Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-13
PROPHECY FULFILLED
 iH PEACE MOVgNGHfa.
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 ifa4 fhnn uifaeHi0us. 1fHly it js Woh- dfffm and bfHuiifiI tu s9 for Hs we ate able tp judge, tIe strong tendency 0f fbfisteuaom is toward UtefDatlgAal friendship and good will. You might regard Ibis declaration as jtrgff"ei, II YDu form 0hf judgment uDDb s'usa- fionsI reports tn the seeulaf press of if t0H ate foo much uBdcl tue lpfiu eh'a pf yellow journalism. But # you ore fautluaf with facts as fbey actual lV fHtat today, ihe tfuthfnINEss Df tl4s contention cannot bg questioned. How does ihia conclusion square Wlin the lutfnse eaEeiness Of nearly 8li great nations Co increase tHeF af4uits aH9 haFIest to DutdD one another iB build ing hHge HHd costly dreaGnobHhisT l answer All ihis irrational, uufe3son~ luR. feHseifaa rage after tue increase Yf brutG fJIca ia ihe frantic Writhink of tuf hHr fpIDt which ls O. tue aHg9 .Ifa nf ifs death thfDaa. Whom the fpda aeettpY thDy first make mao The only partially sane people wno sflu ri4Wor for WaF afe those 70 boDe tp wln faHe thereby or secure some other personal advantage. he best s'ho0ls sad colleges of the world are against il Tho interests of c0fu- Wfrr6 aHd Industry are against war 1ho leading prupdlcals, both secular and teiglDut, daliy, weekly and npHfh- lN. favor arbitration. All tHe pflHslpai fYriHl and labor unions are herceiy nEnlust Nar because tbs hard UorkiHg tou"fs are the very ones who suffer most from perlls and riROfs and bur drus. The numerous peace societies lr different countries are enthusiastic and uptrluR in their opposition 70 }L All tboae organizations which ST" pushiug world movements for human bettermeut. such aA the student Yo3- uutcer movement, the tutefdeuDH3Ha~ flfiJeff FUlHtIDI41Fg movement Tor gfyfgggK people, the laymSH's missionary move maut, tbe worlds Wohnaua Chrl1lan Temperance union, the worlds Chris tan EHucaVOT union, the 1puHE MthH Christian association, and 5u similar organizations are pronounced against the principle and practice DI arDllr3- tou. Especially are all the more lnti- liKcnt ohurcho8 oL the Christian Wprlo pledged to peace by the very charfe- ter of their divine Head ~Wbp is tnl Prince of Pe8cc, and whose human ad- vent was accompanied with the sweet music Of angelic voices striking this keynote of Ils Kingdom, Peace on earth and good wilt toward men All these and many more cf the WDfiN $ best agencies are arrayea against War and War" gaya tine royal John Hay, "Ia tha most futile and ferDc.oug or all human fOlliea."
 Whatever necessity there may have been for it in the past. and ] am sat isiled that there have been times when lt could not hOHoraDly and safely be avoided. it is now my conviction that ths chief nations Of th.s planet haze advanced beyond such necessity. They are getting their eyes opened tp lts many crying eylls-lts needless misery and stuDeudOus W8ste-BOt only in material re8OUrceg, Dxt especially in men and manhood.
 1t is daWninH upon enlightened peo- pie everywhere that international dis putes can be settled by arDitraron-- tho appeal 10 justice and reaGOn--very much better than by the appeal to bloody battles. In the last ten years the principal of arbitration has made marvellous advance At it's tribunal over five hundred international con trovcrsles have been amGaD4y af1- justed.
 It is claimed that var is the mother of valor and ciylizatiOn-that it has measure this is true. But it's real service has been tO remove barriers. It has never been builder of civ ilizatiOn It's mission is destruction, not construction. After it has suD- dued certain foes and hindrancee to peace, then peace comes in and under it's benign sway all the gentle. generous, refined and elevating forces of life cooperate for the building of 2 Chris tian civilization. America may safely and wisely lead the way to national disarmament and universal peace. She is in position to Go it-her attitude toward all other nations being that CT friendship and good WILL