American Churchman Is
Envoy to Warring Nations
Groups For International friendship Organized in
Germany, France, England and Russia
(Isy 'l'he Religious Rambler.)
THERE sailed for Europe last Sat
urday, after a few weeks' visit in
America, for conference with
leading churchmen in this country,
the most potent of all the peace com
missioners that the war has brought
forth. Dr. Benjamin F. Battin. a mem
ber of the Society of Friends and a
professor in Swarthmore College,
Pennsylvania.
Since last Fall, Dr. Battin has been
secretly at work among the religious
leaders of the nations at war, on a
mission of conciliation in behalf of
the World Alliance of Churches for
Promoting International Friendship.
He has acted as special representative
of the Church Peace Union of New
York City, which Mr. Carnegie has
financed.
The results of his work have been
extraordinary. In every one of the
warring European nations, except
Austria and Scrvla and Turkey, and
In the neighboring neutral nations as
well, he has established an organi
zation which stands ready to resume
»«d cultivate fraternal relations with
all the other nations as soon as the
war is over.
This is a practical feat of first mag
nitude, and it has all been done with
out the blare of trumpets or without
seeking to glorify any organization.
The work has necessitated repeated
visits to the various European coun
tries, and the mission lias been one of
extreme delicacy. A few weeks ugo
Dr. Battin returned to America for re
port and conference, and now he has
returned to Europe, to remain for
several months more, or until the end
of the war.
When Religious Ties Snapped
Scarcely any other phase of the war
has been more dramatic or tragic tnaii
the collapse of the Christian fellow
ship between the churches of the war
ring nations, and between Germany
and Britain especially. Through sev
eral years there had been painstak
ingly built up a special organization
of religious leaders, for the express
purpose of promoting closer relations.
Each group had an organization and
an organ. Christian leaders were pro
claiming that the time had come when
the church, by its vital international
ties and common understanding, could
prevent a rupture between the rival
nations.
The apex of this movement for pro
moting international peace by Chris
tian influence was designed lo he the
two great religious conferences called
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for last August, one for Protestant
churches to meet in Constance, Swit
zerland, on August 1, and the other
for Roman Catholic churches, to meet
in Liege, Belgium, on August 10.
Delegates from twelve nations and
'i thirty-three religious bodies were to
meet at Constance on A ugust 1,
spending Sunday, August 2, in prayer,
and the following two days !n con
ference. Dramatically, war broke as
the peace conference met, and the
delegates were forced to flee for their
homes minus baggage and money,
owing to the instant collapse of the
transportation and banking systems.
Delegates to the Constance meeting
experienced grave difficulties in get
ting back home, while the assembly
at Liege on August 10 was far from
being a peace conference.
So extraordinary a collapse of pre
tentious plans evoked cynical remarks
on all sides. Articles and speeches
upon the break-down of Christianity
became common in all countries. Un
doubtedly, in the fi'st passion of war.
even some of the Christian leaders of
the countries involved expressed sen
timents more pagan than Christian:
and brotherhood was the least of the
words in their vocabulary.
An American Into the Breach
Nothing quite like this had ever be
fore occurred in the world; indeed, it
was a by-product of the new interna
tional conditions, which have made
all the earth a neighborhood. Quickly
the American spirit, which, as Kip
ling sp.ys,
"Turns a keen, untroubled face,
Home to the instant need of things,"
asserted Itself. From among the Con
stance delegates was chosen a man
litted to be Christianity's ambassador
to all the nations and churches. Only
an American could hope to be re
ceived with favor by the various coun
tries. A member of the Societv of
Friends was historically fitted for this
unique service of binding up broken
ties. An experienced traveler, per
fectly at home .In ail the nations of
Europe, and able to speak the lan
guages involved, was also necessary.
Prof. Benjamin P. Battin, Ph. D„
of the chair of German in Swarth
moro Cpllege, alone seemed to till all
i the requirements. The Church Peace
Union iinanced the project, and Dr.
Battin was given a year's leave of
absence from his classes.
So, while societies and conventions
have been adopting peace resolutions,
Dr. Battin has gone from nation to
nation; and the genuineness of his
neutrality is attested by the fact that
he has been welcomed alike by re
ligious leaders in Great Britain (where
the strongest branch of the Interna
tional Friendship Alliance exists), In
j Germany, in Russia, in France, in
Holland, Denmark and Switzerland.
I He has not yet effected a branch or
! ganization in Austria, because of the
! absence at the front of the leaders
j to whom he would naturally look.
What Europe's Religious I venders Say
Observers who have not known of
; the existence of Dr. Battin's mission,
and of the agencies for good will
which he has set to working even
j amid war's turmoil, have remarked
| during recent months the diminishing
! acrimony and bitterness in the utter
j anees of the leaders of thought in the
various nations now in conflict. The
j early bitterness has been succeeded by
; a milder and more charitable tone.
I No longer are ministers saying that
they will never resume Christian fel
| lowship with their country's foes. In-
I stead, there is a general recognition
that, after the war is over, there must
be radical advances bv Christianity,
i if a new world order of thought is to
] be secured; and it the spiritual lcs
| sons of (he present time are to bear
| their expected results.
While Dr. Battin has made no gen
| eral public report, it is known that
! he tells an impressive story of the re
ligious awakening which has followed
the progress or the war. France is a
.spiritually-seeking nation. Great Brlt
| ain is displaying something of the
i dominant religious spirit of Puritan
days. Germany's Christianity is strik
ing in to the depths of spiritual ex
perience, and leading: ministers to sav
i that a rev'val of religion has already
come to the nation. Russia's zeal for
religion, in this testing time, has ex-
I pressed itself, in part, by sending two
, million New Testaments to the men
I in the trenches.
Around the whole circle of the
horizon there are unprecedented signs
of a great spiritual daybreak. Per
haps, if this means a religious rebirth
! for humanity, even the great war it-
I self will not be too great a price to
I pay.
THE RELIGIOUS RAMBLER. j
MITE SOCIETY MEETING
I Shiremanstown, Pa., April 23.—The
Mite Society of the Bethel Church of
God met at the homo of Mr. and Mrs.
i William Stansfleld. After a short busi
ness meeting an interesting program
j was rendered. A Scripture lesson was
read by the president. Other features
| were: Recitation, Emma Weber; read
ing, Mrs. Stanley; recitation, Helen
: Wiegel: duet, Mrs. Stanley Bates and
! Mrs. William Stansfleld; reading, Mar
garet Weber; reading, Lester Baker;
'duet, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Frey and in- j
jstrumental solo, Miss Mary Atticks.
I DEATH OF WILLIAM H. GRAY
Millersburg, Pa., April 23.—William
jH. Grey, aged 52, died on Wednes
i day night at the State hospital after
| a long illness. The body will be
brought to bis old Millersburg home
from where the funeral will take place
| to-morrow afternoon. He is survided
•by his mother, two sisters and three
brothers. The Rev. Mr. Hangen will
officiate at the funeral.
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Barnum & Bailey Circus
The Barnum ami Baiiey Greatest
Show on Karth will present in Har
risburg on Thursday, May 6. the great
est street parade in the history of the
American circus. It will he In no
way similar to the parades of the past.
It is three miles in length. It cost the
management $1,000,000.
With the advantage of many years
spent in touring all the civilized coun
tries of the world, where this circus
is as well known as in America, Bar
num and Bailey's many agents have
been constantly gathering the ma
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spectacle. Remote savage lands have
been ransacked. Artists and design
cri from France and Italy have worked
nut the designs and ideas. Day and
night for two years mechanics and
property builders have tolled in for
eign workshops, executing these Ideas.
There, has been no regard to t,he cost.
All strange types of the human fam
ily are found in the procession, to
gether with their characteristic cos
tumes, weapons of war, vehicles, Idols
and music. Rich and fantastic wagons
of state, gorgeous tableau floats, palan
quins. richly draped howdahs, rolling
thrones, chariots of fire and fairy vans
have been made of the most expensive
woods, carved by hand labor and bur
nished with pure gold. The harness is
sliver mounted. The laces are from
Ireland. The silks and satins are from
China and Japan. The rugs and tap
estry are from Persia and Turkey.
The effect of all this wealth is
dazzling. The equipment is more gor
geous by far than anything of Its
nature exhibited in past seasons. The
parade is three times longer than anv
other. It cost ten times as much
money. It is a congress of nations, a
horse fair, a musical convention, a
zoological garden on wheels, a fairy
land carnival and an academy of scl-
ence, all rolled into one panorama.
A trip to the grounds j 8 like a tour
, of the world, without the annoyance
' ot seasickness. The great sea of can
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CURBING SET IX DKHH V ST.
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All the necessary curbing incident
to the paving of Perry street from
Twenty-third street to the eastern city
limits has been put in place by the
Central Construction and Supply
Company, with the exception of the
corner pieces. These have been or
dered and will be set as soon as they
arrive, Commissioner W. H. Lynch de
i clares. The contractors yesterday be
gan setting curb In Emerald street
between Front and Fifth, with a view
to paving that section as early as
possible.
The paving of the Second street
subway is proceeding rapidly and to
day the foundations for the sidewalk
on the eastern side were laid.
RENOVATING CHURCH
The Rev. William N. Yates, pastor
of Fourth Street Church of God, will
speak on "House Cleaning" next Sun
day morning and on "Let There Be
Light" in the evening. The Fourth
Street church is heing renovHtod and
an electric lighting system Installed.
. Continued Improvement
in Steel Business
Predicted by Iron Age
Reviewing the week's developments
in the Iron and Steel trades, the Iron
Age this morning, shows that business
in these trades is now better than it
has been in months and months past.
A continued' increase in business is
predicted.
In part the Iron Age says:
"The Pennsylvania Railroad's an
-1 nouncement that it is about to buy or
build 16,500 cars and 194 locomotives
and the tentative placing'in this coun
try of further large sections of the Ca
nadian Car and Foundry Company's
$80,000,000 shrapnel contract have
been the main contributions of the
week to the news of better business.
There Is also the expectation that the
Pennsylvania rail order will soon be
distributed, adding 150.000 tons or
more to the 20,000 tons already placed.
"There are signs that other railroads
are getting more alive to the low prices
car and locomotive companies would
make just, now, and the steel trade
looks for further developments in this
direction. How far the large war con
tracts the equipment companies are
now figuring on might affect deliveries
of new cars that may be wanted by
Fall, is a factor not entirely overlook
ed.
"Of the $80,000,000 Canadian con
tract for Russia, it is now known that
over $20,000,000 has been sublet in
this country and that $20,000,000 more
Is nearly closed. Much less clear is the
status of other pending business. In
volving many millions, presumably for
Great Urituin.''
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