Evening star., 1935-05-25
ROBINSON URGES
ZEAL FOR PEACE
War Might Block March of
Civilization He Warns in
Honoring A. D. Call.

Today, when the muffled tread of
armed men can be heard in every part
of the world" the highest duty OF
every intelligent man who loves man.
kind and country is to work for the
preservation of peace, Senator Joseph
r Robinson of Arkansas. majority
leader of the Senate, declared last
night at a testimonial dinner at the
willard Hotel in honor of Arthur
Deerin Call, for 20 years editor Of
World Affairs, the official organ of
the American Peace Society.
mo effort which can engage the
attention of human beings is more
worthy than that directed toward
peace" Senator Robinson told gath
ering of national leaders assembled to
honor Mr.. Call on the twentieth ami
versary of his editorship of the worlds
Oldest publication devoted to the cause
of peace.
I'VE thought when the World War
ended that never again, while clvlllza-
ton existed, would such catastrophe
become a possibility. and yet tonight.
while we assemble here, there is an
= almost unaccountable disturbance ex-
ercising its influence throughout the
world.
Armament Race Deplored.
Peoples who are so impoverished
by the last war that they cannot
afford the necessities of life are strain
ing their efforts to supply themselves
with those things which are of use
primarily in conflict. In various parts
of the world we see armed men gath
cred along the international frontiers
and we see the nations building new
and greater weapons of destruction.
I'VE realize that nations. which
today are basking in the sunlight of
peace. tomorrow may be writhing in
the agonies of war. say to you that
If another war should break out it
would mean almost the end of civili-
zation. 1t would mean the destruction
Of the best institutions human minds
and human hands have lifted into
the light throughout the ages"
Senator Robinson declared that it
is the highest duty of every citizen to
exert his effort in the interest of
world peace and to proceed in the
face of discouragement to build the
ideals of international justice" The
only basis for peace. he pointed out,
"is peace and good will"
Lauds Society and Call.
IF only half of the money wasted
In the last war could have been spent
in educating the peoples to understand
one another the ideals of the Ameri-
can Peace Society today would be well
he 10 ~ q
ate leader said.
He praised Mr. Call as "one who
has given himself in the cause of
peace" and as one who merits the
highest commentator of the world" ;"
Warning that today international
relations are at their lowest ebb in
modern history was sounded by Rev.
Edmund A. Walsh. S. j.. regent of the
Georgetown University School of
Foreign Service. He said that the
American Peace Society was only at
the threshold of its most important
service and that the society and the
United States face the heaviest re-
sponsibility "as a result of that inter-
national insanity which we call the
World War"
The war, Father Walsh said, "dis-
lodged the United States from it's
parochial isolation and compelled our
people to think and act information
ally" He defined peace as "the tram
quillity of order" and declared that the
nations must proceed to establish a
universal conception of order as the
first step toward peace.
Control Held Essential.
I'VE must agree he said, ION some
principle of fundamental control that
is free from individual desires of the
nations This must be based on moral
law and an awakened sense of inter-
national justice. The instinct for
justice must be cultivated from below
and must have its seed in the mind
of the individual"
He declared that the world must be
made to realize that the sovereign
rights Of the smallest republic are the
reciprocal obligations of the mightiest
empire
"A clear responsibility rests upon
the students of international rela-
tionship and organs of international
sphere such as the American Peace
CCNlcGy, TdIIlcI WdlSH SdlU. IL ever
cool heads and steady hands were
needed at the helm of the nations
they are needed today. Another war,
In view Of the mounting tides of
radicalism and unemployment in the |
world today would be suicide as we'll |
as homicide for the nation that de-
hberately provoked it,
Cau Saar Drnornes
In response to the address COM
mandatory of his long service in the
cause Of peace, Mr.. Call said that he |
long ago came to the realization that |
there is mo get peace quick" program
possible. He said that, although he
realizes that the pathway toward
ultimate world peace is long and diff
cult, nevertheless developments of the |
past 20 years have given him courage
to hope that eventually a basis for
permanent peace will be found.
He said that Europe, in spite of |
provocations during the past few years |
greater than those which led to the !
World War, has managed to avoid
conflict and that SO many peace Or
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