Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-11-24 | Page 4 | Reveal Text of Oxford Appeal

uu REVEAL TEXT BP i OXFORD APPEAL! LONDON Od 10 (Correspond once) --By reason of the tempest stir-l red up as the result of overtures by I Oxford professors to German and Austrian Aus-trian educators to Join them in burying bury-ing the hatchet and return to previous' amicable relations, the text of the ap I peal is attracting widespread interest Thtt Times denounced il letter urg-1 ing resumption of friendly relations between German. Austrian and British, educators as Ill-advised and Inoppor tune,-' and called the Oxford men to account for failing to distinguish be-, itween animosities created in England hy the sinking of hospital ships and bombing of open cities, on the one. jhand, and the black passions of the , wretches, who perpetrated those I crimes. Tho text of the Oxford letter Pol i lows I" ;he professors of the arts and irnce and to members of the unlver jsltles and learned societies in Germany; ' and Austria. ' "Since there Will be many of you j who fully share our heartfelt sorrow and regret lor the breach lhat the war has occasioned in our friendly Inter-1 course, and since you cannot doubt the! sineeriM of the feeling which cngen dered and cherished thot old friendll-j Dees you must, we believe, be sharlne, I our hope for its speedy re establish j incnt "We therefore, the undersigned doc-, tors, heads of houses, professors and I 1 other officers and teachers in the L nl reralty of Oxford, now personally ap-j proaeh you with the desire to dispel the emblit' rmeut of animosities tha under the impulse of loyal patriotism may ha e passed between us "In the field where our aims are' one our enthusiasms the same, our ! rivalry and ambition generous, we can I aurely look to be reconciled and the fellowship of learning offers a road Which may nnd if our spiritual Ideals, be alive must - lead to a wider sympa Ithj iiud better understanding between our kindred nations. While political dissensions ai threatening to extinguish the honoi able conut of the great. European :. teSi we pray that we ma help to; hasten that amicable reunion which civilization demands, impetret ratio quod dies impetrature est ' Fifty-seven i ignatures are appended tp the letter, including those of W B dams, professor of political theon and Institutions; Sir Hugh Allen, direc tor Of the Royal college 0f music; Rev ; A COoke, reglua professor of He-.brew; He-.brew; Sir Arthur Evans, profesaor of .prehistoric archaeology; Rev A : iieadiam, reglua profeaaor of di-init J A Smith, proft SSOl of moral and j metaphysical philosophy and many other well known college principals.