New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-20

a, the Connecticut Society or branch of the Uni
yersal Peace Union. Here. too. will be built the
second peace temple in the world the first being
the Temple Of Sincoed in the Roman Forum
This second peace temple Will be unpretentious IN
IT'S structure. Ii will be built on the banks of the
ho,u,iful Mystic River over the temple will. in
addition 70 the American flag. float the peace nag
The latter is the National emblem bordered with
white The land that will be the site OF the peace
temple is owned by the Universal Peace Union 1t
comprises about ten acres. 1t has passed through
the hands OF only one owner since 1t was In the
nossession OF the Indians. and was bought or the
ab.rigines of the soil 1t not stolen IKE so
much Of the rest of the United States
AS the blood of the martyrs is the seed OF the
Church so this Eastern branch of the Peace So
c,etv is supported and made most fourishing by the
descendants of ancestors who were called upon 10
.rner most bitter persecution for their peace prn-
c,ples About two hundred years ago the whip
ME family-the progenitors or the present Peace
vorkers-came and settled in the vicinity or New
London In towns called Poquetannock and Hail
vile They were followed soon after by the 'Rog-
crime Ouakers" Both of these families taught that
I, was wrong TO take life under any circumstances
For this reason they refused to take part In mill
;ary trainings. They could not be forced 10 learn
the trade of a soldier. They lost properly ana
suffered Imprisonment instead. John Rogers 'heir
leader was imprisoned for more than Ten years
for this cause. His descendants and those OF the
x-b,nnle family are the ones who (under the au-
spices of the Universal Peace Union) are building
the Peace Temple at Mystic
The temple will stand looking down upon the
Mystic River Ii is scene so placid so quiet
that II is almost impossible 10 believe that the
varwhoops of the Indian ever echoed on THESE
hills or the wall OF the victims of persecution ever
formed a discordant note in the music OF nature
here The sides Of the building will be open ana
the flooring will be the rocks and the hard SOIL OF
the grove Experience proves That the spedhiis
can be more distinctly heard when the speaker
stands directly on the ground than when a moor IN
teryenes between his feet and the earth. Ihere
will be a gradual rise from the platform PACK SO
that every one well as hear Inc TOOL
will be arranged TO give good Ventilation
The platform will be large. and so arranged as 10
give the speaker every advantage as 10 posltoh
The committee and retiring room Will be large ana
convenient 1t will be arranged that aooltlohs
can be made in size and In orhamehlatoh aS may
be necessary or desired - 49, - 80
uuirod for the Peace Temple, 1t Is hoped to have
this nucleus around which will spring up a
peace village in the nature Of Chautauqua fiots
for homes will be sold-some are already disposed
Of -, ., -.
The programme for the first days meeting, To-
morrow, includes addresses in the morning by l. W;
Crouch, Alfred H. Love. president OF the UNIVERSAL
Peace Union John Bronson, Dr. Ellen Goooeii
Smith and in the afternoon a paper reao peiore
the Pan-American Congress by w. c. Brown. ana a
peace prize contest in recitation by twenty young
people The meeting will continue Wednesday
Thursday and Friday