Putnam patriot., 1910-05-20

Rev. 0. P. Clifford, D. D., of Brook line, Mass, letters were read from Pre- sident Taft, Ambassador Bryce, w. J. Bryan, former Vice President Fair banks, Secretary Knox and Samuel Gompers.
 Tuesday morning s session was open ed by an address on aHow Women Must Defend the Republic" by Mrs. Lucia Ames Mead. Mrs. Fannie Fern Andrews, Secretary Of the American school League, spoke upon "rhe Pow. CT of Women to Promote Peace in Schools" Mrs. May Wright Sewall, of Indianapolis, President of the Ma tional Council of Women, made an earnest plea for the Foreigner in our Land-that we treat him as a brother. President John NJ. Thomas, of Middle bury, Vt, gave an eloquent address on "The Dynamic Of Successful World Movement
 The main interest of the day center ed around the Centennial Peace Pilgri- grimage 10 New Britain, where elabo- rate preparations were made to do ho- nor to the memory of their townsman, Elihu Burritt, the Prophet of Peace.
 Elihu Burritt Is known to many only as the "Learned Blacksmith, who, al the age of thirty had acquired, In spite of continual hard labor, . read ing knowledge of thirty-tive languages. But 1t was not for his scholarly attain. ments that New Britain carried out, on the centennial of his birth, the gtandesl celebration In It's history, but it was because this clcar-thinking, bfoad-minded, great-hearted man had done what he could for the agrieultur- al, educational and religious good of New Britain, and had labored for the realization Of the brotherhood of man and the federation of nations.
 As early as ls4S the question of sla- very was vitai.with him, and he felt that there was "an earnest, honest, lis- ing speech 10 be uttered for human right, justice, and freedom, AS well as 9 dead language to be studied for liter ary recreation. for that reason he pub lished in Worcester, from ls44 To 1851, paper called "rhv Christian ( Citizen,n which was devoted to the cause of an ti-slavefy, peace, temperance and self culture.
 He visited England and found many who were in sympathy with hts con trolling idea of international brother hood. A society was formed, called the "Lesgue of Universal Brother hood, whosc object was sO. employ all legitimate and moral means for the abolition Of ali war.n and also fss the " abolition of al ,inssitusions and GUS toms which do mol recoguise and rvs- pect the image of God and . human orothet in. every man. ef whatever chime, deisror condition q hamaaity..
 The great PraCe Coagrsasss that met in Brus.els, Pa1is, Franklort and lson- don, from ls4s to 1881, wcfs In great measure due to the seal and efFost of EIihu Burrits He was high enough in the Providence of God, 10 catch ear Her than the present generation, the dawn of the day that he was to inaugu:: rate
 IL WAS In is4T that Mr. Rurrist be gan his earnest work to secure cheaper postage ostween America and Great Britain. for he sympathised with the poor English and Irish immigrant, who could afford to write but rarely To heaae friends across the ocean on ae- count of the excessive rates of twenty four cents peT half ounce letter postage. Edwin n- Mead says; Each hnrsling mail esS en the trans. AffaNtsc steamer ss kaFfiu's nsemoFiatH AIleF serving several years as Consul for ths United