The Red Cloud chief., 1898-09-02
CAR TIRED OF WAR.
CALLS A UNIVERSAL PEACE
CONFERENCE.


w h'f 'hE' pVsbg oIbtI
OF Emperor Nicholas, Count Muravicfr.
the foreign minister. on the cath inst.
handed TO the foreign diplomats at 1t.
Petersburg n note declaring that the
maintenance OF peace and the rcduc-
ton OF the excessive ornaments o
crushing all nations is the ideal for
which ali governments ought 10 strive.
The car considers the present mo.
ment favorable for the Inauguration
Of n movement looking TO this end,
and invites the powers to take part in
an international conference MS a means
OF thus insuring real aud lasting peace
md terminating the progressive in
crease Of armament.
The text OF the note follows: "The
maintenance Of general peace and the
possible reduction Of the excessive ar.
taamcnts which weigh upon all ma.
tions present themselves in existing
conditions TO the whole world rs an
ideal toward which the %endcavors Of
all governments should be directed.
The humanitarian and nagnanimous
ideas OF his majesty, the emperor, my
august master, have been won over to
this view in the conviction that this
lofty aim - in conformity with the
iaost essential interests and legitimate
views OF all the powers; and the impe.
rial government thinks the present
moment woulG be very favorable to
seeking the means. ..F.r
international discussion is the most
effectual means of insuring all peoples
beneht-a real. durable peace, above
all putting an end TO the progressive
development of the present arma.
mcuts. ..e
I'm the course OF the last twenty
years, the longing for general appcasc.
ment has grown especially pronounced
In the consciences Of civilized nations;
and the preservation of peace has been
put forward as an object OF interna.
tionai policy. IL is in its name that
great states have concluded among
themselves powerful alliances.
1T is better to guarantee peace that
they have developed In proportions
hitherto unprecedented To their mill.
tnry forces, and still continue to In
crease them without shrinkagc from
any sacrifice.
Nevertheless, all these efforts have
not been able To bring about the bcnoi.
cen results desired pacification.
1.-THE financial charges following tn C
upward march strike at tho very root
OF public prosperity. The intellectual
and physical strength OF the nations.
labor aud capital, AFRO mostly diverted
from their natural application >ld arc
unproductively consurcd. Hundreds
Of millions are devoted To acquiring
terrible engines of destruction, which,
though to-day regarded rs the last
work Of science, are destined to.mor.
row to lose Mi their value in consc-
euence Of some fresh discovery in the
same Held. National culture, economic
progress and the production OF wealth
are either p~aralyzed or checked in de-
velopment. Moreover, in proportion
rs h armamcn.s of each power in.
crease, they less and less fulfil the OBJ
ject the governments have set before
themselves.
The economic crisis, due in great
part to the system OF ornaments.
routrance, and the continual danger
which lies In this massing of war ma.
terial are transforming the armed
peace of our days into u crushing bur.
den which .hc peoples have more and
more difficulty in bearing. :
1t appears evident that, IL this
state Of things were to be prolonged,
II would inevitably lead to the very
cataclysm il is desired TO avert. and
the horrors thereof make every think
Ing being shudder in advance.
ITO put an end TO these increasing
ornaments 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 ma Icsty
has been pleased to command me 10
propose to all the governments whose
representatives are accredited to the
imperial court the assembling OF a
conference which shall occupy itself
with this grave problem.
This conference will be, by the
help of God, the happy presagc for the
century which is about to open.
1t would converge into one power
ful focus the efforts of all
states sincerely seeking to max,
the great conception of uni
versal peace triumph over the elements
of trouble and discord, and II woult
at the same time, cement their agree
ment by a corporate concentration o,
the principles of Europe and RICH,
whereon rests the security of state.
and the welfare Of peoples"
Yellow Fever In Mexico.
LAREDO, Texas, Aug. 30 Accord
Ing to Mexican reports, twenty-six vel
low fever suspects are held 10y tn
quarantine guards at Eagle Pass
Texas. Advices from Tampico va
that yellow fever situation is III
changed. Up to date there ha' : bee
eighty-two deaths from this disease.
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