Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-10
700 PROMINENT
U. S. CHURCHMEN
SUGGEST PEACE
Editors, Professors and Bust
ness Men Join Them In
Broad Message

Bishops. universities and college
presidents and professors, secretaries
OF church boards, and OF social sery-
fee, organizations, pastors, editors,
business and professional men who are
pTomincnt in the churches, with a
number Of women. have issued a
Message 10 our Christian Brethren
OF All Lands. in which they take
open stand with those who labor for
the establishment OF lasting peace
upon the foundations Of righteous
ness
Included in the list are Bishops
David III. Greer, New York; EtheIbert
Talbot. South Bethlehem. and Cort-
land Whitehead, Pittsburg, OF the
Protestant Episcopal church. and
Bishops Mcdowell, Chicago. and E. r.
Hendrix, Kansas City, OF the Meth
odist Episcopal church.
Some pastors who signed are Drs.
Charles Z. jefferson, Henry Sloan
coffin-and Nehemiah Boynton of New
York; Wallace Radcliffe, Washington;
James r. Vance, Nashville. and W. G.
Covert. Chicago
in the list OF officials OF religious
organizations arc found the names of
Francis E. Clark. Boston. president OF
the Union Society OF Christian En-
deayors John A. Marquis. Cedar
Rapids. moderator of the Presbyter
Ian General Assembly; II. c. Herring,
Boston. general secretary of the Ma
tionals Council of Congregational
churches, and Darlington Booth, New
York. head of the Volunteers of Amer
lea.
Among the university, college and
theological seminary presidents are
w. IL n. Faunce. P-own University;
=. Ross Stevenson, sspTincetpH The
ologicNf Seminary; W. Douglas Me-
kenzie, Hartford Tie5 logicai ASemin-
ary; Henry Chfufchf1l King, Oberiin
College; Harry A. Garfield, Williams
College and Frank Strong, University
Of Kansas. ~
The federal courts are represented
hy Judges John NJ KflIits, Toledo, and
John r. Hazel. Buffalo.
The following are among the bust
ness and professional men who
sitned: n. u Heinz. Pittsburg; James
N Gamble. Cincinnati; E. T. Bur
rowes Portland, Me-: ,Lucien Warner
and George Foster Peabody, New
York; John T. Stone, Baltimore, and
A. Al. Hyde, Wichita.
The message pronounces in favor OF
League Of Nations. and limitation OF
ornamental and World Court, either
The Hague Court or a similar trib- |
tinal. ~
bishop Luther B. Wilson of New |
York. OF the Methodist Episcopafj
church, is chairman of theNcommittee |
which drafted the message. The other |
members are Hamilton Holt, George |
A. Phimpton, DIR. Frederick lynch and |
DR. Charles S. Macfarland
Bishop Wilson says that his com
nlittee was appointed at conference
CT 40 cisrgynlen and laymen held at |
the residence Of George A. Plimpton, !
the publisher, president of CHM & |
COMPANY, at which Bishop David H. |
Greer OF the Protestant Episcopal 1
church presided. Bishop Wilson stated |
that Che message expresses the views |
OF men and women whodo not believe !
that the war should be fought until /
one side of the other is completely ex.
hausted. II methods can be devised !
which will insure future permanent
peace.
-Of course, says Bishop Wilson,
those who have signed this message
believe in righteous peace. No /
other kind OF peace can be discussed
et all We do believe also that a
League Of Nations and permanent
International Court viii insure per-
n,anenE peace These proposals for
such International machinery consti.
tute the new elements in the world
situation. II Is our conviction that !,
they furnish way out of the age old
and vicious circle. Without them ii
WOULD probably be better that the war.
WITH Al its illim.tabIe horrors, should j,
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