JANUARY, 1915.

Soutb Place €tbical Soci~tPt South Place, Finsbury, E.C.

~b i ect of the Society. "The Object of the Society is the cultivation of a rational religious sentiment, the study of ethical pri nciples, and lh.: promotion of human welfare, in harmony with advancing knowledge."

MEMBERSH I .... ' ,\ny per son in sympnthy with the Ohject of the Sooiety is cordially in vited to become

I> Member . Partieulnrs of Member ship mny b. obtainecl In the Libr nry before and a fter the ~UDd(l.y servioes, or on application to the Ron. Registrar, Miss F. BEcnAM, 62, D urlston Hond, ffiapton, N.E. .

1tSSe(!I1tTES. Any per son interested in the Sooiety's work b ut not wishing to become a Member,

msy join ns an Associate. Particulars may be obta in ed from the Hon . Regist ra r as above.

SUNDAY MORNING SERVICES. The following DISCOURSES will be delivered on Sunday mornings,

Service beginning at ELEVEN O ' CLOCK .

Jan. 3.-HERBERT BURROWS.- The Reconstruction of Europe- A New Year 's Dream.

Anthems

Hymns

{I. Bing ou t, wild bells... ... ... .. . ..... . 2. ':I'ho future hides in it glnc1ne.ss and sorrow... . ..

{No. 12. 0, spenk not ye of POW(T' tha.t oui1oa its throne. No.10. Men I wilose bO"-'lt it is that ye.

J an . 10.- JOSEPH McCABE.-An Impr ession of New York.

Anthems {I. Song for the New Y~or 2. The worMly hope ...

! No. 40. Bo "oll"'thing in this living age. Hymns 1 No. GO. Oh,sometimes glimpses on my sight (2nd tune).

Oowen Troussclle

Sehum onn. Lchmallll

J a n . 17.-JOHN A. HOBSON, M.A.-Amer ica 's New Position in the World.

Anthems { 1. Th .. voices ... ... ... .. . 2. Now nriscth tile t>un o[ liberty .. .

Hymns {No.51. Rnise your standltrd, brothcr~. No. 02. Looms thore the llew Innd (1st tunc).

Jan. 24.-S. K. RATCLIFFE.-Th e Spir itual Cost of War.

Anthelllil

D ymns

{ 1. 1' ho wor ld moy chnng-c 2. 0 pray for thc peaco

{No. lB. Let the fool ""cit!> tJIO tTiumph3. No. 12'2. If pC{lrc be in the hcnrt.

Jan. 31.-SASHA KROPOTKIN.- The Modern Spirit in Russia.

Anthems

llymns

{ 1. Come, ever smiling liberty 2. Mnn is IllS own .stnr... . ..

{No. O. When u. dee<! is clone for 1!'re<:dolll. No . 77. '\-hnt .hall we do to-dny?

TV althew lJJozart

lJJendei'Bo/1II Thorlw

I1(IIlCZcZ l\Iobs tcr

Visitors are i llvited to obtain informatio n regarding the Society in the Library on Sunday mornings.

A Collection is made at each Service, to cllable those present to cOlltribute to the expenses of the S ociety .

Ovelilts deBirin.u to attend the Serric88 arc informed t"a t the Oommittee ha~. macH <Jrranoements for "ou,inu their machines in. the basement.

The Building is to be let for Meetings, et c. Forms of Applic a.tion may be had of the Caretaker, 11. South Place, E,C' i and when filled up should be sent to Mr. N. Lidstone, 96, Blackstock Road, Fmsbur y Park, N.

The Chapel is licensed for Marriages. Arrangements can be made for the conduct of Funeral Services on a.pplication

to the Secritary.

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Sunday School. Tb. Ohildren meet at Armlleld', Hotol, o\lpo,ito the OHAI'EL, en..., Sund&)' )lornln,

at 11 and their lea.on i. given during the dl.eoun.. Memher. and Irlenda ... ilhing th.1r ohild~en to attend aehool are requested to communicate with the Seoretary.

The Ohildren's Library, in the ol ..... ·room ov.r the V.stry, is open every Sund .. y Mo..,.· ing before and after the service. Hon. Librarian. Ahss GnACI GOWIJ(G.

January 3. - Mrs. St. Aubyn. January lO.-Mr. W. Varian, January l7. - Mr. F. J. Gould. January 24.-Mr. W. Varian. January al.-Mr. J. C. Millington. Visitors briniing cbildren to the Sunday Morning .enioea aro cordially invited to alia ..

them to attend the Children's leSion. Lending Library.

The Lending Library i. open Ire. to Member. 01 the Sooiety and Sonlon Ticket Holdera on SundllY mornings before and after the Services. Associates and Non·Members 01 the Sooiety may under certain oonditions be granted the us. of the Library upon payment of a subscription of 2s. 6d. per annum. The Catalogue, includmg a supplement for 1905·7, ia on salo, price Gd. Subscriptionl towa.rds tbo purcha .. and repair 01 books are in~ited .

. . { MLI. MAur RAWLlNOS, 406, Mare Street, HllohoT, N.E. Hon. L.braTltml W ALLIS MANSFORD, Oh~rry Tre. Oourt, 59, Alderogat. Street, E .C.

Rambles. January 16.-Tower of London. Conducted by )fr. W. T. WrXCEY. Meet at Moorgate

Street :=;tatlon (Met.) Booking Office, 2.30. January 3O.-St. Bartholomew's Church, Smithfleld. Conducted by Mr. S. IT.

WOOf.HOCSr.. ~leet at the Booking Office, lIarTlngdon Rtreet • tntlon, at 2.30. Oourse Tiokets lor the Twenty·oighth Seaoon, 21. 6d. each, moy be bad of the

Hon. Sec., \V. T. WIXCEY, 63, Grovpla.nds ltand, Pnlmer's Gr('cn, N.

Ramblers' Dances Tbo Dnnce Committee hns arranged to 110ld a speeiol dnnee on .oturday, JaDunry 9,

191;;. ot the Small Hall, Oripplognte Instihltc, Golden Lon , E.O. (three minutes from Aldorsgoto Strcet tation). Dancing 7.30-11.BO. Tickets (incl uding light l't'fr~shments), :! • . "nch. It i hoped thot IlII who hnve attended any of tho dance .. this Booson, IlS well as other members nnd frirnd. of the, cioty, will do their hebt to be present on tlds ()ccnsion nnd mn.ka it 11 8ttccL'8b:fnl dance in every wny.

It hns 1><-.,.n decide 1 to continul' the fortnightly dances, nnd the"" will be held 011 .Tunultr)' 23, ],ebruary 6 and 20, u.nd llnrch G and 20, at the Food Reform R"stnurnnt, 2 nnd :1, FnrnivnI StrC<'t. E.C., from 7.30 to 11. Ticket. (includiug light refreshments), 2::;.. ellC'h. FUl'thc-r parti<'llinrd find tickets nn be obtnine<1 in the I .. ibrnry on l1ndny morning's, or from the lion. SI'r., Mi '8 H. ~. l;"\1UH>\I.J., I ScnrhoTongh Rood, trond GrC{'n, ~.

Monthly Soiree. Th.~ Drxt )fonthly • oiTer will hCl held on Mondny. Febrl1flry 1, wh('n Mr. JorrN n. X.

'I'ouo will deliver IL Lnnlt'm Lerturo entitlcod .. Old Inns and their Story," i1lust .... ted hy originnl slio(,H . 1lusic. Uoors OPCl} nt 7 p.m. Tick<>ts 6c1. (.'11('h.

110n Sccrctanj: Mis" GnACE aOWING, 302, Dnlston Lono, Hackney, N.E.

ehildren's 1\nnual Varty. Tllo Ohildren's Annual Pnrty will take plaoo on l'uesday January 12, when a Play

"nd BnJlet by !\lit. HARRY FAnmON will be ) rformecl by BADllmA Cox, PllYl.LIS FENTON, KAT1TJ,F.f.N NeWTON, GERTRCDE POI,(,A.nn, JOAN SAUNDl:nS, Mor.Lt Tru:VORJ and ANN1i:Sl.&Y YOISEY. anm",o and dances to be arrunged hy Mn. A. TAYLOn nod Mn. E. POLLAnD. Commenec at 5. l'ickets, Is., children, Od.; to be obtained ill the Librnry.

Treat to L.e.e. ehildren. Tho Annunl Trent to about 300 pGor ohildn'n will be given on Wednesday, Januory

lB, 1910. A 8ub'cription list will I", on the Lihrnry table on Sundny mornings, nnd nil cO!ltributionB will be welcomed. Gifts of clothe8 or mn.ilE'rinl. nnd toys, sweets, etc., WIll "Iso Ix> gratefully acC('pted, and may b .. ","t to uth Place Chapel.

Discussions for the ~tudy of Rationalism and Ethic!' . (und"r thr nuspi<l<'S of the RP.A., I.t<1. , nnd tllo South 1'1n.c() l>tllionl Rociety) .

. \t the. SClUtll PIItf'C Chnlwl, South PhH'c, ]~.r., wpeldy. on nnd nft('r W<-"<ilH.'t::dfl)" .1anuary 20, l!)1S, ut. ;.30 11.111 .

• TIIII. 20. Mr,. JOHN A. ITOBSON. ~l.A.-" I'unl'o"£ AR A l"Acrou 1~ li:1'OI.UTION." .. 27. ~11t. D. OHllISTIl, T.llT-" EOOISTIC ,1!.TRutSM: 1' 11 " INl'!.t'rNcE or TOE Eoo ON

UNS.~r..FTSIl J\ClIONS." Fell. 3. MR. O. T. GOR Il.l M-" Till: ETIIICS or RsrloNAOI~."

HI. Mu. F. :r.f. OVRH Y-" 'f'UE 1~1u'rU1m OF RATION\T,lS::U." " 17. hfu .. F. W. RE.\ D-" TNl>l'·JDUAT.UUI. ROf'T, \T.TMM, nrn TnJ; 'VAn." " 21. .MIt. HF,llBI"H'I' BUHItOW&-" {lCCUl,T HClr.NCI:-,1 CONTINUATION OF 'RClENTJI'TO

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'l'h08e willlng to give p"p"rs should scnd their names nnd oddresse .. to tho lIon. Scorrtary, O. J. POLLARD, fI Rhunkliu," ffhe .. \venue, Ohing-ford.

ADMISSION FHEE. Membors of Other Socicti s invited. For the greater convenience of members, associates, and friends the Library is

open from 7 to 7.30 on, the Discussio~ evenings, for the borrowing and excha.nge of books and for acceptmg new subscnbers.

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Sunday li'o pular eoncerts (ehamber Music). ~'11L' TWI;NTt-NTNTn I rASON will b continued every SUDadny evening until further notiCf' 'fhe Second Unlf of the 'nson will bt'gin on ,unday, January 3, with 0 RUHSIAN

OONCEn.~'. The progromme will in~ludc 'l's('hnikowsky's Sexte-t for Two Yiolins, rrwo Vio!!", nncl Two VioloneeU"s (first prrformed in London at thes OonO<'rts); S. 1. 'l'nnei'if's Pianoforte Quintet; Solos for \' iolin nnd Pianoforte; nnd Groups of ongs.

'l'lw following artists will appear on this ooension: The London tring Qilllrt.('t-I.t Violm, Mr. ldbert l~. Rammolla; :211(/ l'iolin, MT. Thomas W. Petr.; Viola, Mr. H. W.ldo \Vnrn~r; T!;oloncello, Mr. C. ,rn..rwirk BVnJ1Sj 21lrl Viola. 1tfr. J'nmcs l.oC'kyer j !nd Yiolon­crllo, Mr. Croric Shnrp"; Piano, lIIrs. Aifl'Cd Uohdny; Vocalist, Miss Orningel' K('l'r; ACC07111JUllisl., Miss Adeline JOll"".

Other pInna include ftJi'l'l'l1rh COD(,(,l"t, nnotlH'), Uclginn Concert, n. Oon(,l"rt of Oomposi­tions by \Vomen OomposoCN, n. Bu.('h Cnnc{'rt, nnd n. ConceTt of Concerted Yacnl Music.

Mi.ss Muricl :FOBtcr find MI·. l'>lunki't GJ'(l('nt' Jlnvo again 1l1()St kindl.v promis{'cl flwil' assistance, and among the otlll~r nrtists will he found Mndulllt' Mnrit· .Annc "'('bc.'r, .M. nnd Mme. Dlosiro Defuuw, Prof. Jost'ph .long-(>n. and ofller Belgian m;tists, th~ Hnundrl'8 Quartet , th" London tring Quartet, tht> Ucnkcl Quartet, -Miss Jenn Wnter8ton, llr. llichnrd H. Wnlthew, Mr. Unmilton fillrt.I', oto., <,te. - }lor further particulars S{'l' Conrt'rt. Jlr()s:rrR.mm~tL

Door8 op n nt 6.30 ]>.111 . Con('('rts nt 7 p.m. .\dmission frr{', with Oolll'ction. Transferable Ticket, 2s 6d., ndmitting to the Reaerveci Sent. e,'cl'Y unday from

Janunry 3 to Alnroh 21 inelusi"e (or 3s. Gel. including programme P()st frer we<>kly). Mr. RrOn,\Rn H. 'YALTnEw'S Tilre{' JA'Ctures on et Tbo Development of Chnmlwr Music)J

may be lmd, price 6d. net, campi et.('. Committee M ctings on Jnnuo.J'y 3 ond 17, nt G p .111.

Hon. TrroRurrr.-1TnANK A. HAWKIN8, 13, Thurlow Park Rond, DllIwjch, S.]1~. Hon. SI'crcturY.-A.Lrn.ED J. CLEMENTS, _5, Oamden Rond, N.W.

Orchestra. Conductor : Mr. Richar d H. Walthew.

The Orclipstrn. mct'ts w -rkt} on Friday (lveninqe (cs-er-pt J"nnunry I). PractIces fJ'om 7 till 9.

ubscl'iption for Senson to cncl of Mlll'clr 10s.

Ladies nnd gentlemen, both str ing nnd wind players, dMirous of joining are invited to communiCAte with one of the ecretnrics,

J<~. J. FAmnALL, Lindfield, Windmill Lane, SOl1thnl1. U. C. S. HICKS, 27, ChenP8ide, E.O.

1.'ho GENERn, CO~"IITT";J; will In('(lL on rl'hur~dn;\·, JunuElry 7. Corrcspondenc(I denJing with matters for consideration should be forwarded to C. J. POt.LAun fit the rnTIie-st possible moment. All matters relating to finnnoe should be addressed to the Treasurer.

Seoretar ies of rub·committees ar e notified that hnndbills int.('nded to be oiroulated with tbe MontWy LiBt shoLld be delivered to Tho Utopia Pres., 44, Worshil' Street, E.O. It i. hoped that those Bccret8.ries who have nddresses of persons interested In their work (other thn.n Members, .A.8soci8.tea, or Season Ticket Holc1ers) will commun ioate them, with .. Tie,. to suoh perlons r eceiving the MontWy Li.t. reJl'Ularly.

NOTES AND COMMENTS. L.ec. CIIOOLCBILDREN'S TREAT.-This Annual Treat will be given on

Wednesday, January 13, and Mrs. Lidstone writes to say that she will" be pleased to receive toys, clothing (new or old), or contributions in money." A subscription list is also lying on the Library table at South Place Chapel. In ord r that the 300 boys and girls who are usually invited may in no way be disappointed owing to the many calls for help now being made on every­body, we would ask all members and friends of South Place not to forget this annual event, to which the children look forward every year with l<een delight. Parcels, etc., shonld be sent to South Place Chapel, addressed to Mrs. Lidstone.

TilE LENDING LTBllARY.-Perhnps few activifies of the SOCiety are more progressive, continuous, or far reaching than the Lending Library, which since its re-organisation in 1900 has been increased by a constant flow of generous gifts from authors, members of the Society, and other well-wishers. Purchases have been made from time to time by the Library Committee whenever funds, chiefly raised by dramatic entertainments, have permitted, and the development of the Le1'Jding Library is much appreciated by a wide

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and increasing circle of readers. This is very satisfactory; but it is well for us all to realise that the work has to be carried on without the support of any regular revenue, and this necessarily hampers progrelOS.

Just now money is not only needed for current expen es, but the Com­mittee desire to purchase many books of importance dealing with the present national crisis and its attendant problems. To meet these urgent needs it has been decided forthwith to open a " Shilling Library Subscription Fund," to which it is felt that members and friends will readily and generously contribute. The advantage of such a fund is that every penny received will be devoted to the purchase of books. In a dramatic performance a certain proportion of the receipts of necessity go to pay expenses. The subscription list will be open in the Library on Sunday mornings, and before the Dis­cu sion Meetings on 'Wednesday evenings; and the Library 'ommittee look forward to a wide and encouraging response.

MARY RAWLlNGS, } 11 l' . \VALLIS MAN FORO, 011. Abl'arZ0I1S.

German Imperialism and Some of its Prophets. Sl!~!MARY OF A DISCOURSE DELIVERED AT SOUTH PLACE, BY S. K. RATCLIFFE,

ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1914.

(Concluded.)

IT should be plain enough that, whatever may have been the influence of Nietzsche in forming the mind of modern Germany, there is no point of contact between "the aristocratic, individualist Titan," as he bas been called, and the doctrine of the State elaborated by the Prussian political historians. Treitscbke and bis followers took from Machiavelli the simple principle that tbe tate is power. It is something more than the totality of the individuals composing it. In world history there is nothing beyond the State. It does not ask how the people is disposed: it demands obedience. lts will cannot be bound for the future in re pect of any other State. "It has no otber judge above it, and will tberefore conclude all its treaties with that silent reservation." Hence there can be nothing but contempt for treaties.

To this doctrine-which, taught systematically in the Universities before and after I8io, entered deeply into the German consciousness-Nietzscbe opposed his principle of the sovereign individual above all law, beyond good and evil, the Superman against the Super-State. Like Treitschke, a Pole by stock, Nietzsche would not be called a German. He was "a good European." The German, he declared, was incapable of conceiving anything sublime. "Every crime committed against culture for 400 years may be laid at the door of the Germans." They were "too stupid for my lofty spirit." IIe foresaw the result, in the national character, of the victories of 18io. Prussia to him was the land of the Philistines-" and yet Herr von Treitschke is not ashamed of himself!" Now, Nietzsche's ghost has gone to Prussia-a hideous Nemesis. Another point to note is that Nietzsche was in ethics, as in politics, an anarchist, an avowed .immoralist. The teachers of Prussia were fervid and consistent moralists, holding close to the social sanctions . IIe loathed more than anything the rule of the herd and of the State, which meant conformity, compulsion, the suppression of the individual. His idea and Treitschke's theory were not only incompatible, but mutually destructive; therefore Tietzsche was the most uncompromising of all the antagonists of the Prussian system and of German Imperialism.

Nevertheless, it is not difficult to see how the perversion of bis doctrine

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5 has made him the ally of the theory and the teachers he detested. He was the prophet of the Will to Power and of egoism (growing into megalomania), and he preached the glory of aggressive war. "Ye shall love peace as a means to new wars, and the short peace better than the long . 1 do not counsel you to work, but to fight. I do not counsel you to conclude peace, but to conquer. Let your work be a fight, your peace a victory. Ye say a good cause will hallow every war? I say unto you a good war halloweth every cause." You can see how easily such utterances may become the watchwords of a party whose system negates the central idea of the prophet's scheme of life. And, moreover, there is one thing linbng them altogether. " That­ever their disagreements, they are at one in this, ~bat they are sworn foes of democracy, champions of the aristocratic military reaction . The Will to Power and the Super-State become combined, for all their contradictions, in the follies of Pan-German ism, . of Bernhardi and Genetal Keim, with their insane notions as to the right and duty of waging aggressive war. And all alike are mixed up, with unimaginable confusion, in the philosophy of the Germanic Idea, the preposterous theory of race and race-dominance, completed by Houston Stewart Chamherlain, who, in order to make out his thesis, draws into the far-flung net of Teutonism not only Dante, Michael Angelo, and Shakespeare, but the founder of Christianity himself. (We may, perhaps, give him St. Paul.) One speaks with hesita­tion of the extent to which the so-called Pan-Germans have influenced the mind of the country within recent years; but it seems clear that, hefore the helm of affairs was seized by the mili tary party this last summer, they were reckoned a small and almost negligible faction by the intellectuals. See, for example, the very interesting and enlightening series of interviews with German statesmen, publicists, and professors recorded by M. Georges Bourdon, editor of Le Figaro, and lately translated into English as Til e Ge1"lnoll Enigma (Dent, 2S. Gd. net). Certain it is that in his own country Bernhardi's books have not had a sale or a reception comparable with certain expositions of the German ic idea of a pacific and more philosophical kind­f or example, a recent book by Paul Hohrbach, Die deutsclie Gedo1l1oe i" der Welt.

The moral for us is that the evil which newspapers and public speakers have lately been denouncing as Prussianism is not the invention of Prussia or of Imperial Germany, and is no monopoly of any single power or race. The Pan-German is twin brother of the Jingo Imperialist. No matter what the particular manifestation may be, the evil is one and the same-the idea of ascendency, of the divine right of expansion, suppression, and dominion. Twenty years ago Lord Hosebery (a non·aggress ive Imperalist) said: "We have to remember that it is part of our responsibility and heritage to take care that the world, so far as it can be moulded by us, should receive the Anglo-Saxon and not another character." And Lord Hoberts, in the Hibbert Journal article which proved to be his farewell manifesto, gave a typically ingenuous, and, of course, high -minded, expression to the doctrine of imperial ascendency. Let us keep our minds clear on the matter: God's Englishman, placing the 'Vhite Man's Burden upon the shoulders of black or brown, is only allother form of the divinely predestined Teuton in alliance with "our good old God." The English people (as distinct from their Junkers) are in this fight for democracy against tyranny. It is the last throw of the autocrats, and if it goes wrong, democracy will have put itself under the heel of military and economic despotism, with its concomitants, conscription, crushing taxation, high tariffs. For the time 'Ye are all involved in the overthrow. Europe has been caught by the tragic failure of thought,

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resolution, and ideal, because they have been inadequate to the work of making the structure of peace equal to the forc.es of war. \Ve have now a single task before us. I n carrying it through let us keep in mind the warning admission which was made by Treitschke himself in an interval of sane thinking. Speaking of the Napoleonic ambition, he said: "It was a sin against the spirit of history that the rich diversity of kindred peoples should be changed into the dreary uniformity of a world empire."

The War and South Place. 1.\~J writing thi in the Indian Ocean on my way to Japan. During the weeks since I left London, South Place has often been in my mind. What will be the effect of the war on our Society? That has been a very frequent thought, and perhaps I may be permitted to say a few words on the subject in the Monthly List.

For fifty years our Society has been closely identified with the cause of peace. Indeed, it may be said that ever since its foundation the Society has devoted a large part of its energie to promoting the substitution of a more rational means of deciding international disputes for the resort to blind force.

To those of us who cherished the hope that-at least, so far as Europe was concerned-the blight and desolation of war bad pa ed never to return, the events of the last few weeks have come as a sad disillusionment. It seems as if our hopes and aspirations were overthrown, and that the world had entered upon a period of retrogression.

'What is the cause of thiti terrible catastrophe? Conld it have been avoided? There are those who say that, lovers of peace as they are in the abstract, England was in this case compelled to take the sword in defence of inter­national law and the inviolability of treaties. This argument would be more convincing if Britain applied the same standard in the matter of inter­national obligations to those within as to those without the pale of her alliances-if Russia's aggression in Persia or Japan's annexation of Korea in defiance of solemn treaties and engagements were regarded as equally culpable with Germany's violation of Belgium's neutrality.

However, let it be conceded that when the cynical disregard of German militarism for a "scrap of paper" was added to the virtual assurances of support repeatedly given France by our Foreign Office of late years, the British Government was compelled to add one more to the combatants already ranged in line of battle. Even so it must be remembered that the position thus brought about was not the creation of a day-it was the culmination of a policy which had . been deliberately adopted by our Foreign Office. That policy consisted in an endeavour to preserve the "balance of power" in Europe by a system of alliances. It is now clear that instead of preventing strife, the inevitable result was to promote it-to arouse suspicion, to make Europe inore than ever an armed camp, to increase the pressure on Germany by extending the number .of her possible enemies-in short, to add to the quantity of combustible material in Europe. It then only required a glowing cinder from the ever-active volcano in South-Eastern Europe to cause an explosion that has shaken the very fabric of civilisation. A small con­flagration that might easily have been kept within narrow limits extended throughout Europe by means of the very system of alliances intended to maintain the balance of power and thus ward off danger. The armaments which we had been assured were the certain guarantee of peace, being fatally efficient, made war a certainty, their very readiness precipitating the con­flict. There being no pause for preparation, there was no interval for reflection. Thus tbe theories of the Foreign Office with regard to the equilibrium of Europe being secured by a grouping of Powers in alliance has broken down as utterly as the theory that peace is best assured by being prepared for war.

IIowever this view of the situation and its causes may commend itself

7 to my fellow-members, I would urge that we can at least unite in measures for allaying popular pas~ion and excitement, especially as these are exhibited in the petty persecution of the "alien enemies" in our midst, so recently our valued friends. When Japan delivered her ultimatum to Termany she issued a notification to German re idents that so long as they abided by the laws tbey could pursue their businesses and avocations in perfect security. German teachers and professors were retained in Government service; the mayors of the towns where "alien enemies" resided is ued notifications pointing out that Japan was at war with the German Government, not with individual Germans, who must be treated by the Japanese with the fullest courtesy and respect; even popular demonstrations ayoided German resi­dences, lest offence should be given.

Our task should be to minimise the evils of the present situation . Vve should condemn and discountenance wild aspersion of the German people, whose crime is that they were not strong enough to resist the militarists holding the reins of power, just as we were not strong enough to make our Foreign Office frank iu its policy an-d realfy subordinate to the authority of Parliament. If it be urged that German professors have preached war for its own sake, we should remember that on our side we have our Rudyard l"ipling, our Timcs, and our Daily Mail, with a host of lesser fry, who not only justify war, but for years past have carried on a campaign of invective against Germany. Whatever the present conditions, we should bear in mind that in time this terrible war must come to an end, and that everything that is done now to allay passion will stand in good stead when the day comes to resume relations with those whom, despite this unhappy conflict, we hope may yet be regarded as our brethren beyond the sea.

RODERT YOUNG.

October 19, 1914.

Correspondence. S ns RIPTlON FUND.

To the Editor. Df:AR IR,-I shall be glad if you will allow me-space to call the atten­

tion of all readers of the Monthly List, whether members of our Society or not, to the claims of the above fund. As is well known, our ordinary income is far from sufficient to cover the expenses; and the ubscription Fund was started many years ago (originally under the name of the Guarantee Fund) with a view to making up the balance. Like all such funds, it has shown a constant tendency to dwindle; and from having at the beginning produced about £200, it fell last year to £59. This is the lowest sum yet recorded, being a reduction of about £9 on the previous year. A certain number of new subscribers have been added each year, but these have rarely been sufficient to make up for vacancies caused by death, resignation, etc. The finances of the Society cannot be considered in a healthy state unless there is an assured income sufficient to meet the necessary outgoings, and the 'ommittee earnestly hope that members and friends will relieve their

anxiety by coming forward as new contributors to the Subscription Fund. I may point out that there is a special reason for contributing to the fund

this year, inasmuch as we have incurred a liability of £5 1 for repainting the Chapel front. This work should have been done long ago, but it was put off from year to year through lack of fund. Last summer the Committee felt that it could no longer be postponed, and they rely upon the generosity of supporters of the Society to find the means of paying the bill. There are many readers of the Monthly List who take an interest in our activities but do not contribute as members, and it is earnestly hoped that they may be willing to share the burden of this exceptional liability. As the uncertainty caused by the war may prevent many persons from pledging themselves in respect of future payments, I need hardly say that donations towards the expenses of the current year will be heartily welcomed.

In conclu ion, may I appeal to those who are already on the list to send in their contributions at the earlie~t possible moment?-Yours faithfully,

F. 'V. READ, 11011. Treasurer. 65, Harley Road, IIarlesden, N .W.

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ReJllt!)RaRY ePFH!BRS. F. W. READ, 65, Hn.rley R oan , Harlcsdell, N.W.

Treasurer Secretar' • { M rB. C. FLETeBtR SMITH, 17, Sydenhnm Park, S.E.

u .. , C. J. POLLARD, tI Shnnklin;' 'Ibe Avenue, Ohingfol'tl.

/leuistrar 01 Member. and } M' ,. " I R d C ilssociate, .. , ...... 'ss I. Bl'OlI.HI, 62, Dur slon Oil, Clnpton, N.E.

Sunday Lee/m'. Secretary IV. nAIVLINGS, 406, Mar. Street, Hackney. N.E.

Hditor 01 Monthly List... W. L. MARTIN, 10. Lillcoln Road, EaBt Finohley, N. Lb ' {Mi •• MARY RAWLINOS, 406, Mare Street, Haokney, N.E.

I rartam ... .. ... ... W HLIS MANsroRD, Cherry 'rree Court, 63 , Alder'iate Street, B.O

Troasuror. and Trustees {J. n. OA.RTER, Old IIall, Wallini!lon, Surrey. 01 the RebuildinU Fund E. CCNNINOBAM, 52, Bow Lano, Olleapaidc, E.C.

Members of General

J OUN A.LDRED.

eommittee. E. POLLAnD. F. W. READ. MRS. ST. AcorN. AlISS H. M. FAIRUALL

E. J. FArRR.LL. A.. E. FEN'ION.

N. LIDSTONE. MRS. LIDSTON ... MnB. A. LISTER. MRS. HOLrOAXB lI1AUSH F. M. OVERY.

Mn.s. O. FLEl'OYIER SMl"l'YI W. C. WADE.

J. HALLO .. W. T. HARny. MIRS F. A. LAW.

Mus. E. G. OVERY. C. J. POLLARD.

E. WILLUMS. W. T. WIXen.

Secretaries of Sub-eommittees. F. HtUDERT MANsrORD. Walden., Kingsend, Ruislip. ALfRED J . OLEMENTS, 25, Camden Road, N.W. O. J. POLTJAllD, .. Shnnklin," 'rhe Avenue, Chingford. W. O. WAD", 67, Pethcrton Road, N.

Building Concert Discussion Finance Members ... Music publications Rambles ... Season Ticket SOiree

E. IIILL 31. Portland HOMI, FimbllT.Y Park, N. FRANK A. HAWKlN8, 13, Thurlow Par'" Rond, Dulwiob, S.E. E. "'ILLUMS, 33, Ashtead Rond, Upper Clapton, N.E. W. T. \VxxeEY, 63, Grovelands Road, Palmcr. Green, N. W. T. WUeEY, 63, Grovelalld. Rond, Palmcr. Green, N. ~:tiS8 GRACE (JQWING, 302, Dnlston Lone, Hnckncy, N.E.

Sunday School ... Organist

{ Mi •• F. A. LAW, 59, Alontpclier Rond, Peckham, S.E. Mrs. ST. AllDIN, 18, Emperor'. Gate, S.W. H. SMITIl WEDSTER, 53, Lornine Road. Hollowny, N.

New Member: Miss L. ISAAcs, 127, CLiIton Street, l!""insbury, E.C.

Changes of Address: ~lrs. Gn.EVJJ,L.~ to •. Arngrovc," nnrrow Rond, Pinntr. ){rs. ?J ANNINO PnEN'rrCt.: to t. Thclcmn.," 2.7, Baldock Rond, Lctch worth, Herts.

DiaRY FeR .J1tNU1tRY.

JANUARY JANUARY

3 Service and Sunday School IT a.m. 17 PopuLu' Concerl ... 7 p.m.

3 popular Concerl 7 pm. 20 Discussion ... 7.30 p.m.

7 General Committee meets 7 p.m. 22 Orchestra Practice 7 p.m.

8 Orchestra Practice 7 p.m. 23 Ramblers' Dance ... 7.30 p.m.

9 Ramblers' Dance ... 7.30 p.m. 2-1- Service and Sunday School 11 a.l11.

10 Service & Sunday School II a.l11. 2-1- Popular Concert .. , 7 r·m.

10 Popular Concerl .. , 7 p.m. 27 Di scussion ... 7.30 p.m.

12 Children's Annual Party 5 p.m. 29 Orchestra Practice 7 p.m.

15 Orchestra Practice 7 p.m. 30 Ramble: Si. Bartholomew's

16 Hamble : Tower of London, Chnrch, Smithfield, meet

meet Moorgate Street Farringdon st. Stalion2.30 p.m.

Station (Met.) ... 2.30 p.m. 31 Service and Sunday School 11 a.m.

17 Service & Sunday School II a.m. 3 1 Popular Concert .. , 7 p.m.

N.B.-All oommunications lor the Montllly List should be lorwarded NOT LATER than tho 16th of th. pro.io", mooth to W. L. MARTIN, 10, Linooln Road, East FinchIsy, N.