A Catholic Program for World Peace "Hay they all unite in the Peace of Christ in a full concord of thoughts and emotions, of desires and prayers, of deeds and words—the spoken word, the written word, the printed word—and then an atmosphere of genuine peace, warming and beneficent will envelop all the world." The Catholic Association for International Peace 1312 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W. Washington, D. C. eace POPE PIUS X I , 1 9 3 0 . HISTORY H E Catholic Association for International Peace has grown out of a series of meetings during 1926-1927. Follow- ing the Eucharistie Congress in Chicago in 1926, representatives of a dozen nations met with Americans for discussion. In October of the same year a meeting was held in Cleveland where a temporary organization called The Catholic Committee on International Relations was formed. The permanent name, The Catholic Association for International Peace, was adopted at a two- day Conference in Washington in 1927. Since 1927 the Association has held the following Con- ferences: six Annual in Washington, one in Cleveland and one in New York; four Regional, at St. Louis University, Notre Dame University, Marquette University and Villanova College; five Student, at the College of Notre Dame in Balti- more; Trinity College, Washington; Our Lady of the Lake College, San Antonio; Saint Mary College, Leavenworth, Kans; and in Richmond. The Association is a membership organization. It came into existence to help American public opinion, and particularly Catholics, in the task of ascertaining more fully the facts of interna- tional life and of deciding more accurately what ought to be done that the relations between na- tions may become just, charitable and peaceful. Being an association of Americans, it directs itself in a special manner to the international relations of the United States. AIMS OF THE ASSOCIATION To study, disseminate and apply the principles of natural laws and Christian charity to interna- tional problems of the day; To consider the moral and legal aspects of any action which may be proposed or advocated in the international sphere; To examine and consider issues which bear upon international goodwill; To encourage the formation of conferences, lec- tures and study circles; OeacfdTüerf To issue reports on questions of international importance; To further, in cooperation with similar Catholic organizations in other countries, in accord with the teachings of the Church, the object and purposes of world peace and happiness. The ultimate purpose is to promote, in conformity with the mind of the Church, "the Peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ." PLAN OF C. A. I. P. COMMITTEE WORK HE opportunities and obligations of the United States have been greatly magni- fied by the new international position we now hold. A complex set of questions arises from both the opportunities and obligations. As citizens of a democracy and as Catholics, we are bound to see to it, as far as possible, that our citi- zenship is used to bring justice, charity and peace among the peoples of the earth. The Association wishes to do its part to help the United States and Catholics especially to know and live up to these opportunities. It proceeds with the care due the complicated subjects with which it deals. Its present method is to bring together in Committees persons ac- quainted with particular phases of the question. These Committees prepare reports. The reports are discussed in the meetings of the organization. In the light of this discussion, they are then revised. Thereafter, they are presented to the Executive Committee which makes them public, not however as reports of the organization itself, but as reports of its Committees clearing the ground for further activities. It enlists the aid of scholars to make special and lengthy research. It desires to encourage further and ampler unfolding of information and judg- ments. It welcomes discussion of its reports, and of the work it undertakes in papers, magazines and lectures. This is, the Association considers, the most practical method it can follow to build up a body of information and of judgments soundly based upon facts and right principles. It knows that while the ethics of international relations are in the main clear and definite, the application of these principles to particular cases requires an ade- quate knowledge of the facts. Herein lies the work of the various Committees in the preparation of their reports. Activities The Catholic Association f o r International Peace, through its various Committees, prepares studies on world questions. Twenty-five re- ports and eight miscellaneous pamphlets have already been issued. Many of these have supple- mentary N . C. W . C. Study Outlines for use in colleges and lay groups. Besides this activity and the holding of Annual, Regional and Student Con- ferences, it promotes international study clubs in Catholic colleges, seminaries and lay organiza- tions;, it prepares and distributes special data, bib- liographies, news releases, syllabi, study outlines, etc., on international problems; it translates and distributes foreign works on world subjects; it furthers annual Peace Programs in Catholic col- leges, seminaries and Newman Clubs; it serves as a guide to and extends the program of the Student Peace Federation; it cooperates with Catholic Peace groups abroad and with some in this coun- t r y ; it invites all Catholics interested to participate in its program; and it aspires in various other ways to be of service to individuals and groups in their work of f u r t h e r i n g " t h e Peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ." Student Peace Federation of The Catholic Association for International Peace Regional Student Peace Federations of the Catholic Association f o r International Peace are being organized in various sections of the country to coordinate and extend the peace activities of students in Catholic universities, colleges and Newman Clubs. The membership in the federa- tion is open to groups in these institutions and to Newman Clubs dealing with international questions. A yearly program will be followed and semi-annual conferences held in the various regions. The work will be carried on, in coopera- tion with the Catholic Association f o r Interna- tional Peace, with a Faculty Adviser f r o m the Catholic institutions, and student representatives f r o m the participating groups in the different areas. The Faculty Advisers will hold also an annual meeting during the annual Conference of the Catholic Association f o r International Peace. Group membership dues in the federation are $10.00 with one-half of this sum going t o the particular region and the other to the Catholic Association f o r International Peace. General Membership The organization invites the membership of all Catholic persons interested in international affairs. I t seeks especially the cooperation of those whose study and experience qualify them to assist in the preparation of the reports issued f r o m time to time by its various committees. Members are entitled to all publications of the Association. The membership dues are: Contributing $5.00 Sustaining 10.00 Institutional 2Î.00 Life 100.00 Student Membership Individual College students may become mem- bers of the Catholic Association for International Peace. This membership entitles them to the Committee studies issued during the year of their membership. Student membership does not in- clude Committee affiliation. College students are urged t o join the group in their College t h a t has membership in the Catholic Student Peace Fed- eration in their particular region. (See Student Peace Federation of the C. A. I. P.) If there is no such group, individual student membership in the Catholic Association f o r International Peace is invited. The membership dues are: Individual Student . $1.00 Student Group 10.00 Study Groups One of the main interests of the organization has been the creation and extension of Study Clubs on international problems in universities, colleges, and lay societies. These have been formed in many of the principal educational in- stitutions and in organizations in various parts of the country. In most instances the texts of and the N . C. W . C. outlines supplementing the Com- mittee reports have been used. The value of these is obvious. The first and most generally obliga- tory means of promoting Peace is through intel- ligent preparation. " H u m a n brotherhood," states the report, International Ethics, "must be inten- sively and extensively preached to all groups and classes; in theological seminaries, in colleges and schools; in the pulpit and in catechetical instruc- tions; in religious books and periodicals." Unless this is done no fundamental progress toward World Peace can be made. PUBLICATIONS OF THE C. A. I. P. Price—10c each; $1.00 a dozen; $8.00 a hundred PAMPHLET SERIES— 1. I N T E R N A T I O N A L E T H I C S * — (The principles of right and wrong in Interna- tional Relations. Is an avoidable war a just war?) 2 . L A T I N A M E R I C A AND T H E U N I T E D S T A T E S * — (Introduction to economic, political and cultural relations. W h y there is anticlericalism in Latin America.) 3 . CAUSES OF W A R * — (Moral, political and econbmic sources of inter- national enmity) and SECURITY, O L D AND N E W * — (Inter-relations of disarmament and security. Which comes first, Security or Disarmament?) 4 . H A I T I , PAST AND P R E S E N T ( O u t of Print). 5. VITORIA, F O U N D E R OF I N T E R N A T I O N A L LAW—(Out of Print). (The great Dominican Father's right to this title.) 6. A M E R I C A N AGRICULTURE AND I N T E R N A - TIONAL A F F A I R S * — (How f a r does American Agriculture affect World Relations? Effects of city-ward move- ment.) 7 . P O R T O R I C O AND T H E U N I T E D STATES— (Out of Print). (Study of economic, political conditions. How can the United States affect them?) 8. E U R O P E AND T H E U N I T E D STATES: E L E - M E N T S I N T H E I R R E L A T I O N S H I P * — (Analysis of causes drawing us t o and f r o m Europe. W h a t should be our present policy?) 9 . T H E E T H I C S OF W A R — (Conflicting opinions on right of war. Can there be a justifiable war today?) 1 0 . N A T I O N A L ATTITUDES I N C H I L D R E N — (Out of Print). (Early causes of international ill will—how the school and home can eradicate them.) 1 1 . T A R I F F S AND W O R L D P E A C E * — (War and its relation to this economic caus International social justice and the tariff.) 1 2 . M A N C H U R I A — T H E PROBLEM OF T H E FAR E A S T * — (Political account in relation to international welfare.) 1 3 . I N T E R N A T I O N A L E C O N O M I C L I F E * — (Causes preventing it and possible solutions.) 1 4 . T H E C A T H O L I C C H U R C H AND PEACE E F F O R T S * — (History of national and international work of Church to promote peace.) 1 5 . W A R AND PEACE I N S T . A U G U S T I N E ' S D E CIVITATE D E I — . (Historical account of views held and relations to contemporary movements.) 1 6 . P E A C E EDUCATION I N C A T H O L I C S C H O O L S — (Ways and means of promoting international goodwill. Excellent manual for teachers.) 1 7 . PEACE A C T I O N OF P O P E BENEDICT X V — (Review of efforts f o r peace and their frustration by Vice-Chancellor Michaelis.) 1 8 . RELATIONS B E T W E E N F R A N C E AND I T A L Y — (Present situation between countries and events leading up to it. Maps and tables appended.) 1 9 . C A T H O L I C O R G A N I Z A T I O N FOR P E A C E I N E U R O P E — (Description of activities, purposes and influence of groups. Emphasis on correlation stressed.) 2 0 . T H E U N I T E D STATES A N D T H E D O M I N I C A N R E P U B L I C — (Critical treatise on political and social relations of the t w o countries.) 2 1 . A N I N T R O D U C T I O N TO M E X I C O — (Able s t u d y of economic-political life of Mexico — i t s relation to present crisis.) 2 2 . R U R ^ L P R O B L E M S A N D I N T E R N A T I O N A L L I F E — (Documented account of close relationship be- tween agricultural questions and world h a r - m o n y . ) 2 3 . P A P A L P E A C E M O S A I C — 1 8 7 8 - 1 9 3 6 — (Excerpts f r o m t h e messages of Popes Leo X I I I , Pius X , Benedict X V , and Pius X I . ) 2 4 . A R B I T R A T I O N A N D T H E W O R L D C O U R T — ( H i s t o r y and activities—our relation t o it.)' 25. N A T I O N A L I S M — (Menace to world cooperation—American n a - tionalism past and present.) M I S C E L L A N E O U S S E R I E S — P E A C E T R E N D S P E A C E S T A T E M E N T S O F R E C E N T P O P E S ( N . C . W . C . ) SYLLABUS O N I N T E R N A T I O N A L R E L A T I O N S A P P E A L S FOR P E A C E O F P O P E B E N E D I C T X V A N D P O P E P I U S X I D I S A R M A M E N T S T A T E M E N T ( F R E E ) A R G E N T I N A — L A N D O F T H E E U C H A R I S T I C C O N G R E S S , 1 9 3 4 T H E C H R I S T I A N W A Y T O P E A C E ( N . C . W . C . ) P E R M A N E N T P E A C E P R O G R A M O F P O P E B E N E - DICT X V * Study Club Outline Included. B O O K S — T H E C A T H O L I C T R A D I T I O N O F T H E L A W O F NATIONS—John Eppstein. T H E P E A C E E F F O R T S O F T H E C H U R C H D U R I N G T H E LAST T H R E E H U N D R E D Y E A R S — J o s e f Müller PRINCIPLES AND PROGRAM S E L E C T E D BY T H E E X E C U T I V E C O M M I T T E E F R O M S T A T E M E N T S ISSUED BY C . A . I . P . C O M M I T T E E S * T H E PEACE OF C H R I S T I N T H E K I N G D O M OF C H R I S T Unless we strive for peace by specific, practi- cal methods all our pacific professions are hollow and futile.1 I — T h e Basic Causes of War: The division of Christendom; the relegation of religion and morals to a narrowing field of life; the divorce of economics f r o m morals; nationalism and im- perialism." II—The Basic Cure: Extension of the Kingdom of Christ; national and international cultural, political and economic brotherhoods based on justice and charity.2 III—The World Is One Society: 'All States should unite in one sole society or family of peoples to guarantee their own independence and safeguard order in the civil concert of the peoples.'1 (Pope Benedict XV—Encyclical Pacem, 1920.) IV—The Practical Impossibility of a Just War: Necessary conditions of a just war—Actual or imminent violation of rights; certainty of this; injury proportionate to the evils of war; in- efficiency of peaceful means; well-grounded hope of bringing better conditions; declaration by thé sovereign authority; right intention. An honest attempt to observe all these condi- tions would make war practically impossible.1 V — T h e Means of Peace: We should put particu- lar emphasis upon the exploration of all pacific methods for avoiding a bloody conflict: Direct negotiation; mediation and conciliation and judicial settlement; diplomatic pressure such as trade embargoes, boycotts and rupture of nor- mal international intercourse; 'the calm, deliberate judgment of the people' (Bishops' Pastoral Letter, 1919) ; substitution of moral right for material force; general disarmament; compulsory arbitra- tion; codification of international law; an interna- tional tribunal of justice; an association of nations; existing wrongs finding hearing and redress before a common forum of the nations;1 national security guaranteed by concerted action of all against the aggressor.3 VI—Armaments: The fallacy of indefinite pre- paredness;1 disbursement of public funds in charity rather than on instruments of mutual slaughter;3 the essential connection between armaments, security and justice; general dis- armament;1 armaments breed hostility;4 the United States is in a position to do more than any other nation, perhaps more than all com- bined.3 VII—Consultation and Boycott: A conference of nations that signed the Kellogg Pact, to nego- tiate an agreement to consult and join in an international boycott against any nation found to have violated its agreement to use only peaceful means to settle disputes.5 VIII—'World Social Justice: A world social-eco- nomic order, founded in similar national and regional organization and supplemented by a world governmental order, to be provided by an international monetary and economic con- ference, so as: 1—To make the international interdepend- ence itself efficient in producing all the goods that the changing variety of the world's re- sources, equipment and technique can give; 2—To distribute these goods so that the good of all universally will be obtained. The Church's whole program of social jus- tice on the world scale. Against economic nationalism and imperialism; against interna- tional capitalist cartels;6 against monetary wars and for internationally managed cur- rencies; reduction of tariffs; world cooperation on raw materials, markets and migration; re- duction of world debt; no pressure for war debt payments. World labor-union cooperation on the basis of sharing in world economic organization; the International Labor Office; world federa- tion of farm cooperatives sharing in world economic organization. IX—Latin America: Mutual agreement among the American republics upon their mutual rights and duties, formulated in code of law; a Pan American Court; Inter-American sanction, not sanction by the United States alone; such re- gional organization not to take the place of world organization.7 X—World. Court: Ratification of the Protocols (of the World Court) already signed by the Government should not be further delayed. Proposals for arbitration and judicial settle- ment must be judged not merely on their merits in the abstract but as alternatives to the anarchy of war. Experience would seem to indicate that, where common action is essen- tial, progress lies in improvement of an insti- tution already working rather than in a nega- tive policy of abstention and isolation.8 XI—The American Obligation: Our power to in- fluence world decisions is greater than we dream. Obligations are in proportion to ca- pacity.6 XII—The American Refusal: We refuse to take full part in preventing war.2 XIII—Striving for Peace: Education of all groups and classes upon the universality of brother- hood; the possibility of permanent peace; the fallacy of indefinite preparedness; the princi- ples of international ethics; and against na- tionalism. Consider fairly and support, so far as abil- ities and conscience permit, practical proposals and arrangements for preventing war and making peace secure.1 * The conclusions in this Statement of Principles and Program are still in process of development and amplifica- tion by the Committees. These statements, having been taken from Committee reports, should be read in their context for fuller understanding. 1 International Ethics. International Ethics Committee. 2 Europe and the United States. Europe Committee. Disarmament Statement. International Ethics and Inter- national Law and Organization Committees. 4 Causes of War. Committee on Sources of International Enmity. 5 Boycott Statement f r o m Chairmen of International Ethics, Economic Relations, and International Law and Organization Committees and thirty-one other signers. International Economic Life. International Ethics and Economic Relations Committees. 7 Latin America and the United States. Latin America Committee. Arbitration and the World Court. International Law and Organization Committee. CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE E X E C U T I V E C O M M I T T E E Honorary President M O S T R E V E R E N D E D W I N V . O ' H A R A , D . D . President C H A R L E S G . F E N W I C K , P h . D . Vice-Presidents R E V . F R A N C I S J . H A A S , P h . D . G E O R G E N . S H U S T E R SISTER R O S E DE L I M A , P h . D . R E V . J O H N L A F A R G E , S . J . R E V . EDWARD V . S T A N F O R D , O . S . A . , P H . D . H O N . R I C H A R D M . T O B I N F R A N C I S E . M C M A H O N , P h . D . J O H N S C H Ü L E R , P h . D . K A T H L E E N M U R P H Y , P h . D . J E L I Z A B E T H B . S W E E N E Y , Executive Secretary C O M M I T T E E C H A I R M E N Ethics R T . R E V . M S G R . J O H N A . R Y A N Law and Organization C H A R L E S G . F E N W I C K Economic Relations R E V . J . W . R . M A G U I R E , C . S . V . Sub-Committee on Agriculture R E V . EDGAR S C H M I E D E L E R , O . S . B . National Attitudes C A R L T O N J . H . H A Y E S Peace Education R T . R E V . M S G R . J . M . W O L F E History R E V . L A U R E N C E K . P A T T E R S O N , S . J . Latin America A N N A D I L L G A M B L E Social Relations E L I Z A B E T H M . L Y N S K E Y Joint Policy R E V . R . A . M C G O W A N WHAT CATHOLICS CAN DO FOR PEACE ATHOLICS in the United States, blessed with a Faith that transcends barriers of nationality and color, are urged to cooperate both by education and action in the cause of Peace. None have so great and so sacred a responsibility as we to labor for inter- national Peace, based upon goodwill, which can come only from Him in whose Mystical Body we are united. The present international chaos and the emphatic appeals of the present Pope to Catholics of all the world to unite in this move- ment make the work for Peace essential today. It is truly, as he has pointed out, "a vast and glorious field for all the Catholic laity." "It is the duty of Catholics to assume their part in molding that public opinion and arousing that goodwill on which in the long run the Peace of the world depends," says the study on "Catholics and the Problem of Peace" issued by The Catholic Council on International Relations, England. "When public opinion is adequately informed of the requirements of justice, and there is everywhere a ready will to fulfill them, then Peace will be substantially secured. Among Catholics, above all, there should be no lack of a will to Peace and Justice; it is of the essence of their profession, the very spirit of their Faith. Hence the necessity of acquainting ourselves with both principles and facts in order to distinguish between genuine and false claims and the right conception of both national and international duty." In the publications of the C. A. I. P., can be found the answers to many questions which of necessity must confront Catholics concerned with international life and their relation as Catholics to it. "The first and most generally obligatory means and action is education.," states the report on In- ternational Ethics, C. A. I. P. "The people re- quire instruction concerning the universality of brotherhood, the possibility of permanent peace and the fallacy of indefinite preparedness, while statesmen stand in particular need of becoming familiar with the principles of international ethics. "The second great duty in fulfilling our obli- gation of promoting world peace is to consider fairly and to support, so far as our abilities and conscience permit, practical proposals and ar- rangements for preventing war and making peace secure. In general terms these methods are pretty definitely formulated and pretty generally accepted." The Association would have Catholics in the United States do more than their numerical part to prevent another world war. More than our patriotic principles are here involved. Or rather, our citizenship influenced by our moral obligation to justice and charity calls upon us to act. It urges Catholics in the United States to place their trust in God, to pray earnestly that-the world not lead itself again into the moral and physical shambles of war, and to $tudy diligently and work faithfully for the Peace of the world. The Association urges Catholics to extend Catholic Action and the knowledge of Catholic principles in order to banish enmity, to create a true love of Peace and a willingness to Peace throughout the United States. It urges also active cooperation with organizations of general membership when there is clearly no danger of any misunderstanding of the principles of the Catholic faith. It commends particularly the reports that have thus far come from its Committees and invites Catholic organizations and individuals to use these reports as a basis of study and discussion. It trusts and confidently looks forward to equally able reports from its Committees in the future. It urges a careful reading of the articles on international relations in the Catholic press. It wishes to recommend also that more articles appear in the Catholic press on the life and cus- toms of foreign countries. Many such articles are to be found in the secular press, but they lack often the appeal and the intimate knowl- edge which should come from the wider contacts that Catholics have with their coreligionists in foreign countries. It recommends also two steps that can well be taken by Catholic organizations. One is to have frequent lectures and addresses at organization meetings on topics in the field of international relations. A second is to create groups for the study of international relations. Such groups may well begin with the reports of the Associa- tion on International Ethics, The Christian Way to Peace, International Economic Life, to be fol- lowed by the others listed on pp. 6, 7 and 8 of this booklet. Most of these studies are supplemented with study outlines as indicated on the list. All persons interested in this work are urged to write to the Headquarters of the Association, 1312 Massachusetts Avenue N . W., Washington, D. C., for information and material dealing with the various problems of World Peace and Catholic Action. \ . . Catholics are called not only to a wider and more perfect enjoyment of the peace of Christ but to the strength- ening and widening of the Kingdom of Christ, and therefore to the strengthening and widening of His peace through the manifold apostolate of word, deed and prayer, so easy to all and so powerful, yes, all powerful with God. The glory and the duty of this apostolate of peace be- long principally to Us and to all called to be ministers of the God of peace. But here is a vast and glorious field for all the Catholic laity, too, whom We unceasingly call upon and ask to share in the hier- archical apostolate. To Catholics of all the world and particularly those who study, labor and pray in Catholic Action, Wc turn today with this warm invitation and plea. May they all unite in the peace of Christ and for the peace of Christ in a full concord of thoughts and emotions, of desires and prayers, of deeds and words —the spoken word, the written word, the printed word—and then an atmosphere of genuine peace, warming and benefi- cent, will envelop all the world." —Allocution, December 24, 1930, P O P E P I U S X I "Justice requires a state to promote peace for the sake of its own members, while charity obliges it to pursue the same end for the welfare of both itself and other nations. These duties rest not only upon governments, but upon peoples, particularly upon those persons and or- ganizations which can exert influence upon public opinion and upon political rulers." I N T E R N A T I O N A L E T H I C S .