Evening star., 1923-10-21
Worlds Peace Capital Situated in the Midst of

! for the abolition Of war. 1t is em-
| blematic Of two quotations from the
! Bible, the wording OF which you will
| find upon examination to be exactly
! the same. The first is that of the
Prophet Isaiah, the second chapter,
the fourth verse:
And they shall beat their swords into
plowshares,
And their spears into pruning hooks:
Nations shall not lift up sword
against nation,
Neither shall they learn war any
more"
Turning on to the Prophet Micah,
| who, by the way, was a cotemporary
Of Isaiah, the two living about 200
years before Christ. in the fourth
| chapter. third verse. you will find the
above words verbatim, and in the
fourth verse Micah adds:
But they shall sit every man under
his vine.
And under his fig tree;
And none shall make them afraid"
The plow and pruning hook were
/ not made as the outcome Of the
: league of nations nor OF any move
ment In the world war. 1t was only
the French and forced them to pay
I damages that we voiced forth our de-
sire for International peace. At the
same tine that the model Of the
liberty bell was sent to the Paris ex-
position OF 1878, an Indiana farmer
named atkinson offered SO for any
civil wai sword to be turned into a
pruning hook to be sent along with
1t. An Iowa colonel supplied the
sword and a Philadelphia mechanic
made the pruning hook for SIS. The
story OF the incident was published,
and other officers belonging to both
northern and southern armies sent In
their swords to be made into a plow
as an additional emblem. The plow
here was made of that steel, and after
the exposition it was sent TO Geneva
as the place most entitled to be it's
resting place. 1t now stands on a
table in this Alabama room beside the
I bell with the pruning hook leaning
against 1t. 1t has six steel points
that shine like silver. fastened into a
frame OF polished oak.
#H r y
TENEVA is the capital of the
~ league of nations. The members
of the league and some of the citizens
call it the peace capital of the whole
world. This is so If we except such
unimportant nations as Russia, Ger
many. Turkey, Mexico, Ecuador and
the United States. Fifty-two nations
have already entered the league, and
there are only eight states which are
still on the outside. Some of the lat
ter are expected to join, and as to the
Americans, upon bended knees they
beg us to enter.
The city of Geneva Is well situated
as a capital of international peace.
Lying as 1t does in the heart of En-
rope and near all the great ports.
it is easily accessible to all parts of
the earth. On winding lake of
cerulean blue and under icy eyes of
Mont Blanc, In a climate unsurpassed
for comfort and health, there is no
other capital which has such delight
full surroundings. The lake of Ge-
neva at It's widest is only eight miles
across, but it Is longer than from
Baltimore to Washington and in
many places so deep that two Wash
ington monuments. one on top of the
other, could rest upon It's bottom and
the tip Of the second would 1ust
reach the surface. The lake batbes
the feet OF two ranges of Alps. 1t is
In the form of q gooseneek squash
with Geneva at the tip Of the bill. It's
waters are light sapphire and SO clear
that riding over it one can see the
fish SWIMMING over the silver stones
far below. The lake is covered with
craft large and small, from motor
launches and steamboats, to the skiffs
and canoes which ply from town to
town and village to village along its
banks,