Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-14
FINAL LECTURE IN
 SLATER HALL COURSE.
Charles Frederic Aked, D. D. Dis eussed America and the World State.

eussed America and the World State.
 The last of the Slater hall lecture
 course occurred Monday evening with
 Charles Frederic Aked, D. as the speaker.
 Before the introduction of pr. Aked,
 Francis Leavens voiced the apprecta- tion of the audience of the general ex- eellence of the course and the efforts of Philip Johnson in securing the dis tinguished speakers who have been heard with so much pleasure and profit. A rising vote of thanks was extended to MT. Johnson.
 MT. Tirrell then introduced Dr. Aked, who spoke on America and the World State. His words were stirring and Illuminating.
 He spoke of the disgrace to eiviliza- tion that this war is and the necessity of finding some better way of settling things. Would we not all like to see our nation leading all the others in
 darkness have fallen on Europe. Mil lions of our brothers are enduring in this hour the very extremes of horror gashed by shot and shrapnel, frozen. burned, mutilated, poisoned by gases.
 And we do nothing, for we have per ShddSo oul SELVES I1lA. lucIG IS 11OlE1lS to do. France Is at this time church in feeling religious and deyout; Eng land is af1ame with patriotism, and Germany is serene, calm and impas- siVe. We may come to believe that the lowest level of civilization has been reached by us. Our vision is dimmed and blurred.
 The warning nations do not respect us. The small neutral nations do not
 respect us. They are small and we large. They could not lead, but we could have. They could only follow.
 This Is a criticism of conditions un- der which we live and we do nothing to change them and therein we are to blame. We do not have to take things
 as we find them.
 of war but not of peace. If at the be-
 ginning of the war we had taken a hand and had asserted that it must stop or we should refuse food and am- intuition, they must have stopped to
 consider at least and we might have
 used our influence to some good pur- pose. But it never dawned on the
 United States that we could do any thing. We lack a certain largeness in our views. We are not to blame ex- eept for our lethargy in the matter. It has come to the point where a new international organization must be , devised. There is growing in Europe the idea that war is a raving madness When we consider settling the differ ences between nations by wholesale maSsacreS by machinery we must real
 iZe that it is not a sane method but reversior to savagerX.- The conviction is growing that there must be better way. There is also growing convic- tion that the whole policy of under standings and alliances between na- tions is bad and vicious.
 Take for instance the entente cor 6j31p hatwppn Erannn T1yifa air, and Russia. It was not in intent az gressive, yet each thought that there was animus in the other. And Ger many and Austria felt this also. They feared Russia especially. And to the statesmen of other nations this alli- ance brought fear for they saw in it a menace to che peace of Europe. It. was probably not intended to convey any such meaning. but 1t aroused sus-
 picion and just so long as fear and suspicion controls the minds Of peoples and nations tkere is danger
 In spite of this pernicious effect of alliances they are still being talked about on botE sides, however. There is talk of extending the entente alli- ance and in effect boycotting Ger many. Not peace, but hate, would be so engendered, resulting in more war. beginning an era of a bloody, far reaching struggle.
 In Germany there are many opinions There are, broadly speaking, two great parties-the ruling party, the liberals, and the war party, the con servatives. There is danger of Rus sian peace, danger Of Germany dis lodging Russia from the entente by proposals to give her Persia and later to take part ill attacking Great Britain and Afghanistan. Only by the prem and the gift of Constantinople has
 England felt secure in her ally. An other development is the allying of Germany with Brazil, Russia with China and Japan with Mexico, with immunity to England in India. There
 United States into this war, since if we took sides with England 1t would give them (Germanyo the chance to pursue their submarine warfare un- molested and result in their establish ing bloekades in our ports. These ex- treme views are those of the war party only. The ruling power honestly de- sires friendship with the United States It is a truly moderate party. These liberals protested the designs of the do not wish to interfere with the ter- ritorial tntegrity of that country. There are many who bear no hate fer England and would like to see an An gao-German alliance. England. Ger many and the United States. They
 
 that it may be friendly rivalry. And this spirit Is more important than the victories in the trenches.
 As the realization is growing that these alliances are bad la tendency 8 new spirit is being ersAtaa For the permanent peace of the world. Ereat
 Britain. Russia. France and Gernany are now ready for this ieague or pAace which will restrain the disturher Of peace. The United States is willinx te
 become partner sn such a leaEne. We in thinking.
 In the league of peace for the n.- tions there are several eondtttons:
 First. no nation shah 90 to var or commit action against other nations leading to war without subuitting the case to the peace tribunal; second. if any nation violates their word and without consulting the court goes to war. all the other nations would turn on 1t with al their aids and keep the peace of the world; third, the court | hae DO pawer fo enforce judgment, If this league should be successfui in time we might be able to give the
 tribunal power to theH courts end