The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-09-24

nosha quartette after which the meet
ing was called to order and City At
torney John G. Slater was introduced
as chairman of the meeting. In open
ing the meeting Mr.. Slater said in part:
AS an official of the city of Keno
sha / am sure / voice the sentiment of
the people on the honor conferred upon
our city in selecting it as one of the
first cities in this great country to
voice an expression looking to the ees-
sation of war in Europe and for peace.
We are mindful of the great work done
by the advocates of peace
After a few remarks by the mayor,
the Rev. Peter Stair was introduced
and he offered the following prayer:
Let us all unite in prayer; let us
all mediate together; let us all come
to Him at this hour, for in the face of
the tragedy of the ages, this awful
carnage we have no other refuge. AL
though the crimes of man are stagger-
ing, his heart quails and his spirit
grows faint, he still believes in God,
the God of Peace, the King of Kings,
and the heart of hearts. In this aw
full carnage where thousands of lives
are being lost and homes wrecked and
hearts broken and lands destroyed,
desolation reigns. We pray, then, to
God for cessation of hostilities and
that the peace of God may take posses
sion of the hearts and lives of men.
We pray to God to bless these exer-
cises, that they may create an atmos-
phere of peace which will be felt
throughout this great nation until final
ly the nations of Europe will stop the
cruel war We ask it in the name of
the Prince of Peace.
Mrs. Beatrice Ives Welles, one Of the
most prominent of the club women Of
the city and member of the board of
education, represented the women of
the city. She said in part:
There are so many good reasons
why the world should be at peace and
so many bad reasons why the world
should be at war it does seem pity
that good Judgment and common sense
cannot prevail. The finest able-bodied
men of Europe are fighting the battle
of the nations. The wives and mothers
of these men must pay the price of war
in sorrow and poverty. The men were
forced to leave their work to face death
against guns that shoot seven hundred
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rying on their work at home. In Ger
many they are harvesting the crops.
In France they are driving the street
cars. In Belgium they are fighting
side by side with their husbands. Now
the sixteen year old boys are being
drilled for the red fields of battle. /
believe / speak for the women of
America when / congratulate William
Randolph Hearst and all other patrio-
tic Americans who are leading the
great movement which must eventual
ly temper the actions of the nations
now at war, Danish anger from the
hearts OF so many good people and let
kindness and reason prevail. 1t speaks
wonders for the broad, catholic spirit
of the American people that the atti-
tude of neutrality is being so commend
ably maintained. Let me prophesy that
whatever price the world must pay for
peace when it comes it will be more
lasting, more kindly, more humane,
and men--and women as wen-will
have more to do in the future with
governing themselves than they had
in the past.
The Rev. Anthony Nickel, pastor of
St. George church, appeared as a repre-
sentative of the German people of the
city and he spoke in part as follows