New Britain herald., 1928-02-21

Brunells and in Paris, at Frank furt-on- Main, in London and Nan chester and Edinburgh. 50 soon after the Napoleonic war. In all these conferences. his name was linked prominently with that of Victor Hugo. the presiding oflicer. with Golden and Liebig, with Bright and Napier. with Carlyle and Louis Napoleon. and Amasa Walker of Boston and President Mahan of Oberlin. In an interesting travel ceue, written by an emancipated slave. named W. Welles Brown. who travelled widely and attended the Paris peace conference. we read that:
 "'When the two shiploads of delegates from England arrived in Paris, Elihu Burritt was there to meet us. He had made ali neces- sary arrangements for transporta- ton, baggage. programs and even entertainment. He plainly under stood his business. He could ar range and he could crate. And at the close of the last session of the great conference in the palace at Versailles, he received the thanks which he deserved from the whole company for his admirable manage. ment.'
 Prophet of PeaCe
 He was more than a mere man. ager of a peace tour, however. He was q prophet of peace also. He presented at Brussels and Paris, what became known as the Amer ican plan which was the most sig nificant of all the deliberations Of the conference. He had a noble ideal for just such parliament of men and federation of the world as the league of nations in Geneva is proving itself to be today. He proposed that before we could abolish war and achieve disarma- ment, we must find 8 way to get a congress of the nations, for the purpose Of establishing a well-de- fined code of international law We must find way also to get a high court of adjudication, to interpret and apply it, in the set tlement of all international disputes which cannot be satisfactorily ar- ranged by negotiation
 "All that sounds very modern, doesn't 1t? It most certainly does: Yet these are the very words of Elihu Burritt repeated thousand times in Europe from 1S4s to 1851.
 He was Christian Internation- alist' in the best sense of that mod ern term. But he was also loyal to the land and city of his nativity. When the abolition question was in the 1S50's. Mir. Burritt hastened back to America and threw all the weight of his moral enthusiasm and intellectual attainments on the right side Of that great moral issue. And all through the days of his retire. ment. he gave time and strength and influence and such monetary support as he was able, to the broadening of the spiritual life and the sympathetic vision of his fellow citizens. He was an honorcd and respected member of this old First Church. But his was no mere de- non,inational loyalty. He could wor- ship God in any church. And what Is more. he did! He held that the Kingdom of Heaven was more. far more, than any single sect or church could ever be-just as firmly as he believed that the universal brotherhood of man was more i'm portant than any single nation. But all this did not keep him from do- ing his full duty by this church and this city as an individual Christian and citizen.
 Listen to this last article In MT. Burritt's will. if you have any doubt. as to the possibility of being a Christian Internstionalist' today and still sticking up for your own city. And, as read. note how quaint and