デジタル版『渋沢栄一伝記資料』

大正5年2月28日（1916年）

是日、当協会及ビ在日米人平和協会共同主催アメリカ合衆国人フランシス・ティー・クラーク招待晩餐会、中央亭ニ開カル。栄一出席シテ演説ヲナス。

（阪谷芳郎）大日本平和協会日記　大正五年
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　（阪谷子爵家所蔵）
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○五年二月二十八日、中央亭ニテ日米両平和協会共同ニテ、クラーク氏、アンダーウード氏招待、当日演説者、両氏、渋沢男、マコーレー氏、余、来賓者約三十五人
（貼込・印刷物）
　　世界宗教界三偉人の一人なる
　　　　エフ・イ・クラーク《（エフ・ティー・クラーク）》博士
同博士は、現に世界に四百万以上の会員を有する共励会の創立者にして、世界週遊既に五回に及び、足跡天下に普きところであるが、今回又日本及支那方面訪問の為め、来る二十二日を以て横浜に到着する筈である、同博士が日本訪問は今回で第四回である、明治四十四年の春には世界大観光団中の代表的人物として広く我国人士の歓迎を受け、特に先帝陛下の謁見を賜りたることは今尚ほ世人の記憶に新なるところである、同博士は万国青年会のモツト氏、救世軍のブース大将と共に近代に於ける世界宗教界の三偉人である、その性極めて静粛温雅、人に接するに懇切謙遜、実に其一言一行は敬虔なる内外人の崇拝渇仰の標的であつて、慈父クラークの尊称を以て呼はれてゐる、且又米国平和協会の副会長にして、殊に日米間の問題に付て極力尽瘁して居られる。
同博士は横浜の着後一週間ばかり京浜間に滞在し、諸種の会合に出席し、三月四日より大阪に開く聯合共励会に臨み、それより朝鮮、北京、上海などに於ける大会に出席し、再び日本に来りて静養し、五月上旬帰米の予定なるが、目下日本に於ける百三十余の共励会聯合は、同博士を歓迎し併て諸君に紹介せんとす、希くは来りて同博士の福音に接せられん事を。

集会日時通知表　大正五年　　　　　　　　　（渋沢子爵家所蔵）
二月廿八日　月　午後六時　クラーク博士歓迎会（中央亭）

Japan Times No. 5749. March 1, 1916.
　　　　　　DINNER FOR FRANCIS T. CLARK

　　　　JAPAN AND AMERICAN PEACE SOCIETIES
　　　　　WELCOME DISTINGUISHED VISITOR

　　　　GREETING FROM KINDRED SOCIETIES

　　　　　　SETBACK TO PREPAREDNESS

　　Under the auspices of the Japan Peace Society and the American Peace Society of Japan, a dinner was given on the evening of the 28th for Dr. Francis T. Clark of Boston, President of the World's Christian Endeavour Union, at the Chuo-tei Restaurant, Kojimachi, Tokyo. There were present: Baron Sakatani, Baron Shibusawa, Count Yoshii, Dr. H. G. Under
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 wood of Seoul, Dr. I. Nitobe, Prof. J. T. Swift, Mr. T. Miyaoka, Mr. K. Otani, Dr. H. W. S. Schwarty, Hon. S. Nemoto, Dr. J. L. Dearing, Bishop Hiraiwa, Dr. Clay MacCauley, Dr. T. S. Booth, Prof. H. Fukuoka, Dr. J. H. Pettee, Mr. Z. Horikoshi, Rev. D. C. Molton, Rev. William Axling, Mr. T. Kamiya, Dr. K. Kozaki, Dr. Joseph Cosand, Pres. J. Naruse, Rev. W. D. Cuningham, Dr. K. Takata, Rev. T. Ukei 《(Ukai)》, Mr. J. F. Messenger, Prof. J. C. Ballagh, Prof. G. Muko, Mr. J. W. Webb, Mr. B. Suzuki, Miss Ellen Moore, Mr. H. E. Coleman, Mr. T. Sawaya, Miss Catharine B. Jones, Mr. G. M. Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Bowles, and Mr. Herbert V. Nicholsen.
　　In introducing Dr. Clark, Baron Y. Sakatani, Executive Vice-President of the Japan Peace Society, said that although the membership of the Society for which he spoke was not large, the representative men who were connected with it were sincerely striving to promote cordial relations between all nations. He recognized that the very nature of Dr. Clark's world-wide work linked him up with the cause of peace. He encouraged Dr. Clark to speak very freely of his convictions relative to the solution of moral and religious problems. In Japan the importance which is attached to these questions is shown by the fact that a number of leading scholars and businessmen are banded together in the Association Concordia to make a comparative study of moral and religious questions.
　　He also referred to another special guest of the evening, Dr. H. G. Underwood of Seoul, who, having spent thirty-two years in Chosen, is now enrolled as a student in the Japanese Language School in Tokyo, with which the Japan Peace Society has special connections.
　　　　　　　Dr. MacCauley Presents American
　　　　　　　　　　　Peace Society
　　On account of the illness of Mr. J. Mc. D. Gardiner, President of the American Peace Society of Japan, Dr. Clay MacCauley, Vice-President for Tokyo, represented the Society in extending greentings to Dr. Clark. In doing so, he paid a warm tribute to the work of Dr. Clark in leading in the organization of groups of young people in all the churches, in all lands, with the one motto "For Christ and the Church." There are great possibilities in the fact that when the present war comes to a close, four million young people will be banded together in efforts to forget the past, to bind up the wounds, and to restore the nations to normal lives of peace and mutual helpfulness.
　　　　　　　Baron Shibusawa's Welcome
　　In welcoming Dr. Clark, Baron Shibusawa said as he
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 looked down the table at the guests, it was difficult to tell whether it were an American group welcoming Japanese to their own country, or Japanese welcoming a company of Americans. He referred to the hopes and doubts which he had long entertained as to the possibility of the application of the principles of personal morality to international life. While he was thinking deeply over these questions the European War broke out. Dr. Clark's coming, with a message along these lines, seems most opportune. If out of his wide experience he can bring us light on this great question we shall be most grateful.
　　Some people may say, "Have we not had greater wars since the formation of the peace societies than before?" Yes, but I reply that the outbreak of wars makes work of peace societies all the more necessary and urgent.
　　Dr. Clark spoke in substance as follows, Rev. T. Ukai acting as interpreter:
　　It is significant that many peace societies have sprung up within the past few years, especially since the outbreak of the present war. People of all nations are considering how to secure peace and fraternity. They have attacked the question from many different points of view, but all are working for the same end.
　　Dr. Clark brought greetings from a number of the peace organizations with which he is officially connected.
　　　　　　　Greetings From Peace Societies
　　The American Peace Society, of which Dr. Clark is one of the many Vice-Presidents, is one of the strongest and oldest of the peace societies. During the Civil War it was not honorable to belong to a peace society, but now it is considered an honour, whether people agree or not. The American Peace Society has kept on growing in spite of much opposition and evil reports.
　　Besides this one big society there are numerous state and local ones. Dr. Clark is also Vice-President, Massachusetts State Peace Society. He is also a trustee of the Church Peace Union, founded by Andrew Carnegie, which endeavours to awaken the churches to activity along peace lines. It was through this organization that Drs. Mathews and Gulick visited Japan last year. The World's Peace Foundation of Boston was established by a gift of a million dollars from Edwin Ginn, the publisher, with the special purpose of propagation of literature. One special task is to get out peace lessons for Sunday Schools. The Peace Forum, with headquarters at New York City, recently called at Cleveland, Ohio, a meeting of such men as ex-President Taft and Judge Parker to discuss the question of a World's Court
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 of Justice. The League to Enforce Peace by means of an international police force is supported by such men as Dr. Eliot and President Lowell of Harvard.
　　　　　　Christian Endeavour Peace Union
　　The Christian Endeavour Peace Union, which is a part of the interdenominational and international movement with some four million young people, seeks to educate the young and thus promote actual peace and good will among all nations and races. At the recent Chicago Christian Endeavour Convention the Peace Union was made a most prominent part of the proceedings. At the close of this convention a resolution was passed committing those present to strive during the next two years to get two million signatures of people who would promise to do all they could to spread good will among them.
　　　　　　The Preparedness Wave in America
　　Many have been discouraged by the for military preparedness, which has doubtless set peace work back a few years.
　　But these people were perhaps too sanguine at the outbreak of the war, thinking the struggle would soon be over and the world would see the madness of trying to settle anything in the way. There is no reason to be discouraged, however for slow forces of education and the interchange of thought are spreading good will, "surely in God's time these will bring about what we have striving for!"
　　The meeting of the American Peace Society of Japan and Japan Peace Society is significant of what is going on the world over. Baron Shibusawa's visits to America as well as the visits of other Japanese to foreign countries and of Americans to Japan are of value in promoting confidence between the nations.
　　　　　　The Power of A Common Religion
　　As Dr. Clark was asked to speak freely he said he could not but mention the thing that he considered the most likely to break down the barriers between the nations after the war is over. The fact that, with one exception, all the nations in the present war are adherents of on ereligion will do much to bring them together after the smoke of battle has cleared away.
　　He then told of his own experiences in London and South Africa where he saw young men of nations that had been at enmity meeting in closest fellowship. In London just before the war broke out he saw German young men stand on the platform at a Christian Endeavour convention, waving the British Jack in one hand and the German flay in the other to express feelings of deepest friendship. These young men are now fighting in the German army, but their hearts are the same and
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 after the war they, and many more like them will still be only too glad to meet in fellowship with their English friends. At Cape Town in South Africa sometime after the Boer War Dr. Clark saw a large company of young people, many of whom had fought on opposite sides in that desperate struggle, stand together in the closest fellowship and repeat the Lord's Prayer, the twentythird Psalm and sang the hymn "Blessed be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love ―"
　　All this gives hope that the present situation is not as hopeless as it appears. Many bonds will tend at last to make the world one again. Think of South Africa, England's onetime enemy, now uniting under the British flag. Japan and Russia are now allied, or at least on the same side. The wounds of war will be healed. The members of these two societies which were working international fellowship may well take courage when they think of the great cause which they represent.
　　"I feel greatly honoured in being invited to this dinner and do not deserve a tithe of the kind things that have been said about me; but I will do all in my power during the remainder of my life. Through the young people's societies, to bring about fellowship between these two great nations, and between all other nations."
　　　　　　Dr. Underwood's Message
　　In the closing address Dr. H. G. Underwood of Seoul brought words of hope from Korea. He said that if we can lead the people of Japan and the people of Korea to know each other better all difficulties which exist will gradually be solved. The people of the East and the West need to know themselves and to know each other.