Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-12-04
Verdun's Defender
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the Legion. Rev. Henry A. Atkinson
Of New York, secretary of the League
of International Friendship Through
the Churches, and Rev. ]. H. Frank
lin of New York, secretary Of the
Baptist Foreign Missionary Society
were made officers Of Public In
struction.
After addresses emphasizing the
need for greater international coop
Grafton among Christians had bsen
made by Rev r. C Gillie, president
elect of the. National Council Of tht
Evangelical Free Churches of Eng
land and John r. Mott, general SEC
rotary of the International Commit
tee of the Young Mems Christian
Association, General Nivelle was in
troduced by the Right Rev. Thomas
F. Gailor, presiding bishop of the
Protestant Episcopal church.
France has been happy to send us
as \delegates." the general said. Ito
tell you that we stand by you with
warm heart in these suspicious days
of the third centenary of the Land
ing of the Mayfiower. these auspi-
cious days which join ALI nations to-
gether around the Star Spangfed
Banner.
ut is the destiny of our two re-
publics founded, one upon the bill oil
rights and the other upon the Rights
of Man, which are expressions of the
same thought, to walk always hand
in hand in the great crisis of human.
ity and now to solve the difficult
problems of peace with the same mu.
tual trust and good will shown dur
ing the dark days of the war.
1T belonged to the Allies and to
the two great republics which have
been together in 1920 for the tongues,
of freedom of conscience, in 1870, fol-
the conquest of the rights of mar
and in 1917 for the rights of civil.
cation, by confidence and everlast.
ing friendship to force the peace OF
the world as they have forced the
victory.
Il am very happy and proud Il
bring You the heartiest greeting OF
France"
The general arrived at the church
after a busy day of visits to state anG
city officials and trip through Har.
ward University.
Mr. Gillie, who is also the represen.
tative of Great Britain to the Pill.
grim celebration. in America, in his
address set forth a conception of ar
international mind, an international
conscience and an international net.
work of communication to bind then
together-"cali it a League of Nations
or what you WILL t'j
s"Christiantiy failed to pluck out the
evil roots that made war inevitable"
he said, but it failed because it had
not been fully tried. 1t must be tried
to the full if there is to be an inter.
nationalism that is binding.
I'VE need to re-think humanity
And who can lead the van better
than America? What nations car
better serve these purposes than the
English-speaking' peoples?
DR.. Mott asserted that although
1.-The United States is in bad in many
parts of the world" the observant
peoples are nevertheless looking tc
this country for help.
Now that the world has found it.
SELF he said, 1T can no longer be a
matter of Indifference to us what is
taking place elsewhere. A cancerous
or leprous growth in Eastern Europe
or the Far East or Latin America will
sooner or later profoundly affect Am.
erica"
The international responsibility OF
the churches DR.. Mott declared to be
so vast and so urgent that nothing
less than a united plan and action
will avail"