Seventy-two speakers, representing many faiths, races and countries, will discuss present problems of war, prejudice, fear, nationalism and world consciousness in fourteen special meetings of the World Fellowship of Faiths during World Peace and Goodwill Week, Saturday, May 12, to Friday, May 18, inclusive, in the grand ballroom of the Hotel New Yorker, Thirty-fourth street and Eight avenue.
Governors of all States have been asked to proclaim World Goodwill Day Friday, May 18, the anniversary of the first meeting for international peace at the Hague, Holland, in 1899. A "World Fellowship of All Faiths, Races and Nationalities" is to march on Sunday at 3 P. M. from the Pennsylvania Railroad Station at Thirty-second street and Seventh avenue to the Hotel New Yorker for a program of characteristic songs and short speeches representing many religions and countries. The Rev. John Haynes Holmes, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise of the Free Synagogue and Ruth St. Denis, international dancer, are among those who have agreed to march.
Sir Francis Younghusband, British explorer, statesman and author, is now journeying from London to take part in the New York sessions of the World Fellowship of Faiths. A banquet and reception to Sir Francis will be held next Tuesday at 7 P. M.
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