The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-02
AT THE PEACE CONVENTION.
The Speech of Mrs. Mary Frost Orms-
 by Evans

Dy EVdHS.
 One of the principal addresses at the Peace convention at Mystic this week was by Mrs. Mary Frost Ormsby Ev- ans, familiar figure at all peace con- vention held for the past twenty years. She spoke as follows:
 It has generally been prophesied that the closing of our century and the be- ginning of another witnesses a great war With this trend of thought per- vading all countries and penetrating into the very flores of society; with the Armenians being martyred by the thousands on account of unbridled Mos lem barbarity; Cuba in the death throes of seemingly hopeless strug- gle for independence: the Boers in Af- rica engaged in driving back the Brit ish lion from his voracious custom of devouring the weak; and the Italians, by force of arms, striving to acquire and retain new African territory; it has most truly seemed that there never has been a time when the adaptability of this prophecy would be more fully dem- onstrated and verified by the fast suc- ceeding wars of these latter days Of this nineteenth century. And yet, above all, and surmounting all these maledic- tions of the pessimists, the skepti- cism of the warlike and the sophisms of human nature, there never has been since the Prince of Peace came to earth and proclaimed peace and good will to men, any period in this worlds history when there were so many efforts being put forth as there are now for man to help his brother man; and where there has been a greater desire emanating from so many different nations that ar bitration councils should settle all in- ternational difficulties by adjudication instead of annihilation.
 Never has there been a time in the history of the United States when the destiny of the other nations of the earth, as to the course of national poll icies to be pursued in the event of diff ferences of opinion, seemed to be so completely in our hands to decide for or against war among other nations.
 The work of the peace socties has gone on, however, and in no place with more enthusiasm and devotion than here in Connecticut, place that has been made holy ground by the lives and willing suffering of those who were never found to hesitate even If martyr dom would have been required of them; even If death confronted them they would not give up their belief that all wars were barbarious, all wars should cease.
 Last summer, three nations were stretching their hands across the broad Atlantic asking for court of arbitra- tion to be established between their country and our own
 saw Randall Creamer, M. F., in London immediately after his arrival from this country. He was very hope ful then that this country would act and do so at once. Virtually since the war of 1872 we have been adjusting all our difficulties with our mother country on pacific lines of monetary adjust ments and mutual concessions.
 The Alabama treaty will ever stand an abiding witness of that fact and we have been before and since that time so serene that we thought nothing could cause the least fear of war. We boosted here that England was afraid to attack us And England asserted that it was not policy to offend us; nev- ertheless the much talked-about Ven- ezuelan question lay seething and boil ing and Great Britain entirely ignor- ing the Monroe doctrine did not wish the proffered services of the United States to help her decide her boundary lines in South America.
 Suddenly December 19. 1895, Presi- dent Cleveland issues his proclamation