Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-13
ONLY ONE RELIGION
FOR ENTIRE WORLD
Requisite for. Universal Peace
Announced by Mira Ali
KuIi Khan.
PERSIAN CHARGE SPEAKS
+ BEFORE PEACE CONGRESS
Chinese Editor, Citing Conditions in
His Country, Warns U. S.
Against Unpreparedness.

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patriotic. national and racial bias-was
declared to be a prime requisite for
world peace by Mira Ali Kuli Khan.
ton at Washington. in an address be-
fore the International Peace Congress
here yesterday. He said:
| Humanity. from the dawn of history,
has progressed under the guidance of
fancy through the various stages of
development leading to it's maturity.
In spite of all obstacles to the con-
trary, the course of humanity, in the
long run. has never been impeded by
retrogression.
| The prophets of God, whose gospels
were the result of a well founded OPP
| timism, aimed at the unity of man be-
cause of their due knowledge of the
principle of human unity, which in the
mind of God had ever been an ac-
accomplished that plan in conformity
with the limited capacity manifested
by his people.
Plans Of Unif1cation.
God applied His original plan for the
unification of Israel through Moses, of
the Gentiles through Jesus. of the
Parsees through Zoroaster. of the Hin
dus through the Buddha, and of the
other sections of humanity through
other world teachers and prophets.
To-day. which to the wise and
thoughtful is the day Of the maturity
of the human race. God will accomplish
| that noble plan. In the voice raised in
all parts of the world in favor of peace,
and in the efforts extended by the
peace-loving element in the world
l til Iii CT
tive. Affirmative principle of the human
body polite, we find a potent. manifest
proof that the day of peace has dawn
ed. and is steadily. though slowly.
breaking through the dense clouds.
which temporarily impede its course
to the meridian Of its glory.
| Although the effecting Of world
| broth erhood is the determined plan of
God, it is for the membership of the
human family to cooperate in its real
| ization.
I'm our effort to unity the world we
must take the lessons taught by the
past great religions in achieving the
moral and spiritual uplift of their re-
pie existing in a civilized state could
be Independent of moral and spiritual
character The building of such char
acter has been the task of every true
religion.
| las our aim today Is the creation of
a world civilization, based upon a
world unity. we must enlarge our con-
| ception of religion to reach. the di-
mansions of world religion-the re-
ligion OF humanity.
Truth Of All Religions.
Such religion should include the
| truth of all religions and exclude all
patriotic, national and racial bias.
| THE most successful political and in
| toward human betterment are those
represented by the federal and indus
trial institutions organized in the
United States. the greatest republic OF
all time: for these American institu-
| tions. in their domestic and interna-
tional relationships. are impregnated
with the spirit OF Justice, altruism and
| broad humanity, which is embodied in
the religion of humanity. because they
exhale the fragrance of the noble say
ings Of the Persian prophet of these
modern times: 'Ye are all the leaves of
| Great glory is not his who loves his
| country, but rather his who loves his
kind
America is therefore the field in
| which the seeds of the world religion
are given opportunity to terminate.
and which will extend to the peoples
| of all chimes the bounties of the reli-
gion of humanity. May We not, there
| fore, look upon America as the nation
| which is specially chosen by the AL
mighty to assist in mans progress up
| ward and to bless humanity with the
fruits of universal peace"
World Peace Called Fantasy"
| Count Okuma, Japanese premier. sent
| a message to the congress that world
peace was yet fantasy and will be
until the militaristic order. OF things is
changed. Count Okuma declared there
was no hope for peace ''as long as there
exist nations or individuals who be-
| lieve or exalt themselves as absolutely
superior to others and. to assert that
superiority, do mt hesitate to appeal to
material forces
| On the floor Of the congress DR.. Ng
Poon Chew. a Chinese editor. added to
Count Okuma's statement. There will
be wars and more wars just SO long
as there are two codes of laws and
two standards of morality. one gov
erning nations, the other individuals"
he said.
War, the doctor said. was going to
keep right on in one place or another.
| Even China was preparing. He
blamed western militarism. which had
not only parceled China. but had de-
stroyed her ideals of peace, and he
called Japan the disturber of the peace
of the orient.
eff U. S. Were Unprepared."
"If the United States were as un-
prepared 1t would fare no better than
China at the hands of the world pow
Iers," he said. China has learned her
bitter lesson and now is proceeding to
abandon it's concept that justice is the
foundation of the state and to take up
the practice of brute force.
| Japan is the disturber of the peace
essentially a l.
tary nation and she has in herself the
perfect compilation of the militarism
of Germany and the navyism of Eng
land Her ambition is boundless.
| with such neighbors what must
China do but prepare for defense? Be-
fore the European war broke out we
imported large number of men, the
followers of the Prince of Peace, from
| Europe, the seat of Christendom, over
to heather China II you are pleased
to call us so. to instruct US to turn our
plowshares into swords and our prun-
| Ing hooks into spears"
Selfishness. jingoism, yellow journal
ism and politicians are chiefly RESPONSE
BILE for MISUNDERSTANDING that have
existed between the United States and
Japan. said Mr.. Kiyo Sue Inui, lee
turer of the Japan Society of America.
Women had complete charge of yester-
days afternoon meeting of the con-
| gress. With Mrs. John F. Merrill. pre-
| siding, the program included addresses
| by Mrs. Lucia Ames Mead, author. of
Boston; Miss Eva Marshall Shontz of
| Chicago, organizer of the Women's
Peace Party. and Mrs. Robert ]. Bur-