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...Christians who go out to kill" was the scathingly paradoxical characterization of those who participate in war, made by Mr. John P. Fletcher, a prominent English Quaker, in an interview on Saturday with a CRIMSON reporter. Mr. Fletcher, who is now head of the Friends' Relief Work in Germany, was a member of the group of noted British pacifists who were imprisoned during the war for their opinions...
...Quaker," Mr. Fletcher said, "it is impossible to believe that Christianity supports war. Most people try to think of war apart from the killing, as a means of defense, or even of saving life. They should rather put war out of their minds as a possibility, just as murder is put out of decent people's minds today...
Pacifism, not merely as negative non-resistance, but as a positive, active, doctrine, is the conception which Mr. Fletcher outlined...
Four visitors called at the White House and went into conference with President Coolidge. One of them was Wesley L. Jones of Washington, Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee ; another was Duncan U. Fletcher of Florida, ranking Democrat of the same committee. The other two were members of the Merchant Marine Committee of the House. When the conference had concluded, Senator Jones announced that Rear Admiral Leigh C. Palmer, U. S. N., retired, had been chosen head of the Emergency Fleet Corporation...
...KING VERSUS WARGRAVE-J. S. Fletcher - Knopf ($2.00). Marco Graffi, teacher of languages, one November morning was found stabbed to the heart in his London flat. Beautiful Gemma Graffi, living with him as his granddaughter, had vanished. A verdict of willful murder was brought against her by a coroner's jury. Our hero, Adrian Graye, medical student, who happened along in the fog at the psychological moment, nevertheless believed her innocent. So did John Wirlescombe, noted detective. All of which made things interesting when the missing Gemma turned up again seven years later as Lady Wargrave, widow...