Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-23
A LEAGUE FOR
WORLD PEACE
Ministers of All Denomina-
tions Discuss It.

New York, May 23:-New York min
listers of every denomination discussed
world peace through arbitration treat
les and the adjustment of armame1ts
yesterday. Nearly 1000 clergymen lis
tened to an address in the morning from
the Rev. DR.. John Clifford, Of England
at a meeting arranged by the Fedora
ton of Churches in the Metropolitan
Life Building assembly hall. At the
National Arts Club following luncheon
the same speaker, who is president of
the Baptist World Alliance; Dean w.
Moore EIDE, of Worcester, w. Allen Ba-
ker, a Quaker of England and a mem
Der of Parliament, talked plans for
backing President Taft arbitration
treaty.
1t was resolved that ministers of
America take the lead in forming a
world league for peace that shall hold
at The Hague at the time of the next
conference there a peace conference in
which the religious forces of all the
world shall pledge support to political
efforts.
At the Metropolitan Building meeting
the Rev. DR.. George Alexander presid-
ed and the formal speaker was the
Rev. DR.. John Clifford, who is more than
70 years old.
The Rev. Frederick Lynch offered the
resolutions of the day, saying in doing
so that between 1900 and 1910 ninety
nine arbitration treaties between ma
lions were negotiated. President Taft s
is the elimination. The resolutions
adopted by a rising vote say: i
Resolved, That We urge the churches
of the United States to use their ut
most influence toward moulding a pub
lie opinion which win uphold the Presi-
dent and the State Department in ne
gotiatinG,Yeaties which shall bind the
contracting nations to arbitrate all diff
feFeaces which cannot be settled by III
plomaey both with Great Britain and
France, as now proposed, and with all
other nations, which may become will
ing to enter into such agreement With
orr government.
Resolved, further, That the ministers
of New York City express the hope that
the United States Senate will promptly
the arbitration treaties with
Great Britain and France when the
shall be submitted to them, and
that these resolutions be transmitted
to the President and to the Hon. Elihu
Root and the Hon. James A. O'Gorman
Senators from the State of New York.
~Seconding the resolutions, the Rev.
DIR. Stephen S, Wise of the Free Syna-
gogue, said he feared the United States
Senate would not confirm President
Taft s treaty, and he urged a CAM
paign in the name of religion that
shall so arouse the American people
that the Senate will be compelled to
confirm it.
He quoted the feudal baron's axiom,
"'My spear knows no brother" and
woke up the hall by changing it to
"My brother knows no spear.0
He went on: "War is hell, war is
a violation of the law Of God. Never
mind that for a moment. Put it all on
ground that any man can understand.
namely, we have no time for war. We
have too much else to do. We must
put an end to tuberculosis, to poverty.
to crime, to injustice. The churches
to lead? Why, il they cannot lead in
such causes as free air for mothers and
children they have no business to lead
in anything"
He quoted another as saving that
Dreadnoughts for Great Britain mean
b~readnaughts for little Britain
At the luncheon DR.. Eide and Mr.
Baker were introduced by the Rev, DR..
j. Henry Jowett. The dean came lsst
year to the Lake Mohonk arbitration
conference upon the suggestion of the
Archbishop.