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Show PRESIDENTIrVILSDN MAKES PLAIN COUNTRY'SIPOSITION M'.W YOIIIC, pill lPreHldcnt Wilson bus not e hanged his aliunde concerning u negotiated peace with the central powers, ns expressed In his Mag Day address, his reply to Pope He nedlct and his message to congress on the declaration or war with Austria, according to u litter hn haa written to lllshop Theodore H, Henderson of the Mi thndlst Kplsrnpu! church made pub-111 pub-111 todn) by the national wariouiull of tho church. Illshop Henderson wrote to I ho president In behalf or twent) million American Methodists, asking In particular whether hln present unwavering purpose was expressed in these words from his message i 'The Oirman power, a thing without conscience, honor nr capacity for covenantiel peace, must be crushed our present and Immediate tusk Is to win the war nnd nothing shall turn us aside until It Is accomplished." l'lllIIIF..T AII.SOVH Itl'.Pl.Y PLAIN. In re pi) In )our Irltir of March 21st, may I net sn) that )ou are per full) safe In using the words which )ou quote from my messages as ex-piesslng ex-piesslng in) unaltered thought nnd unbroken purpose T It nlwa)a Is our eltil) to find out what the expression of n dialru for peace fiom our opponents re nlly means, bul unless It means u complete and i onvlni lug program of Jus lien upon which n lusting peace can nail) lust (and we have had as )et no evidence that It means un thing of that kind), It means nothing" Tim prevlili niV letter will lie nail fnnil all MclhodUt pulpits In the conn tr) on pril "ill mid tho iiatlounl vinr ceiuucll niinouiii-eft (hat nil Methodist iiilnlsterM linvi' Ik-c it iirgnl to iimi It us u "lmW nf n new nnd lunrt) backlog ul the preside nl In thn war anil fur I ho ilioktng nut nr till pile IfNls." The council nlso unnouiirid ptans for eiillicting u fund to bo used In troiiRt In uing the ihuretus tear the arm) camps, both with bulldlnga und helpers, so that the soldiers who desire ran ionic Into tho marb) towns unci get a 'home)-' church rrvhe The church dors not plan In open separate buildings In the camps. |