Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1911 — A PEACE PREACHER. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A PEACE PREACHER.

Mrs. Elmer Black, Who Has Gone Abroad to Spread the New Gospel.

Mrs. Elmer Black is one of the persons who do not agree with ex-Pres-ident Roosevelt in his opinion of the impossibility of settling international disputes by arbitration. Mrs. Black is an apostle of peace. She talks and writes peace. One of the most interesting addresses made at the recent peace conference in Baltimore was hers. Mrs. Black is vice president of the congress. She is also editor and publisher of the Editorial Review, a magazine z-that advocates universal peace. In regard to her peace views, Mrs. Black says: “I would not have, much faith in arbitration treaties or even Hague courts if evolution had stopped with nationalism, if patriotism bad only passed from a devotion to the state to a blinder devotion to one’s country. But because I see everywhere this new habit of thinking in world terms, this growing oneness of all humanity, this deepening sense of brotherhood and a kinship of soul stronger and more enduring than mere national distinctions—because of this I believe that the promise of world peace and the reign of law is both feasible and certain of fulfillment.” Mrs. Black is now abroad, where she is to address many notable gatherings in favor of universal peace.

MRS. ELMER BLACK.