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Show oo IPOSTLE L W. IIS ANSWERS 0 1 S CRITICS That he Is not In politics and refuses to be muzzled for fear of offending some men of the world if he talks of thin nation or of the other nations ll ing in wickedness for which they will suffer se-re judgments were declarations declara-tions made at the Second ward chapel last evonli ,' by Apoatlo A. V. Ivlns in giving a warning against the rejection rejec-tion of offers of peace and al agalnsl committing acts of violence and lawlessness law-lessness In the community. In the course of his address Mr. Ivins referred o his recent visit to Ogden Og-den at which time ho made reference to the league of nations He said h'j bad been misunderstood, had been charged with fooling the people, with being a builder of words In which the people had been .ricked, and lhal he was i h.uved with being a politician He denied the charges, saying that it h" was a politician he had newr discovered discov-ered it. He Bald thut he had noi made un ad drrvN tor anv political part) In twenty fears, and that during the period f the war he received sixty six cents from tho government for his services. Referring to the recent disturbance in Ogden by what he termed 'the radi cal element of the labor unions,'1 Mr Ivins said he was afraid thai "wo were becoming n lawless people " He did not mean to irupl, be said, that labor should not organize and seek to better its condition, but he said these changes must be brought about by lawful law-ful methods and not by breaking the law and committing acts of v ioN-m e Mr. Ivins said that he was not the advocate ot the peace of any party of men, but said that peace was coming, for God said it would. He said that ne did not know .vhether peace would come by the league of nations or in some other day He did DOt think peat would come with the pr i in mp i t ment of the people ot t ho world. "If the world wants peace nr if it santS a league; if n g war weary, w uill disarm," he said. "We will not build vast navies and there will be no war but if we say we do not want 0 league, if the United States says 'we stand alone', and other nations decide to stand alone, and all go their ways, we will have more trouble." Mr. Ivins said he did not know who made the league, Democrats or Republicans, bu'. he did know that the greatest states men of the nation favored the league, but since it got into politics the cause seemed lost. oo |
