The labor world., 1921-11-12

great war carrlcS clVlllZatlOn down IN
Stirring Patriotic Appeal.
The above declara ton is made In a.
stirring patriotic appeal issued by ihe
Federal Council of Churches on the
tional conference for the limitation
of armament. what is the world
thinking about the Washington con-
ference?" it asks
The profound interest of leaders Of
thought in other countries in the COM
ing conference on the limitation Of
armament and their hope that Amer1-
ca will take the forward-loohing
leadership is illustrated in a striking
way by a letter from Lord Bryce to
the Federal Council of the Churches,
written on board the Steamship Adri-
attic on his return follows:
Looking to America.
Accept my best thanks for this
very interesting document ('The
Church and a Warless World") which
YOU have kindly sent me, containing
the appeal and program for the united
action of the churches on behalf of
disarmament.
1T is a splendid illustration Of the
fervour and energy with which you in
America take up measures and plans
for the general good. I do not know
mat l can offer any suggestions to
YOU, unless perhaps that further illus
trations might be given of the tenden-
cv which huge armies and fleets ex-
ert towards making the idea of war so
familiar that nations yield more rea-
dilN to the temptation to let them
selves be drawn into war.
The NOSE effective factor in get
'ins rid of ornaments would be to
''valries sense of the brotherhood
OF nations such as our~Lord- incul-
Gated upon individual men. The IDEA
that we are all members one Of an
other needs to be applied to peoples.
With Hopes and Prayers.
The heart and will of all Christians
in Britain will be with your Council
in its efforts. They are grateful to
your government for it's initiative.
They join in your hopes and prayers
for a successful issue
"One of the most pleasant parts of
my visit has been the sense Of the
vigorous life which the churches in
America are sharing. 1t struck me
on my first visit. and seems to have
kept on growing"
Even more remarkable is a letter
from Wilfred, Molod, pastor Of the
Huguenot Church of the Oratoire and
a professor in the Paris Theological
Faculty. He makes it plain that in
the Judgment of the French people,
the success of any movement for re-
duction Of armament is inseperably
hound up with the willingness of the
United States to accept its interna-
tional responsibilities and TO join in a
society of nations.
In glowing language he decla YES
that il the United States does not
accept it's redeeming mission in be-
half of the human race the stars will
fall from your flag
Whether one agrees or not with
Monsieur Monod's statement on The
value of the existing League, his let
ter deserves the most careful consid-
Grafton from American Christians. He
writes in a personal letter to Rev.
Charles S. MacFarland, General Sec
retary Of the Federal Council of
Churches. as follows:
U. S. Is Not There.
AT the moment when the League
of Nations holds It's solemn sessions at
Geneva, let me express to you In all
frankness the grief which feel as a
Christian, and the inquietude which
feel as a man. as citizen OF the
world, to discover that the United
States is not present at this assem-
blage of the nations.
"Amongr the arguments brought
forward to justify this attitude is this
that the American Democracy has too
much respect for it's independence
and it's own dignity to consent to the
formation of a super-government des-
tined to diminish the sovereignty OF
each individual state. But has t!:is
fear any more reality than a scare
crow to frighten away the birds.
NJ. Leon Bourgeois has Just spoken
the following words before the second
We do not want to offend the politi-
cal sovereignty of any state and OF
any nation. We do not seek to es-
tablish any sovereignty; but above the
political sovereignty of the state, there
is a moral sovereignty. it is that OF
. Right
IL Anarchy or Order.
THE alternatives are these: either
international anarchy. or internation-
al order. The latter will come on
that day on which the United States
will renounce the antiquated and ter.
ocious fiction Of the absolute sover.
eighty of each individual state. This
moral. j&=4 s.@1l%. s..
,}ss. Before our Chamber Of Deputies
4 President Wilson had the co1rage to
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