The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-08-10
LOOK FOR WAR;;
PEACE BEFORE
WORLD FRIENDS
Expected To Be Topic of Bit
ter Controversy as London
Body Meets-Radicals Are
Powerful.
The LEAGUE OPPOSED
By MARY HENkE

LONDON, July 30-The peace treaty
and the league Of nations promise to
create dissension in the world confer
ence Of Friends to open in London,
Aug. II.
The battle over the attitude to be
taken by the British Friends started
at the London quarterly meeting held
this week. Radical members of the
society who opposed the entry of the
country into the war, and went to Jail
rather than serve in the army, are as
uncompromising in their attitude to-
ward the acceptance Of the treaty.
The conservative Friends were in
control at the quarterly meeting and
efforts were made to unite the London
body into acceptance Of the covenant
OF nations, as the only way of bring
ing Europe out Of chaos.
Not for War; Now Oppose Peace.
But efforts toward peace were as
unsuccessful inside the society as they
were outside. The socialists and
labor members refused to be subdued,
and denounced the treaty as a foul
betrayal" declared that the league Of
nations was prepared by the same
hands that forced the nation into war,
and declared that the league of ma
tions organization was tuning up it's
little orchestra while Rome was burn
ing"
A third division of the society
agreed that the league of nations was
the only solution to the present inter
national situation, but agreed on de-
manding that Germany and Russia be
admitted into the council of the league
No agreement was reached, although
1,,tt t~y1 l.
everybody's attitude. was adopted
is evident that the battle in the con-
ference proper is going to be a hot
one.
Radicals Are Very Powerful.
The radicals are much more power.
full in the British society than they are
In the American, and the British
Friends are much more given to mix
Ing In questions of labor and social
unrest, than most members of the So
ciety are in the United States.
American Friends are expected to
act as moderators il the battle be-
comes too warm, but what they will!
be able to accomplish in the way of
comDromise is still very uncertain.
It Is held probable that If the young
Friends ard radicals fail to accomplish
their aims in the conference itself
they will carry their fight to the
Young Friends conference at Jordans,
and to the conference on social and
labor problems to be held later at
Oxford
Show Sincere Welcome.
The members of the English Society
of Friends are showing a sincere cor
diality to the American visitors. and
are especially anxious that the con-
ference will lead to better relations
between the two nations.
The housing congestion here has
made 1t very difficult to place all the
visitors, and Arthur J. Vail, of Phiia-
delphia, who has been in charge of
the American delegates and has had
the strenuous task of finding room fer
all of them, has been wearing a
what am I going to do with them
expression ever since he arrived.
There IS almost a Richmond colony
in London now, and Earlham has sent
a large number Of delegates Dr. Wal.
ter Woodward and Professor Lindley
have been seeing all the important
historical places in England before the
conference, and most of the other
Americans are taking the opportunity Y
to pay visit to France and the Brit
1sh cities before going home. More
women than men are attending the
conference, from the United States.
Lady Parmour Very Attentive.
Lady Parmour, who is one of the
Influential Quakers in London. and
whose husband is active in Parliament
in support of the League of Nations
has been attentive to the American
delegates. Lady Parmour presided at
the London quarterly meeting, when
several American Friends were pres
ent.
Relief workers among the Friends
who have returned recently from the
continent, are pessimistic over the sit
uation in Europe Several declared
that last year they We're more opti-
mistic regarding the establishment of
lasting peace than they are now, an
one young Englishman who had just
returned from Germany, declared that
resentment over the influence OF
Franco in respect to the peace terms
was reviving the militaristic spirit
among many Germans who had pre-
viously declared themselves sick OF
war
ouskers Know Europe's Needs.
Probably no organization knows
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Europe than the Quakers, and for this
reason the action toward international
affairs is held to be exceptionally i'm
portant at this time.
Foreigners who live in Europe are
pessimistic at the same time. while
tho Europeans, tired out with the long
war, and the after struggle with high
prices and unemployment, are too
apathetic to demand that they see the
ideals for which they fought, put into
force.
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