Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-03
LOOKS TO u. S. TO AID
in PEACE OF WORLD
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ing and watching to see whether AM
erica would, in view of the immense
interests at stake, depart from her
old policy of complete isolation and
bear her part in the effort for Sc
curing permanent alliance for peace
An influential league for that purpose
has already been formed there and
now two momentous events have
happened, on which I dwell because
they have been little noticed here.
Hughes Is For Scheme
President Wilson delivered four
months ago a powerful and luminous
speech. in which he announced that
the United States could not stand aloof
from movement in which the
highest interests of manhood were
concerned and that he felt sure the
people OF the United States were pre-
pared to join in any feasible scheme
lot Ine prevention in the future wars.
Two months ago Charles E
Hughes, in accepting the nomination
as candidate for the presidency by the
Repuolcan party, declared with no
less force and no less sincerity that he
was convinced the time had come to
unite with European countries in
well-considered scheme for applying
methods of arbitration and concilia-
ton to securing general and perman
ent peace in the world.
Thus the heads of two great
American parties. distinguished men
and the official eXponents of American
opinion, have promised the co-opera-
ton OF their nation in this project
one OF great difficulty, no doubt, but
also or supreme Importance.
Pleads For End OF All War
Our people and the statesmen who
lead our people could have no greater
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when the time comes, to this enter
prise. which they have already pro
nounced 10 be necessary. ask your
help to bring the matter before the
people and to show them how much
we and every nation have to gain by
removing the terror and the danger of
war, which so long has hung like a
| black cloud over Europe The
churches could do no more truly Chris
tian work.
Let not this war have been fought
in vain! Let us search for and try
TO put into practice some scheme for
reducing and if possible, at least for
ending this oldest and most terrible
scourge of mankind"
Lord Bryce said the country was
virtually unanimous in holding that
the war must be prosecuted to victory
SO complete as to open the prospect
OF an enduring peace and added:
Churches Must Help
"On the terms of that treaty the
people will insist and ought to in
/ sist on expressing their opinion and
the churches must do their part in
/ helping to form it,
He declared that the precepts of
Christianity coincide with those of
political wisdom and that the churches
should work for national unity and
good feeling between the classes.
| Let us avoid, let us repress the
] spirit of hatred" he said I'VE are
justly indignant at the war the enemy
! powers have waged. We trust that
our victory will warn the world that
such methods must never be resorted
to again and that those guilty of them
will be punished. But is it wise to
talk of banning a whole people for
all time to come? The German peo-
pie are under a harsh and tyran-
nous rule, which has not only de-
ceived, and misled them, but siIences
and protests-and there are those who
wish to protest-against its crimes.
Some day we hope they will over
throw it, when they have learned the
truth.
| Cannot Hate Forever
| ITO indulge in revenge will be to
sow the seeds of future wars Ma
/ tions cannot hate one another forever.