The morning times., 1896-04-24
ARE APOSTLES OF PEACE
Continued from First Page.

Bishop Keane was received with much
applause. He thanked the president for
his kind words about the Church. They
are true" he said. 'ibccause that Church
has always been on the side OF human
progress. for she was sent forth by Him
at whose birth it was proclaimed that
there should be glory to God and peace
to mankind"
He said he tsas iAglad to speak for his
Church and to- here indorse the objects
of this congress tapplause). He was also
glad that he could say that he was COM
missoned to speaE for Cardinal Gibbons
and Archbishop Ireland their sympathy
In the great moTement undertaken by
the conference Iofk karbitration. No Chris
tiaD. he said, Gould fail TO be in accord
with the principles here advocated. There
could be none 10 maintain that in world
OF intellect and culture wrong could. or
should be righted by the forces that actu-
ated the brute kingaom.
Again, 1T was, a wen understood prn-
ciple that the parties in interest should
not be The JUICES of their own quarrels,
and IL that Iyerea true, as il is OF in
Gividuals, the principle is equally forcefui
as applied to:dnternational controversies.
The resort 10 farms was the beginning OF
the principle Of mllilarism. and this was
founded on the greed OF gold and the
extension OF empire.
1t was expected that civilization would
have dissipated mtlitarism, and would
have done so, but then came Caesarism,
which found i'll armed battalions ready
and necessary tool. But OF militarism
aud Caesarism the world was getting very
tired-tired of principles that made enemies
OF men who lived on opposite sides or
river, or who were separated by any other
boundary of nature.
DAY OF ARMIES PAST.
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history that there was desire for
change from imperialism, standing armies,
etc, and that when Caesarism went, the
army and the need for it would also go.
The final analysis, he said, would be
found in that law and method indicated
by Him who said that loving one another
would be test Of their being His dis
cples. tApplause) He looked to a
future in which The moral trinity of love,
truth, aud justice would topple over the
fabrics which rested on military powers
and restrictions It seemed strange, he
said, that fnen should he seeking for
universal peace at IL time when all the
nations were elamoring for more ships,
more armaments, more guns, and more
forces Oh land and OH sea. But why
was this? Simply because there was
no court of arbitration.
among nations. tApplause.D Itappeared
10 be a necessity that men who hated war
should take war as q means or defense.
Il do not beiieve.' he said. that IL is
the purpose or the right of this congress
to blame the President or Congress- but
we, as free American citizens, are free
10 say that 1t is Pity in this wide world
| that there should he such CCndit on as
would compel either Congr ess or the
President IN fall
civilized nation"
DR.. Keane closed by saying that the
congress had done well by inaUgurating
its campaign and he trusted that the diff
culties in the way of arbitration which
existed in the nineteenth should not be
carried over to the twentieth century.
Mr. Chamberiin. OF New York, said here
| that he had a letter from Cardinal Gibbons
hut was sorry it was not ut the meeting.
| he had desired TO read il but would give
II 10 the press of the country in 4 few
days. He spoke in high terms OF the
sentiments of the letter and said that
! the cardinal and Archbishop Ireia nd had
done well in referring the conference
| TO Bishop Keane as an exponent OF the
| Catholic Church on the questions before
| the congress.
PRINCETON'S PRESIDENT. IL
President Patton OF Princeton was in
| troduced by the chairman aud was given a
very hearty greeting, much applause dur
| ing his remarks aud more at their close.
Princeton, he said, substantially, was
represented among the signers of the Con-
| stitution of the Uaited States, and other
| princctonians were potent in that instru-
ment. Princeton could now apprC priately
/ do her part in the prose Mt undertaking.
one OF the last chapters OF American his
. tory.
The strong point made by DR.. Patton was
| his development of the idea of an inter-
! lutely necessary, ne said, because how else
| could the dissatisfied party in au arbitra-
| ton be satisfied.
| 1t would be Il contradiction in terms to
| say that the party that rebeled should be
| forced to submit TO the court vi ct arms.
/ 1t would be with nations as among in
! diyiduais; judgments would be accepted
/ or there would be national as there is a
| social ostracsm, when men declined to
1 accept moral judgments.
| Was there Il chance that this interna tiOnal
| conscience would be thing CT our day?
| Is there enough of the spirit Of this con-
| ference to go round the world? Is this
| congress the symptom OF prevail
| ing sentiment? Certainly three or four
things pointed in that direction. First.
| there was the increase in the study ofhuman
| society, including politics, ethics and
| Jurisprudence. But with them all is the
| question what is your tberupeautic? what
| is YOUR solution for the wrong and evil
| that YOU find in the world? 1t is being
| found that man is a bigger consideration
| than the Englisbman.
1 Dr. Patton noted the constant increase
1 OF NJ oraliZati on with q CORE spending
| sharpening of the conscience, some of
| whose fruits were the agitation for the
| equality of the sexes and the abolition o1
| slavery. Again il = has been discovered
that it does not pay to fight and that
| morality will command and putinto execu-
| ton that which is demanded by economies
GROWTH OF DEMOCRACY.
Again there is gradual demoeratizatior
| OF principles the world over, the principle
that men shall rule their rulers, and with
| all these has come the idea that war Ia
| ineXpedient and last Of Ill that we do moi
want it. The ultimate solution of the
| problems, he thought, would be by thu
| countries that understood the foregoing
principles best. and these two countrie.
| were the United States and England. These
two "should they join hands in an ag
gressive effort to spread the kingdom O
Righteousness and peace, would togethe
control the moralforces of this wide world.
Hon. Carl Schurz was called on bu
merely expressed his thanks. Judge DAILY
| of New York, made u brief address, il
| which he expressed the sense of the congress
| on the eminent service to it of the pre-
siding officer, and on his motion, unani
nous vote of thanks was passed TO MI
| EdmundS.
The thanks of the conference was ais
rendered to the Washington COMMITTEES
after a short speech by Mr.. Robert Trea
i pavpa f,f Massachusetts.