New Britain herald., 1917-02-26
WILSON PRAISED AT : LOCAL PEACE TALKS
Secretary Of American Peace So-
 Ciety and Bishop Hughes Speak: ::

Patriotic services were conducted at Trinity Methodist church last even- ing and the speakers were Dr. A. H. Call, secretary of the American Peace society, and Bishop Edwin H. Hughes, resident bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church at Boston, Mass Dr. Call said he believed that if there were one man in all the wide world who wanted to keep the United States out of war it is the President of the United States.
 Dr. Call was the first speaker of the evening and he said that he con- sidered that life existed that there might be more life. Il was the same with plant life and it was the great principle behind law, behind court ship and marriage and many other things in our everyday life He be- lieves that that war represents a dying civilization and one that should be dead.
 If we were to have trouble over the line separating our property from that of our neighbor the matter would be settled in a court" said pr. Cali. "In other words. the spirit of justice is developed and the one bright spot in the United States is the supreme court where justice is established between the states. It was far better for the states to abide by the decision of the court than to go to war over the matter. Although the court has no power to enforce tho decrees between the states they are enforced. This shows the wisdom of the decisions of the supreme court of the United States. In 1899 court of arbitration was formed which settled sixteen cases and it was req sonable to think that court could be formed that could settle any num- Der. ,. < Tn 1910. there was a draft made for the establishment of an interna- tional supreme court but this matter was reported back as it needed more nations to endorse it. In 1914 there was a meeting called for the month of August but before this meeting was held the great war broke out. If there had been a court of this kind there might have been a settlement of the matter"
 War is wrong and peace is right, declared the speaker. and what is right as God willed shall become per manent.
 Bishop Hughes said that q friend
 
 flag was a gaudy thing but he didn't care if all the artists came to him and said the same thing, he would con- slider that there was no emblem on the face of the earth more beautiful than the stars and stripes. At one time when travelling in Europe. state ed the bishop there was an English man who was always making sneer- I ing remarks about America. One 1 morning when the Englishman was 1 asked why he did not visit the United l States, he said that there was noth- 1 ing to see there only Niagara Falls. l Bishop Hughes said that he did not | like that remark and answered back l by saying that there was a place | called Bunker Hill. If this country 1 were to follow the attitude of Apostle 1 Paul there would be war within a month. The bishop stated that he was an advocate of peace and that as dueling and the carrying of weapons by private citizens had been abolished so would war be abolished in time. People do not realize the great pro- tection that Uncle Sam gives them and in no other country do the. people get as much value from their taxes as here in the United States.
 Abroad there are men willing to pour out every drop of their blood in behalf of their country and cause, said Bishop Hughes. He said that he was not worrying half so much over the people abroad as he was over the people of this country who were living in peace and prosperity and he hoped that the motives of piety would not die in the American race.