The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-13

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 ONLY SALVATION, SAYS SUE
 FRAGAN BISHOP OF CON
 NECTICUT.
 Watertown, March 11-When I came back, I was amazed at the actions Of the Republican party declared the Rt. Rev. F. Campion Acheson of NLddletown, suffragan bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Connecticut, in the course of an address from the pulpit of Christ church here Sunday morning, when he administered the rite of confirmation to a class of nine candidates and spoke for a full hour of impressions he had gain ed while engaged in Red Cross work in F'rance, whence he return ed but a short time ago.
 T can talk to you now without your answering back and am very apt 10 say some things with which you will disagree" Bishop Acheson had said in opening his address, and then, spea king of the Republicans. he said.
 T am a Republican. I have been one all my life. have never voted any but s Republican ticket, so I have a, right to speak as do. The man who scoffs. at
 a League of Nations is the same man who comes to his minister and says, Don't go to the Bible and dig up an ancient text-tallz about today They tell you that (TRnTCa nj
 that Lincoln said that. and the echo of their sayings comes down to us now, but Washington spoke to his day and Lincoln spoke to his day. i League of Nations is our only salvation. It is the only effective weapon we have to hold Germany in check. If Ger many could say, Who made this peace, FTance?' or Who made this peace, EngIand?s she would imme diately say Tut, tut and before we knew it there would be another disastrous war. But if peace is made by a League of Nations to include France and England and Amertra and the rest, it's a different story.
 Bishop Acheson told many in .teresting incidents of his work overseas and did not mince his words in criticism Of mistakes by the government and other or ganizations. We Americans.' he said, "are a very conceited -eo- pie. We have an idea that we can do everything in the world better than anybody else in the world, and the sooner we get that idea out of our heads. the better off we'll be as individuals and as a nation. It is tlis idea that cost us $600,00O, 900 in money and God knows how many lives be- cause we thought we could make better airplanes than the French or British. Instead of giving France or England an order to make 10000 airplanes we thought we could do better ourselves So we sent our boys up in machines that wouldn't hold them. We didn't give them a fair show
 Tn recountirg his attempts to hold services in France, Bishop Acheson spoke of gathering the men together in places where they couldn't kneeI because the mud was so deep and of administering the rite of confirmation to a young soldier in a shack We oouldn't go into the churches over there," he explained "I think His Holiness, the Pope, made the mistake of his life when he failed to open the churches of France to men of all denominations. T asked the Roman Catholic author ities for permission to use their churches. We didn't want to go into the chancel We merely wanted to get under a roof and say our prayers. They said they were sorry, but it was against the rule. Hang the rule,' I said, but they stood firm. and we he'd serv- ices w-creVer we could find a place"
 In concluding his most inter estinE address, Bishop Acheson sy oke to the newly confirmed and U<ged them to ''be real .meri- cans"