New Britain herald., 1925-11-09

'hSaeogues must De Tor peace, our finances and our whole economic must be founded on a of peace. Otherwise all our fine talk about peace and the Prince Of Peace is pure yerbiage, simple nonsense. That, and noth- ng more.
 Not only must we abolish war both in action and in preparation, put we must also do away with he pageantry and the pomp of var,
 Richard Le Gnllienne, the poet, writes in a familiar poem;
 War
 I abhor.'
 md then he says.
 How sweet
 The sound along the marching
 street
 or drum and fife even
 my peace-abiding feet
 Go marching with the marching
 street.
 For wonder wonder goes the fife,
 And what care I for human life.
 The tears All my astonished eyes
 And my full heart is like to
 break
 "Such is the peculiar witchery which the pageantry of war has Tor almost all of us. We must, therefore if we are 10 abolish 1t, begin the elimination of all the .rappings Of war. The uniforms md brass bands, even the arches of victory and processions and the pomp all these hide and con- zeal the most deadly enemy that We have - the most powerful monster of all times war. Show this monster in all its gory ugi- ness and men will put it aside for aver.
 Not only must we abolish wa and the pageantry of war if we gre to have peace, but We must also abolish the philosophy that holds that war has inherent In il my sort of good. Homicide cannot De called aught else whether done oy a single individual or by na- ion. Even if there be any sort of good to be gained from war the evil therefrom 50 enormous and 50 outrageous that there is no one who can justly say one word ,ountenancing 1t. We must once and for all times destroy the su- perstition that violence results n anything at all save the creation of more violence. War can only bring more wars, more hatreds, more misunderstanding. We as religious men must forever lay lside the boomerang of war and .ake up peace and goodwill as our only weapons.
 Patriotism or Chnuyinism
 Tn addition to abolshing war, md the philosophy Of war, to- 5ethcr with its pomp and pageant " We must enlarge our notion of patriotism. In the first place. there g sort of patriotism that We would all like to eliminate. It $ represented by the patrioteer who 3 ready to take up the waving of lags, and the cry of my country ,or the greater profit to himself. His own persona! gain is his first consideration. Secondly, there is he larger sort of patriotism repre- ,ented by the slogan, My country light or wrong but my country It is the selfish attitude of the man Tho seeks the betterment of Amer ca and it's glory, hut Is obliyious of wrongs to other nations and other peoples. He is, 1t is true, not seeking personal gain, but is for yetful that there are others beyond 1ur boundary who must be takel nto consideration. It is the sort vf patriotism that was recently scored oy our President, when he said hat those who cry America first ought 10 seek first 10 make America worthy of first plac" lmong the nations of the world And finally there is the true pa riot who loves his country as he owes his home. who loves his pco- ole as he loves his family. And ust as q man in love with his wife and his home Is wholly for ,etful of other women and other lomes, so this sort Of patriot loves America because it Is his home. He simply has no eyes for any other and. He is not interested. That is he sort of patriotism that Is the possession of most of us. But 1t is he sort of patriotism that Is not enough. We must begin 10 realize hat just as We must, In seeking protection for our own home, seek also the safety of our neighbors, SO also must we as a nation seek he safety of other nations, if we gre to hope for safety for our 'clves, We con TO longer live in hat splendid isolation at this stage of our islory. All nations are closely bond one with tn other and the poet's statement as 'egarls inIivilua's holds good to nations today, Al are needed by aach one. nothing i2 good or fair llonc.'
 "Such is the price that must be paid if we arc to gain that peace 'or which we have been praying. We must abolish var. we must re- zeal the illusion of the gains from wars, we must do away with the -loriHcut on and the pageantry of var, and finally, we must enlarge 1ur view ot patriotism. IL may ba , high price, but you hold that yon are religious men, that you are Christians. say to you. therefore