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Show 370 that the peace movement should be put into schools. A meeting of school children, held in Queens llall, showed how far the principles of peace have already taken hold of the children of (irtat Britain. it was preceded by a life guard drill and a tire brigade drill by boys, and by a drill in physical exercises by girls, all of whom belong to organized teams which had previously distinguished themselves by takingr prizes for their proficiency. The life guard exercises show ed that boys and girls can be trite heroes and heroines of peace as ministering angels in the time of accident. The fire drill enabled a boy company to show that they could rescue people from a burning building in a few moments after an alarm of tire. The exhibition was a splendid example of the benelicent aims which can be realized in civil life by the same cooperation and bravery which are claimed to be promoted by war. These societies of boys, of uhich there are now several hundred in Great llritain, were, organized to supplant the boys" brigades, the preparatory school of militarism. Remarkable respect was shown the peace movement by the churches. The l'ope sent the congress his blessing and asked that there be prayers for it in all the Catholic churches of London. A service of welcome was held at \\'estminster Abbey, at which the bishop of Carlisle addressed the delegates of the nations. The Lambcth Conference sent to the congr ss by three of its llishops. representing England, Australia and the United States. resolutions testifying to the importance of peace. Prot- estant bodies of different lauds met in a preliminary conference which lasted a whole day. and dwelt upon the need of neighborh- ness among nations as well as amongr citizens of a common state 1 city. There is but one law for nations as well as for indi- vidualssthe law of brotherhoml. The keynote of feelingr against war and armaments was bravely sounded by Dr. R. I‘. florton in a ringing address in which he dcc tred there should be no com- promise with either of them. It \ra advised that steps be taken to I 'ttllZC the churches through their guilds and com nittees to aid the movement ef'ectively. \‘Chen the churches preach 3 true Christianity. it was rightly sail. war will go, lt was at this cont rcnce that l'rot‘e. or J lTstlin Carpenter uttered words which all preachers and teachers of morals should malte their rule of conduc . "\\'ar," he said, "is a people's question. it is 377 no longer made by statesmen, financiers and journalists, but begins in the hearts of the people. We must teach that it is possible to prevent war and must try to overcome men's hopelessness of this possibility by diffusing among them. with moral ardor, all the information and optimism that are needful for the [as] " But more notable than all was the recognition given the peace movement by the British Government. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the British Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. David Lloyd-George, the most popular man in England, came to Queens Hall and ridiculed the idea of a war with Germany. I'lis address, pitched in a high key, represented a vision of faith in the things that ought to be and will be when England leads the world in putting the money which she now spends in armaments into useful public works and in redeeming her neglected classes from poverty and ruin. "Let us spend less money," he said- and this is a good motto for the nations-"for the production of suffering and more money for the reduction of suffering." The Chancellor of the Exchequer had just established a hospitality fund of $100,000 to be spent by Great Britain in enten taining foreign visitors for the purpose of promotingY international friendship and peace. This congress was the third body of foreign representatives to receive entertainment from that fund. That the example of England will be followed by all the govern- ments of the world and when followed will help to briney the nations more closely together is the hope of every peace advocate who saw with his own eyes what great-hearted England can do when she wants to make friends. A banquet was given the congress at the Hotel Cecil, presided over by Mr, Harcourt, Commis- sioner of Public \Vorks. attended by the The Lord Chancellor. the Prime Minister, and other distinguished citizens of Great Britain, including Lord Courtney of Penwith, the courageous, outspoken president of the congress, who honored its principles on every occasion. Mr, Asquith, the Prime Minister, in rcspontb in;r to the toast, "The International Peace Movement," declared that half the quarrels of the nations arise from the want of friendly umlerstanding‘, and that the main thing is that the nations should get to know and to understand one another, agreeing: in this sentiment with the words of our own Secretary Root. who not long ago said that it is not real differences that divide nations, but |
