Evening star., 1924-05-23
URGES ALL CHURCHES
UNITE TO PUSH PEACE
Methodist Conference Committee
Wants President to Call
Arms Farley.
WOULD C0NsCRIPT WEALTH
Declares Glorification of War Must
Be Ended.

BY the Associated Press.
SPRINGFIELD. Mass, May ga
proposal that world conference of
religious forces be called to consider
plans and methods against war was
introduced before the Methodist Epis-
copal general conference here today.
The proposal was incorporated in
a resolution reported to the confer
ence by a special committee of thir-
teen. The world conference would be
called by special commission of the
church to be appointed by the con-
ference before final adjournment
The resolution stated: I'VE set our
selves to create the will to peace
The glorification of war must
end"
The report urged the President to
summon another conference of ma
tions for a more drastic reduction of
armaments.
The resolution follows:
Millions of our fellow men have
died heroically in "a war to end war
What they undertook we must finish
by methods of peace. War is not in
evitable. 1t is the supreme enemy of
mankind. Its futility is beyond
question. Its continuance is the sui
eide of civilization. We are deter
mined to outlaw the whole war sys-
TEN.
Patriotism Never CHALLENGED.
The patriotism of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church has never been challenged.
Neither our motives nor our loyalty
must be impugned when we insist on
the fulfillment of the pledges made to
the dead and assert our Christian
ideals for the living. Governments
which ignore the Christian conscience
of man in time of peace cannot justly
claim the lives of men in time of war.
Secret diplomacy and political parti-
sanship must not draw men into the
dilemma of deciding between support
of country and loyalty to Christ.
The world is now open to a cru
SADIE for peace. War-weary nations
everywhere are eagerly waiting.
ton and our church can do what we
may never be able to do again.
I'VE set ourselves to create the will
to peace. We recommend that
prayer for peace be prepared and
used at every communion service.
End GIorifcation of War.
Through it's educational program
our church must mold the present
youth of all races into a peace-loving
generation. We shall launch an ag-
gressive campaign to teach the ma
ture, causes and consequences of war
The glorifcation of war must end.
I'VE set ourselves to create the
conditions for peace. Selfish national
ism, economic imperialism and mill
tariSm must cease. The establish
ment of the principle that conscrip-
tion of wealth and labor must be the
counterpart of any future conscrip-
tion of human life will be q powerful
deterrent against war.
"As great odium must be put upon
the war profiteer as was ever put
upon the Stacker. The protection of
special privileges secured by inves-
tors In foreign lands has too often
imperfled the peace of nations. This
source of danger must be prevented
The rights of the smallest nation
must be held as sacred as those of
the strongest. We hold the cause of
peace dearer than party allegiance,
and we shall tolerate no dilatory or
evasive attitudes on the part of those
who represent us.
Demand Aggressive Peace Policy.
I'VE set ourselves to create organi-
cation for peace. Grateful to our gov
ernment for its leadership in the
movement toward reduction of arma-
ments and the promotion of tribunals
for international arbitration, we in
sist upon a more decided and aggres-
sive policy in these directions.
I'VE urge our President to summon
another conference of the nations for
the more drastic reduction of arma-
ments. We demand the immediate
entrance of the United States into
the Permanent Court of International
Justice. The participation of the
United States in a league Of nations
will receive our active support. We
shall elect men to public office
pledged to secure these ends. The
ballot and other direct processes of
democracy must now be employed in
securing a. warless world.
World Christianity is enlisting in
the campaign for peace. We seek
alliance with all the forces which
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