New Britain herald., 1916-03-13
THREE METHODS FOR
 PERMANENT PEACE
Rev. Dr. R. H. Potter Of Hartford Gives Address at M. E. Church

Rev. pr. Rockwell Harmon Potter of Hartford was the speaker at the Sunday evening services at Trinity Methodist Episcopal church last night and for his subject he took an opposite side of the quotation Pre- paredness" from that of Compensa- tion Commissioner George B. Chand- Ter, who spoke at the services @on March 5. There was a large attend ance and pr. Potter's remarks were received with much interest. Prepara- tory to his address, Dr. Potter said he had been accused by a Middletown man of speaking on ''Unprepared- ness.' This is not true for he does believe in preparedness in it's broader sense. The salient parts of his ad- dress follows:
 With the present war in Europe the world is in the midst of a period which has never been equaled in the world before. Up to this time 3,3O0,- 900 men have been slain and 5000, 900 have been crippled for life, From the present outlook it is safe to say the death total will reach 15,000,00o before the expiration of the conflict. How will the civilized world be com pensated for these iunumerable deaths of her sons? The struggle will put civilization back at least two gen. erations and it will require earnest thought and judgment to make the paths of civilization better. Millions of men are being slain without hav- ing a chance to demonstrate their value to society.
 Greatest Navy Absurd.
 Many speakers are touring the country claiming that this country ought to have the largest and greatest navy in the world. Now, if we as- sume that this would be the proper way to preserve national honor and ln- tegrity, each country ana nauon would strive for first place With the result that resources of various coun- tries would be strained in ouildlnS and acquiring large navies. The op1n- ions of many of these speakers con- flict on different points. Take the subject of a large standing army. some say, let us have an army of loO,o0o men; others say 50O,0 is the re- quired number. With so many Varla- tions of opinions, who is there to tell us which is the proper number for our army?
 BID1C AnSWcrS QucStIoh.
 ''If we make a careful perusal of the Bible, I think we can find an an swer for every vital question. Differ ent creeds hold opposite opinions on the literal translation of the passa gc Resist Not Evil and like passages. The Cath olics argue they are meant for a few people and therefore have a certain sect called monks. The Prct- of fc. o1 hn To1. everyday use and should not be put on the shelf until the millennium. Ii is not necessary for us to agree With either of these understandings Let us study the phrase. Resist Not Evil does not mean as the old Masonic law said "a tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye and some people have not reached beyond Moses even yet. am good enough sport to know that II you play with the devil, he will reap all the profits, so why give him a chance? But I say unto you, if man hungerth, feed hm if he thirst eth. give him drink and thereby heap coals of fire on his head. That is the way to resist evil.
 Is for Peace.
 eff a man stands for honor he can gather a large number of followers. We want peace and in order to have our wants gratified, we must have righteousness, law, justice and honor and so closely are those four inter- woven, we cannot have one without the other. Bearing that in mind stand for peace at any price. 1 am not opposed to having an army and navy but we are spending enough for their maintenance at present. l Take the case of Germany. That country spent no more on her navy 1 before the war than we did, yet it has accomplished wonders in the war l The fault in this country lies in the | pork-barrel' Members of congress 1 cause the 'pork-barrel' to overflow l because they wish to keep in with