Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-27
D. c. PASTORS MARK.
ANT|-WAR SIGNING.
Special Sermons Deal With
Treaty-Service Held at
Peace Cross.

The GRAND Kellogg pact for the abol
ition of war. signed in Paris today By
representatives of IS nations. inspired
special Thanksgiving services in Wash
ington churches yesterday.
Complying with a request from the
Washington Federation of Churches.
virtually all pastors used the treaty as
the theme for their morning sermons.
More than thousand persons as
sembled before the peace cross, in
Washington Cathedral Close in the
afternoon to participate in special serv-
ices conducted by the Rev. DR.. G. Free
land Peter. canon of Washington, as
sisted by Canon Raymond l.. WOlyen,
chaplain to Bishop Freeman.
Diplomats Attend.
Acting Secretary o. state Francis
white represented the United states at
the peace cross services. which were at
tended by the following diplomatic rep
rcsnntatives.
The charge d'affaircs of Canada. Lau-
rent Beaudry. the charge daHaires nd
interim of CzeChoslovakia, Jaroslav
Lira, Sir John Broderic6. the COM
mercial counselor of The British en-
bas5y; Shigenori Togo first secretary
Of the japanese embassy: Johann G..
LOhmann and Wolfgan9 Putlitz. repre-
sentatiVes OF the German embassy and
Hubert Dua5ol. councillor OF the French
embassy.
Speaking from the foot Of the cross.
Rev. William f. peirce president Of
Kenyon College, pointed ont that the
great principle Of universal peace Will
be written into a document which gov
ems the actions of the nations for the
first time in the history of man when
the multilatcrai treaty is signed"
The declaration of 1923 which will
he ratified tomorrow" President Pierce
continued, lis momcntous like that of
i776--not one Nation. but fifteeu-wll
unite to make August II a date long to
be remembered Tomorrow. new ar
ticic is to be written into the internal
tional creed. A great international de-
clsion will be recorded which is epoch
making in its significance.
Visit Wilson'S Tomb.
After the Thanksgiving service many
Of the congregation visited Bethlehem
Chapel of Washington Cathedral, where
President Wilson is buried.
In foreword to the special order of
service, prepared under his authority
Right Rev James f. Freeman. Bishop
of Washington. declared of the pact:
Not in human history have SOW
ereign nations entered into such an
agreement as this. and however i'm
perfect in the eyes of critical statesmen
this treaty may be, it is certainly wit
ness to a new desire on the part Of the
nations TO settle their disputes by peace
full means rather than by the arbitra-
ment of arms"
Col John T. Axiom. former chief of
Army chaplains, in q sermon delivered
at Epworth Memorial Church. touching
on the treaty, declared that until the
will toward peace is strengthened in
individual lives and extends toward thc
nations of the world all machinery ano
| organizations for the prevention Of wal
will be ineffective.
| The United States has now made
/ two very definite. gestures toward worlc
| peace he said "the like Of which M
| other nation has conceived. The Con
| ference on Limitation of Armaments
/ held in this city November. 1921. anC
/ The treaty which will be signed in Pari
| tomorrow sill so down in history as thu
/ first and most definite steps towart
/ bringing to an end the horrors o.
| war