Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-11-14
PROPOSAL
MOST MOMENTOUS
IN WORLD HISTORY

-" ~ vac titdHiC GoHH|Ct, thect were
those who said that Christianity had
fhted. he Haid. II deny this" ne
addod. ut was diplomacy. and not
Christianity. that broke down. Tn.
itatecrat OF Europe found Itself in
capable OF maintaining peace and
order throughout Europe. and. event
ually. throughout tho world"
DR.. Freeman does hot fear the 80.
allied yellow peril" "The so-cailed
cloud on the Pacific horizon-which
in reality. Ia hut speck-the pes-
simists. the jingoes and the yellow
journals would have US believe con-
sututes menace. have no more
eear OF Japan than 1 have of Mex
ico"
The scrapplng of the capital ships
OF the powers would sorvc to diasi-
pate the cloud. IL II exists, he de-
clarcd. Tho entire notilla Of ma
ton relcgated to the bottom of the
sea would not change the attitude
OF that nation, however, nc said. "Re-
store Christ to sovereignty. seize the
hearts Of men and put out the things
mat make for greed and lust and
love OF conquest. and then universal
peace VIII be nearer realization"
PurEinE of Society Ne. y.
The speaker incidentally declared
that the pnreine 81 society. the put
ting out OF accretions that make for
Its disintegration. also Is necessary
IL universal concord is to lie attained
~ Is not enough to make treaties
with Great Britain. Japan and the
other great powers" he said.
Premier Lloyd George, ut the close
OF the world war. he said. declared
that what the world needed mos, of
all is moro religion in the world;
more Of the Christian shirt.
The spiritual development of tho
United States rose TO the highest
level in it's history while America
was at war. he said. then, in the
months succeeding the conflict, fell
TO the low level of Grass material
ISM: the mighty struggle for the al.
mighty dollar. Prosperity awept
the country--and curaed IT," no said.
We have Just passed through two
OF the most momentous days, not
only in the history OF the American
Republic. but In tho history of the
world" he declared. I'm Arlington.
In soil sacred to Virginia, the home
OF our own Robert F.. Lee-ours OF
the North as we'll as yours OF the
Scuth-we laid to rest one repre-
sentative OF the tens of thousands
who fell in Flanders fields--an un-
known; representing the vast dead.
who repoSc either in Arlington or in
France. This unknown lis the son
of every American mother: the
brother Of every American citizen.
Tho exercises were Americas rec
ignition of her obligation to the
dead and indicative Of her sorrow."
Shall Not Emil.
Washington-The nations capital
he said. is the pulsatlng heart of
civilization throughout the world
"rhc disarmament conference" he
went on. lis to decide how America
will discharge the obligation ahe
assumcd when she laid TO r.st the
unknown soldier. With one hand
she paid homage to the name,css
hero with the other she now swea-s
that war never more shall rear ita
bideous head. II we fail God help
us! But. we shall not fall"
DIR. Freeman was introduced Ivy
Rev. W. Russell Bowie. rector of ST.
Paurs Episcopal Church. The oc-
casion was mass-meetlnR Of all
the Episcopal Churches OF Richmond
in celebration OF the centennial Of
the Domestic and Foreign missionary
Society. Rt. Rev. william Cabell
Brown. D. D., bishop of Virginia.
presided. Other clergymen who par
ticipated IN the exercisos wore Rev.
}. J. Gravatt. D. D.. OF Holy Trinity.
and Rev. ]. Y. Downman, D. D., Of
All Saints.
Singing BY vested choir Of 100
voices. directed by E.neat II. COSBY,
ofganist and choirmaster OF All
Saints Church, was q feature Of the
exercises. James L. Womble was at
tho piano.