The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-06
THE CzAR'S PROPOSAL.

"A beautiful dream" That is the Paris
Mathis summary OF the cars proposal
for an international conference looking TO
gradual disarmament and universal peace.
New York Herald.
II Is o little remarkable that the czar
OF Russia should be summoning the ma
tons OF the earth TO a peace congress.
lust at a time when strained relations
between Russia and England seem to
threaten war, the voice of the greatest
dictator IN Europe is raised for peace
Syracuse Post.
The young cZar of Russia, hitherto re-
gardcd merely as a rather dull and timid
young man who would have preferred If
he had had been consulted TO have been
born into a much smaller way OF life,
takes at one leap the foremost place
among the sovereigns Of earth as a sem
satiounliEt and perhaps also a retorIner.-
OsweRo Times.
Whatever the outcome may be, the
proposition Is one Of the noblest Of the
century. The disarmament of Europe, the
dfspersion of millions of soldiers 10 ways
Of peace, the dwelling IN amlty Of the ma
lions Of the earth. the realization OF the
Millennium! Swords to beaten into plow-
shares and spears into pruning hooks! II
is distinction for a car 10 propose, ana
solicit cooperation in achieving, SUCH
an end though the project fail-Utca
Herald.
There is nothing tempestuously cordial
about the British reception Of the car =
tournament note. This is not greatly to
he wondered al. The last of Russian
weapons which Great Britain has TO fear
is the Russian army. II the czar had pro-
posed a reduction of diplomatic services,
or a self-denying ordinance as TO the pur-
chase OF Chinese ministers, or mad oHered
to enter into a solemn pact against the
furnishing of arms and money to Afghan
,vfl.-rrap tho anprppa1 pf his DrODOEd IN
the London press would probably nave
been less perfunCtory.-New YORK Press.
Nicholas is but preaching a gospel long
familiar to our congress and press ana
churches. yet at the very time he Is pro-
claiming II we are more deeply commit
ted TO the military spirit, to the idea OF
forcibIe conquest, and to the burdens or
an increased armament than ever before
I'M our history. But doubts ana regrets
have no place in the acclaim with which
the transcendent act OF the car shoulu
be hailed by all lovers OF their KIND. II II
one Of those fashings of light out OF the
darkness which renew faith In God and
man and the beRehcent increasing pur-
nose which runs through the ages.-New
York Post.
Nicholas OF Russia. by a stroke OF his
pen. has drawn the eyes of the world
upon himself In u~ndisguised amazetaehC
His appeal TO all the powers represented
at his court for a great international con
ference and agreement In behalf or gen.
eral and lasting peace is n document re-
markable both t0r tho impressive truth
Of its declarations and for the absolute
novelty Of its propositions as emanatlhS
from autocratiC royalty. Is the car SIN
cere in his effort 20 halt throughout the
civilized world the incessant armaments
which bear so heavily and so increasingly
upon the resources OF nations, and which,
Intended for the maintenance OF peace,
threaten the most appalling disasters OF
the worlds history I'm the event of gen.
,ral war-NCw York Mail and Express.