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Show FIRST STEP TAKEN IN PEACE MOVEMENT United States Consress Asked to Call a Congress of Nations at Clos of War. NEW YORK. Te?. 27. As one of the fir?t steps in a contemplated world-wide r-ace movement. Testations asking congress con-gress to call a worid congress at the close of the war in lirop-?, were adopted at a n: tins held in Liie Metrjpolitan terrnie here torurht. "We, assembled here tonight In the cause of peace." t e r-.iolutior'.s read, ' do earnestly And prayerfully petition the cori-grest cori-grest of tlie United S'jtes to call for a cnrerene of me world's na'Vons at i: e close of trie war, to meet acd take wme adt-gudte action r?pecunjr disarmament arid tne establishing of a co;irt of arbitral arbi-tral Justice and the creation of an international inter-national police force, abl to enforce the ce.-rees of the court and thus prevent a repetition of the horrors of war." T"':e meeting was caLie'i by the Inter-ritlonl Inter-ritlonl peace renin":, v.hth already has orc?.nlzed a conin.it tee including many tid.np educator. eler;rymen. statesmen and business men, for tl.e purpose of ad-vancinar ad-vancinar the world -pesoe movement. Tr.e conim!'-te includes former President "VCil-l "VCil-l ara II. Taft. Andrew Ca:-negle, Governor-eleot Governor-eleot Charles S. Whitman. Charles TV. Fairbanks. Henry '-'lews. Theodore P. Shont. John Has Hammond. Warren O. Hardinc and BairbrWifo Colby. Mr. Clewa presided at tonight's meeting meet-ing arI eddress avorinz the movement wre mad av Mr. HaJiinond. Mr. Colby and the Rfv.'.Tohn Wesley Hid. president o: the- intf-rr-itional peace forum. |