The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-27
NOT
BULLETS, TO
BRING PEACE
Organization Plans Pictures
to Reach Brotherhood
of Man,
By HARRY B. HUNT
NEA Service Writer

NELA O0INlC0 w I4lSE
E-5 ASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-Shoot-
IW ing pictures instead of bullets.
to insure a lasting world
peace, is the plan Of Katherine A.
Giles, president of the Brotherhood
of Man Foundation of Washington.
In this battle of celluloid films
against cellulose powder Miss Giles
hopes to enlist the support of the
mothers of all nations.
1T is their sons who fight, it is
they who suffer. Why should they
not unite against WARP" she de-
mands.
WAR and preparation for war is
not the way to peace. They have
never brought peace, and they have
never kept peace. What peace did
the last war bring? Only hates, jeal-
cusies, passions to provoke new wars!
Wisdom brings brotherhood;
brotherhood brings understanding; I'M
Outstanding brings love and tolerance
and love and tolerance bring peace.
This understanding of man by man,
of the Jap by the American, of the
Russian by the Greek, of every peo-
pie by every other people, can be
brought about in no other way so
effectually or directly as by the me-
dunn of the motion picture.
Proposes Fund
THE motion picture speaks a uni
versal language. Any eye can read,
any heart translate the message of
the film. No other contact so init
mate and direct can be established
between peoples; no other medium
can so eloquently and forcefully ex-
press what is, after all. the great
fact of existence-the oneness. deep
in their hearts and purposes. of Gods
people everywhere, whether they be
known as Christians. Buddhists. Ma
hometans or what not
Miss Giles proposes a fund for the
production of such pictures-plctures
to preach the oneness of mankind.
the futqity Of war and the beauties
Of peace-to be raised by the moth
ers Of the world through the Brother
hood of Nan Foundation. which has
been incorporated under the laws of
Delaware. Under its charter the foun-
dalton would be empowered to pro
duce and distribute pictures.
A first monumental picture entitled
Reality" in which the author seeks
to get under the skin OF all peoples
and lay bare the fundamentals that
move universal hopes and desires,
already has been prepared by her.
Officials of the Vitagraph Company
estimate its proper production would
cost between 100000 and s25o,0oo
In order to keep clear from all pos
sible commercial entanglements, how
ever. which might hamper the most
effective use of such films. she hopes
the foundation will be enabled to
finance and produce the films them
selves. Any wealthy pacif1st DESTROYS
Of letting his dollars break into the
movies need look no further. The
Brotherhood of Man Foundation will
welcome him!
"Why Flght?"
Miss Giles appeal to the mothers
Of the world for support in her cam
paign is strengthened by the fact
that her own son, now 20, would be
listed among eligible cannon fod-
der in any new war.
III course III time Oh wal we u
fight All of us would!' she declares.
But why fight? The fighting doesn't
settle anything. Whatever, II any
thing. is settled is settled by a group
of men in conference about a table
anyway"
Patriotic? OF course. But patriot
ism. she contends. may be expressed
as effectively and more helpfully In
peace than in war. When the late
war broke out she renounced her title
of Baroness Won Glantz. acquired
through a marriage with an Austrian
nobleman, re1uming her maiden name.
Black haired. dark-eyed. with bound
less energy and enthusiasm, she gives
the impression Of one who will have
peace even if she nbst fight for 1t.
Indeed. she openly announces her will
ingness. even her determination to
fight for peace.
But not with bullets or poison gas
or bombs. She'd use moving picture
films.