The sun., 1919-04-28
DIR. EATON CONSIGNS
GERMANS TO HE'LL
He Tells Congregation That
Wilson Squirts Rose Water
at Enemy.
STANDS UP FOR ITALY
Criticises President for Stick
ing His Nose in Other
Peoples Affairs.


In as bitter an address as has been
heard from New York pulpit in many
years the Rev. Charles A. Eaton last
night flayed President Wilson's foreign
policies, Speaking for the last time at
the Madison Avenue Baptist Church,
which he Is leaving, the pastor accused
the President Of squirting rosewater at
the Germans" He said that the intel
lect and genius Of the country was not
behind its national policies,
Dr. Eaton deplored foreign interfer-
ence which he said amounted to stick
ing our nose into the affairs of a friend
ly nation" He said that the people are
, ashamed of the Presidents policies, and
that II Italy wants Fiume she should by
all means have it.
Behind DR.. Eaton sat Capt. Allies.
| sandro Zapelli OF the Italian Army. for.
| mer Governor of Italian Somaliland, and
from time to time the pastor turned
to him and said. as his church echoed
with applause. You see what they al
| think about it,"
I'VE were late getting into the war"
he said. ''Other nations with blood had
purchased the right to settle their vari-
GUS territorial claims long before we
ever fired a shot. Yet we are now try
ing to take that right from them.
Where Fault Lies.
| THE fault lies not with our people
but with our leaders. From the way
they are now making peace It would
seem as II they are making war. We
have enough trouble at home and II Il
about time we attended to some Of Il
After side stepping our own duties ir
Europe as long as we did we are Ger.
tainly In no position to go ever there
and say othem all. You settle this ouI
way
| Ashamed of Fiume Stand.
THE Italians don't like It and W,
don't like It. We are heartily ASHAMED
of 1t. We never had anything to d,
with Fiume. AS far as we're concerned
II Italy wants It she should have II
We want a League OF Nations of som
sort for the promotion of our interim
tional friendships. but we do not wan
to be set up as the schoolmasters OF TIL
world. We want to stop sticking on
nose into other peoples affairs.
Furthermore, have no use for th'
tenderness toward the Germans. Ger
many filled the world with suffering an
she should now take her bellyful.
say to hell with the Germansl"
So heated did the pastor become tina
at this point he said to his congregation
This may sound strange. but there l
no reason for being a mollycoddle or
fuddyduddy simply because you are Il
q church"
"a man can know his right hand fror
his left even II he is a Baptist, and
hate the Germans. I'm not going 4
squirt rosewater on them. 1t is not be
coming In US to worry about the Ger
mans. 1t is time for US to get down gu
OF the clouds with our little squirt gu,
of rosewater and set our feet on goo
solid Yankee soil again. 1t Is time W
learned to stay at home and mind GU
own business We are not cutting
heroic figure when We go abroad an
ask nations that fought for years be
fore we entered the war to step ssid
and let US cut the melon ourselves
| Pastors Formal Farewell.
DR. Eaton took his formal farewell o
the Madison Avenue Baptist Church a
the morning service yesterday. closing
pastorate OF ten years to enter industrial
welfare work. reception was given L
him at the end of his address. Their
was a considerable display of emotion
when he spoke the final words OF part
ing
81 have had bully time In the min
istry." he said. 81 haven't got a com
plant to make. There has not been
minute OF the twenty-five years that
have been in church work that 7 hav
not been as free as air. II you hear
minister say he is not free. you ma,
know there is something wrong witt
that minister. I have never been shack
led in any way, and i have had al
kinds OF people. rich and poor. stronl
and weak. in my church l have ha
the utmost freedom OF speech and actor
81 have learned to have the pro
foundest respect and admiration for tn
simple men and women OF the rank an
file in the church. those people of WHOM
you never hear, who go about their bust
ness, drawing their salaries. loving thei
own wives and husbands never 'agitat
ing about anything. and who wouldn'
know a revolution from a hole In tn
ground-snd have never had an
trouble over heresy. have come TO tn
profound conviction that the people VIII
worship God are the very salt Of tn
earth.
Looking back over the twenty-fiv
years I wish to pay q tribute to tn
ministry. The time is here when tn
Protestant pastor has got to get rid @
some things. Not long ago I heard
rich man say in a trustees meeting tina
from the viewpoint of the trustees tn
minister is hired man.
IT did not say anything at the tim,
for 1 did not care to mix IL UP wit
that man at that time, but the next da
/ visited him at his office and told hiT
that there was not money enough l
Wall Street TO hire me. You can hir
: butler or a gardener. but you can
hire a servant OF God. l should like
send my voice over the country to 81
the ministry free from the accursed rels
ton of the hireling."
BOSTON GIRL TO BE A BRIDE.