New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-01
v[cTORIA'S CONGRESS.
INN SCHEME OF ENGLAND'S
QUEEN TO SECURE UNI
1-ERSAI. PEACE.
VERSAL PEACE

NE-SAA it%NNA'.
,..os terrorism and all the horrors OF
'''y ID civ. war characterized the closing
:, the eighteenth century TO such an ex-
y" .Ao, many people on yondeT side or the
3n' -. ls3 N believe that the end OF the
Au..N a, hand. The year which opens to-
WIZ st.b is 50 near the close Of the nine
,, century. bids fair 10 present striking
-. =, 100 In SO far that Il is likely to
oD- - the inauguration 81 an era OF peace
Guns -. sxtsnd far into the new cycle In
4. -,vai and imperial projects for the en-
= twelve months are realized the conui'ion
:. aeairs will present so many elements OF the
-nor,,u-, that people will be led TO look iof
-" .aysnt Of the Day Of Judgment IN the same
N- their ancestors one hundred years ago
,houeh on different grounds.
pacevsd first Of all with amazement theh
-, scenticism. and likewise with certain
Gun, NJ derisi0n. the extraordinary mani
-. which the young Car issued three months
70 FAVOR of 4 general disarmament has
- into project for universe. peace
,i.n ~ the congress Of statesmen ana
So on which according to the suggestion OF
rrDa-ar Nicholas. was to meet IN March Ut
A AT II ttLrFStAlb "A ~N'-~
=, the nations comprised under the head
:, ,,a great Powers is TO be held IN London
~ Nav under the presidency Of the venerable
,ovs-eign who is popularity known as the
Grandmother u Europe" namely. queen VIC
tors
Hsr Majesty rightly claims that throughout
bsr long and glorious reign Of more than sixty
years her influence has invariably been eXer
,,ssa in behalf q peace. The preservation OF
tho latter has become 20 her what the French
describe as .une idee fxe." that is to say
,xi,ive mania. She IS determined 10 proceed
~ any lengths in order TO avert the horrors OF
war fact which has hampered me loren"
,oIicv NJ Lord Salisbury. while IL has strength
ened the hands Of foreign governments IN dear
ing with him. and the dream OF her lie Is 10
tgnalize the close Of her tenure or the Hrit'Sn
4hroue by devising some sort 4 an international
agreement which would assure not only 20 hel
own people but likewise u those or other
friendly Powers. the blessings Of 4 long era OF
uninterrupted peace That is Why she well
coined with 50 much satisfaction the scheme
projected by the generous-minded and humanl-
tartan Young CA seeing therein a means OF
deyeloping the project which she herself has
long had In view.
OBJECTIONS TO THE CARS PROPOSAL
Chlmercal and fantastic as the proposal! OF a
congress Of the great Powers in London may at
first sight appear 1t Is infinitely more practlca-
bic. and. above all more likely 10 bring about
beneficial and satisfactory results than the
Cars plan for q general disarmament There
are many objections 10 the proposal Of the
Czar. There can be none 10 that OF Queen
Victoria Obligatory military service in Europe
Is not by any means such a curse as it is
generally describe To- be. II no longer takes
a man away from his family and profession for
a period Of seven years. as in times gone by.
but only for TWO or three years at the most
while II a youth Is proved 10 possess certain