Evening star., 1918-12-01
ARTIST HERE PROPOSES ENEMY
GUNS BE MADE PEACE CARLTON
Mr.. Shul Would Have Metal Remolded
Into Bells for Capitals Of
= Allied Nations.

A poetic idea translated ints terms
Of patriotic utility-this is the prop
osition involved in the suggestion
Of Washington artist that the
] enemy cannon captured by the allies
in the war be remolded into peace
carlton. Something exquisitely ap-
pealing lies in the suggestion, par
ticularly when considered against its
historical background, which recalls
| that the Prussian, when he conquered
France in 1870, transmitted the de-
feated guns into bells and hung them
in the tower of the Cathedral of CO.
logne.
j. Marion Shull is an artist of plant
life in the Department Of Agriculture.
The Shull family runs to botany, for
two Of his brothers are botanical
experts and J. Marion. in addition to
transferring to canvas the beauties
of the flowers he loves. speciallzes
with the lovely iris. from the COM
| a golden yellow iris which is said to
be unique.
Views of the Artist.
Mr. Shull is prose poet as well as
artist. He has evolved suggestion
dealing with the captured cannon
which is at once so charmlagly con-
ceived and so rich in historical refer
ence that the subject can best be done
justice in his own words. He has cast
his idea in his own language, which
proves to constitute something of q
literary gem in itself. The paper OF
Mr.. Shull follows:
Silent are the church towers of Flan-
derS and Artois, the beifr1es OF Doual
and Bruges. They have been robbed
of their treasures. those bells that for
hundreds of years have pealed 1orth
the hopes and aspirations of the sur
rounding countryside. Thes bells have
suffered desecration, their noble metal
recast for purposes of war and
their erstwhile melodious tongues
constrained to speak the raucous
tones Of battle in behalf of barbarian
hosts. But now that it is within our
power let us give them back to CIV
| ilization. From the metal of cap
tured enemy cannon let there be cast
the most wonderful carlton of bells
| of which the worlds best makers are
| capable, and 1t these be duplicated IN
| sufficient numbers that the capital
city of each of the great allied nations
may be provided with a set of these
peace bells"
The architects of all the wcrld
would vie with one another to see that
in each Of these cities should arise a
magnificent bel! tower to house this
carlton, a splendid example of fitting
architecture, worthy of the theme com
! meInorated. No doubt, some modern
Giotto would emerge to give the world a
masterpiece in stone, which would
gather to itself tradition from the past
and build tradition for the years to come.
Incorporate within it's walls, perhaps.
some block from shattered Rheims. from
AmienS and Arras: another from the
ruined treasures Of Louvain, and so
perpetuate the glory of those sacred
heaps of stone now tumbled in con-
fusion by the ruthless hand Of hate.
Then, too, some village on the Marne,
where first the invading hosts were
halted and turned back. might honor
thus and in its turn be honored by
one memorial stone in this great
monument to peace.
Emperor Bell Of Vienna.
Bells have been cast from cannon
in the past. More than two hundred
years ago. in 1710, the Emperor Jo-
seph I Of Austria. had great bell
cast from Turkish cannon and placed
in the tower of st. Stephens at vi
emma. This. known as the emperor
bell or sometimes called the Joseph
inc BELL. weighed seventeen tons. But
this, although it symbolized triumph
of the Christian over the Turk. was
also meant to glorify the emperor's
military might. It spoke of insolent
pride. not peace and good will. and
William in 1873. Read now the arro-
CANT inscription that winds in three
encircling lines about this later EN-.
peror bell. so named in honor of
Emperor William, who had it cast
from twenty cannon taken from the
French in 1870, and hung in the tower
of Cologne Cathedral. The original is
in Latin. but is translated thus: II,
civilian, the most illustrious En-
peror of Germny and King Of Prus
sia, in pious remembrance of the