Putnam patriot., 1910-05-20

~HtfmHDs x tnufhcttfiEhliuH ot Waf- aWar Is hciln7 and added: "lf war is hell, then the assurance of universal peace means heaven on earth. Un- doubtedly war has served Gods pur- pose, but we want to be sure that our Ideal of peace does not involve any thing that bears the slightest resemb- lance to sottness Of character"
 After singing by the Girls Glee Club of the Hartford High School, the Rev. C. Glenn Atkins. D. b.. of Providence, delivered the address of the evening. In the elaboration of his topic, 1.-The Cost of Peace, he states, as the VA rious causes of war in the past: reli- gious intolerance, the ambition and personal aggrandizement of men-the Napoieons of history-the aggrandize- ment of families and dynasties, the am bition of nations to oNerrule their neigh bofs To disregard the rights of national inheritance and the sanetity of nation. alities. Another cause nas been radical trade policies.
 One thing today which Is making for peace between the nations, above preachers and congresses, Is the weld ing, weaving power of international commerce. Another cause of war has been international misunderstanding and dixtruat. 'To secure an enduring peace we need morc and more to recog- nlse how efficient. both for protection and axgrandisement, moral qualities really are. l.tmitlcss in resources, both material and moral, with everything to gain in the freest international ex- change, born friend of the nations and shining goa! of the hope of the peo- pies, surely if any man may seek peace and pursue 1t, and rest serenely strong In those forces which have been de- monsttsted through the centuries to be the mightiest powers both of national defense and increase, 1t Is this nation Of ours"
 Monday afternoon the Congress was called to order in the House of Repre-  sentatives, at the Capitol, by Arthur Dcering Gall, President of the Connee- tieut Peace Society, who introduced Dean Henry Rogers. of the Yale Law School, ss President of the Congress.
 After the address of welcome on be- half of the State, by Acting Lieaten. ant Governor Isaac W. Brooks, and by Mayor smith for the city of Hartford, Dean Roxeu spoke on "rhe Present Problcm.,' He said that .'srhe war spirit is in the blood of the races that the vsu,edy Ia In countersctin& the na- turai tendency and tn overcoming the ~as spiris by educating men concern. iug the coss of war, the cruelty of var, the sanfulness of var, and the need. lessness of war. lie then gave start linz facts and dgurvs relative to apprs- prialions and expenditures for the equipment and maintenance of our as- my and navy. "rhe United states is tcsiay,a hs said, ''cxpendin9 more money for military and naval purposes and pensions, exela ling interest on the war debt. than any other nation, and and yet we profess to be peaceful peo- ple.n
 Dr. Benjamin Y. Trueblood. SecretA- " Of the American Peace Society, spoke upon "iessons from the History af the Peace Movement" and in clos ing he said. ssrhsfe is no short cut to peace. Nothing that has beea done toward the permanent peace of the world has eeen accomplished hy fesee and violence.
 The evening session st the Center Church wss of espscssl interest, in sd- siitloa to the loroetal addresses og fFo- lessor Jacoesas, nean of Inc Hartford Theological Seminary, Hoa. Jackson il. Raiston, ot Washington. n. I.s and