A SOCIALIST RELEASED.
' [EXTRAORDINARY* SCENES IN ; ; v - r ' 7^ ~' ; ;AM^rcA>- ■ '■•■ ■■ <•■ IPeF-Pi'ess, Association, Copyright.) n^" :^ E W;.,Yp^§, December 28. : ."phe're^se Asf, Eugene Debs has attended by extraordinary scenes 'of enthusiasm aniong the Socialists. crowds, greeted hin^ when he left the;. Penitentiary. ,a^ Atlanta, Georgia 1 , ,^ojmen throwing 'their arms about his neck and kissing him. , Bebs w<ent to Washington, and consulted President: -Harding and Mr H. M. Daugherty, Attorney-General. He said he would not put a limitation oh his future activities. He declared himself a .citizen of the world, dedicating himself to the task of abolishing war. He predicted the Washington Conference would be a failure, merely cheapening the next war by the use of deadlier machines. Thousands crowded about his train before he left for his home at Terre Haute, Indiana, where a parade oi 25,000 persons is expected to greel him and escort him home. [A previous message said Eugem Debs, the well-known Socialist, hac been pardoned. Debs served tw* and t half years m prison, having been con victed for his anti-war utterances.]
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLII, Issue 9421, 29 December 1921, Page 5
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