New-York tribune., 1911-04-24
THRONCS AT CATHEDRAL
Peace Meeting Attracts 10000
More than Can Get In,
OVERFLOW IN SYNOD HALL

Bishop Greer Presides Cor.
nell's Head Speaks-English
Primate Sends Letter.
Ten thousand or more nersons vsre
turned away from the peace meeting at
the Cathedral of St John the Divine last
night. No such crowd had been expected
and In an effort TO take care OF them a
second meeting was arranged for in Synod
Hall, adjoining, and two thousand in a few
minutes filled that structure There the
waiting throng heard the same speakers
that spoke In the cathedral
The doors al the cathedral were opened at
715 o'clock. and In less than ten minutes
the building was filled TO its utmost ca
pacity and the doors were shut In the faces
of the disappointed crowd
Bishop Greer presided. A letter was read
from the Archbishop Of Canterbury and ad-
dresses were made by the Rev DIR. William
j. Manning. rector of Trinity Church: Pres
ident Jacob q. Schurman OF Cornell Uni
versity and the Rev. DR.. Charles T.. JEFF
ferson, Of the Broadway Tabernacle.
Bishop Greer opened the meeting with a
special prayer asking God to bless the
world and send the Kingdom OF Peace on
earth whereupon Archdeacon Nelson read
the second chapter of Isaiah. which ended
as follows: And the swords shall be
turned into ploughshares and spears into
pruning hooks and there shall be war no
more"
I'VE are here tonight" said the Bishop
ito give the sanction Of religion 10 one Of
the greatest movements OF the day-a
movement in behalf of good will. brotherly
spirit and peace among the nations of the
world. That is what the Christian religion
stands for. and that IS what Christianity
can bring about Let all Christians in all
Christian countries take this stand and
keep II"
President Schurman said that the de-
mand for peace and good will among the
nations was insistent and ever growing
and he added that that demand arose
from the deepest realities Of human
nature
He denied that ii was mans essential
nature to quarrel and fight, and 10 prove
his assertion he outlined mans progress
from savagery 10 barbarism and from
barbarism TO civilization, describing how
reaching the plane of civilization man
ceased TO be lazy. cruel and militant, and
instead became industrial, human and
peaceful He added:
OF the sublime conception Of the brother
hood OF man Stoicism was the philosophical
exponent IL remained for religion TO as
socldte the doctrine OF the brotherhood Of
man with the fatherhood Of God, and TO
demand Of the individual moral perfection
even as our father in heaven is perfect"
| say that in the progressive evolution
Of the human race we have now reached a
stage in which war stands condemned by
our secular civilization. by our moral ideals
and by our religious sentiments. The rea-
son ano the conscience. the ideas and the
ideals. the faith in God and the reverence
for humanity which cry out In protest
against the slaughter and havoc Of war
are the very elements of our nature, and
lift us above the level OF mere animal life
sometimes think that the armed peace
of the present day is worse than war itself
a great general has taught US that war
upon US like a throttlins nightmare. al
lowing US indeed to i've but only in the
feeling OF sufocaton and exhaustion.
II is not long ago since Seantor Hale told
us that two-thirds Of all the revenues of
the United States were used to pay for past
wars and prepare for future wars Napo-
leon IN the height Of his military triumphs
spent over $50 0no 600 a year on his army and
navy budgets. France now spends in the
time Of peace Ns0,oeo,0o year on her army
alone.
one 0dtfleSnl0 to-day costs twice as fnlCn
as Frederick the Great spent annually on
his entire army i'm time Of peace. There
is an insane competition in aTmaments
among all the great nations Of the world.
England is pouring out money to maintain
a navy equal TO the nevies Of any other
two nations combined. Germany. with the
most powerful army in the world. IS build
ing up a navy TO match it And Japan. not
10 be outdOne by the Christian nations,
maintains an army and navy which put
70 the supreme test the economic resources
Of her people.
waste Of the productive powers OF the ma
tions is threatening exhaustion. And the
masses Of the people. in spite OF all the ad-
vances made by science and invention, are
oppressed by poverty Whlch is the more
Turning TO the proposition now pending
between the United States and England
President Schurman praised what he'cailed
the practical beginning which President
Taft has given the movement for reform
He said he saw nothing insuperable in the
project Of such arbitration treaties Win
Great Britain. with France. with Russia
with Germany and with other European
powers. He declared that talk Of Japan
menacing America was veriest moonshine.
Bishop Greer read the letter Of the Arch
bishop OF Canterbury that had been re-
ceived by Presiding Bishop Tuttle, of Mis-
souri,. It ran. IN part, as follows:
My Lear Bishop A good deal has hap
ptued or both sides Of the Atlantic since
our last letters passed. The leaders OF our
political parties and the President Of the
tinted States coincide with the spirit OF
the communication which have passed be-
tween us Your heart and soul must have
been pleased at this. Public opinion and
the opinion Of thoughtful Christians must
find expression II our diplomats and po-
lifical leaders would see the consummaton
of their benefcent plans.
The initiative has come from the United
States, and It is ours to show with qulet
deDth and earnest viii that the American
aTreaI finds the right sort OF a response
And that response was rightly struck by
the Prime Minister and Mr.. Balfour
This will be appreciated in the United
States. T do not know what public re-
sponse President Taft's words had IN the
United States. War ought not only De
jncpossible: il ought to pe unthinkable. IN
heart ard soul England and the United
s.ates are one. and. If differences arise,
they ought to be settled by arbitrament
We are one in all that bears upon the COM
mon good.