The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-08

cult, requiring. as it will, a two-thirds
vote OF each house.
The Reed Amendment.
Another limitation upon immigration
in the bill is embodied in the amendment
OF Senator Reed. of Missouri, who pro-
posed that among the excluded should
be persons who believe in, advocate.
or practice polygamy. After a vigorous
debate this amendment was carried by a
vote OF "a to 3.
With somewhat puzzling inconsistency
the two Senators from Utah, while re-
pudiating polygamy and asserting that
1t was no longer taught as a tenet Of
the Mormon Church, both voted against
the amendment The third negative vote
was cast by Mr.. Hughes, of New Jer-
sey, who explained his vote by saying,
He did not think a mans religious be-
lief should be made a test Of his ad-
mission to this country
Since polygamy has been officially re-
pudiated by the only church that did
teach 1t as a religious belief the
thought occurs-to whose religious sensi-
bilities was Mr.. Hughes referring in
making that statement and casting his
negative voter"
Another group OF subjects. which
though widely scattered over the map
u.
included the future of Alaska and the
Philippines. the Panama-Pacifc EXPOSE
ton TO open in San Francisco on Feb
ruar 20. and the exasperating delay in
completing the Panama Canal due to the
creeping clay" of the Culebra Cut.
Progress In Alaska.
anticipation of the completion Of the gov
ernment-owned coal fields, was also en-
larged upon. and an interesting inter
view with Judge Burke, OF Seattle. was
read and commented upon as forecasting
an era of great prosperity for the West
ern coast with the opening Of the ex-
position and the final operation Of the
Panama Canal
In reviewing the European war to date,
Miss Richards quoted from a recent en-
Tightening article by Loves Dickinson.
entitled THE War and the Way Out"
which proposes as an essential factor for
maintaining enduring peace the estab-
lishment of a League of Nations for
the protection Of the weak and the re-
straining OF the strong whose gospel is
force
This only can be accomplished" said
the speaker, by the cultivation Of a
new and powerful sentiment, which shah
replace what Mr.. Dickinson calls the
government theory OF small groups of
the governing and military caste'-a the
DRY absed upon the warped ideals OF the
government mind With the ideals and
convictions of the great masses of the
people In every country and every State
based upon law. order, and
peace through arbitration rather than
upon the demonstrated faIacy, Iunacy, |
and barbarity Of war"
kaiser's Great Opportunity.
In closing. Miss Richards presented |
glowing picture of the unparalleled emf
hence that might have been attained by
the Kaiser. and the loud acclaim which |
would have been accorded him by all ma
tons on his recent birthday, had he
found it possible during those critica. |
days OF last July. following the Serbian
to have stood firm as the
great Apostle Of Peace 70 have de-
and thus have won the gratitude Of all !
the nations by maintaining the peace of |
the world
Then would all generations have
called him blessed: by universal ac-
claim the Nobel Peace Prize would |
have been awarded him, and he would |
have lived in history as the great |
benefactor of his age.
Alas, that Faith or Destiny
call it what you wiIl-ordained other
wise, that despite his peaceful reign |
Of quarter Of century. today he
mourns a million of the sons of the |
foe battles with foe on every side.
To affirm that the Kaiser could have
lverted this world catastrophe, is to
accord him the highest praise
10 acknowledge him as the most
'orceful personality of his time"