Putnam patriot., 1911-05-12
Editorial Scrapx.

The peace conferences, congresses, and leagues, national and intemation' al, to promote universal peace by means of arbitration, has aroused 8 nneas hopeful feeling throughout the christian world. But the Lord Christ Tn his fofecaft of events during the gospel dlspensation speaks Of wars, famines, pestilenees, earthquakes, and divers other portents and dire signs to give terror and dismay to the inhabi' tanis of the earth, but nothing about time of 'speace and safety before the cJnsummation. The case Of the Aezi- can revolution shows how rudeiy and easily hopes of peace are blasted or may be by the acts Of one or a few per sons, even though that nation may be restored to peaceful tranquility that cannot overthrow the prophetic pie lure Of the worlds revealed history given 1900 years by divine oversight. The building of new. larger. and more deadly warships, by ali nations,speaks louder for war than do peace meetings that can only expres. noble ideas Of righteousness and humanity.
 Just as the words were spoken by President Diaz of Mexico that were to bring peace 10 that distracted country, the peace pact was broken and war re- sumed, to the dismay of not only all humane people, but also the two lead CTS oi the two armies. II proved for one thing Shat the revolutionists as body did not want peace on any terms. Madero vas not able to control his fol- lowers.
 The old abolitionists, like the civil wal veterans, are fast disappearing. The Garrison family have all disap- peared On Tuesday Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginsn died al his home In Cambridge He was noted writer on reforms of all kinds, nitarian min ister, soldier of the civil war, but most noted as an uncompromising abolitionist during the great struggle against slavery. Besides William Lloyd Garrison, he had among his as sociates, Whittier, Holmes, Longfel- low, Emerson, and Lowell-now all dead
 Whilst President Taft stands firm against any intervention in Mexican disturbances, such lawlessness as that which occurred last Tuesday at Juarez where the fieTcest battle of the revolu- tion took place against the orders of Madero, the leader of the revolution, in which American citizens in Texas were killed and wounded by the Mex iean contestants, il will not be long en- dured by the American people or Con gress, and we may soon expect to see intervention by the United States to put stop to that lawlessness. The loss Of the combatants was about l50 in killed and wounded.
 The Canadian Parliament is to be prorogued for about two months to al- low Premier Laurier to go to London to attend an important meeting Of the various colonial pfemiers and also the coronation of the King. Laurier de- sired to secure the passage of the Reef procity Agreement, and on that ac- count had declared he would not go to England, but as the United States Senate would not be likely to pass the F,r he ha nft n p ngH his mind. Like President Taft, the Premier has set his mind on having the agreement adopted, as one oi the most important measures of his ad- ministration, for the best good of both Canada and the United Slales.
 Large congregations al all of the ser vices on Saturday and Sunnay, com memorating the 25th anniversary of founding of the First Church of Christ of Wethersfield, as we'll as the l50th anniversary of the laying of the corner stone of the present house of worship, were notable features of both days. Not only did the members of the con- gregations attend the exercises, but large numbers of people of the same faith from the sister churches of Hart ford and Windsor, from the daughter churches Of kensington, Glastonbury, Newington and Rocky Hill, and from other Congregational churches of Hart ford and West Hartford were present. IL was an occasion of much moment to each member of the Nethersheld church, young and old, and they lis tened with deep interest to the taies of what those who came centuries before them had accomplished