Same Old Show

Chunky, beetle-browed Rev. Bernard Iddings Bell, 58, frequently chides the church he loves. This week at Dartmouth College, the Episcopal clergyman, taking a gloomy prophet's view of the San Francisco conference, spoke harsh words to Christians who want their peace both just and durable. Said he:

"There is no country today which seeks to make a peace according to the desire and wisdom of the Christ-God. We are in for a peace of expediency. . . . That may be the best peace we can get, since all the nations are pagan; but at least we ought to be honest enough to admit that such a peace is contrary to the will of God. . . .

"Will the churches say this, bravely and honestly? That is, one regrets to admit, exceedingly unlikely. . . . Things being what they are, we shall have a repetition of Versailles. One becomes definitely bored. One has seen this show before; and it never was a good show in the first place."

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