New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-30

vo,oned resources measurable. all make power
fully in the same direction. Still more potent
are the needs Of European Russia Hsel' WIN
it's ignorance. poverty. perpetual famine ana
endemic pla gHes all crying aloud for rell'1. an"
for that bounty 10 be given TO the people winch
j. now souandercd upon camps ana Meets
There is. ms we have already and often saih'
M nation i'm tho world more deeply Interested
IN tho maintenance Of peace than Russia. Bilt
neither can we deny 10 the Car personally
those higher motives which make uDseltSily
for tho general welfare OF mankind. one Is not
necessarily selfish just because no is rich' nor
crncI hocausp no IS strong: nor inhuman be-
cou,e he wears a crown. There Is no essential
reason why an Autocra; of All the RusSias
should not he a wise statesman pure phllan-
thropst and sincere Centle-hearted friend or
noacc and lover Of the worlds best welfare.
II is most encouraging md inspiring TO Oh
serve that the Cars words arc widely received
in Europe with sympathy and in good faith.
An excellent authority declares that the ac-
ouiesrenre Of Rnssia's secret mariner. Germany.
was secured in advance: that or her open
mariner France. is scarcely TO he doubted: and
TINT OF her traditional antagonist. Great brl'-
ain. will probably not be withheld though Their"
is Of course. a most serious difi,rul'y III me
way of her practical cooperation. Continen'ai
militarism is of tho army. British mllitarism IS
Of the navy II Is one thing to ask nation 10
disband an army. whose soldiers co'llG go pach
70 peaceful Industry. and could be recalled 10
service again at any moment. and IN shor'
time 10 made as effective as ever II "a n very
different thing to ask a nation TO abandon or
10 destroy a navy whose ships would be abso-
lutely worthless for any other than military
purposcs. and If once destroyed could not d"
replaced for many years. That difficulty may
prove the stumbling block OF tho whole scheme
If stumbling block there shall he. But 1t Is to
be hoped that even II may IN some manner ana
10 some degree no srrmountcd
As for the United States rs feeling IN the
matter has never been concealed and was
never more obvious than now in the full flush
OF military triumph. This Nation wants peace.
row and always There IL not one that Will
fight with more tremendous potency. IF fight
ing 10 inevitable but there is not one thai VIII
90 further in honorable ways 10 avoid fight
or that in practice and in spirit is more essen
TALLY actively and hopefully peacelike. A.
surodlv from every true American heart goes
ont n fervent re-pcholng ~ the Russian En-
perors noble desire that this conference which
he has called may be "A happy preSage Tor IN"
century which IL about 10 open. that II may
converge into one powerful focus the efforts
"of all States sincerely seeking 10 make the
great conception of universal peace triumph
"ovpr the elements Of trouble aud discord. AMI
that il may at the same time cement 'heir
agreement by corporate conservation o! the
'principlps Of equity and right, whereon rest
"the security Of states and tho welfare Of peo-
piles" Loftler ambition for worldly good can
no man have than that; and that II is no. con
ceIved and cherished in vain all faith in human
nature and In the cxtra-human Power that
makes for human good. constrnins us 10 believe.