The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-25
HIGHER LIFE FOR NATIONS.
Rev. VIM. G. Hubbard Pleads for Uni

Rev. VIM. G. Hubbard Pleads for Uni
versaI Peace--ResOlutiOns Adopted.
At the Tabernacle Church last night Rev.
William c. Hubbard. president of the Peace
Association of Friends in America, adj
dressed the audience on the Higher Life for
Nations" The association, of which Mr..
Hubbard is at the head, believes in arbitra-
ton as a substitute for war and his address
was along this line
Mr.. Hubbard was introduced by Governor
Mount, who made brief predatory remarks
relative to the subject of the evening. He
declared it an honor to preside at a meet
ing which had for its purpose the uplifting
of a nations life and the betterment of So
ciety. He thought it opportune at this time
for people to becpme interested in a. question
of this character. Reason, he said. domi-
mates the world and reason should prevail
in the adjustment of disputes of national
character. While the Governor thought
this country in no danger from invasion
from a foreign foe, he said there were
dangers that might arise from conflicts be-
tween capital and labor or between en-
ployer and employee He believed arbitration
the remedy for these troubles, and recalled
the appointment byothe last Legislature of
labor commissioners, whose business it is
to investigate and adjust, if possible, these
MISUNDERSTANDING
Mr.. Hubbard said in his opening remarks
that he who lives the highest and purest life
is the one who embodies into his thought
and his daily life the teachings of the Mas
ter. He characterized the distinction be-
tween civilized beings and barbarians thus:
"One is actuated by the brains and heart
and reason, and the other by passion and
Inst
clared he would call any man barbarian
who is dominated by his lower nature. 1t
has been said that nation rises in proper
ton to its womanhood In order to have
great men country must have pure ana
intelligent women as mothers. Mr.. Hubbard
thought If one were to Judge q country by
its womanhood the. United States would
take a place in the front rank. The stand
ard of womanhood, he said, is not so high
in any other country. He spoke of the
degradation hsaped upon the women of Eu-
rope, where they are compelled to work in
the streets and in the field. Mr. Hubbard
declared that the standing army of Europe
IS to blame for the drudgery the women of
the country have to endure. Twenty million
men in Europe are taken from the fields
and the shops and put into the army. These
places have to be filled by some one and
the tasks fall chiefly upon woman She is
crushed beneath the military system of Eu-
rope, while 20,0G0,C00 men are at play in the
standing army in a time of peace
The speaker made the assertion that his
tory will show how standing armies provoke
and create war rather than prevent it, The
man who girds himself with bowie knife
and a revolver and goes out is about the
first man in the community to get into trou-
BILE. The nation that has the smallest stand
ing army and moves along with a determi-
nation to do the right thing has to do less
nghung than any other. Mr.. Hubbard spoke
Of n the military system OF the United States,
ing army from the European standpoint
General Grant said the country needed no
standing army-only a national police force
w
characters. In picturing the horrors of war
Mr.. Hubbard quoted some famous men
Carlyle says that war is to send men a
thousand miles away from home to kill men
they never saw and about something they
do not understand. Napoleon said: WAR is
definition was: war is the business of
hell" Referring to the disputes between
countries over the boundary lines of their
possessions the speaker asserted that the
killing of half the people in the world would
not establish one boundary line. 1t requires
a surveyor and cool-headed men to do this
kind of work. Senator Sherman, according
to the speaker, has estimated that thirty
eight great questions of dispute have been
settled by arbitration in this country Rea-
and the bloody sword. Mr.. Hubbard said
he would cast no reflection on the brave
orly asked that in the future the people
strive to bridge the bloody chasm.
AT the conclusion of the address the fol-
lowing resolutions, presented by Judge Vim
son Carter were adopted:
''Whereas this congregation truly believes
that advancing civilization and clearer gos-
pei light have shown war between civilized
nations to be a remnant of barbarsm ana
believing firmly that arbitration is a sub
stitute for war, both reasonable and prac-
teal and in harmony with the teachings
of Jesus Christ, therefore,
Resolved That we, as a Christian con-
gregation, regret the failure of the Anglo
American arbitration treaty last winter and
that we hereby express our wish and re-
spectfully ask Of our national President and
~ n ha ra-
newed at an early day to secure a fair and
equitable treaty with Great Britain that
shall bind these two English-speak king ma
tons to settle all disputes by arbitration
rather than war.
Resolved That authorize the presi-
dent of this meeting and the pastor of this
church TO forward the above resolution 10
President Mckinley and to Secretary OF
State John sherman"
A Compliment to DIR. Lhsby.
OLD Inhn-sfrnnt C,hllrnh Of Now YnrlL