Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-15
SUPPORT OF BOSTON
In Peace Movement Is Promised At
Monster Mass Meeting.

Boston. April l4.-It is many years
since this city has beheld 50 large q
gathering as that which assembled in
the massive odficc of the Christian
Science church tonight "'ro swell Bos-
tons voice as one speaker said in
recognition and support of the Nation
al Peace and Arbitration Congress
which will begin in New York tomor-
row" Over 5000 people listened to three
Boston orators as they pleadedsfor uni
NerSsil peace. They were Former Sec
rotary of the Navy John d. Long, For
Coy "rnor John l.. Bates. and William
Lloyd Garrison. Rev. William j. Nc
hcnzic Of Cambridge presided and
while Tie meeting WAS un-sectarian
being the first use of the great audi
torium fnI Il purpose outside the de
nonrinatlGHJl gathering of the church
Itself. the brief service which preceded
the addrt SSeS Conformcd with the
Christian Scnce ritual.
GOV. Long. who opened the oratorial
part Of the meeting, said that the
gathering was to speed arbitration and
save human life. He referred how
ever, to the late war with Snain and
said that he did not know how it could
have been avoided or how Cuba could
have been rescued without war, al
though the conflict gave pain to PreS-
dent Mckinley. But thr war was nor
Waecd," he said. for conquest. glory
or gain 1t was brief and the wounds
were soon healed. he said
William Lloyd Garrison did not spare
the churches of the country in his
criticism and said that the bearers Of
the Christian name were ever ready to
uphold and justify .legalized murder
when their own country was involved.
He said that if the present movement
is deVOut and earnest and proves vital
it will upset the basis of every govern
mtnt and tho reversal of accepted
ideas must be faced. The movement
will strip the soldier Of his uniform.
How much sincerity underlics this
movement having its center st The
Hague can only be determined by the
event" he said.
Mr.. Garrison denounced the war with
Spain and said that This guilty nation
and our kindred in guilt across the At
lantiC are ripe for repentance which
should manifest dtself in acts"
The result of The Hague conference
will depend much upon the strength OF
the sentiment behind those who partici-
pate. ard every demonstration with earn
est purpose and the courage of plain
speech will strengthen the hands Of these
leaders.
In closing. Mr.. Garrison said: Church
es as a whole have been found wanting
when tested by trial in crucial times. II
the saving philosophy of the creed which
is hero professed can meet the tests OF
Christianity that come from unrelenting
frequency, this spacious temple VIII gain
n glory which has departed from 50 many
houses of worship where material aims
have dimmed the lesson of the cross
Gov. Rates, who was the last speaker,
referred briefly to Gov. Long as the
bravest man that ever issued orders to
a fleet of war vessels; to Mr. Garrison
as the son of the man who did more 10
bring on the Cfvfi war than anyone else
in the country, and who at the end was
still shouting that he would never retract.
These were sad pages in our history. he
said. Gov. Bates then swept swiftly
through the history of conquesrs in the
world and said that assoc mer were
killed in Europe and America from 1850
to 1880. But during the last 30 years ar
btration has supplanted war ami there
have been 23S treaties for the settlement
of serious difficulties. while In the 80
years proceeding there were only eight
disputes settled that way
Universal peace is no longer a dream