The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-07
DR. BLOOMFIELD


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First ". Z. church would be
: headuarters for such a prayer day
under the auspices Of the Woman's
Missionary Union Of Fairmont. nc
spoke ~impressively Of the great
I. day this week when The conference
F! shall take place at Washington to
he attended by+epreseltatives OF
America, Great Britain. France,
Italy and Japan. lie said Gods
people all ovde the world should
celebrate the day in prayer for II
was to be the greatest day in al.
history.
Rev. Broomfielq then began his
sermon:
The world must understand thhi
Saturday is to be a great day. il
is not a conference for disarmu-
ment which will take place at thai
time but a conference for the linn
titation OF Armament, for the limi.
tation OF great army and navy pro
grams everywhere. ThcEe swill al,
so take place a discussion Of far
eastern problems.
Why did 100 Cinnamon arrive in
Washington the other day:
They were lead by three great
lChinnmen. graduates Of Yale, Col
umbla and Cornell-leaders in
their own line. Why did they
come? They were not invited. Nc
mention has been made OF them
In the language Of the street. they
came to butt into see what
the, white men intended doing.
There are more yellow men thar
white and the reason the white
race has dominated the universe
is because the white man has more
initiative and has blasted his way
all over the world. There should
be no differences between thu
races but thGre are.
Uncle Sam is the godfather OF
Japan. She was responsible for
breaking the hermitage OF Japan
lin IS53-nohody knew anything
about Japan. now she is one OF
the big five invited to the confer
ence and no nation in the world
has grown as she has. She has re
organized her educational system
her armies and her nayICs and has
patterned them all after ours Tbs
generation coming on now in the
schools of Japan is to bel the most
Iliterate, according to statistics, in
the entire world.
Rev. Broomfieid asked another
question.
Why have We never asked for
any of Japan's land?" Because We
know what a hornets ncait we'G
get into il we did! We know they
have patterned after US and that
In spite OF the fact that there has
been holy horror at Japan grab.
bling Skantung, We have done
nothing about It because We re,
cognlze Japan is dangerous. And
when she comes intb the confer
ence. next week nobody will raise
a hand to provoke her and we
hope thugs will be so adjusted
that never will theGr be any
danger Of a war with Japan.
Why do We want smaller arma-
ment? The church is responsible
for this conference. Last 5th Of
June all over the land meetings
were held. 10000 names wers
secured and presented to tho
prtSIident asking for action on dis.
armament. July II the call was
issued and now-November II the
conference is to take place. Our
boys marched away with the
words-this is the war 10 kill var
Why the war just finished is
child's play compared to a war
which will come in the future il
the conference is not 9 success.
Preparations are going on today
which are greater than any before
A big army and a big navy is an
exploded theory. II Germany had
not been armed to the teeth there
would never have been a war.
Why do we make 1t 4 law not 10
carry = gun? Because We know
that when a man gets mad II he's
got a gun h2ll 49, It. Preparation
for war in times OF peace breeds
disgust among nations. There is
mistrust between gations in every
such instance.
We are not able to stand the ter
rifle strain on u resourttI. The
whole world is suffering because
CT this strain. IN 1918 Uncle Sam
had a public debt Of one billion
idollars. Today It Is "a billions.
/ Great Britain had three and one
half billions, now it stands at IS
billion; France had G IL
ibillions-now she has a debt OF So
billions. 400 billions Is the debt of
the world today!
Only one per cent is spent fog
research for educational and ma
tional development while % per
cent OF our money goes TO pay for
wars, Think Of It! No wonder
secSetary Hoover calls Il "incon.
ceivable folly"
Why should we be the leader OF
the armament program Of world?
God IS longing for a nation who
will have confidence in Hlm-who
will lead and live" not stay and
die"