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Organization of the Maine Peace SocietyAuthor(s): James L. TryonSource: The Advocate of Peace (1894-1920), Vol. 74, No. 4 (APRIL, 1912), pp. 89-90Published by: World Affairs InstituteStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20666433 .

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1912. THE ADVOCATE OF PEACE. 89

and shall cooperate with any citizens' association of

recognized standing in planning and carrying out the celebration. If this bill goes through, it will put the celebration on such a basis as to make it a great and

memorable event. . . . Professor Villani, of Eome, has estimated that the cost to Italy of the war with Turkey in Tripoli will be four hundred thousand dollars a day. And then when the war is over, of which the signs are not now

very flattering, the cost will go on for many years in the future. Economically, as in all other respects, the whole affair has been a wretched piece of folly, for which the government may yet have to pay in revolu

tion, anarchy, the overthrow of the monarchy, and what not.

. . . Senator Elihu Eoot has suggested that on Feb

ruary 17, 1915, the hundredth anniversary of the rati fication of the treaty of Ghent, all the activities of the

English-speaking world be brought to a standstill for five minutes, for the prayerful contemplation of the

century of unbroken peace among the Anglo-Saxon peoples.

Organization of the Maine Peace

Society. By James L. Tryon, Director of the New England Depart

ment of the American Peace Society.

(Concluded from March issue.)

The Maine Peace Society centered primarily about a

group of the friends of the cause in Portland. The Di rector had the advantage of having once lived in that

city and the satisfaction of seeing this society organized in his boyhood home, the residence of the Misses Libby, 150 Park street. He was assisted by Eev. Henry Blanehard, D. D., for many years the pastor of Congress Square Universalist Church, now the agent of Westbrook

. Seminary; by George E. Fogg, Esq., a young lawyer who has been identified with prison reform work in Maine, and who, as president of the State Universalist Conven tion last year, delivered a telling address on the peace

movement; by Mrs. Hannah J. Bailey, known for a whole generation as superintendent of the Peace Depart ment of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and whose range of official duties extends not only through out her own State, but the nation and the world; by her son, M. M. Bailey; by Eev. Charles M. Woodman, pastor of the Friends' Church; by President Arthur C. Yeaton, one of the leading educators of Maine; by Dr. E. E. Holt, the oculist; by Mr. A. T. Laughlin, well known in philanthropic circles; Eev. Eaymond Calkins, D. D., pastor of State Street Congregational Chuch, and others.

The meeting for the adoption of the constitution was held at 150 Park street, November 28, 1911, when the

society was made a branch of the American Peace So ciety, and nominations were made for officers and di rectors. The constitution adopted is almost identical with that of the Massachusetts Peace Society, which is based on that of the American Peace Society, and pro vides for officers, vice-presidents, and directors, with an Executive Committee, in which the real responsibility for the success of the organization is vested. The same

method was employed to secure members of the society

and interest in its formation as that which was used in New Hampshire, largely correspondence of a State-wide character, followed up with press articles and occasional

visiting. In the case of both societies, the director had the benefit of the hearty support and valuable counsel of

Mrs. J. Malcolm Forbes, of Milton, and the steady co

operation of Dr. Trueblood, the General Secretary of the American Peace Society.

The meeting for the election of officers was held on

February 14 at the Friends' Church, a place frequently chosen today as a center for lectures and public meet ings. Among those who reinforced the Portland group besides Mrs. Bailey, of Winthrop Center, were Mr. Sam uel Buffum, of North Berwick, and Mrs. Mary F. Burn ham, both of whom spoke at the meeting for organiza tion ; but as in the case of New Hampshire, many repre sentative people gave expression to their sentiments in the form of letters indorsing the movement. Among these were Chief Justice Whitehouse, of Augusta; the presidents of the Maine colleges, the president of the Federation of Women's Clubs, Timothy B. Hussey, United States Senator Gardner, and Edwin Ginn, all of whom appear on the board of officers, a board which is perhaps as representative as any that was ever chosen by a State peace society in this country. A telegram of birthday greeting was sent to Mr. Ginn and an assur ance of appreciation to Mr. Smiley, both of whom were made honorary vice-presidents.

The officers elected by the Maine Peace Society were: President, Hon. George L. Crosman, former mayor of Saco; secretary, George E. Fogg, 95 Exchange street, Portland; treasurer, Fenton Tomlinson, Portland; ex officio members of the board of directors; vice-presi dents, Robert J. Aley, president of the University of Maine, Orono; Mrs. W. F. Atwood, Bangor; Col. Fred erick E. Boothby, Portland; Hon. James P. Baxter, Portland; Rev. David N. Beach, Bangor; George C. Chase, president of Bates College, Lewiston; Hon. Na than Clifford, president of the Maine Senate, Portland;

Hon. Obadiah Gardner, United States Senate, Washing ton, D. C.; Hon. Frank Guernsey, House of Representa tives, Washington, D. C.; William De Witt Hyde, presi dent Bowdoin College, Brunswick; Eugene H. Libby, state secretary of the Grange, Auburn; Hon. Charles F. Johnson, United States Senate, Washington, D. C.; Hon. Frederick W. Plaisted, Governor of Maine; Arthur J. Roberts, president Colby College, Waterville; Payson Smith, state superintendent of schools, Augusta; C. E. Stetson, state master of the grange, Greene; Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens, national president W. C. T. U., Stroud water; Hon. William P. Whitehouse, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Augusta, and others; directors,

M. M. Bailey, Portland; Rev. Henry Blanchard, D. D., Portland; Mrs. Hannah J. Bailey, Winthrop Center; William H. Dow, Evening Express, Portland; Hon. M. P. Frank, Portland; Fred E. Eastman, Portland; Andrew Hawes, Stroudwater; Dr. E. E. Holt, Portland; Rev. R. F. Johonnot, Auburn; Miss Ella W. Libby, 150 Park street, Portland; A. T. Laughlin, Portland; Hon. Carl E. Milliken, Island Falls; Hon. C. W. Mullen, mayor of Bangor; Hon. Edward C. Reynolds, Portland;, Judge George C. Wing, Auburn; Rev. Charles M. Wood man, Portland; Arthur C. Yeaton, president Westbrook Seminary, Portland.

The president, Hon. George L. Crosman, who took the

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90 THE ADVOCATE OF PEACE. April,

chair when elected, made an encouraging speech, in which he showed his grasp of the movement. Mr. Cros man, former mayor of Saco, is one of the leading busi ness men of Portland and vicinity. He has attended the Mohonk Conference, and recently spoke with power on the peace movement before the Portland Board of Trade.

In the evening a public meeting was held, which was called to order by Mr. Fogg, who spoke on the practical basis of the peace movement. Mr. Crosman took the

chair, which, owing to another appointment, he sur rendered later to Dr. Blanehard, who had presided at all of the preliminary meetings of the society. A resolu

tion, proposed after an address by the organizing secre

tary, was passed, asking for the ratification of the arbi tration treaties. Mrs. Bailey gave an informal address on the peace work of the Woman's Christian Temper ance Union. The principal speaker was Mr. Mead, who

again came to the support of the organizing secretary, and spoke on the same subject that he took in New

Hampshire, with forceful application to local conditions.

Speaking of William Ladd, he said: "Identified alike as he was with New Hampshire and Maine, there is poetic justice in the happy coincidence of the founding in the same month, seventy years after his death, of both a New Hampshire and a Maine Peace Society. He could have no more fitting monument than this provision to

perpetuate and apply the great principles to which his life was so conspicuously devoted. The founding of this

society has been too long delayed. Let every patriotic Maine man and woman become at once devoted mem

bers, and let great meetings be held annually in every county in the State."

The Chicago Office and Field Secretaryship.

By Charles E. Beats, Field Secretary.

The secretary addressed the Men's Club of the Meth odist Episcopal Church of La Grange, III, Monday evening, March 11. The Ogontz Association, an or

ganization consisting of ladies who have been pupils of the Chestnut Street Female Seminary, Philadelphia, or of Ogontz School, devoted its meeting on Monday after noon, March 18, to the subject of International Peace. The meeting was held at the home of the president, Mrs. Harry L. Hamlin, 1406 Astor street. Miss Anna Talbot, a faithful and valued member of the Chicago Peace Society, delivered an exceedingly able and de lightful address. The secretary spoke of the trend toward international cooperation.

On Sunday, March 24, the secretary preached in All Souls' Church, in the Abraham Lincoln Center, Chi cago. Dr. Jenkin Lloyd Jones, the pastor, was absent in the South on his annual March migration.

On Sunday morning, March 31, a special peace meet ing was held in the new Sinai Temple, of which Dr. Emil G. Hirsch is the minister. Addresses were given by Dr. Hirsch, Miss Addams, and the peace secretary. The new temple is one of the best equipped churches in the country. Dr. Hirsch has served the congregation for over thirty years and is warmly beloved by his people.

The new State branch, the Nebraska Peace Society,

is planning to hold a great meeting in Omaha in May if arrangements can be made.

At a little luncheon at the Chicago Woman's Club not long ago, at which the peace secretary was present, it was decided that an effort be made to bring the Bar oness von Suttner to the United States. A letter was sent to Mr. Ginn, suggesting that the World Peace Foundation invite the Baroness to undertake an Amer ican lecture tour. Mr. Ginn very generously offered to

cooperate. An invitation therefore has been extended to the Baroness in the name of the Chicago Woman's Club to visit America. If the Baroness accepts, and it is earnestly hoped that she may do so, it is planned to

give her a hearing before women's clubs and other or

ganizations all over the country. Chicago hopes to have her services during the entire month of November.

The local office is planning a more extensive cam

paign for the observance of Hague Day than it ever has undertaken before. It is proposed to hold on Sunday, May 19, a number of large group meetings down-town, and on the north, west, and south sides of the city, be sides similar ones in the suburbs. Moreover, it is hoped that each church may devote one service on Peace Sun day to international peace. A letter will be sent to over 2,000 pastors explaining the plan and asking them to cooperate. The suggestion will be made that all the ministers preach on a single theme, namely, the substitu tion of moral warfare for military strife. A special pamphlet, of some fifty pages, will be sent to the minis ters, with the appeal to observe Hague Day. The title of this pamphlet is "The Higher Soldiership/' In this, ample data will be given to enable busy pastors to make special preparation for such services as are suggested in the circular letter. If the response is reasonably satis factory, the Chicago Peace Society will doubtless follow up the plan with special pamphlets for such occasions as the Fourth of July, Christmas, and Washington's Birthday.

30 North La Salle Street, Chicago.

The General Arbitration Treaties. Speech of Hon. Theodore E. Burton, of Ohio, in the Senate

of the United States, Thursday, March 7, 1912. (This speech of Senator Burton, President of the American Peace

Society, was the last word uttered in the discussion before the vote on the treaties was taken.?Ed.)

Mr. President: I shall only have time in a very frag mentary way to meet certain objections which have been made to the pending treaties.

Tn the first place, I think it is only fair that the fog relating to an alleged difference of opinion between the President and the Secretary of State which has been created should be dispelled. Both alike concur in the opinion that after a decision by the joint commission of inquiry that a question is justiciable it must go to the Senate for ratification of the special agreement. In an utterance by the President and in a publication known as The Dawn of World Peace, reprinted by permission from the Woman's Home Companion of November, 1911, after referring to the contention that the decision of the joint high commissioners ig final, the President says this:

"This interpretation is not justified, and the very lan guage of the treaty, which I have quoted, proves it.

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