The New York herald., 1921-10-16
ENCLAND'S CLERGY
AROUSE DISCUSSION
OF birth CONTROL
Kings Physician Takes Is
sue With Church Position
and uains Support.
PRAYER BOOK ATTACKED
Ancient Liturgies Called In
adequate to Meet Modern
Needs.

Special Cable to THE New YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1891, BY THE NEW YORK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau,
London, Oct. Is.
With the Kings personal physician,
Lord Dawson. advocating birth con-
troll and attacking the Lambeth con-
ference's utterance on that subject;
with several divines openly advocating
the scrapping and rewriting Of many
parts OF the prayer book, and the
Bishop Of Birmingham condoning bet
ting at the annual church congress at
Birmingham this week, 1t might be ex-
pected that Oliver Cromwell would get
down from his pedestal beside the
House of Commons facing Westmin-
ster Abbey and offer to change places
with Abraham Lincoln, who is about
to sit permanently in the Canning
enclosure across the way.
Certainly the British people would
be less surprised II the bronze Oliver
Cromwell would take such a prone
rade than they were at some of the ut
terances this week. The entire tone
of the congress was that the church
was losing its influence because 1t did
not meet the people half way. Yet
Americans in large cities. used to half
empty churches, marvel at the COM
fortably filed sacred edifces here and
the general interest Of all classes In
religion of a strict moral tone.
sharp Division Aroused.
Lord Dawson's utterances on birth
control aroused the most interest and
produced the sharpest division OF opinion
in praise and condemnation. The In
terest Of the general public was largely
stirred by the relation Of his subject to
the present problems Of unemployment
and such suggestions as Lord North
cliffes that immigration TO Austraua 10
the only solution for Australia's problem.
as we'll as that confronting England.
Lord Dawson, however. does not be.
ueye In carrying control to the point OF
race suicide either with reference to the
race or the individuals concerned
"Maternity gives woman her most beau
,'tifil attributes ne said. but he savapeIS
attacked the moral basis of the Lam
beth conference resolution which held
that sexual relationship as an end In
itself was inseparable from procreation
"The Lambeth conference envisageo
Iowa as inyertebrate and 5oyless, ne
said who can associate In his MIND
what the Lambeth conference caiieo
deliberate and Thoughtful self-controi
with the ardent passion wnicn every one
admits Is a part of true lover" Birth
control by abstention, said the King.
nbysician. Is either ineffective. or II
effective is pernicious to health ana nap,
piness. and to-day storm RACES around
.CeneraIly speaking physicians. pub.
Iicists and social workers back up Lore
Dawsons theories. while cnurchmeh aIe
reluctant to abandon the basis Oh thelr
age old teaching.
"Truths Needed Telling"
Tn reviewing the matter Sir w. Ar
huthnot Lane, a Harley street surgeon
said: II congratulate Lord Dawson
for telling truths that badly neeueu
telling in the open. although al rea-
sonable people have accepted them IN
nrivate II Is one Of the most valuable
things he has done in his life. The
times are favorable for such pro-
nouncement. Since the war the public
has become much broader minded ano
more and more evil and hypocrisy Is
being rent"
The Bishop of Guildford. DR.. Ran
dolph, typiies the opposite opinion. III
speaking of Lord Dawson's statement
that a mother and father with only
one or two children ought to be ap-
pealed to to have more in order to bene'
AT the country's future, the Bishor
said: eff you are going to Introduce
natives of patriotism, where are yot
Going TO stop? He disagreed witt
Lord pawson's narrow reading OF tho
lambeth resolution. but concluded thai
In each case II was a matter OF IN
uvhtln the church
,n,,st teach that children are the pri'
mary end of marriage according u
divine law.
gliding with the churchmen was q
medical officer Of health In the city
of birmingham, Or. Roberts. VINO De
cIared that large families always wer'
the happiest.
The Bishop OF Chelmsford led the at
tack on the prayer book assertin.
,Sat tho ancient liturgies were mo-
Wholly suited to modern needs Th'
indecencfes Of the marriage servic'
nught 70 he eradicated." he said. "Th'
burial service ought to be entirely re
written because II is hopeless. pagaf
thing" .x,.
He then suggested that new items o
liturgy ought to be inserted TO pro
vide for new phases or HE sucn ~
doVnOCYAtlC GOVeTIuuthNos
reia t,onships. school teachers and news
papermen. He made strong plea 70
training preachers to be real preacner'
instead of 'smere chatterers or deiiv
erers of nconseauentialities
Two Sides to Gambling.
In his inaugural address as presiden'
os the church congress the Bishop 81
birmingham gave his views. which h'
characterized as broad Views" on th'
question OF gambling. Hs said th'
wres test danger In modern days was
Gambling by both sexes: but. on th'
other hand, he did not believe In al
unqualified condemnation of gambling
as he could quite well sympathize Wit
the owner Of some noble horse who hnt
bred and trained the animal and placef
him on a course to carry his colors q
victory and who wagered little money
10 bring luck to his horses gallant ef
forts. The Bishop stated that when III
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