The San Francisco call., 1904-10-31
Alameda Pastors Plead
for Arbitration of In
ternatiOnal Disputes
WAR is DECLARED
AN ANARCHR0NISM
It's Abolition Possible
Only by the Adoption
Of Christian Ideals

ALAMEDA, Oct. 30.-LOcal ministers
ot the several denominations observed
to-day as Peace Sunday and in their
sermons dwelt upon the evils of war
and advocated the institution of a
court of arbitration to settle the dis
putes arising between nations.
Rev P. c. McFarlane of the Chris
tian Church took for his subject, shall
There Be An End TO WARP" and said in
part:
The motives in war have been mainly re-
henge pillage and conquest ambition, either
personal or national; sslf-defense. or an IN
selnsh defense Of a weaker nation against a
sLSAeef IN most wars all these elements
exist, and the present struggle is exception
70 The rule. We are all accustomed to think
eI such conflict as one that is none of our
business.
What. Nothing TO US If a hundred thou
sand Of our race have fallen in battle and
hundreds Of thousands more have been maimed
and marred for life? Nothing to us-all the
heartaehes pain and disease and death?
hundred thousand homes? Nothing to
US the awful passions kindled on
around the world; newspapers reeking with
the awful tales OF blood being read at the
breakfast table until not even the cheek OF
ne ialrest IN the land pales al the death Of
thousands. and the eyes OF our children sparkle
with JOY at the Staying of tens OF thousands? :?
Is II nothing 10 us that japan. for whom we
have just made room at the council board OF
nations, should devote her freshly conned
lessons OF civilization. not the nobler arts
q peace. but 10 the wagins OF war with all the
ferocity OF savagery and all OF the diabolical
skin OF science and learning? Is it nothing TO
us that commerce should be parslyzed. that
our shipping lie idle at the docks that the
course oi Industry be disturbed workmen
ments Of peace and civilization to devise
engines Of war and supply materials for the
Is all this nothing 10 us?
Oh. no. BY every tradition OF God and man
! Is everything 10 US. The nations are knit
together A heart throb in Toxic or St Peters
burg Is felt instantly and keenly in New York
and san Francisco. War is relic OF other
days and must pass away along with dueling
national arbitration
ECONOMY OF PEACE.
Some Practical Steps Toward Uni
versal Peace" was the theme of the
Rev. L. Potter Hitchcock of the First
congregational Church. who in the
course OF his address said:a
This is Peace Sunday but not a day when
the pastor feels that he is called upon to pitch
Into our national executive for some Of his
warlike measures. Nor is it a day for rout-
Ing our standing army or demOlishing our
navy with the rapid fire Of words. 1 have no
sympathy with that kind Of sentimental gush
Tor 50 long the Monroe Doctrine is a red
rag 10 some foreign bull or potentate: so long
as some Russian wolf masked in Sleeps
clothing. whining for universal peace, but at
the same time going about seeking whom he
may devour; 50 long there is stalking
ABROAD a h0rue OF international land grab
bers. who viii grasp everything that is not
uncer lock and key and guard we'll; so long
as the tickle hend Of Abdul Hamid guards
The gates Of the worlds hades. just so long
viii We need a well equipped army and a
powerful navy and q man in the White House
who knows how TO fight well as to rule
Now, that sounds quite warlike but 1t is
the best way toward peace. 1t is all right
10 dream OF a Utopia TO come when the kid
and the wolf shall lie down together and
little child shall lead them. But as II is to-
oay there is too much snarl left in the wolf
Ills claws and teeth too sharp. He has not
lost his appetite for good tender lamb and the
one mission of the child is TO keep them apart,
At least until the wolf can learn a better way
o. living Until then we must look for another
way toward universal peace besides destroying
our weapons OF defense. And what is that
other way2
FIrst OF all. I believe that the politician
forced to leave his bacchanalian clubs and go
20 the front and fight IL out himself. Many
war might be avoided If could get rid Of
the politician. Statesmen love and honor
and will follow. but politicians are a bane to
any country. Secondly we must make our
military and naval officers feel that war is not
necessary to their profession, that they can be
diplomats and guardians of the peace without
the clash OF
War does not make heroes; II only reveals
them. Militarism does call for brute courage
but It's tendency is TO dwarf moral heroism
Tell me. who is the greater hero, Kuropatkin
o. a Livingston, a Kuroki or a Stanley a
Dewey a Father Damien? IL requires more
real heroism 10 plod in the face OF diff
cuities alone and unaided than il does 10 storm