The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-25
A MEMORIAL FOR PEACE.
A Movement in Favor Of InteIna-
tiOnal Arbitration.

The Worlds Columbian Exposition
Memorial Presented to President
Cleveland-It Bears the Autograph
Signatures Of the Commissioners
From Forty Different Nations Which
Participated in the Exposition.
Washington, Dec. 24.-The Worlds Co
lumbian Exposition memorial for inter-
national arbitration has been presented
to Secretary Gresham and President
Cleveland by William e. Blackstone, OF
Chicago, honorable commissioner of the
Worlds Columbian commission. 1t is a
remarkable document, having the auto
graph signatures of the commissioners
from some forty different nations which
participated in the exposition, including
Sir Richard Webster, of England,
George II. II. Cockburn, OF
Canada, Enrique Dupuy de LONE, Of
Spain, Admiral Maturity, of Brazil, DIR.
Anton Won Palitreheshx Palmfrost, OF
Austria, L. Hokky Bey, of Turkey, N.
Sanrataka, of Japan, Prof DR.. Sheppen,
of Germany, Chun Qua Kee. of China,
also the commissioners from the different
states and territories of the United
States. The directors and officials of the
exposition, many of the chairmen and
speakers of the congressesnof the worlds
congress auxiliary, including Cardinal
Gibbons, MOnsignor Satolh, Joseph Cook,
Mr.. Moody, Rev. Alexander Mackay-
Smith, William p. Dodge, Dr. Philip
Saind,,.o, shan, Bishop IMesrrim, Lady
also the editors of the principal
daily papers of New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washington; also ex-prcsi-
dent Benjamin Harrison, Secretary Nor
ton, Controller Eckels, Chief Justice
Fuller, Secretary Carlisle, Postmaster
General Bissell, Secretary Herbert, of the
navy, and Daniel A. Lamont, secretary OF
war; Senators John Il. Morgan, John
Sherman, William r. Frye and several
of the most prominent business men of the
country, John ID. Rockefeller j. Pierpont
Morgan, Jesse Seligman, George M. Pull
man, George Gould, Cornelius Vanderbilt
and others.
The President and Secretary expressed
their approval of the object sought by the
memorialists, the President mentioning
that the same sentiment had been incor-
porated In his recent message.
TEXT OF THE MEMORIAL.
The following is the text of the me-
mortal:
TO the Governments of the World: The un-
derslgned citizens OF many countries, gath
cred at the Worlds Columbian Exposition, in
Chicago, In the United States OF America.
recognizing the advantages acc ruing to these
nations which have pursued the policy OF arbi-
trating International disputes and desiring
that like dement's may in the future be en-
1oyed by all nations, and deeming this
fitting opportunity, do hereby join
In this memorial TO all our vari-
GUS governments praying that they Will
unitedly agree, by mutual treaties, TO submit
for settlement by arbitration all such inter-
national questions as shall fail OF satisfac-
tory solution by the ordinary peaceful negO-
tiations, and for this the petitioners will ever
pray.
IL is requested that copy OF this memorial
shall be presented to each OF the governments
of the world.
AS soon as the requisite fac-simile copies
shall have been prepared IL will be trans
mitted by Secretary Gresham to the
various governments of the world.