The Washington times., 1925-02-02
MISSIONS
OPPOSE
ARMS
Prof. Hull Says, "MiIitarism
Must Be Destroyed" at
Auditorium Conference

Peace talk flooded the final
morning session of the Foreign
Missions convention in the Wash
inoton Auditorium today.
English and American speakers
We'd in lodging direct reference
to the League of Nations and the
World Court. They described the
horrors of war from the jungle
days to the medieval age, and
from the Middle Ages to the world
war and the present generation.
IndOrse Peace.
National ornaments must be
discarded. national militarism must
be destroyed, If the will and the
way to peace are to prevail" de-
clared Professor w. /. Hull. Of
Swarthmore, Pa, the most out
spoken Of all.
I'VE cannot justify ornaments"
he said, by saying that we must
be prepared in order to defend
peace"
Professor Hull declared that the
will for peace" is hampered by
mans primitive emotions-the love
Of battle, fear and greed.
There are ways to peace among
nations, as we'll as among in
dividuals," he told the missionaries.
land these have been successful
wherever they have been whole
heartedly tried"
Hull inko Is
address mention of the bloody con-
quests of the Crusades, which to
the Christian knights were justified
by their slogan: God wills it,
Bishop Michael Bolton Furse, of
st. Adams, England took a slight
ly different angle of the peace ques-
ton He asked help from America
in behalf OF the English people. His
subject was "Of One Blood"
Asks Help from U. S.
world" said Bishop Furse. will
you come and help us? We can't
get along without you. That is the
spirit in which we should carry
Christ to others. That is what we
of England say to you of America"
He said that war is the logical
outcome of 1.-The principles on which
we have built our so.called civiliza-
ton"
These principles are of the jun
gIe--get, grab. keep if you can"
said the bishop.
Upon these beliefs, he said, is
the basis of modern industry, com
MERGE and international relation
ships.
This leads inevitably to war;.
he declared. I'VE were at war be-
fore 1919, potentially. We are at
war today, potentially, and will con-
tinue to be so long as these ideas
dominate men and nations"
Bishop Furse asked for LESS
preaching, more teaching; less talk
ing. more silence-more prayer"
Mrs. Thomas Nicholson, of De
troit, president Of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society of tho
Methodist Episcopal Church, ques-
toned the ability of governments.
league Of courts" by themselves
alone, to save the world from war.
1.-The protocol of Geneva" she
said, agreed to by representatives
of forty-eight great nations, marks
milepost in the history of the
human race by it's declaration that
war of aggression constitutes an
international crime"
Nations Morally Bound.
The nations are bound by this
agreement only insOmuch AS their
national consciences dictate, she
intimated.
$50 far, so good" commented
Mrs. Nicholson. But epithets aid
promises, while they constitute n
deterrent. do not Of themselves
end war Nations rarely rake up
arms without a conviction that
they are justified and that those
who fight under their flag are
heroes and martyrs"
The spirit of cooperation and
good will, inherent in the teachings
Of Christ, said Mrs. Nicholson, g
the ultimate remedy for war.
Throughout the afternoon. in va
rious church halls OF the city, the
denominations represented at the
convention, are holding rallies.
Some delegates have already left
the city.