Evening star., 1939-07-25
Court 10 Enforce
Peace Of Nations
Weighed by Baptists
FutefuI ; Months
In Offine, international
Session Is Told
b the Associated Press.


ATLANTA, July 25.-Told that
world peace would hang in a deli
cate balance for the next three
months, Baptists of so nations pom
dered today the feasibility OF a
police -bulwarked international court
as a guarantee against war.
A general session of the sixth
Baptist World Congress heard a
report from DR.. N. j. Nordstrom
of Stockholm, Sweden, then plunged
into discussion of peace proposals
in the communication, drawn by a
commission of the Baptist World
Alliance.
DR.. Walter Oliver Lewis of Paris
said he believed in collective Sc
curity" and termed as crucial
period" in universal peace from
now until October"
World War Veteran.
A native Missourian, now Euro
pean representative of the Ameri-
can Foreign Mission Society. DR..
Lewis served with the United States
Army in two major offensives of
the World War.
Calling attention to the reports
assertion most of the people OF for
eign countries did not want to fight
each other, he urged constant ef-
forts to cement amicable under
standing between nations.
Dr. Lewis drew parable paral-
lel," suggesting when two families
became belligerents, the neighbors
should try to ease strained rela-
tions-bound by responsibilities Of
brotherhood.
DR.. Nordstrom explained the In
ternational Court suggestion pre-
supposed that all nations should dis
arm down to teh point of their in
ner needs then the court should
have military power to enforce its
decisions if necessary.
The report directed an earnest
appeal" to all governments to either
eliminate all private war industries
or exercise such control over them
as to exclude the possibility of pri-
vate profit.
ut has increasingly appeared as a
duty of Christians to give atten-
ton to this question and to seek
to remove the tension and unrest
which is caused by it in many parts
of the world. We look upon
any race discrimination as sin"
Alliance Nominations.
Nomination of DR.. James Henry
RuShbrooke of London, noted Brit
ish divine, for president of the Bap-
tist World Alliance was announced.
The alliances Committee on Nom-
nations last night decided to pro-
pose him as the successor to DR..
George w. Truett of Dallas. Tex.
Named to succeed DR.. Rushbrooke
as general secretary of the alliance
was Dr. W. o. Lewis of Paris, France.
DR.. Louie D. Newton of Atlanta
was nominated for a new Office, that
of a second honorary associate Sec
retary, subject to the adoption of
constitutional amendment creating
the post.
The nominations will be submitted
to the Sixth Baptist World Congress
Thursday, when elections will be
held.
Vice presidential nominations
were:
DR.. E. r. Friddel of Berkeley,
Calf; DR.. N. j. Nordstrom of
Stockholm, Sweden; DR.. c. j. Tins
ley of Sidney, Australia; DR.. H.
Luckey of Germany; DR.. L. r. Scar
borough Of Fort Worth, Tex; DR.. L.
K Williams of Chicago, and Dr. S. U.
Eau of China.
Other nominations:
For treasurer: c. T. LIE Quesne
of London, England, for the East.
and Albert Matthews, Lieutenant
Governor of Ontario, Canada, for
the West.
Executive Committee Proposals.
Executive Committee proposals in
cluded:
For Great Britain, the Rev. M. E.
Aubrey, DR.. B. Grey Griffith, the
Rev. Gilbert Laws and H. L. Taylor;
for Canada, DR.. H. H. Gingham and
DR.. w. C. Smalley; for China, DR..
P. c. Bau; for Hungary, the Rev.
M. Baranyay; for India, Burma and
Ceylon, DR.. San Ba; for Italy, Prof.
L. Paschetto; for Japan, DR.. Yugoro
Chiba; for Brazil, DR.. John Soren
for Norway, DR.. A. T. Ohrn.
For Poland, the Rev. L. Liksa; for
Rumania, L. L. Sezonov; for South
Africa, the Rev. J. Charles Stern.
For the United States, DR.. Luther
Wesley Smith of Philadelphia, DR..
M. E. Dodd of Shreveport, La; DR..
j. R. Sampey of Louisville, KY; DR..
j. M. Nabrit of Nashville, Tenn, and
Dr. G. L. Prince of Galveston, Tex.
Delegates at large included:
DR.. Theodore F. Adams of Rich
mond, Va; DR.. T. G. Dunning of
London, England; Mrs. Ernest Brown
of London, England, and Mrs. S.
W. Layten of Philadelphia.
DR.. Clifton D. Grat of Lewiston,