Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-27
PEACE IN HARMONY
IS DECLARED NEED
Catholic University Rector
breaches to Statesmen at
Pan-American Mass.

Declaring the compelling need of the
times to be peace based on justice,
rooted in faith and productive of I'M
derstan ding, good will and friendship
among nations of the world Mgr.
James Hugh Ryan, rector of Catholic
University. commended in the sermon
et the Pan-American mass today that
such a peace can be secured only by
preaching teaching and spreading the
doctrines of Christ Himself.
Treaties. leagues of nations. world
courts, agreements and alliances. DR..
Ryan said, are not guarantees of peace
unless the policies which govern ma
tons rulers are based upon a willing
ness to understand opposing viewpoints
State Officials Attend Mass.
The congregation which Mgr. Ryan
addressed in st. Patrick's Catholic
Church this morning included ranking
diplomats of virtually all of the South
and Central American nations togeth-
or with men high in the legislative,
military and civil life of the United
States. The solemn high mass itself
was presided over by Most Rev. Pietro
Fumasoni- Biondi, apostolic delegate to
the United States, and 1t was partici-
pated In by leading Catholic clergymen
Of the Capital and the Baltimore arch
diocese, in which the District Is 10
Gated.
"The compelling need of the times
Is peace" Mgr. Ryan asserted: mot
any kind of peace; not the peace of
ternational compacts and treaties, but
q peace written, as our Holy Father
has said, on the fleshy tablets OF the
great heart of humanity; peace based
on Justice, rooted in faith and pro-
ductive of understanding, good will and
friendship among the nations OF the
world
The four years of the World War, the
Cathloic University rector contended,
hroIIcht modern civilization face to face
with q complete collapse. Since the
war, he added. although progress mas
been made toward the repair OF the
great damage, peace has not yet been
achieved.
Misundersta nding Is Inevitable.
1.-THE World War" Mgr. Ryan as
serted. was not mere happening. II
was the direct, logical and inevitable
result of the materialistic philosophy
which dominated the thinking mind
during the greater part of the nine
teenth century. Bound up with this
positivistic and mehanistic philosophy
was a social egotism which despised the
rights of ones neighbors as it exag-
Rerated the value to the individual and
the Nation of the possession OF ma
terial things"
Continuing, Mgr. Ryan declared that
Il Is as inevitable for nations to have
Misunderstanding as it is that in
added, it is also true that serious mis-
understandings can be adjusted II the
contending parties approach their dif-
ferenceS in a spirit of Cancellation.
Nations, he said, cannot in justice
make war until they have exhausted
every possible means of reaching
settlement, and yet they will war despite
treaties. agreements. alliances. courts
of justice and leagues of nations unless
the policies which govern their rulers
are based upon correct principles OF
justice" and unless good will and will
ingness to understand prevail.
Teaching Necessary for Peace.
"As we cannot make men law-abid-
ing by passing new laws" DR. Ryan de-
clared, 80 we cannot make nations
peace-loving by the multiplication of
treaties. We must preach, We must
teach, We must foster and spread the
peace doctrines of Jesus Christ. We
must make men and nations more and
more Christ-like in their thoughts, their
principles and the actions
DR.. Ryan said that the corner stone
of international peace is justice, but
that besides that there exist many sec
ondary factors, the foremost of which
includes intellectual cooperation be-
tween nations" He pointed out that
It is noteworthy fact that the
scholars Of the contending nations were
the nrst to extend to each other the
right hand of fellowship" Science and
scholarship are essentially international,
he said, in the same way that the
church is international Nations can
assist one another to greater victories
OF the mind as they learn from one
another.
ignorance he said, ais the fomentor
OF hatred; knowledge, the mother of
appreciation and respect" Continuing,
the nations Of North, Central and
South America.
Languages Cause Misunderstanding.
IF we could only introduce our schol-
0rs to their scholars he contended.
the time would soon arrive when our
people would come to know their people
the exchange of professors and stu
dents. the translation of the literature
o. one nation into the language of an
other, the reciprocal visits of scholars.
the establishment of chairs in the great
universities to explain the languages
and institutions Of one nation to the
other-these are not futile gestures;
on the contrary. they are events of tre-
mendous importance and productive Of
untold good
DR. Ryan pointed out that the schol-
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