Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-23
ARBITRATION.
Psscslal Adjustment Of DI1lcultlss Be-
tvwn This Country and England.
He Expresses Hearty sympathy with
che Purpose of the Organization
cemmenastio. from Many other
Prominent citissns.

washington was more generally observed
IA Philadelphia to-day than fer many
years. The most important feature was
she conference held In the headquarters
Of the Universal Peace Society BY promi-
nent advocates OF arbitration Tor the
purpose Of discussing the feasibility OF
the creation of court OF arbitration ior
the peaceful adjustment of ditncuities
that may arise between the United States
and Great Britain"
judge william N. Ashman presided,
and among those present were Rev. w.
Hudson Shaw. oxford. England; Rev.
washington GLADDEN.. LIZ D.. Columbus,
o.: Rev. DIR. Joseph May. Philadelphia;
Alfred III. Love. president OF the Peace
Union, philadelphia; Richard +. Dana,
Boston; L. w. Peat. St. Paul. Mimi.
and President Hyde. OF Bowdoin College.
Letters were read from President clsve-
land and Secretaries Smith and Morton.
and Postmaster General Wilson, and a
number Of addresses were made.
The letter OF President Cleveland was
- follows:
Executive Mansion.
washington, February 2lst-
Herbert welsh. Esq. Secretary, ETC.:
my Dear sir.-I shall be unable TO at
tend the conference to be held tomorrow
In the interest of international arbitration
at the city OF Philadelphia. IL should be
entirely unnecessary for me to assure
those who advocate the cause OF my
hearty sympathy with any movement that
tends TO the establishment OF peaceful
agencies for the adjustment OF interna-
tional disputes. The subject should be
discussed with a clear perception OF all
the features belonging 10 1t. and In a
spirit OF patriotism as well as love for
mankind
Hoping the conference you contemplate
may result In stimulating a sentiment in
favor of just and fair arbitration among
nations, l am yours very truly,
GROVER CLEVELAND"
SECRETARY MoRToN's sENTI-
MENTS.
Tbs Cabinet officers also expressed SYM
path with the movement, and regretted
their inability 10 be In attendance. Secre-
tary Morton wrote: IF. after all these
centuries of alleged civilization and Chris
tianity. England and the United States
must settle their differences like wild
beasts. by mere brute force, then Is our
boosted superiority over sayagery and
barbarism q myth
Commendatory letters and kilograms
were aist read from Major General Miles.
United States army; Captain Mahan.
United States navy: Justice Brewer.
United States Supreme Court; Archbishop
Ryan. OF Philadelphia; Representative
Dingley, Charles Francis Adams, Repre-
tfxrS oAntx 80 - ~. ~
tee on Foreign Relations: United States
Commissioner Of Labrr Carroll d.
Wright; Charles Dudley Warner, Repre-
sentative Mccall. ex-senator Edmunds.
Senator Wolcott, Rev. DR.. +. F. Clark,
president Of the Society Of Christian En-
deavor; Professor Charles z. Norton.
Cambridge, Mass: Sherman S. Rogers.
Buffalo. n. Y; and Timothy Dwight. Of
Yale College.
Among the papers read was one by Pro-
fessor John Bassett Moore. Of Columbia
College. New York. upon what Arbitra-
ton Has Accomplished Between England
and the United States"
GREETINGS FROM ENGLAND.
LONDON. February 22.-The Anglo
American arbitration committee have re-
quesfed the United Press to publish the
following cabiegram- ent by the COM
mittee 10 the chairman OF the arbitra-
ton demonstration held in Philadelphia
to-day:
Hearty greetings TO our American
kinsmen. who are celebrating Washing
toms birthday. We join with you in do
Ing honor to your national hero by advo-
eating fraternal union through a perma-
nent court of arbitration for the peace
fui and honorable adjustment OF all diff
nculties arising in The English-speaNins
family.
(SignedD
'Bt. Rev. BROOKE FosS wEsTcoTT.
Bishop OF Durham"
lord PLAYFAIR.
Every Rev. W. FARRAR.
Dean OF Canterbury;
Sir JOHN LUBBOCK.
Lady HENRY SOMERSET,
Mrs. FAWCETT.
$50 REV. HUGH PRICE HUGHES.
WILLIAM r. CREMER.
"Dr. CLIFFORD.
"Dr. PARKER.
- Pastor OF the City Temple"
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