Evening star., 1924-12-08
BRYAN OUTLINES
PLAN FOR PEACE
Submits Method in Address
Before Federal Council
of Churches.
By the Associated Press.


ATLANTA, Ca, December 81
Methods to outlaw war were ed
70 the Federal Council of Churches
In addresses prepared for delivery to-
day by William Jennings Bryan and
DIR. James T. Shotwell, director of the
Carnegie endowment for international
peace.
To avoid war. 1t is necessary first
10 cultivate sentiment against war
and. second. to devise a machinery
for the settlement of disputes that
have heretofore led to war" said Mr..
Bryan. The will to peace Is one
or the happiest phrases so far coined
In the interest of peace. The more
intense that will. the greater the re-
luctapce to resort to the sword and
the more Intelligent and serious will
war.
Says Court Is Needed.
we need a world court for the
settlement of all questions that can
be submitted to arbitration, but these
are comparatively few and not of
the first importance. All arbitration
treaties contain exceptions, and these
exceptions cover the really vital
questions, such as honor, independ-
ence. vital interests and interests of
third parties.
1T is necessary, therefore. to create
another tribunal which will have power
to investigate all disputes, but will not
have power to decree or to enforce
DEGREES. Investigations that are not
binding may be really more effective
in the promotion of peace than bind
ing DEGREES: first, because they cover
the largest questions, and, second. be-
cause resting upon their merits rather
than upon force, they are more apt to
be just. Our nation can afford to join
in any and every investigation, pro-
vided it reserves the right of inde-
pendent action when the investigation
rs completed.
Arms Rivalry Big Factor.
THE abolition of war is impossible
so long as there is rivalry in the mat
ter of armament and preparedness for
war. The Church should. therefore.
urge an international agreement for
the reduction of armament until the
armed forces shall be only sufficient
for police service"
A referendum on war also would be
an effective means of preserving peace.
he asserted
DR.. Shotwell, who, with Gen. Bliss,
Cen Harbord and others, drew up a
plan for the reduction of armament
and for national security, used large
ly as the basis for the Geneva proto-
col. declared President Coolidge had
taken the lead In the matter Of arma-
ment and preparedness for war. The
church should. therefore, urge an in
ternational agreement for the reduc-
tion of armament until the armed
forces shall only be sufficient for
police service.
A referendum on war also would be
an effective means of preserving
peace, he asserted
President Coolidge has placed him.
self at the head of one of the great
est movements in history, which will
have accomplished a revolution in
human affairs greater than any other
since society began" he said. His
declaration pledging the United
States to policies looking toward the
outlawry of war is certainly the
most notable utterance of a states
man since the days of the World
War"
Sermons and moral eXhortations are
not enough to prevent war, DR.. Shot
we'll stated.
War raa1ot be done away with
unless there are adequate substitutes
for It," he said.