The Days of a Man 1917 



As Edouard Bernstein has well said: "Men submit to 

 militarism for all sorts of reasons, except for its real 

 raison d'etre, war." 



One motive As time went on it became also plain that another 

 for com- motive entered into preparedness, that of limiting 

 industrial freedom through adoption of a Prussian 

 type of organization. Universal military training is 

 the most effective means yet developed for bringing 

 about industrial subserviency by fitting workmen to 

 their place and holding them as cogs in the machine. 



During the eight days intervening between Sunday, 

 March 25, and Tuesday, April 3, I kept up a losing 

 fight in response to the many calls for support from 

 those interested in possible adjustments apart fro 

 war. Some of these invitations came from universit 

 International Polity Clubs, others from branches o 

 the American Peace Society, a few from churc 

 organizations, and none from radical groups of any 

 sort. The district covered extended from Boston to 

 Washington. 



At Prince- For the evening of Monday the 26th I went to 

 Princeton at the request of Charles Arrott, a senior 

 in the University; but although a great war demon- 

 stration had been held on Sunday evening in one of 

 the halls, President Hibben refused permission for a 

 peace meeting. Yet at that time no official action had 

 been taken by our government, so that Arrott and 

 his associates thought they were supporting Mr. 

 Wilson in his former opposition to America's entry 

 into the conflict. 



Denied the privilege of assembly in the University, 



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