New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-05
WILSON READY TO
RENEW PEACE OFFER
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hlng, "aS men have never seen it be-
lore, the madness, the horrible. UNI
measured wicLedncss Of war. lie is
making us see at last that war IS
never OF His ordering, that 1T is never
according to His will; that it is
always the result of human folly and
sclhshness and sin. IL is true that un-
der present conditions IL is sometimes
necessary and right for a nation to
llght IN ITS own defence, or i'm defence
OF others, but this only shows that the
conditions are wrong and that they
ought no longer to be tolerated
GOD IS forcing us all to see that il
is possible for us to put an end to
these conditions, and, therefore, that il
Is our boundcn duty to put an end to
them. Some ultimate appeal to sde-
quate force there necessarily must be
to control those who will not otherwise
be controlled. II may be that in this
world Of sinful men war cannot be
wholly eliminated. But the possibility
OF war can be enormously lessencd by
measures Jointly undertaken.
And when this present colossal
struggle Is ended and its lessons have
been fully learned, il would not be i'm
possible for all the nations to agree
that never again shall it be within the
power o. any one nation to force war
upon another uatiOn-that instead Of
great standing armies, ready to attack
each other, there should be an interna-
tlondl army strong enough to keep the
peace for all, and that the nations
should now learn, just as individuals
nave had TO learn, TO refer their quar-
rels 10 n properly constituted tribunal
Tor Just settlement instead Of depend
ing upon an appeal TO brute force"
Taking for his subject "The Present
World Crisis and Its Meaning" Dr.
Felix Adler said in part: Blaming mil
ltarlsm for the turmoil abroad is a
cheap solution Of the problem. II is
absurd to denounce one side or the
other.
The opponents Of the peace propa-
eanda, as well as Of others, attribute
the failure Of their remedies to the
fact that they have not been applied
on a sufficiently large scale. They can.
not be convinced that their pet ideas
arc wrong. They would give the world
larger dose Of what already has
failed.
The Hague tribunal will do for
minor cases, but not for such as now
exists.
the wind and they arc reaping the
whirlwind. Not one of them but has
been guilty of robbery and slaughter
in their dealings with the people OF
the East and OF Africa.
America is the great power that will
assert itself when the time for settle
ment comes. Let it be a plea for a new
colonial policy Of independence"
lie then placed the blame for the
titanic conflict on nationalism.
The Rev. Frederick Lynch, d. ID. sec
rotary of the Church Peace Union and
editor of "The Christian Work" spoke
at a special peace service IN the Metro
politan Temple. The war, he said, is
simply the crime of Cain multiplied
million times, and II is time for the
Church TO say that it must stop for
ever.
Indeed, We are not sure that the
time has not come" he said, after
this awful denial Of religion by the
rulers OF the world, for the Church to
excommunicste every man who takes
up sword
Dr.. John II. Jowett, of the Fifth Ave
nue. Presbyterian Church, who returned
from the war zone last week, preached
from tho text, They that wait upon
eagles
ave in America, blessed with peace,
should acquire the power Of wings" he
said, "and dwell in a cleaner air than
we do. We in this peaceful country
should acquire broader point OF view
I'VE may be citizens Of great coun-
try, but we must see beyond our coun-
try. We should pray that out of this
war will arise new Germany, a new
Britain, a new France, a new Russia
and. last of all, a new America"
The Rev Or. Frank NJ Goodcnild, in
the Central Baptist Church, predicted
that when the war was over European
ornaments would be reduced to a MIN
lmum.
Dr. Goodell, Of ST.. Pauls Methodist
Church; DR.. Hall, of the Church of the
Divine Paternity, and Dr.. Parkhurst, Of
the Madison Square Presbyterian
Church, took the stand that for prayers
TO have All immediate effect would be
disastrous.
Former Representative ". S. Bennett,
speaking III ST. Margaret Church, in
Tho Bronx, said Colonel Roosevelt, who
was now writing in favor of anna
ments, had as recently as 1909 urged
upon European powers their futillty.
ures TO execute the Judgment of God
upon the wicked. was the answer Of the
Rev. Dr.. julius b. Hemensnyder, in 81
Jamess Lutheran Church. to the ques-
ton. as war consistent with Christi
snity%'
I'm the Washington Heights Baptist
Church the Rev. DR.. Harold Pattison
used universal prayers.
IL
director in Andrew Carnegie's Peace
Union and vice president of the World
Alliance Of Churches 10Y international
Good VIII. blamed civilization in his
sermon at the Brick Presbyterian
Church
The Rev +. Edward Young. pastor Of
the Bedford Presbyterian Church, in
Brooklyn, pointed out that the role OF
ucacemaker was not a new one for the
United States. Dr. Young cited the
disestablishmcnt Of Notifications on
the Canadian frontier during the ad-
rinistration Of John Quincy Adams
the friendly agreements between this
country and Central and South Ameri-
can republics By James G.. Blaine, and
the part played by Theodore Roosc-
volt in ending the Russo-Japsnese War
Prayers for peace were offered al
.he service held last night in the Man
haitian Congregational Church. Broad
way and 10Th st. The Rev. Henry A.
Stimson, the pastor, exhorted the con-
gregation TO pray for universal peace.
4 collection was taken, the proceeds
10 he sent TO the Belgian Red Cross
fund.
Or. +. Parkes Cadman, at the Cen
trail Congregational Church, Brooklyn,
spoke TO a congregation Of $500 lie
denounced nilitarsm and the mill
,arists. at is nothing more than the
fummery of heady and hectic monsrchs
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