| Description | In this address Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury describes the formation of the Union's Peace & Arbitration Sub-Committee, and informs members that the committee had received communications from other societies including useful literature which had been disseminated to their branches. She refers to the 'deeply diverging differences' in opinion about obtaining lasting peace between nations and advocates the importance of educating public opinion and developing a wider understanding of international relationships.
Taylor Cadbury's address describes the emphasis on liberty and justice in the first months of the First World War which had recently fallen silent. She suggests that the purpose of the Peace & Arbitration Sub-Committee would be 'to work and pray' that war did not return in the future, and to support the development of an effective federation of interests between European countries. Taylor Cadbury concludes her address by stating 'we stand at the crisis of the war today, and the crisis of human history', emphasising the importance of liberty and warning against the future arming of nations. |