The Arcana of Freemasonry (1915) - The Masonic Trowel

THE ARCANA OF FREEMASONRY 75
Lodge, when he gave the message of peace and
"
brotherhood : There shall be no war between
the United States of America and England ;
we
are of one Brotherhood, and the Freemasons of
U.S.A. have decided that there shall be no war,
now or ever, between the two countries, and I am
delegated to come here and tell you this, repre-
senting over a million of Brothers, and ask you
in return to say there shall be no war." What
a glorious triumph for the Brotherhood !
Did the authorities who at present govern us
try and bring about the same result with the
recent friendly deputation of the Brotherhood
from Germany, or only talk platitudes — or were
unsuccessful in their endeavours? '
they
We boast of a grand and perfect organization of
our great Brotherhood. Have we any organization
that we can rely upon? Have we any leaders
of men? How many in those who govern the
Craft? How many Brothers have we who work,
and wish, and act for the one universal Brother-
hood?
If our great Brotherhood were the perfect
organization that many suppose, with a government
of " leaders of men " whose ambition was
only for the good of the Craft, the peace of the
world, with the universal fraternal relations which
1 We
know now that they were, for since writing the above
War has been declared it is ; unnecessary to dilate on it.