Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-11
REV. C.A. DOLE SPEAKS
On DISARMAMENT Plan
Removal From Heart Desires
That Cause War Only Prac-
tical Way.

A twelve minute service was held
m ,hs Now Jerusalem Church at noon
today. The pastor. Rev. Geo. Henry
pclc. srckc OF the principles that can
hrins international peace.
"rpr our chief executive TO sum-
mon all people of every denomina-
t,cn to their respective churches Tor
a moment of prayer at this time,' he
snid. rs the most worthy. wholesome
and beneficial way to commemorate
the anniversary of the glad day when
the destruction of the young hte OIL
thc nations was suspended. The very
act imprrsScs the lesson that Ameri-
ca Is a observation-disclosures people with
fnith an prayer and In the lor as
thc civer Of peace.
"'rhcrc is time now TO speak OF only
one thing. and | would put all empha-
sis upon it. Statesmen are assemp'e'
IN WASHINGTON from many NATIONS 10
ylan for the limitation of armament-.
Some maintain that the limitation ol
the worlds navics Is the hrst anu
greatest essential. Others argue .the
necessity of the limitation OF all arm
smsnt. last Tuesdays New YORK
Times oditorlally pleads for the re-
strietion Of all war-development'
Wisely Il argues that future war
Mould not he waged chiehy by th'
agencies of armies and naVies. The
,cnh. submarine. airplane. and dead
y gases would supplant largely tht
former implements Of warfare.
"N thousand airships with the speeo
az 600 miles an hour. carrying gases
that would destroy whole esciues' couio
almost cxterminate n nation by sun
rise raid. Vet the Times sees the prac-
teal .impossihihty of limiting the d.-
,c,o,sment of such agencies of war
for II would require the arresting o'
invention and development ana 'h'
Times admits that the answer does
not come easily.
"No. the answer does not conn
cas,iv, nor does IL come ~ all by mere
~ external limitation Of armament O
rn kinds. II IS not the will or th'
Lord that mere fear of the conse
uuenCcs of war or the lack OF pre-
paration should prevent war. Th'
cure must 40 10 the disease. There i
hut ono kind of practical and effective
disarmament. which is the disarma
mont of the heart, removing from /
the desires that cause war.
"if war breaks out. the most de
s,ructi,e methods will be used, and M
sgrcemcnt among nations can prevCIi
~. for the declaration of war is IN
nirugation OF law. II our nation wer
vantonly attacked TO rob us of or
possessions and enslave us. and ther
were no other way 10 save our liberty
had. and homes. would IL not he rea
soncd that the attacking nation ha'
put itself outside ~ the law. and th;,
We were justified in using the onl.
means Of selfdefcnsc. though il wer
e.rships armed with gases that woul'
,Stcrminate the enemy?
1--WE would impress this vital fac
There is no preventative of wa
other than the removal from the hear
az tho passions that cause war, al
OF which originate In selflove. Let II
limit the armaNents OF every kind "a
an expression Of international love
good will. and faith in fellowmen. We
remember that the effectiveness Ct dis
armament is interior disarmament
'sv the Word Of the Lord were tn
heavens made. and all OF the host c
thom by the breath Of His mouth
we would have peace no earth, ii mus
come through the Word Of God tha
makes heaven. and by Hie Spir
hrcathed into the Word written upo
the heart. The Word of God, sun
married. In the Ten Commandment
neain condensed in the two Gre;
commandmonts. and again gathert
into the Golden Rule. brought down
and out into the daily lie of q
people of the nations, alone ca
hanish war and establish peace; Il
God is present in IL with omnipoten'
10 save"