The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-25


the door.
The next speaker, Professor Buisson, from Neut-
chateb developed, IN an eloquent manner now eacn
member should support and advance the aims oil the
league In order to establish republics 1t Is Deces
sary nrst to raise republicans. These are nowhere
abundant. First and foremost the popular press
needs support The large Journals do not reach lae
better popular Information. Military proclivity
should be deprecated by moral law. Those VINO
style themselves good republicans should give ther
children other toys than guns swords anu tue Ike
arms and they should early instruct that TO wear
livery no matter by whom, Is simply ridiculous Inc
nimubus with which the school surrounds an Alex
ander Caesar or Napoleon should be dlspeiled he-
publican opinion cannot be victorious u not ripeneI
repuDean ns be-
brought into action In order to convince the people
OF the common nuisance OF the present govern
Ments. Much applause.l
Herr venedey moved to print 100000 copies Of the
Professors speech.
NJ. Dnruy o Judge of Lausanne. proposed to invite
the governments to general disarmament.
Qailarityl
He was replied to by NJ. G. Chaudey (the friend of
Proudh0n and administrator Of his last willy that
this not feasible, as the league stood without
the pale Of the present governments.
French lawyer, M. Mie from Perigueux, offered
amendment to the effect that the judiciary should
be elected by direct popular VOTE pleading very
| the utmost hatred the Cmsarism now dominant In
France. Adjournment.
On the third day, the 17th the debate respecting
plainly showed that the centralists in the assembly
OF over 500 members were but few, probably hall
dozen, while the vast majority advocated the fedora
One OF t6ls small minority NJ. Gattncau, a lawyer
OF Paris, having obtained the door, combatted many
| OF the propositions made by the other side. In
Belgium, with liberal institutions, the judiciary is
| appointed by government The proposition TO call
upon the European governments to constitute them
selves OF arbitration for the settlement OF all
| pending questions reminded him OF the lamb and
wolf in the fable With greater authority among his
colleagues tnan the Congress would nave, Napoleon
ILL., had vain invited them 1t would, therefore. be
best TO leave knG o. nv sp was
/ known to him. South Germany and Austria were
rather broodng revenge for Sadowa than thinking OF
a considerations Spain needed unity In order 10 keep
| down the clergy; Italy must have powerful
| Capitalization to achieve the liberation OF Rome.
The French republic nad estapIsded CONTAMINATION,
Bulsson had correctly appreciated the force OF
! public opinion but had overlooked that twenty.
seven per cent III military recruits IN France could
neither read nor write. What therefore, was most
needed In the programme was obligatory and gratu.
ltous instruction The legislatures should be called
upon TO transfer oil the sums demanded for military
establishments to the budgets OF public instruction.
EDUCATION The mother Sa 81 n liberty States Of America
addressed the assembly In English, trying to prove
that no lasting peace could be obtained as long as
| women were deprived Of their rights It was
! question OF Justice, and without justice peace.
The next speaker was M. Jules Ferry, member Of
the French Chamber. AS ne ascended TO the desk ne
| was loudly Cheered. He sald:-
Each member Of the Peace Congress should Han
nbas oath against monsrchia Capitalization He had not
federasm should not obtain Ne victory, he
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Caesars this and the other side the Rhine
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dynasties the Of centrazation because OF
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had been founded BY 'centralzation Ferry retored,
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who employed weapon asains. AussEia Lonis XIV.
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loped administrative Capitalization to the utmost degree but
provoked BY him and followed by two others Tyranny
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danger It's neghbors and At The same
decentraizsd exist It frat becomes corrupted and
ron. Sapoeoa III nsdioasy
dssroyed France should set the ball IN motion which
| not be maintained for a month in Germany.
M. Laurer, lawyer from Paris and coeditor OF the
Rdppei, drew the distinction between political aud
| administrative union. No one intends, he said,
to touch the former to complain Of Ia France
| must be decentralized. The young republican party
must hold together not separate from the laborlng
ana order TO WITH se
kind of governments which, with more or less Skill
deraud the people According 70 bis idea the
| Paris" he closed his remarks, land I'll dictate
| peace to Europe"
tons that the people should be vested with direct
| legislative power. THIS motion was seconded by
ssnor Mboli, the friend, friend and physician
name OF the Italian members OF the Congress-
All the resolutions drawn up by the committee
were put to vote and carried by u vast majority.
The order OF the day now stood on the Polish and
Oriental questions. The majority or the central
committee had reported the following declaration:-
Whereas only basis of peace and liberty Europe
Is the a pas be-
of the essential conditions for the establishment
European Confederation the Congress declares that the
solved by ampest application of that general
principle, the autonomy OF peoples.
It also proposes to appoint special committee for
the purpose OF closely studying the different points
connected with these questions and gathering docu-
ments and materials bearing upon them.
An adjournment was then agreed upon, and the
meeting on the following day commenced with the
report Of the Aforesaid Central COMMITTEE which
was read by General Bosack, Polish refugee. He
dwelt upon the suferngs OF his countrymen, as
also OF other Christians under Turkish DOMINION and
described the oppression imposed by the dynasty
of HARRISBURG upon the Slavonlc and other races.
war only could settle the Polish and Oriental ques-
tions but it would be tue last OF oil wars. The
Slaves and Greeks OF the Orient might then unite
and form federattve State.
motion was made by Herr sonneman to strike
out in the declaration "la question tchegue''-the
Czechian question: which, he contended, was OF far
essimportance than the Polish and Oriental question.
The affairs OF the inhabitants OF Bohemia and
Moravia concerned Germany. 1t was very question:
able whether the right OF self-g0vernment ought
to be accorded TO every province or canton DESTROYS
OF secession. The principle OF In France, me et
fndirtsib,e, should apply also to other countries.
In the present condition OF Russia, the secession of
bohemia would be dangerous TO Germany. Ger
man federation would willingly grant the Czechans
autonomy; at the same time, 1t ought TO be consd
cred that several million Germans were living In
bohemia. An agitation, at present for the sever
| ance OF Bohemia would be aiding the work OF Bis
marck or OF Russia.
| M Bosack replied that true democrat must
| accord every people the right OF self government.
NJ MonteauX, from France, gave q description OF
| the mixture OF oriental and Slavonic races,
/ accused the Hungarians of oppression toward the
| Slavonic race and closed with tribute to the
| Czechs.
| Herr Gustav Vogt Professor Of National Economy,
| from Berne, seconded the motion Of Sonneman,
but proposed to say in lieu ofqestion tscbeQues the
| Slavonlc races. The Oriental question, he said,