democratic
Forward League of Kentucky, and
'edgevmy support and influence to
the promotion of state-wide prohibi
tion, and I will' support in the dem
ocratic primaries only candidates for
state senator arid representatives
who take that stand, and who, by
precept and example uphold the
moral side of all public questions.
This : , 1917.
Name
Post Ofilce-
Voting Precinct-
County-
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