The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-01-21
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THURSDAY. JAHUARY 81, 1897.
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EACE ON EARTH,
For the second time 1t has been left
to the Anglo-Saxon race to set the ex
ample OF peaceful arbitration among
the nations.
The German arbitration tribunal was
the crowning achievement Of Grants
administration. The new treaty nego-
tated by the United States and Great
Britain for the arbitration Of all mat
tcrs between the two nations during
it's existence, for the term OF five years,
is another step to brand war as horri-
bic, brutal and barbarous
All that remains TO be done with the
new treaty is its ratification by the
senate, and the proper authorities IN
Great Britain, When this Is done
President Cleveland may well congrat-
ulste himself because it makes war i'm
probable between kindred peoples and
despite the other features OF his ad
ministration this will stand out as his
greatest success, one that leads TO a
higher civilization, and will be the
usher in OF the zone thousand years Of
peace
As the president said in his message
to the senate, the provisions Of the
treaty are the findings of long and pa
tient deliberstion, and though the re
suit may not meet the views of the
advocates Of immediate, unlimited and
irrevocable arbitration OF controver-
sizes, it is nevertheless believed that
the treaty will be recognized every
where as long step IN the right direc-
ton The president adds:
In the initiation et such an impor-
tsnt movement 1t must be expected
that some OF it's features will assume a
tentative character looking TO fur.
ther advance, ana yet IL is apparent Ia at
the treaty which has been formulated
not only makes war between the par
ties TO il a remote possibility, but pre-
cludes those fears aud rumors OF war
which OF themselves too often assume
the proportions of a national disnster
II Is eminently fitting, as we'll as
fortunate, that the attempt TO achieve
results so benehcent should be initia-
ted by kindred peoples, speaking the
same tongue and joined together by
the ties OF common traditions. com
mon institutions and common aspira
tions. The experiment of substituting
civilized methods for brute force at
means of settling international ques
tions of right will thus be tried uuder
the happiesJ auspices. It's success
ought uot 10 be doubtful, and the fact
that its ultimate ensuing benefits are
not likely TO be limited to the two
countries Immediately concerned
should cause II TO be promoted all the
more eagerly. The example set and
the lesson furnished by the successful
operation of this treaty are sure 20 be
felt and taken to heart sooner or later
tY other nations and will thus mark
the beginning of new epoch in civili-
zation.
In this message transmitting the
treaty TO the senate the president is
profoundly impressed by the promise
OF its transcendeut good This is not
surprising. The treaty is one Of the
grandest triumphs OF humanity. II is
the supreme achievement Of the nine
teenth century. It is a new epoch in
civilization and the emphatic ratinea-
tion Of the anthem on the plains OF
bethlehem, Peace on earth good will
toward men. 1t is the ushering In OF
that better day when nations shall
war no more, when the government Of
love supercedes the government Of
force among governments instituted
for the universal brotherhood Of man
Though wars will arise and man viii
clutch his brother by the throat, II will
be confined TO the less enlightened ma
tions. No stain need come upon the
English speaking races arising from
bsrbarous warfare, and they will be
left free to achieve the conquests OF
peace in friendly rivalry, subduing the
waste places Of the earth and eleva-
ting the human race TO higher de
gree Of distinction and development.