PARDON FOR EUGENE DEBS.
prominent socialist RELEASED. WASHINGTON, Doc. 23. Eu'rono Dobs lias boon pardoned. Dobs has served two years and a-lialf in prison on conviction of anti-war utterances. A. and N.Z. cable. . . [Eugene Debs was born in lerre Haute, Indiana, in 1855. Both his parents were French, from Alsace. He had practically no education, but taught himself oratory by reciting, in private and in public, the principal speeches of Patrick Homy am other patriotic figures. . Ho first won recognition in Labour circles by his sue ecssful conduct of strikes. Then ho became a leading figure in Socialist politics and stood as candidate for the Presidency several times. In 1918 a speech delivered against conscription sent him to gaol. A.j soon as he was arrested it was .suggested to him that he might easily win release on account of his advanced ye,us. m n refused unless all other prisoners under the Espionage Act were set free a the same time. One of President \\ .Isons last official acts was to veto the suggestion for his release.]
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 3107, 28 December 1921, Page 5
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175PARDON FOR EUGENE DEBS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 3107, 28 December 1921, Page 5
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