The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-29

~ Cs4Y1Etff sLk1 kIs EfsSsf-E 81 ffsS
" eighteenth century % such an
extent thai macy peosiss 90 yfasa-
der side OF tAs AElantsc we're I'D
70 believe taas the end OF ts~ Nsr51
was n hand. The year when sssfas
4sfay. which N 10 near The close "
the nineteenth century. fs4s far 70
present a atYik.Eg esssEnass 70 sssss
in 70 far that IL is likely to constitute tas
1naaxusa,Ion OF Ar era OF peace sEaissi
may extend far into tie new cycle IN
fact. Il royal and imperial pro3ects for
tho ensusnr IL months are realized Ire
condition OF affairs vii present go many
elements Of the millennium That peopse
VII, be led 10 look for the advent OF TIE
Dag OF Judgment In the same Nay as
their ancestors one hundred years Hxa.
though on different grounds.
Recelyed first OF ali with auazemfnt.
then With skspsfcissss ard akewEss w4ta
= e4rfain amount OF darisspn. fns extra
ordinary manifesto which tie ysssirs cxar
issued three months ago IN favor OF q
genera! disarmament has Developed into
q project for universal peace, and III lfsu
- the congress of statesmen and minis
tsrp which, according 10 the suggestion
Of Emperor Nicholas was 20 meet In
Mascf. or April a. 81 Petersburg. a corr
ference OF the rulers % fse nations cfstF-
urised under the brad OF the great posef3.
SAYS the New York Tribanr. r. 10 be
held IN Loadon In May lander the pfesl~
dency OF the venerable so.eresgn who Is
popuisxiy known az THE Granamothef %
EAaroDe." namely. Queen Victoria
The Que~n.s Ffxea Id~a-
Her majesty rightly claims fbat
throughout her long ard glorious reign
OF more than 90 years her Influence has
fnvariatsy been exercised in behalf or
peace The preservation 81 the latter has
become 10 her what the French describe
az .'1ne fdee fixe." that is To say, posi-
tive mania She IL determined to pro-
reed 10 any lengths i'm order TO avert the
horrors of war, fact which has hafn-
prred the foreign policy Of Lord Sails
hurry Wills 4 hss strengthened the ha7afs
~ foreign governments in dealing with
him. and the dream ~ her HE IL 10 n1-
ual,xe the close as her tenure of the HFff~
fab throne by deytsing Some sort OF an
international agreement which would as
sure NOT only to her own people but
likewise 10 those Of other friendly powers,
she hse~stnsf Of lDag era - uniEarrupt-
ed peace. That f. why sire welcomed with
saa rrssseh satisfaction the srhefn. pre-
tet.fed bs the generous minded and hui
manifar4an young ear, seeing therein =
means OF developing the project which she
hersels has long had IN view.
objection 20 the Csar's PROPOSAL.
rhImericas and fantastic as the propos-
q az q congress ct tire great powers In
J<ntuu nisv a. fret ssxfif npo@at, Il II
iuAfnlseiy mare pracfIcasae, snH. above
Ill. more likely % bring abou. beneficial
end satisfactory results .han The rxar's
fs.an for a general disarmament. There
are many objections to the proposal Of
the rxsr There esp be nnIse 10 that ~
Queer Victoria Obligatory military
service IN Europe IL not by any means
such a curse as IL is generally described
20 be. ~ no longer takes q man away
from his family and profession for pc
ried Of seven years. as in times gone by.
but only for two or three wears NJ the
most. while II youth IL proved 10 pos
eesp a certain amount of educational
training his services with the colers Is re-
s,ricted 20 merely II months The time
which he spends in the army or in the
navy may be regarded rs constituting the
finishing touch Of his essucasion.
Queen gictoria's proposal. although II
has the same object In view rs that OF
the rxar namely. peace. and IL thu out
come OF his manifesto. Is far mere PROM
Using Her lossg aue nnriveies experience
MS the monarch Of the greatest empire ~
the world has convinced her that II Is
ts,sf as Idle to ask the governments ~
Germany, 81 russia and OF France tn III
minish their armarent~ ss II wcsisa be-
10 AK thar Great Britain sstosifs dispense
with the greater part Of her magnsfleen,
navy.
Pence Vntii Crtm~a.
Isut fNere ls ~ reason Whatsoever Why
the rulers ~ THE great powers should rot
meet In congress and come 70 some un-
Outstanding on the subject of all points
zsx a.t-A ta1rftf "a
calculated 20 avert any International mis-
anaer> anainw ar conflict for many years
20 GENE. II may ~ remembered thar thr
last congress Of this kind was that which
followed the overthrow ot the first Ma
rcleon. when The savereigrss SO Austria.
ce Russia aud ~ Prussia. after first re-
storing King r>ssfsa MYTH 70 the throne
Of France and taking counsel with him,
proceeded 80 rsonsson to ornfcr NTH Ksns
George ~. then prince regent, THE ~
esst ~ these meetings between the pflnci-
pal rAensrshs az f.Uropt waa pnaSs
wfsses, lasted up 20 the time 81 the Grim
can war. nearly half n century later
the greas powers constituting themselves
q SOFT cf nosice Ser sfs nssvnose ~ keep
ing the n'ines states in proper order.
That Is neThnps the main reApon Why
the cars profrct fsr n general aisar-
snement ives regarded es srepracttcahls
from TIE ssHf@sNfs " FSsSsAEAAsssks ES tEs
scheme frcpoundeS In his manifesto x~u.f
have involved too radical A change FROM
. system which has hrsn in fsAFcn ssi
nearly ono fsssnfresf wears - admit az ia
being rtst in5o execution within smv Esx-
en- period " wnuss merely have HAD shs
eHess at Disturbing ard throwing into
disorder the slstira scnaosvN. aansipExiFA-
tier ana evrn social ngs Of every cent?
mental nafissn 81 Europe. ana Is the eos
fsss'cn which = wtssif Rave created wouis
probably have tssostsAt ssss,sss 81 revs
evil which 'Ae .sar ds'ssrea 20 prevent
namely. war.
Revelation 10 ss~ Csar.
II f. irsnossihis 90 refrain seant the rsss
vsetien that StsAf'a< fsaGsxysf fhls a..
fsest aa soon as hss rsanEsesfo hassa feF~
ISSUED. Far instead ~ thpT~ having See.
any tendency an fase part - 9sstszsjs ~ A.
ussuisss her arsna~eents ssFre last SIR
seFYsSe- STR .s% On the cssntra~v fss~~Nasess
them considerably aa& he~ sxarasste r.
tAis matter has eesa fests ssess ~ r-xsrss
every other great fee~eF So tstses>s waite
every government accepted che exa1es ~,
vsssfsea - attend his ssnwrs - gav -.
psssTsc*e ssf drvt~s@r snear~ fcr ~ Eat~r,
-atsorai Sis8rusa zaeest- each em@ 80 tae,~
&f cssre SCI 80 MGsrk - sszxasssFf-s "a ga