New Britain herald., 1928-11-12
APPEAL FOR PEACE
MADE IN PULP|7S
Ministers Urge Abolition Of War
and Era Of Good VIII

A prediction that another world
war would wipe out the entire white
race, end recommendation that
peace be promoted through educa-
ton, total disarmament and consti-
Consumption OF wealth and labor.
were made by Rev. r. N. Gilman In
his Armistice Day sermon at the
Stanley Memorial church yesterday.
Rev. Mr.. Gilman said in part:
When we begin to recite figures
of this terrible war we simply are
astounded. We are unable to COM
prehend them. The enormity of
sacrifice both in life and money are
beyond our human understanding.
Here are just few OF the figures in
costs: known dead. 10000. 900;
seriously wounded. 100000: other
wise wounded. $4,000, O00--a total of
3O,00O,000 casualties. Just to give
an idea of 10000 men, the number
of known dead in the great war. a
parade of 10000 soldiers marching
from daylight to dark. ten abreast,
with each line two seconds behind
another, would require 46 days to
pass a given point" Nor We're these
men the scum of society, the cast
offs and cast-aways. They were the
flower and pick Of all the nations
engaged In the death struggle. They
were in most cases the strongest,
the bravest and the best.
After speaking thus of the stu
rendous cost in human lives | neg
lect almost to mention the cost IN
material resources. This cost l only
mention In passing as being 337.O00,-
900, 900, a figure which none of US
can comprehend. But / can not re-
frain from speaking of another cost
of all wars, and particularly OF the
great war. l refer to its moral ana
spiritual losses which are beyond
compilation. am not from Mis-
souri,, but you will have to show me
how the moral and spiritual level Is
raised after a more than four year
period OF Indulgence in hatred ana
murder, There are those who in the
past have maintained that II ma
ton was not going to get morally
weak and flabby it must get INTO
war once in every generation IN
order to call out the heroic qualities
of the people of that nation, parhc-
ularly those of self-sacrif1ce ana
hardship. But let me say right here.
that the heroic qualities called fortn
can never compensate for the moral
and spiritual losses that must accom-
pany war.
I'VE hear people talking about the
next war, and we frequently reao
about the next war in our newspa-
pers and magazines. as If the next
war was assured and was going 10
take place In this generation. NOW
] seriously deplore any such talk
about the near approach OF the next
war. but of this fact we can be as
sured; II it does come it will be
much worse than the one through
which the world has just passed.
The deadly means for destroying
human life will far exceed anything
used in the recent war. You have
an heard of the Lewisite gas. Gen
eral Tasker H. Bliss says regarding
its use: One air raid with this gas
would have, wiped out the whole
first American army OF a million ana
II quarter Think of the POSSIBLE
ties OF destruction with such
weapon. Then there are what have
been appropriately termed 'diaooli-
cal rays by which the inventor
claims an army can be destroyed. a
feet paralyzed. and a force Of air.
planes put out Of commission at a
range of eight miles. AS another
has prophesied: Another war Will
mean the destruction of the white
race