The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-16
UTAHNS PLEAD FOR
DIVIDE PEACE
Means Discussed by Eminent
Citizens Whereby Wars
May Be Abolished.
GOVERNOR SPRY SPEAKS
EULoGIzES PRESIDENT TAFTS
ARBITRATION SUGGESTION.

The fourth annual meeting of the
Utah Peace socfeGy was held in the
Tabernacle yesterday afternoon, the
occasion being marked by the attend
ance of many of the states most prom
snent citizens
Differences of creed were forgotten
for the time and the pastors Of sew
eraI of the Profestant Churches and a
number of Jewish rabblS appeared IN
advocacy OK the one great principle on
(which all could unite on a broad Plat
form. This principle was what brouSht
the great gathering together, ana all
of the speakers of the afternoon TOOK
for their themes the advocacy OF peace
and the abolition of war
Former Governor J. G. Cutler, the
president of the society, presided at the
exercises Among the most dlstlh-
guished persons pre- sent were governor
William Spry and officers of the state
government; Rev r b snort Rev r
a. Simpkin. Orson F. Whitney, John
Henry Smith, Rabbi j. C. Freund ana
Dean w H. Harris.
The proceedings opened with an or
gan solo by Prof. J. J. Mcclellan. AFTER
which the Tabernacle choir sang the
selection, written by George Mears
Light and Truth The opening
prayer was delivered by Rudger Claw
son, after which Mrs Emily. ENVY Sltzer rem
Rabbi Charles J. Freund gave q
scripture reading. from the second ana
thirty-secOnd chapters of Isaiah
by former Governor J. c. Cutler, who
said in part
MAJ Is being the anniversary Of the
first Hague congress Tor the promotlC5l
in the larger cities hOh suitable eX-
erciseS on that day.
And it is customary for services to
be held in the churches the Sunday pre-
ceding that date commend ratfve of the
event, and to create sentiment IN
favor of peace. 1t has been said that
n virtues hRrOTEm
and self-sacrifice, but our boosted civil
lization should be able to furnish
more manly test of heroism than that
of fighting to destroy life. Are not
those who fight for the suppression of
vice, dishonesty and intemperal1ce more
entitled to be called heroes? Most Of
our leading men have expressed them
selves as being opposed to war. King
Edward of England, as late as March
I last, in replying TO an address, said:
Il feel convinced that as civt lization
teaching on the minis of men will
tend increasingly to inculcate a love
of peace Upon peace. the health. the
happiness and the material progress
of all nations depend, and 1T is my
constant prayer that our country may
be spared the perils and miseries of
war, which, in this modern age, must
involve the ruin Of Millions
Eight Men Control World.
TT is generally acknowledged that
the peace of the world is in the hands
OF eight men. presidents, einperOfS ana
kings-the majority of whom are in
favor OF peace, but the history of The
Hague congress makes it clear that
the nations will not disarm until pro-
vision is made for the determination
py a supreme court of international
justice Of all controversies that may
arise between them, and that as the
maintenance of the armies and navies
of the nations costs them two billion
dollars per annum. and the United
States alone two hundred million dol
lars per annum, the question is becom-
ing an economic one" Former Cover
nor Cutler concluded by saying that
President Taft had advanced the cause