methods preserve American conditions at any cost if you would progress by means of orderly political and economic means. Protest against the imprisonment of men for their political or religious or economic opinions. Protest against the suppression of civil liberties. Nowhere else in the world, save in reactionary Japan, is there such vindictive and relentless punishment of political offenders. Shall we travel in this company? While a single one of these men and women is in jail all claims of democracy are a hollow pretense. Wake up, Americans and redeem your land from the shame that has fallen upon it. Join in the demand now voiced by millions: "Mr. President! - Let all political prisoners go! Let them go now! The war is over and aggression against civil freedom that might be tolerated in war times are impossible now. Get us back into the company of civilized nations. England, Germany, Italy, Austria, France, Canada — are all releasing their war time political victims. When will we do likewise? We, the American people command you, Mr. President, let our people go!" Send this message to the president over your signature. Send it to your congressman and senator, to your newspaper, your labor union, your church, your club. Pass this paper along to your friends. Help in the good work. The existence of a single political prisoner in this country should make every real American bow his head in shame. LET OUR PEOPLE GO! Are you wearing an amnesty button? Get a pocket full of them and stick them on every one you meet. They are five cents each, $1.50 a hundred and $12.50 a thousand. Have your branch or local put in a supply of a few hundred, or a thousand or two. You will make a profit for the branch, and you will aid in the drive to LET OUR PEOPLE GO! Send in your orders at once to Otto Branstetter, 220 South Ashland, Boulevard, Chicago, Ill. Shortly after the indictment by a Federal Grand Jury of Victor Berger, Germer, Engdahl, Kruse and Tucker for a violation of the Espionage Act, on which indictment they were all subsequently convicted, the following comments appeared:1 1 Eye Opener, March 16, 1918. SOCIALIST PARTY HAS BEEN INDICTED; WHOLE SOCIALIST PARTY MUST RESPOND By MORRIS HILLQUIT. Member Socialist Party National Executive Committee. The indictment against Berger, Germer, Engdahl, Kruse and Tucker is, in effect, an indictment against the Socialist Party. No other government of a country at war, not even Germany, has had the sad courage of resorting to criminal proceedings to suppress a political party in opposition. The Socialist opposition to war does not spring from a sentiment of hostility to the people of America but on the contrary is rooted in a deep feeling of loyalty and devotion to the masses and workers of this country and the world. The charge of espionage against our comrades is a legal absurdity and a political blunder and a moral monstrosity. The whole Socialist movement has been challenged. The whole Socialist movement must respond. ENEMIES OF LIBERTY GUILTY; ALL LOVERS OF LIBERTY MUST BACK SOCIALIST PARTY By JOHN M. WORK, Member Socialist Party National Executive Committee. This latest outrage should cause all lovers of liberty to ally themselves with the Socialist Party. It is the only political organization that stands for democracy in the United States. Don't think for one minute that we are on the defensive. We are on the aggressive. Our enemies are guilty. We will put them on We are making We are making a political drive against the forces of autocracy in this country and we propose to continue until we put them out of business. trial at the polls. SOCIALISTS STRIVE ONLY TO MAINTAIN THE RIGHTS ESSENTIAL TO DEMOCRACY AND LABOR By ALGERNON LEE, Socialist Member New York City Board of Aldermen. Indictment of Berger, Germer, Engdahl, Tucker and Kruse will but solidify the Socialist movement and gain it new friends. We know any fair trial will prove they have broken no law but |