The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-11-13
"PEACE ON EARTH.

t half Of the Millcnnium.--E,
tracts from IN able speech "
ON an Important Subjeci.-J
Petition all should Sign.
Correspondence of the Upton ADVERTISER
, WEST BRANCH, To-, !
10 Mo. 25, 1873.
: Editor .1drertiser II would lik,
10 offer for publication extracts from
the speech Of Henry Richard NJ. p.
before the British House Of Com
mons. as perhaps but few OF the read
ers of the ADVERTISER have had tLt
privilege of reading, and but few
know of the great peace movemea,
that is going on in the land. We
can but rejoice that on the 2Sth o
the present month there convcnes at
Brussels. Belgium, counsel, or Con.
gress to be composed OF the leading
publicists of different countries espe-
ciallv versed in the rights and laws
Of nations for consulting upon the
best method Of preparing an Interna-
tional Code, and the most promising
means of procuring it's adoption
James B. Miles, Sen, Of the American
Peace Society, with others from
America, have gone over to attend
this Counsel, although We need not
nor do not expect to see all nations
at once unite in this movement, but
we do believe that the day is not far
distant when the majority Of nations
will exchange the unreasoning and
irresponsible despotism Of lynch law
for the peaceful rule Of an Interna-
tionsl Code and Court Of Justice. For
many years eminent statesmen, as
spoken Of in the speech referred to,
have borne testimony to the urgent
necessity of such Code for the sat
isfactory and pacific settlement of Sc
rious differences arising between ma
tions which heretofore have led 10
long and desolating wars.
Truly, Alb.
| SPEECH OF MR.. HENRY RICHARD
! Mr.. Richard, after reading the terms
Of his motion, viz
That an humble address be pre-
sented to Her Majesty, praying that
she will be graciously pleased to in
struct her principal Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs to enter into con-
munication with Foreign Powers with
view to the further improvement of
international law. apd the establish
ment Of a general and permanent sys-
tenn of international arbitration -
said: =
Differences will arise between ma
tions as between individuals, and
they may arise. and believe often do
| arise, without any unfair or unjust
intentions on either side, from i'm.
perfect acquaintance with facts, from
simple misunderstanding, from dif.
ferences of opinion as to the nature
and extent Of international obliga-
tions, all no doubt somewhat aggra-
waited by that obiiquity OF visions
which affect US all, individuals or
communities, where our own interests
are concerned. But unhappily no
means, no regular and recognized
means exist, no stated tribunal to
which such differences can be re.
ferred for an honorable and pacific
settlement. The only acknowledged
anlvnpt nf i,.to -.
the last resort is the sword. The con.
sequence is that governments are
driven, or imagine themselves driven,
to that fatal system of rivalry in ar
maments which. in my opinion, ia at
this moment the greatest curse and
calamity of Europe. loud cheers
They argue thus-that if there are no
other means but force by which ma
tions can defend their fights or re-
dress their wrongs, then each nation
must provide itself with the largest
possible amount of force, and when
one Power adds TO its armaments. all
the Others with headlong haste rush
to p-oportionate augmentation Of
theirs. This has at last eliminated
in the state of things which we now
witness, under which 1t is calculated
that there are, some say four, some
say five, millions Of men in the armies
Of Europe men in the prime and
vigor Of life, for war will accept as its
servants and victims only the picked
men of society. Hear, hear.
The result is that the nations are
weighed down by burdens Of taxation
that are so enormous as to be almost
intolerabie. 1t is not very easy to es-
timate what is the cost OF these arma-
ments, hut very respectable French
writer, NJ. Larroque, who has written
an able and elaborate work on 1.-The
Standing Armaments Of Europe and
has taken great pains to procure au-
thenic data for his calculations, esti
mates the cost at s400, 600, ,OOo sterling.
This sum hel divides under three
itema. First, the naval and military
budgets-the sums directly extracted
from the pockets of the people for
maintaining these armaments he esti-
mates and | believe considerably uu-
der-estimates at el20, 100000. Then
he takes the interest on capital in.
vested in various military property,
such as Notifications, barracks, ships
of war, arms aud munitions, capital
wholly unproductive, and this item
amounts to e3O,00O,0O0 The third,
and most important item, which is
very apt to be overlooked, is the loss
to society by the withdrawal OF such
host of able-bodied men from all the
occupations Of productive industry
for soldier produces nothing. only
helps to consume the productions of
other men-and M. Larroque esti-
mates this at f25O, ,OO0, 900. II to this
be added the interest, and the cost of
management Of the national debts of
Europe, nearly the whole Of which
have been contracted for war or war
like purposes. and which may be
taken at El5O. 600, 900, we have grand
total Of f550,OOO, 600 annually taken
from the capital and industry of ma
tions for the cost of past wars and the
preparations for future wars.