Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-04
Working Out Plans

Working Out rams
Lord Bryce recalled that Premier As
auth, Lord Grey and Mr.. Bal
four had expressed theoretically and
sincerely the need of such machinery
ana said that several groups OF think
crs were working out the plans.
ITO establish any machinery for pre-
serving peace continued Lord Bryce,
would he impossible without the CO.
operation of the neutral states and es-
pecially the greatest of all the neutral
states We have been waiting and
;ratcning to see whether America
would ir view of the immense interests
at stake depart from her old policy
Of conplete isolation and bear her part
in the efforts for securing permanent
alliance for peace.
The Part America Must Play
AN influential league for that pur-
nose already has been formed there
and now two momentous events have
,,,,,,ored on which | dwell because
NAV have been little noticed here.
"President Wilson delivered TOUR
,,o,+,. AGO powerful and luminous
ereech in which he announced that the
states
fron, q movement in which the highest
interests of manhood were cohcel 'ieu
{ and that he felt sure the people Oh ''ie
. United states were prepared 10 JOIN /"
any feasible scheme for the prevention
of future wars.
Hughes Opinion
Two months ago Mr.. Charles HusheS'
in accepting the nomination as cah''""''
for the presidency by the Repuphcan pai
~ declared with no less force ana ho
less sincerity that he was convinced tile
| time had come for America to unite Win
European countries in a well cohsioele"
scheme for applying methods OF arp''fa-
1ion and Cancellation to securing seHet"'
and nermanent peace in the world.
..7bus the heads of the Two great
,,,ar;.an parties, distinguished men ana
the official exponents of American opi'.
n, have promised the cooperation VI
.b.;r nation in this proiect-one or great
d,H,rltv no doubt but also OF supreme
importance. 49,,
SOW, neonle and the statesmen who lea'
,,r naonle could have no greater ehcour-
.eon,ent to address themselves, "heh ,ene
,in,e comes TO this enterprise, when lheF
h,,e already pronounced to be necessary
ask your help to bring the matter De-
fore the neople and to show them no"
,ouch we and every nation has TO gam
~, rs,oovinp the terror and the danger
~ war which so long has hung like
black cloud over Europe The churches
could do no more truly Christian WORK
Most Terrible Scouree"
"r ct not this war have been fought IN
into practice some scheme for reducing
and. if possible, at last TOR enolns ''e
oldest and most terrible scourge of man
kind"
ord. Rrvce said the country was virtu-
ally unanimous in holding that 'he war
must be prosecuted to victory so compete
as to open the prospect OF an enduring
peace, and added
ION the terms of that treaty the peo-
pie will insist and ought to insist on eH-
pressing their opinion and the churches
must do their part in helping to form IT,
Repress Spirit Of Hatred
He declared that the precepts OF Chrls-
tianitv coincide with those of pollticai
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 10
again and that those guilty OF them
will be punished. But is II wise 10 taiN
of banning a whole people for all ine
to come? The German people are un-
der a harsh and tyrannous rule, Whlch
has not only deceived and mlsled thein'
but silences any protest-and there are
/ those who wish to protest-agalnst us
crimes. Some day we hope they Will
overthrow it, when they have learned
the truth
ITO indulge in revenge VIII be 10
SOW the deeds Of future wars. Nations
cannot hate one another forever ana
the sooner they cease to do so the bet
ter for all of them. We must take all
proper steps to defend ourselves from
any dangers that might arise, II after
The war the enemy countries were 10
resume an insidious hostility. That is
at present no more than a possioiil'S'
which may never arise.
But the talk we now hear ABOUT
starting, after peace has been con-
Guided, new war Of trade to follow