New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-18

would seem TO be very appropriate II b Is eonsy
wise in time OF war 20 prepare for peace
A SURVIVAL OF sAVAGERf.
IN. continued use Of warfare in modern DAYS ana
AZ between nations pretending 10 os ms, 49,.
one OF those paradoxes that may we" J'S,.i'
philosophy OF Schopenhauer Maniles'F
survival of'savagery. As the human 'aDc -
almost abolished There vas af "'T vas resorted
every kind and we may well imagine us suEV ~ ~
resisting the establishment OF Gopr's Of the
same arguments substantially that We now IL, ne,
I,,d Rn, n due fime~though when precisely we
cannot say-humanity became weary OF Wd " 10
warfare self-he9 came 10 be unawim, sht ,y S,
man who desired TO enforce his private rsnl T5e
obliged 70 appeal 10 tribunal OF some hiilo .rf
Code Of Just Man denounces me atIentps orr9-
private rsht BY private force as insa ,ieaeyer
gance and provides punishment n' II IL rsa
sonably certain that the Roman peace "nch ~ ~
vailed so long under taat mn .c'yzed word
n submit It's disputes 70 courts OF law hsn ne
and private force AM private WafIale. X,. ',.ii-
ICED the medieval period 10 Some extent oul D,s ,
again required to submit almost a., ms is use.
and claims 70 tribunal or some hluu M. 80
come over the enhghlehe9 20, Won al ~ .ae middle
since the latter PR OF what we Ss vere To- APP
| pear even in Paris to-day and behave as they oid
In the delightful novel of Dumas they Wop qua e %,
private warfare and personal iruculenee The tn.
Ideal OF manhood in private life Is the q'uet nodes,
gentleman who vaun;eth not himself and doth not
| behave himself unseemly 49,. ,.o,
II is not possible that such benehcent change ,ig
should take place also in the ideals Of national IRE
Some OF our aha sIe some OF of them the
great American game of poker, with IFS bluff,
and its Drag is fitting type of National c9naHet
while we may ali try with more or less success 10
be gentlemen in our individual ca2afce eS W., we
/ must be precisely the reverse. and present our
In the Of paSsSn E the hat would be
absurd or insuferable in private NE -,,, 80. 81
Bu we may nope nst b SoSn Eat pnb warfare
may at least be so limited II possible az to pu, It
| further civilized.
MIsUNDERsToOD OR MssTATED.
The subject OF international arbitration Is. OF
course not free from difficulty. and 1t is often mis-
understood or misstated in popular discussion
No will deny the right OF seh-defence 10 ma
tons. II has never been denied 10 INDIVIDUALS
even where 'self-help'' has been most strngently
prohibited. Nor does any one propose so far as I
know to undertake to apply the principles OF arbi
tration between civilized nation on the one
hand and a people on the other so barbarous as
not to be able to appreciate or observe those prin-
cples A people may be savage that they mus
be dealt with We deal with unruly children
Nor do we propose TO move too rapidly in this i'm
portant matter for II IS believed that all true and
abiding progress is necessarily deliberate All We
ask for Is constant and sincere eoTt IN true E
ternational arbitration is not practicable: II mas
thirty years At recent conference held in this
State in June last (at Lake Mohonk, It was stated
had Seen Sn ts by such
The movement in the right direction has certainly
! begun We simply ask that II go on. We know
| that IS sometimes a dread necessity. and We
yotion to our common Country when She deems 4:
necessary to draw the sword. or all the so-caed
colonial times furnished by far the largest proper
ton Of sodiers Our friends OF the Glergy II hey
| ally gone as chaplains. and have done noble work
as such Our friends Of the medical profession ',
| noble work as such The members OF the Bar have
SSsn from IousBars to Santiago has been nus
BY their aevoon AND yet we a know s thss
! necessary sometimes. but &, Is cruel and savage:
Ia fool crazed
At the best war Is crude and temporary mean:
| by better methods. The ultimate object must a.
fruitful and in the las. analysis. the question must
always be. Must we reach this peace through the
valley OF the shadow OF fire and sword and death.
or by some better path?
MAKE A BEGINNING.
We might at least make a beginning Forty-six
years ago Alfred Tennyson. who sometimes saw
things with that large and lucid vision which is
now and then vouchsafed TO the poets eye. IN his
lyric verses entitled Hands All Round" exclaimed
OF our country:
Gigantic daughter Of the West,
We drink 10 thee across the hood
For *. art , fSe' rot '9' o, Brush ih' bod,
And surely after the lapse OF nearly half century
the time is not less proptous Cor treaty OF arbitra-
ton with that great people 10 whom are attached
by many ties Of blood and language and literature
and law. and with whom, in spite OF many super
fetal differences and disputes. we yet profoundly
sympathize concerning those things which make
for freedom and justice and truthfuness in national
and need not fear that the majestic shaee OF
the project. All that is suggested is that We make
a begnnlng-that we commence an experiment
which may be OF immense benefit and cannot by
any possibility do any harm. No better beginnins
nd be made than by taking up the subject asair
with England. And It may be borne in mind tina
not only OF English descent. but we have
among us children o, many kindred races-fron
Holland Denmark Norway Sweden. Germany \
be lust and useful, would doubt, he FOLLOWED
by similar agreements with those other tons. ant
the Scandinavian and the Teutonc peoples nigh
consolidated in favor or the arbitration OF ever
diplomatic negotiation. May the good day soor
GOMEZ
The association this afternoon nominated and
elected members. The report Of the Genera
, Council was submitted The reports OF the sec
Rotary. John Hinkley. Of Baltimore. and the
treasurer Francis Rawle. OF Philadelphia, were
presented and referred as was also that OF th'
Executiv. Committee, Of which President Howe
: Of ew-Orleans. is chairman. Judge Lyman D
Brewster. Of Connecticut, tonight read an abl'
paper on Uniform State Laws paper wa
read by J.. G. Krauthoff Of Kansas City, Mo.
on Malice as an Ingredient OF Civil Csus'
Of Action" Extended discussion followed
ELECTRIC CARS IN SIKTHAVF. SATURDAY
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