The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-09-01
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PEACEFUL TOWN
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ferent from the cruelties practiced by
our barbaric ancestors. Every minis.
ter and every church, Catholic and
Protestant alike the world over should
rise up in unqualified protest against
Il. The forces OF our civilization
should unite In self-defense and stamp
out the practice once and for all be-
fore men engaged In the heat Of con-
'fiict have a chance to go any farther
with IL.
How far we as q neutral nation
can 60 In the matter OF protest or In
reference Is dificult question to
answer, but there can be no question
about the character OF such brutality.
1t comes OF impulses born In the low
est depths Of the bottomless pit.
In this war, the position Of the
United States In unique and providen-
tial We are the only recognized world
power which Is not directly interest
ed. II is our sacred duty to main
tain our neutrality In spirit and 40
ton, In order to be able to throw
our influence at all times In the In
terests OF civilization and peace. This
conflict In unchristian, and yet the
peoples at war are sincerely religious.
II Is one Of the inexplicable paradoxes
OF human life. All Of the opposing
armies ar earnestly praying to the
same God. The God Of all battles
viii answer the prayers Of those whom
He In HIS wisdom deems most worthy
OF victory" #.
Notwithstanding the fact that he
was born In England and lived the
first Is years OF his life there, the
bishop In not to be outdone In the
thoroughly American point OF view
he maintains. No one insists more
than he on an absolutely impartial
attitude towards the nations at war.
He is president Of q special organizar
tion Of Chicago mininters engaged In
an effort to bring about better feel
Ing among antagonistic factions OF
Chicago's large allen population.
I'VE have 100000 people In Chicago
who are native Germans or are OF
close German descent. said Bishop
Fallows, which among the other B..
600, 900 and more are large represents
tons Of each OF the other nations al
war. II II only natural that the men
should feel within them Q close sym
patty for their brothers and kinsfolk
who are lighting for home and coun-
try. That 10 human nature which we
cannot change. What we do expect to
do IN to keep those feelings from
breaking out and destroying the bonds
which q common loyalty to their adopt
ed home should inspire In the different
peoples
"All the nationalities engaged in the
conflict are represented among the
200 ministers In our organization We
are going to hold meeting Friday,
to which we have invited political
leaders Of all parties. heads Of civic
and other representative organiSar
lions. The purpose Of this meeting
II to arrange for another to be held
next week. That We expect to b Q
gathering, the most rep
resentative ever held In Chicago. We
are counting on large results from
bringing the opposing sympathisers
together In thh way. We have sue
ceeded In keeping them peacefully
minded. and hope to make them mu-
tually even more tolerant"
This work Of Chicago ministers was
begun, asserts the bishop, even be-
fore President Wilson issued his proc
lamation urging all people TO take Q
moro neutral attitude.
Bishop Fallows was one Of the few
fighting parsons who went TO the Civil
war % chaplains and then gave up
their positions as ministers Of the gos-
pei 70 light for the Union. 4
He was then young man Of az. lust
out OF collogo, having taken his A. b.
sin In 1859, and his "A. N. In 1862. II
lain Of the ThirtySecond wisconsin
infantry from which position he 10
signed June 20. 1853, to recruit the
Fourtieth Wisconsin infantry, OF which
he was made lieutenant-colonel. He
became colonel Of the Forty-ninth Wis
consin infantry Jan. 20. 1855. Oct Is
OF that year he was breveted brigA,
dier-general Of volunteers for meri-
torious services" The following month
he was honorably mustered ont Of
service.
"The reason for my resignation az
chaplain" said the bishop, was q
call from many parents back home
In Wisconsin. President Lincoln was
calling for more and more troops. The
young men Of the schools IN Wiscon-
sin wanted TO 90, and the mothers
and fathers Of many Of them said that
they mighmt II would 90 along &C
one OF their of1cers. We recruited
companies from all the colleges and
universities in the state and some
even from among the graduates and
students OF the high schools. That
IL how the Fortieth Wisconsin infan.
try was made up. The Forty-ninth regi-
ment was m outgrowth Of the For
tieth after IL had been In the service
about year.
.At that time Bishop Fallows was
known az an educator rather than .
minister.
The regiment which he commanded
served principally IN Missouri, which
was the scene Of the worst guerilla
strife OF the war. His chief work was
In stamping out this sort Of fighting.
The Thirty-second wisconsin infantry
marched with Sherman to the sea soon
after he left It.
In his exceedingly active life since
the war, the bishop has shown the
widest sort Of interests. He has writ.
ten many books and articles dealing
with a variety Of literary, patriotic
and religious subjects. He has taken
an active interest In the @. A. r., hav-
ing served as chaplain-inchief In 1907
1908 and In numerous other minor Of
ices at different times. Since 1875
he has been rector OF ST. Paula Re-