Smyrna times., 1941-09-18
ROTARY TO AID
WORLD PEACE
F. A. Kettaneh, Speaker at
Club, Thinks BrOtherly Love
Will Be Post War Bond
CITES ROTARY IDEAL

1--WE cannot lose the war, and
when the dictators are defeated,
Rotary will provide an information
al language of amity which will
aid the nations in rebuilding the
world" declared Francis A. Ket-
taneh, one of the directors of Ro-
tary International, in an address
here at the Wayside Inn last
Thursday evening before the men,
bers of the Rotary Clubs of Dover,
Middletown, and Smyrna. Draw
ing upon his wide experience, not
only in the vast eastern Mediter-
ranean district where he has made
his home, but also upon cosmo-
politan education obtained in the
schools three countries, Mr.. Ket-
taneh cited the part Rotary is
playing in lifting mans vision from
himself and his own aggrandize-
ment back to the ancient ideal of
brotherly love, and supplying the
bonds of amity necessary to secure
the full cooperation of nations.
Sees World Organization AS Need
''In mans long march up the
centuries from barbarism," said
Mr.. Kettaneh, che has twice at
tempted to bind all nations togeth-
er in bonds of peaceful cooperation
for the common world good, and
each time he has failed because of
the lack of common language.
1t is my firm belief that world or
ganization will be necessary when
we have won the war, when the
forces of evil have been vanquish-
ed by the forces of right, and when
the want and fear bred by die
tatorship have been banished. In
the days of reconstruction which
surely lie ahead, the power of In
ternational Rotary can supply the
means for a common understand
ing between nations. / have no
sympathy with the point of view
that so centuries of high endeavor,
of human fears and sacrifices must
lead to a final sacrifive of civiliza-
tion with a return to the Dark
Ages. I have no sympathy with
those who say that we must stand
helpless, while dictators change
civilization fro man instrument of
light to an instrument of death and
destruction. In any conflict of
Right versus Evil, victory must
come to the Right.
Vanquished to be Treated Humanity
"But it will be necessary when
the conflict is over to gather about
the conference table not as the
victor and the vanquished, but as
fellow human being intent upon
reconstructing the world upon the
revived political idea of fatherly
love, and upon the revitalized COM
mandment, Love thy neighbor as
thyself.' That is the necessary
world goal, and that is the ideal of
Rotary In giving specific in
stances of Rotary's power to weld
dissimilar and highly antagonistic
Igroups into one organization where
each member can meet on common
ground, Mr.. Kettaneh drew upon
his experience as past governor of
the 83rd district of Rotary, COM
lprising on Eastern Mediterranean
area 5000 miles across, where as
many as 18 different nationalities
may be found in a single Rotary
club, and where the smallest club
counts among its members six diff
Ierent nationalities.
Headed Melting Pot Club Group
''In this cradle of humanity, with
its multiplicity of races and relig-
ions, where one man kills another
merely because he is of different
race or a different religion" the
speaker declared, Rotary has pro-
vided virtually the only mean by
which all races and religions meet
on common ground with animosi-
ties forgotten in working for the
Rotary ideal" No more stringent
test of the power of Rotary Inter-
national to provide "a common
language to the ends of peace"
could be imagined, Mr.. Kettaneh
stated, in pointing out the prac-
ticability of using Rotary as a
guiding force in reconstruction.
The speaker was introduced by
William E. Matthews, Jr., past
governor of the 184th district of
International Rotary. The meet
ing was presided over by Harvey
c. Jones, president of the Smyrna
Rotary Club.