South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-21
URGES AMERICA
KEEP OUT Of WAR
Rev. C. F. Aked of Ford Peace
Party Says It Would Be
Playing into Hands.

var IL will be playing into the hands
81 the military party Of Germany
and acting against the hopes and
wishes Of the best people Of all the
world" declared Dr. Charles f.
Aked. famous Baptist divine Of New
York. chairman Of the Ford peace
party. and one Of the most eloquent
speakers that has ever appeared in
south Bend. bon his speech before the
knife and Fork club az the oliver
Tuesday night America alone can
lead the way 20 peace. The nations
Jf Europe want peace, but they can
% lead the way. they are burdened
with the strifes OF thousand
years, asserted Or. Aked. I'm his adj
dress on America AMI the World
state" in which he urged II as the
Iuty Of America and It's citizens not
.uly 20 keep out Of war. but 10 use
aVcry effort 90 secure the formation
ID The League 10 Enforce Peacs.
mother New Yorker. Luther NJ. Gu
ick. NJ. D.. IN AN address. unique as
it was interesting. ON the subject Of
Keeping the Mind Young told
how. by applying scientific method
and knowledge 20 the business OF
living the freshness and vitality of
youth can be preserved through life
Rev g.. a. ippincott presided as
POSTMASTER at the dinner. while
REV l.. G.. Rogers of Mishawaka
gave the Invocation.
H.. "a.
military party i'm Germany wants the
United states 20 20 into war. said ne
knew this was a fact, because he
1ad been SO told by the leading mili-
AIRY leaders of Germany. who gave
as their reason the belief that ;hey
could then prosecute the war un-
hampered and soon crush England.
Why Nations Fight.
If we go into the war he said,
we will be abandoning the course
IF peace and will rly be paving the
way for new alliances and for great
er wars which shall battle not one
continent. but three. i'm blood" DIR.
Aked said that the cause of modern
wars is fear. not the desire OF az
gression, and explained how it was
this fear of one nation by another.
which leads to alliances and armed
peace" and consequently to wars.
RE traced the causes of the present
European war 20 the formation of
the two opposing alliances the en-
tente alliance and the triple alli-
ance. 1t is our duty. he asserted,
negatively. Co avoid entering the
with one of the alliances, and posi-
lively. 10 lead in the formation of a
world league for the enforcement
OF peace. But the deadliest of the
deadly sins of which we can be
guilty" he continued, lis doing
nothing"
Or. Aked WILDLY described condi-
tions in Europe. but declared that
the fight going on between the two
elements i'm the various countries,
the peace element and the war eie-
ment. was ultimately of far greater
Importance To the world than tine
conflict of nations. He was of ,he
opinion that if the United States
goes into the war. il Will tend for
victory for the militarists and will
dishearteu the peace party; will lead
20 new alliances which will only be
the preface 20 another war of far
greater proportions.
Cites Wilson's Words.
I'm regard 20 this Country's duty
i'm connection with the peace move
ment. DR. Aked said that il had al
ready been expressed by the presi-
dent ina his famous declaration in
May 1916. when he said that the
war has put forward the thinkins
world a whole age" and "that men
have come 20 see that a war be-
tween two nations lis not the affair
of these nations alone but of the
whole world" This speech" de-
clared the speaker, "wiu go down i'm
history as the most important utter
auce ever made upon American
soil and as the most revolutionary
doctrine ever spoken upon this
earth" because I'm the first place it
pledged the American people 10 sup
port any feasible organization 70
keep peace iu the world. and pro-
nounced IL 20 bee Americas duty 10
change the use of force from max
ins war 20 Keeping peace.
The League 90 Enforce Peace. q"
declared DIR. Aked "is the most
feasible means vet proposed for Sc
curing international peace. and all
the nations az war have expressed
themselves as favoring such an or
sanitation. We have done nothing
I'm the peace movement because we
have bad no machinery for peace 30
he continued" The League for
Peace viii be a beginning IL viii
rot make war impossible but 10 will
make it improbable or. at least. less
frequent" In conclusion tie speak
er explained the working OF the
league for peace and pointed out in
more detail this Counuy's duty in
assuming the leadership i'm the mat
ter OF putting 10 into operation
Business OF Living
Or. GuhcR discussed the busiusss
~ living from the standpoint OF
health. He declared that the mind
and heart OF "a man can. by apply
ing the right scientific rules. be
kept as young as .n boyhood days.
we can plan cur days. our weeks