New Britain herald., 1921-11-12
CONFERENCE NOW
WELL UNDER WAY
Calvary Baptist Church Clergy
man Opens Session With Prayer
BALFOUR NAMES HUGHES

Many Notable Figures of Present
Day History Are Seated in GAL
leries Allotted to Official Represen-
tatiycs.
Washington, Nov. 12.-Fresh with
memories of the soldier dead,the con-
ference on the limitation of arma-
ment met in its first session today to
seek the rule under which reason
and righteousness shall prevail"
Opening Prayer.
The prayer with which the arma-
ment and Far Eastern conference
was opened was offered by the Rev.
w. S. Abernathy, pastor of Cavalry
Baptist church, Washington, and was
as follows;
Almighty God, we thank Thee for
the coming of this eventful day. We
have seen it from afar and now we
rejoice that it has at last dawned.
May it bring untold blessing to a
troubled world. o Thou Omnipotent
One today as in other days, we be-
affairs. Thou hast made of one
blood all nations that dwell upon the
earth, and though we are of many
races and many tongues, yet the in
terests of the few are the interests OF
the larger number. May we feel as
sured that the welfare, happiness and
prosperity of the human family are
ineXpressibly dear TO Thy heart.
I'VE pray for clear vision or we
shall grope blindly for the light and
lose our way. We. pray for hearts
lovingly sympathetic to human dis
tress wherever it may exist, or we
shall sink into the depths of a miser-
able selfshness. We pray for minds
willing to believe that the strong
ought to bear the intirmtes of the
weak or we shall miss the great Joy
OF service. We pray for the forward
locker or we shall be overwhelmed in
hopeless pessimism. Give us the
ability to think clearly, to Judge fair
ly, to act wisely. Help us to think
less often of our rights and more
often of our duties anI responsibili-
ties. We pray at this hour on behalf
of world in sore need. Thou art not
unmindful of the suffering of Thy
people. The cries of multitudes OF
widows and orphans have come up
before. Thee, Q God. We have had our
terrible baptism of blood. There Is
hunger and pestilence and unutter-
able anguish. God forbid that the
woes of these years should ever again
be visited upon the earth. Can it be
that Thou hast permitted us thus to
suffer in order that we might turn
from our own devices to Thee and
acknowledge Thee as king of our
lives and our destihies? Out of the
depths we cry unto Thee. Save us or
we perish
May we walk softly and humbly be-
.ore Thee this day and throughout
he tatcful days of this great confer
'nce, May we be intent on Knowing
-hy VIII; and knowing it may we
lave the courage to do it. And NAV
not be that the findings of this
onference shall be so wise, so far
eaching and so beneficial, that all
may take new hope and
resh courage. And to Thee shall be
he praise and the glory forever and
oreVer Amen"
The Meeting Place
In the memorial hall of the Daueh-
ers OF the American Revolution the
tatcsmen and diplomats of five great
'oWers and the representatives of
our more gathered about the table to
rganizo the way through which they
rope to remove causes which might
Fad to war and then as a conse-
uence remove the economic burden
nd waste the world suffers under.
The galleries allotted to the repre-
Of official and diplomatic
ife the worl dover contained many
otablc figures Of present day history.
The memorial hall was picture
ull of color as the delegations and
pcctators hegan to gather.
in the center of the big room was
he conference table, shaped as a U.
Is top covered with bright green
'alze. \ gray desk blotter with a
ray OF pens and an inlIwell Law be-
ore the place for the chairman OF
ach delegation.
Where Delegates sat.
The American delegation had chairs
cross the west end with the French
IN their right and the British on their
EFT TO the right Of the French we're
he places allotted to the Japanese,
while the Italians had a corresponds
ng position directly across.
At the foot of the table and a small
er ones were the Portuguese. Belgian.
Dutch and Chinese. Advisors had
hairs of gold and velour directly
ack Of their delegations. Behind the
american section were draped the
agS Of the nine nations Senator
.odge was the first of the American
clegation to arrive. He walked
bout the room meeting members OF
(Conttnued on Secopd parnN