Last Monday evening the Relief of Widows and Orphans Revolutionary Aid Committee called a meeting at the St. George's hall, in memory of the Bloody Sunday, January 22, in St. Petersburg, Russia. This meeting was called to make a collection for the revolutionists and to decide to whom the money should be sent. After the lectures, the chairman brought up the question as to where send the $300 that we have now on hand. Then the Rev. Krawczunas asked for the floor and took the speaker stand. Staggering and wobbling he raised his hands but was unable to say a word. At last with great difficulty a peculiar sound came, "Oh!!!...," and again staggered and wobbled: "Brothers Samogetians ....," and lay down on the table. After a while he woke up and cried out, "The Russians with their bayonets will force you....! They will come and force you with their bayonets...." With these words he wants us to understand that he said "Do not contribute to the revolutionists, do not send money, do not go 2 against the tsar, the revolutionary movement is useless; the Russians will come and force you to obey the tsar." Again the priest lay on the table. "My uncle accepted orthodoxy....," raised up his hands and trembling he exclaimed: "Oh, you cannot have a strange wife!" He lay down on the table again. "Brothers, Samogetians, Catholics....!" He raised his hands and tottering cried: "Down with the Socialists!" Again he lay down on the table and after a few minutes he woke up and staggering went and sat down.

The listeners were surprised and asked each other what kind of trick it was. "What is the matter with the priest?" some asked. The people have various ideas about him; what they are I will not mention. Someone in the public took the floor and asked the priest what wrong the Socialists have done to him. In his speech he criticized the priest's conduct for sticking his nose in other people's affairs. The priest put his nose to the floor with downcast eyes. Even though he wanted to say something, he did not dare to reply.

When the speaker finished another took his place. He criticized the priest for attacking the Socialists, and then the speaker said that when God created man he gave him free choice to be a democrat, socialist or clerical. Then the priest arose and cried: "Stop. You are not a priest. It is forbidden to you to mention God's name! I am the priest and I forbid you to mention God's name!" (I wonder if Rev. Krawczunas has copyrighted God in Washington, D. C., that he dares to forbid others to mention His name.) As the speaker paid no attention to the priest's interruption and went on with his speech, the priest came to the speaker and, putting his hands on his mouth, said, "I am the priest. I will not permit you to speak....." Then the speaker stepped on the top of the table, so the priest could not reach his mouth. The priest climbed on the table and tried to reach the speaker's mouth and they started to push each other. Both fell down on the floor. The public than rose from their seats and ran to the table. Some of them were trying to protect the priest; others, the speaker. They started to scold, denounce and push each other. The commotion became much worse. The people demanded that the speaker go on with his speech, that he should pay no attention to the priest. Someone shut the lights off and the friends of the priest begged him to go to his rectory.

The people said, "Dear priest, go and lie in bed; if they call the police you will be taken to the police station."

At this the meeting for the Widows and Orphans Committee at the St. George's parish hall came to an end. The public went to the Laudanskas hall to end the meeting, and at this meeting decided to send the money to the Social Democratic Party in Lithuania.

Upon reviewing Rev. Krawczunas' conduct at this meeting, one wonders what is the matter with him. The priest played his part in a funnier way than a five-cent circus side show.

One Present at the Meeting.