Show SPEAKERS DECRY WAR lA LEAGUE f FOR R A t U USED Advocates of Society of I Nations Declare It It Is Next in Logical Step I II I Fight for Democracy IrA T the time has come conic for T 1 all aU the peoples peonies of the world I t to give gi- gi t thought t and d consideration nide i toward towar the formation mation of an II organization which shall bring ab about ut a lasting peace was the theme at the second session of the mountain I congress for a league of ot nations at atthe atthe I Ithe the Assembly hall this morning Religion Social Progress and a I League of Nations comprised the keynote theme of the session which was presided over by former Governor William Spry The entire lower floor of or the buildIng building building build build- ing w was was s occupied by delegates to t the he le congress which included many of the I states state's leading men and women who during the last two years have devoted devoted devoted de de- voted their time and energy to the war work at hand and who now have turned to work worl which they intend shall bring about a lasting peace and which it is hoped by them will demonstrate demonstrate demonstrate dem dem- to the world that the battle has not been in vain The gallery was reserved for th the public and was nearly filled YOUNG IS SPEAKER Those nations which have developed developed developed devel devel- democratic institutions ate are tho the nations which have taken a a. lead In I the colonizing of the world was the declaration of Professor Levi Lev Edgar Young who was the first speaker of the session These nations include Great Britain France and the United States and have ha he said brought foreign peoples under the influence of I civilization and have o prepared the way for a league of nations to enforce enforce en en- force torce peace The colonizing movement movement movement move move- ment has developed a national mind and the tho International spirit lie he said The rhe League to Enforce peace fence Peace can be realized through this international spirit continued Professor Young The underlying motive of most wars has been selfishness They rhey have been for Cor economic gain Others it is true have been brought about for tor political freedom but whatever has been the Incentive war Is not the result of the higher democratic Idealism that grows among a people but is the expression of f might greed and ill III will The spirit of democracy is the spirit of right and andIs andIs andis Is the prime mover In high endeavor BASIS t OF bF F LEAGUE The League to Enforce e Peace willbe will willbe willbe be based I say on on the international mind And the international mind Is nothing else than the habit of thinking of ot foreign relations and business and that habit of dealing with them which regard the several nations of ot the civilized civilized civil civil- world as as al friendly and cooperating equals in aiding the progress of civilization civilIzation civilization civil civil- jn Inn 1 developing commerce 1 I Continued on page t f ft Jo S SECOND E GO N D SESSION SESSIO OF oi CONGRESS IS HELD Speakers Point Out Need I of League to Insure Peace Continued from page 1 1 1 industry and in spreading light and culture throughout the world ROBERTS SPEAKS No war w wits was s ever justifiable ble only as it aimed at the establishment of jus jus- tice when would come peace said B D B. B II Roberts former chaplain of the One Hundred Forty-fifth Forty field artillery artillery artil artil- lery who was the next speaker Continuing Continuing Continuing Con Con- he said sala Var War in itself is destructive e or of progress ress Wars War's other name is waste t t destroys the accumulated treasures massed by progress progress of which we have ample amplo proof in the present worlds world's war Peace is the mother of pf abundance the nurse of science and of arts and furnIshes furnishes furnishes fur fur- the necessary plans for ress ess Well has the prophet written of or wisdom that all her paths are for peace The signs in the sky of events are propitious for for- forthe the launching of this new world force dedicated to justice and freedom First then is 13 the worlds world's consciousness of the necessity for It second there Is the agreement or of all the allied nations now at the International International International council tables at Paris pledged to the adoption and maintenance of It and five of them the United States Great Britain France Italy and Japan are of such preponderating preponderating- military and naval power that united they can maintain a i. i nr Int tv th th I I I I I I I 0 u I world n. i. I II HOPEFUL SIGNS Another hopeful sign for the success success suc sue cess of the league of nations to enforce peace Is that those who have in hand the of its provisions are not deceiving themselves with the notion that they can settle every detail of the I whole plan of it at the present session of the worlds world's peace council Profiting I I by the experience of many nations in inthe inthe the matter of constitution making I I they are laying down in broad outline only the general principles Jay by y which the league shall shan be guided and providing providing providing pro pro- 1 I viding the simplest machinery for making those principles effective In I I application Wisest statesmen have I I long since recognized the truism that constitutions are not made but that they grow The recognition of this I I principle by those now formulating a league to enforce peace is one of the most hopeful signs of success for the evolving plan ONE THING NEEDFUL It Is the final thing needful for forthe forthe forthe the complete triumph of democracy inthis inthis in inthis this world It Is the keystone to the arch of justice which humanity has been so laboriously building through j I Ithe the ages It is the guarantee that free I governments shall shan not perish from the earth Mrs 1 Phillip North North- Moore president of the National Council of Women of the United States spoke briefly and said Women who no nobly stood back backof of the firing line in England Belgium France and Italy can never return to the Idle life Ufe of former years ears Men and women will now bear a large share to together together together to- to gether in this thia readjustment of life and The Th true true standards of national character character character char char- I- I acter and conduct are identical with those of the Individual in other words honesty sincerity faithfulness and love must govern the actions of nations nations nations na na- na- na as well wen as those of men Nations Nations Nations Na Na- have the making and unmaking of history In their hands This history Is the record of great evolutionary movements the story of Intellectual and political tides te record of uplifts and downfalls in the inner life Ufe of a a. people FOR RIGHT AND PEACE It is expedient that some plan pan should be formed for the purpose of maintaining right and peace which according to the history now being written must be in International The world world must be able to attend to its I I business in peace We Ve must build up I I reconstruct till tin the ground cultivate and enrich and dismiss the burden of terror and waste of warThe warThe war The president of the United States returns with the best possible plan to abolish war Not only with Influence but with authority you ou may request the senate to ratify such treaty as may be presented by the president and the delegates to the peace conference The one thing America asks Is a league of nations and the senate should know in no uncertain terms that the United States must not be left out There were two things worth fightIng fightIng fighting fight fight- ing and dying for One was the successful suc sue prosecution of or the war a a. righteous righteous righteous right right- war The other was and is to keep down as much as we can the awful cost to the young joung to the children chil chil- I dren born and unborn We Ve realized that we must fight so well that It I would not have to be bo done over again And we fought with clean hands and I pure hearts so that no poison polson philosophy philos- philos j I ophy or heritage of hate should enter our childrens children's minds to make malte them I less worthy of the supreme sacrifice the world was wa matting making Let us remember only the outcome of wor J democracy world democracy world freedom and world woM sanity WAR NOT OVER The war is not over said Dr Charles H R. Brown Drown dean of the school of religion of Yale university in the opening of his address which was the thelast thelast thelast last of the morning session The victory of the physical force has been won It has been won by su superIor superior superior su- su power superior in amount and vastly superior in moral quality We e come now to the harder and higher victory of the spirit The victories of ph physical force may be swift showy apparently overwhelming overwhelming over over- whelming but if they remain nothing more than victories of ph physical force the outcome Is disappointing and their verdicts have to be revised Moral victories may be slow silent intermittent intermittent inter Inter- but In their outcome they are satisfying a aid an d their verdicts stand We Ve have now to make male the results of the war permanent and beneficial for tor all time We can say what our greatest American said in 1863 We accepted this war war we we did not begin i L JI V- V VJ J I I I I I I j I it for a purpose and when that purpose is achieved the war will end And I pray God that it may not end until that purpose is achieved In the outcome of the war we have made certain moral gains which fill fillus fillus fillus us with courage for the hard tasks ahead We Ve have seen en the passing of a hateful s system stem The rule of autocratic irresponsible militarism is practically practically- gone and there has come the enfranchisement enfranchisement enfranchisement of the people We Ve have seen seena a a. fresh manifestation of the moral soundness of the race Germany was wasI beaten because the moral sense of humanity humanity hu hu- hu- hu manit manity said No It cannot be don done Might does not make male right There Is a certain ultimate invincibility about the moral element of the race which fills flUs us with hope for the future DETAILS MADE PLAIN The details of the the- plan of the league of nations are being made plain by men men of legal training and diplomatic experience I am here to appeal to the moral forces of the community community com com- to support It and to urge it Where the people are determined upon a certain policy the statesmen will be beable beable beable able to devise methods for the raUza- raUza tion of thir hopes There are great obstacles and difficulties to be overcome overcome overcome over over- come but the history of human progrESS progress progress ress is the story of men vho who have had hac I faith to do something when other men were saying that it could not be done AWAIT CRUSADE In these great days when the tide of moral feeling is running highS high when the representatives of all the nations of the earth are not together In a great mood moon that the awful horror of this a background round for their effort the hour has struck for foi the moralization tion hOI of these International relation a o The highest h and holiest crusade r in an history has now to do with the evry of those international relations from the hands of Saracen and the placing of them under the reign of law lawand lawand lawand and the rule of moral purpose The Tho peace and progress of humanity walls waits upon the success of the crusade Women Must Fight for League of Nations Says Mrs Philip N. N Moore The women of America must fight for a league llague of nations which will vill put an end to all an wars and world sui suI- cide The women of every evry civilized country have long been wanting such sucha a league and It is now within their grasp if they will wll only fight for it ft This was the keynote of the speech delivered to some Rome women from Idaho Idaho Idaho Ida Ida- ho Wyoming and Utah at a luncheon i at the Hotel Utah by Mrs Philip North Moore president of or the National Coun- Coun 1 I i 1 I cil of or Women Mrs Moore is the only woman of the party of forty which ar arrived arrived arrived ar- ar rived today to take tale part in the intermountain intermountain intermountain inter- inter mountain congress of the League to Enforce Peace The luncheon was given by the women's women's women's wo wo- wo- wo mens men's state of defense and of the city in her honor Women should be interested In the proposed league of nations for haven't they been fighting the battles of the heart for the past four years Haven't the they been standing back of the tir firing ng line and have th they y not suffered as none of those suffered who were near the enemy enemy If those sufferings are not notto notto notto to be the women and especially especially espe espe- emily those of America must stand behind behind behind be be- hind the league Our victory over war must be clinched and the league of nations nations nations na na- na- na will do it for us us These were some of the features of Mrs Moores Moore's message to Utah women Mrs Moore made some explanations as to just what the league of nations was to be and some of Its purposes She said The league Is to be composed of oi five large nations and five smaller ones to be chosen by the big five No country will be allowed to enter without having met all requirements Germany for instance may never enter until all an requirements imposed upon her are fulfilled The German people must be made to realize that they brought on this war Their war warlords warlords warlords lords know it but the people largely believe that Germany was w-as Innocent Md Clarissa Williams chairman of the women's state council of de- de presided at the luncheon Practically Practically all an the women of the city who have taken prominent part in war work worl were pr present ent The dining hall hail hallwas hallwas was decorated with spring flowers Mrs Moore will be the personal guest of Mrs George Geore Hancock to tonight tonight tonight to- to night at a dinner to to be given at the Alta club The two women have been friends for many years and only a few close friends of the two will be present Broken Boiler Pipe Is I Cause of Abandonment of Luncheon for Lowell According to George Thomas of the faculty of the University of Utah the luncheon which was to have been given President A. A Lawrence Lowell of Harvard this noon at the state university was canceled because because of a broken boiler pipe which rendered the coUe college e buildings cold It ha had been planned by the officials at it the state university to entertain the he Hanard executive and members of the peace delegation at the university university university uni uni- in the domestic science dining room after which a tour of the Buildings was to have been made The accidental break caused the abandonment of the plan however S n. further stated that th the break In the heating system of or the I un university ity er is not sever repaired in time to ho he hoI heI I session of the college I Alta Club Visitors' Visitors Honor I by Speeches I I Dr A A. Lawre Lawrence Lowe I gentium Iu George h orge Dean Charles R R. Brow Browl I the speaking party in i I the mountain congress- congress I of nations were guests guest I 1 club members at da day covers being laid 1 II I f I lOu members and guests I Brigadier General Rich RichI pr presided sided and presented I speakers E. E O. O Howard the Alta club Young offering a toast t I of George orge Washington ing As the toast was The orchestra played Banner Drinking of the toast by singing of he Han Harva lieve Me If All Those Em Eni Charms in honor of Dr Di speeches were made by EBrown E D Brown Dr Wilson pad and thau all bearing on the league of |