The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-18
James SchermerhOrn
Depl0res War in
Chicago Address
"PEN is MIGHTIER
THAN THE SWORD"
Praises President and
Bryan as Apostles
of Peace

| CHICAGO. Oct. is.-Respondin
10 the sentiment. The Pen
Mightier Than the Sword" al n
one hundred and thiTty-third regula
meeting OF the Bankers club Of Oh
oago. at the Hotel Ia Sale. Satul
day night, James Scnermerhorn, pull
Usher OF The Detroit Times, quotes
what lngersoll. Karr, rolstoy an,
Hugo have written IN brilliant as
sailment OF the desolating work o
! The sword.
That very day had developed con
armation Of Bulwer-Lytton's exalta
ton OF the pen. Mr.. Schermerhorr
said. when the pen attached the
name of Lord Reading OF Erlagh IL
the Anglo-French credit loan Of
$500, 000, 900. The pen that wrote
the advertisements calling Britain
MAS sons 10 the coiors was also
mightier than the sword because in
Gen. Wolfe. floating down the st
Lawrence and listening TO the re
cital Of Grays ~Elegy in a Country
Churchyard." declared he would
rather have written that beautiful
poem than TO take Quebec on the
morrow. One of the latest me-
MORALS erected in Europe does not
COMMEMORATE bloody conflict at all.
but transmits ia monumental ele-
Quence the revelations of wars
wastage and woe which Victor
Hugo's vivid pen has given the world
in his wonderful chapter on the bat
tie OF Waterloo in Les Miserables.' $
Better than the brutalixing sway
of the sword were the international
peace proposals. negotiated by Mr..
Bryan while secretary OF state and
the lofty statements Of national a.
piration and good faith by President
Wilson that have thus far served To
keep our republic out Of the sad.
denins European satsrnalia.'
The speaker hoped that the presi-
Dental pen that babe the veterans
At the Gettysburg reunion TO lift up
their eyes TO the great tracts OF
life yet TO be conquered in the in
terest Of righteous peace. OF the
which lies In a peoples
hearts and outlasts all wars and
errors Of men," would never feel
to urge a program OF
that would deprive the
nation OF Its peculiar glory as a land
b. militarism- The
Humorous insistsnce upon unprece-
tented army and navy budgets was
more vocal than universal
Mr.. Schermerhorn believed IL TO
be the part Of wisdom and economic
good sense TO determine first IL the
plan now taking form for an interna-
tioud tribunal would not bring all
warweary nations down to our pres
snt sensible footing. instead of hur-
rying into q formidable scheme of
increased armament that would bur
IN - With European militsrism
- divert hundreds OF millions of
eosass ssen domestic projects Of
sonserva1Son ana development that
action.
"A friend WIN vas in par,. .
year or two ago handed me a tan.
script OF remarkable prophecy n,
!. Victor Hugo which ne saw Twin,
, Upon the dresser in he great :.
, thor's bedroom" said Mr.. scherme,
? horn. "It runs like this: 4 repr,
sent Q thing that does not yet exis
, The Party of the Revolutionary Civ
, ration will come I'm the twentie
, century. II Will go out first az Il
United States OF Europe and Ia,
a. the United States OF the world
THE president pen thai fran
that prophecy Is n,ightier than q
sword. Who knows but that Il
earnest efforts now making for
worlds court compelling the bloc
, less adjustment Of all information
disputes are the happy augury
, the fulnllment OF Hugos inspir,
look into the future. Anyway, is
not a saner thing 70 bide our tin
while we cling TO vur proud pia,
! as q government true TO its prete
sicns ana unplagued by 5urdenson
armament until II has been dete
mined IL the crippled and improve
ished powers OF the old world a
not ready for such a statemanlil
solution of the problem of compe
tive or progressive armament"
| II believe the pen will rend
mighty service by telling IN tin
the whole appalling story OF VIII
thia ghastly encounter means
terms of sacrificed blood and trea
ure. II will formulate an appeal
the conscience OF Christendom tn.
ShaIl not fail The people shall kno
the truth about war and the trut
shall make them free from war"
May the United States---despit
the clamor Of political. commercis
and journalistic jineoes--keep IN
sword In ire scabbard until the De
Of prophecy and OF internations
tract shall have full opportunity @
providing q better way to honorable
ssinful and enduring peace"
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