A CONGRESS OF FAITHS
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATMLj
Sin,—Some of your readers, who have not yet heard of it, may be interested to know about the World Congress of Faiths, which will be meeting in London from .luly 3rd to the 18th. The object of the Congress is to promote the spirit of World Fellowship and I he aim of the many distinguinhed speakers from Europe, Asia and America, who will take part in it, whether approaching the main theme from the Jewish, Christian, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist or independent point of view, will be to search for and emphasise the underlying principles that unite, rather than the differences that separate, nations and creeds.
There will be twenty sessions of the Congress for members at University College, at which papers dealing with a wide range of subjects will be read and discussed, and four public meetings at Queen's Hall. At the first of the public meetings, on July 3rd, Lord Allen of Hurtwood, Sir Herbert Samuel and other British speakers will welcome visitors from abroad, and H.E. the Maharaja Gaekwar of Baroda (International President of the Congress), Dr. T. Suzuki, Mr. S. I. linking and others will reply. From the long Congress programme one notes with particular interest the names of Sir S. Rad- hakrishnan, M. Jean Schlumberger, Senor de Madariaga and Madame Halide Edib ; also the paper especially written fo•. the Congress by the late Professor J. S. Haldane, which will be read by his daughter, Mrs. Naomi Mitchison.
Sir Francis Younghusband (Chairman of the British National Council) recently referred to the Congress as " a great adventure." At this time of international confusion and uncertainty, when the world is beset by so many disturbing problems, there would seem to be a special value in a non- political movement of this nature, which can only have the effect of deepening international understanding and increasing international goodwill. Those who desire further information in the matter should communicate with the Organising Secretary (Mr. Arthur Jackman), 17 Bedford Square, London,
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