Iron County register., 1898-09-01

while proving . Tax on Material Prog
ress and Wealth.
London, Aug. 29-The czars propo-
sition for an international conference
for the purpose of securing real and
lasting peace among the powers and
the termination of the progressive In
crease in armaments. as conveyed In a.
note from Count Muravieh, the Russian
foreign minister, TO the foreign diplo-
| mats at St. Petersburg, is likely to-
produce a sensation throughout Eu.-
rope, and, coming from such q quarter,
| and with such evident sincerity OF pur-
pose, it is likely to have important ef--
fects There is no doubt that with
Russia taking the lead in such step,
Germany, France and the other ma
tions will be ready TO follow.
Text of the Note.
The text of the note follows:
1.-THE maintenance of general peace
and the possible reduction OF the ex--
cessive ornaments, which weigh upon
all nations. present themselves In ex-
listing conditions to the whole world as
an ideal toward which the endeavors
of all governments should be directed.
Humanitarian and Magnanimous Ideas
1.-THE humanitarian and magnani--
nous ideas of his majesty, the en-
porer, my august master, have been
won over to this view in conviction
that this lofty aim is in conformity
with the most essential interests and
legitimate views of all the powers, and
the imperial government thinks the
present moment would be very favor
able to seeking the means
A Real Durable Peace.
SIN the course of the last 20 years.
the longing for general appeasement-
has grown especially pronounced In
the consciences of civilized nations,
and the preservation of peace has been
put forward as an object of interna-
tional policy. 1t is in its name that
great states have concluded among
themselves powerful alliances.
The Better to Guarantee Peace.
sit is the better to guarantee peace
that they have developed in proportions
hitherto unprecedented their military
forces and still continue TO increase
them without shrinking from any
sacrifice.
Nevertheless all these efforts have
not yet been able to bring about the
benefcent result desired-pacification
strike at the Very Root of Popular Pros
perity.
1.-The financial charges following the
upward march strike at the very root
of public prosperity. The intellectual
and physical strength of the nations
labor and capital are most diverted
from their natural application and are
la
of millions are devoted to acquiring
terrible engines of destruction, which,
though to-day regarded as the last
work of science, are destined to-mor-
row to lose all their value in conse-
quence of some fresh discovery in the
same field National culture, economic
progress and the production of wealth
are either paralyzed or checked in de-
velopment. Moreover, in proportion
as the armaments of each power in
crease, they less and less fulfill the OBJ
ject the governments have set before
themselves.
The Economic Crisis.
1.-The economic crisis, due in great
part to the system of armaments,
routrance, and the continual danger.
which lies in this massing of war ma
terial are transforming the armed
peace of our days into a crushing blow,
which the peoples have more difficulty
IN bearing.
ut appears evident that if this state
Of things were to be prolonged it
would inevitably lead to the very cata-
clysm it's desired to avert, and tho
horrors whereof make every thinking
being shudder in advance.
s.To put an end to these incessant ar,
maments and to seek the means of
warding off the calamities which are,
threatening the whole world-such is
the supreme duty to-day imposed upon
all states.
|, FILLED with this idea, his majesty
has been pleased to command me to.
propose to all the governments whose
representatives are accredited to the
imperial court, the assembling of
conference which shall occupy itself
with this grave problem.
A Happy Presage for the Century About to
Open.
''This conference will be, by the help.
of God, the happy presage for the CEN
tury which is about to open. 1t would
converge into one powerful focus the
efforts of all states sincerely seeking to.
make the great conception of universal
peace triumph over the elements of
trouble and discord, and it would at
the same time cement their agreement
by corporate conservation of the
principles of equity and right, whereon
rest the security of states and the well
fare of peoples"
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