Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-23
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'iAiNli IN NlthliltAllpNs
rmncerco cHspI. th, great Italian
statesman, boa % word 90 1ly on the
possibilities or disarmament. aud bile
long association with thc leading
HntoHWu OF Europe. as won os Dts
familiarity with 900 the lntrlcaolaa of
diplomacy, lend Importance TO Dis ut.
tenucea
AZ reported IN tho Sew ~orl, jour.
nal Do takes tho vlrw that th, pnrtlcl-
patton OF Che United statos in The
Hague congress 81 "n most Important
phenomenon boz modern hiat0ry" He
explains % or the ground that the war
which resulted ln spliu's defeat sud-
danly pushed now power Co the fore.
Eround with which Europe Will have to
reckon ln nearly ul future luiornatlon-
at negotiations. The conquest OF cuba.
ne says, and the less easy but certain
conquest Of tho Philippines. inspires the
fear that nl European nations viii FIN
ally Boz driven from all other trans-At-
lnntlc colonies. Hc therefore predicts
o. leading role Cor the American Ropub-
Doc In the historic drama NJ the next
century.
hut Crlspl r. unable to 500 IN this hls.
ioHcai phenomenon o. good omen Tor
disarmament lie relates how. on one
occasion he had remarked 60 onmbctta
that the army AMI the clergy were a
menace 10 the state; 90 which the
Fronoh statesman replied that he saw
uo better remedy FOR the existing evils
than that the nations would come to-
gethor aud agree to universal dlaarma-
mcnt.
This was more than twenty years
ago. Shortly afterwards Prince Bis
marck sald on the same subject;
"Irternatlonai disarmament H. prnc-
ticaliy impossible. No dictionary has
ns yct contained the expressions liking
the limitations either ~ disarmament
or armament. The military Institutions
diner On the various countries. Granted
that tho nations are dlsarmed IN times
uf peace. have we then reached equal
conditions. Offensive and dCfonalNef
Let us leave this argument 20 the peace
societies"
And this r. NJ. Crlsprs present views.
Ito does not deny that some good may
result from earnest deliberations, but
Doc thinks that the idea OF permanent
international disarmament under exist
ing conditions ls absurd. Wars" he
ruya. "and revolutions may be retarded,
but they viii break out at an unoxpcet-
cd hour whom all will appear serene aud
prlpIuous" 40,
opinion of the italian statesman, for
Europe 90 emulate tho example N the
United States and make one general
republic OF 900 the countries now rcpnr-
atcd By tho imaginary boundaries
drawn by diplomats. Iiy this means
racial and international jcalouHies
would be- lost. and tho countries would
bo free 10 engage iu fmtornal contests
for supremacy Ia ciyll and industrial
progress
CHul lH probably correct IN this
yluw. Peace can hardly be- permanent
ly established a8 long mo- nations re-
gard one another Az aliens. belonging
To- some other family or race. The idea
of "a united Europe may 90 frgt appear
chImcrloul, but there ~ tho best roa-
son for believing that this, TOO, VIII
take place. The tendency ls clearly
toward unity and fraternity among the
best clements Of nil nations. and this
renders II concriyabl, that the consum-
nation OF an win be- the subordinptlon
uf an earthly power, glory and authorl-
ty under the rule OF the King Of kings
and Lord of lordH,and that would BE- The
principle or brotherhood applied not
only Go tho nations of Europe but TO
those Of an the world.
In the meantime the deliberations at
The Hague are "a splendid introduction
Co that MllIcnnlal condition OF peace
and good will.