Show time ime for america to declare to the world its definite peace policy br BF DR NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER president columbia university the time has come to take the outstretched hand of europe flint lias has on offered us and to de declare clarethe itha peare peace policy of the united states in IBS ams that our people desire and applaud and that tile the whole world epli cn c laier stand if we ae join nations on a like plane of civilization in in saying that tin in nr it dealings with each other we dont contemplate fighting that we con tinplate tiB P plate late only discussion only mily conciliation only arbitration and in tile the creme case judicial settlement and that we have readied reached a civili cd aidt where we ive are not going 0 to consider fl fighting b biting them believe me so one ng as those nations and ours keep their word vord war of a serious kind will wi lave ate il A much harder time in breaking out titan it has now a large ire number of persons at the great diplomatic center washington who talk about peace hut but are alar alarmed ined when asked to du do athina deri definite nite my appeal is to the public sentiment of america to alto aj to ourselves and to the world that we are ready to this exteen to man act it that will to ponce peace which is the only tiling thing that ean can establish tile the slit abit to pence peace |