Evening star., 1914-10-05
HOPES EUROPEANW
. LAST LESSON Of HORROR
Secretary Bryan Addresses Peace
Day Service at Carnegie Hall.
Others Also Speak.

NEW YORK. October Slope that
the European war will be the last OBJ
1ect lesson Of the horrors Of strife.
and that after it all the efforts Of man
will be devoted to production rather
than destruction, was expressed yes
terday by Secretary of State Bryan
and Oscar S. Straus, former Secretary
iof Commerce and Labor, at the special
Peace day service held at Carnegie
Hall. The meeting was one Of many
held in this city in accordance with
President Wilson's recent proclama-
tion designating the day for prayer for
peace. The large hall was filled and
hundreds of people had to be turned
away.
To-day. when a number of nations.
all our friends. have been drawn into
the vortex of war" said Secretary
influence as we may have to hasten
the return of peace. There will be
ample time afterward to discuss ways
and means for preventing future ap-
peals to arms.
I'm this age our interests are SO en-
twined with the interests of those who
reside in other lands that no nation
can live or die unto itself alone. II
ing conditions conducive to peace. We
should find ample justification in the
fact that the burdens of war are no
longer borne entirely by those who
every neutral nation finds itself great
ly embarrassed by the disturbance
which the European war has wrought
In every department of human activ-
|ity.
Must Not Be Discouraged.
1--WE must not be discouraged if this.
the greatest of all wars. broke out
just when we were most hopeful Of
the substitution of reason for force
in the settlement of International dis
putes. 1t may be that the world
needed one more awful object lesson
to prove conclusively the fallacy Of
the doctrine that preparedness for war
can give assurance Of peace.
Most of the errors which man COM
mits in international affairs arise from
failure to understand the funda-
mental truth that moral principles are
as binding upon nations as upon indi-
viduals. A nation is but a group of
individuals. and no group. however
numerous. can expunge one syllable of
the moral law
Referring to the peace policy of the
United States toward Mexico and the
"SS0PSohSo
Argentina. Brazil and Chile, Secretary
Bryan said:
president Wilson not only secured a
peaceful solution of a situation that
threatened war. but he gave a strong
impetus to the case of conciliation. 1t
will be easier than before to preserve
peace in the western hemisphere and
more difficult to excite war;"
Oscar Straus expressed hope that-ame-
diation would eventually settle the
European struggle.
Cardinal Farley. making his first pub
lie appearance at st. Patrick's Cathe-
that If Europe had needed Pope Plus x
the war would never have started.
Pope Sought to Avoid War.
THE Pope" he said. died amid the
sounds of battle of the nations of Eu-
rope. praying for peace, his heart
broken by the thought Of strife in this
civilized age. Had these European
countries looked to him for advice this
carnage would not have occurred. Let
Us hope. however, that God in His
mercy will answer the prayers of the
whole world and grant universal
peace"
At the Cathedral of st. John the
Divine Bishop David H Greer asserted
that although all methods heretofore
tried have failed to insure universal
peace. the principles laid down by
macy and politics, and that until such
principles are tried the world will
never be sure of peace.
Secretary Bryan last night addressed
large audience at the Broadway
Tabernacle on the subject of peace.