St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-08

e. V. Smalley. D. R. Noyes, Ambrose
Tight, Col. W. P. Clough, William b.
Dean, E. w. Peet, W. F. Peet, Judge
C. E. Flandrau, Gen. ]. B. Sanborn,
Thomas Cochran and r. A. Kirk. Mr..
Dean was chosen chairman and Mr..
Tighe secretary.
Mr.. Peet, in outlining the purpose
of the meeting, told of the origin Of
the recent international arbitration
movement in this country 1t was
given it's first impetus by a speech de-
livered by Chauncey M. DepeW before
the New York Bar association. A
meeting was then held Feb. II at the
residence of William E. Dodge in New
York city to inaugurate the national
movement. Eminent New York citi-
zens appeared at this meeting and
adopted resolutions offered by Mr. De-
pew, in which the principle of arbitra-
ton between this country and Great
Britain was recognized, and in which
co-opertion was suggested between the
principal cities of the United States
to the same end. On Washington's
birthday similar meeting was held
in Independence hail. Philadelphia,
where delegates were present from New
York, Boston and other cities. Mr..
Peet himself had the pleasure of rep
resenting st. Paul. Letters of SYM
pathy were then read from President
Cleveland and other leading Ameri-
cans, while a cable message was re-
ceived conveying the cooperation Of
the Dean of Canterbury, the Bishop
of Durham. Sir John Lubbock, Lord
Playfair and other well-known En-
gliShmen. Resolutions introduced bv
Robert Treat Paine were adopted con-
veying the sentiment of the New York
meeting and inviting other cities to
send representatives to national meet
ing at Washington. This national
meeting will probably be held before
the end of the month. Finally, there
had been held only last Tuesday in
London a meeting to encourage the
movement from the other side of the
water Messages of sympathy were
presented to the English meeting from
Mr.. Gladstone Mr. Balfour and other
notables. Mr. Peet reviewed the argu-
ments in favor of a tribunal of inter-
national arbitration between the En-
gl1sh-speaking nations, and instanced
the evil of war by observing that the
"rumor of a rumor of a war; had
recently caused a greater financial loss
TO thlS country than would have been
involved in buying outright the entire
strip of territory involved in the dis
pute. Mr.. Peet said that he hoped
last nights assembly would take some
action, but 1T must, of course be un
derstood that the verdict of an inter
national tribunal would be merely ad-
Visory. 1t was not yet possible to Sc
cure the enforcement of such a tri-
bunaPs DEGREES. Perhaps another
meeting when more citizens could he
present, would add emphasis to the
position of st. Paul in this matter It
might even be we'll to call a mass
meeting.
Bishop Gilbert-And have a regular
Kilkenny cat time of il.
Judge Flandrau thought the bishop
was correct National prejudices from
various foreign born citizens would be
apt to develop at mass meeting and
1rustrate the objects of the meeting
me teeling between the United States
and Great Britain was as a matter of
sober fact not as fraternal as we liked
TO picture it. We are not overfond of
each other. Nevertheless, both coun-
tries would find it immeasurably to
thelr 9elf-interest to settle all interna-
tlonal disputes by any means rather
than by war. 1t could not be denied
however, that England was a grasping
nation that habitually took all it could
from weaker peoples Our disputes
would probably. therefore, be in the
line of resisting British aggression. but
the plan of arbitration would be none
the less desirable
Rev. w. r. Lord reminded the Judge |
that white Americans had stolen a |
country from the Indians and an en-
pire from Mexico.
But Judge F'landrau, while admitting
that the red man might have once or
twice been subjected to a certain