The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-05-04
PEACE FOR ALL
An Arrangement for Sim.
Infamous Meetings.
Plan of the American Member of the
International CommiSson-May
18Th the Day.

INDIANAPOLIS, april 25.-As the
American member of the InternaUion-
al Peace and Arbitration Commission,
Mrs. May Wright Sewau is senuIng out
the following plan for holding simulta-
neous meetings throughout the world
on May 10:
A universal and international demon
lstration is to take place in favor of
ence, which will open on May Is at the
Hague, has been called together
by the invitation of the Gar. This
demonstration will consist in simulta-
much as possible ON the same day (for
which the 18th of May has been fixed)
in most Of the more important towns
Vall over the civilized world. In these
simultaneous meetings the women will
proclaim their universal and unani-
nous idea of peace. and the promotion
Iof the principle of justice (instead of
force) in the International relations of
peoples. Besides, they will interchange
addresses of sympathy with all the
other women gathered for the same
cause and the same hour in other coun-
tries.
These meetings must be held, as
much as possible, in all the towns of
each country. Their organization and
execution ought to be centered N one
hand, which also would take the charge
of sending and of receiving the ad-
dresses of sympathy which would be
exchanged between countries and
which will have to be distributed to all
places in the country where meetings
will be arranged in time so that they
may all be read aloud during these
meetings. These addresses have to be
sent beforehand until the Sth of May,
by means Of the central committee of
one country to that of all the other
countries, which will probably amount
be forwarded to the different meetings
in copies.
These meetings will indorse short
resolutions addressed to the govern
ments to the peace conference, and the
passage Of these resolutions has to be
communicated before May II, 20 the fol-
lowing address:
"Vrades comite Hague
NEW YORK, April Pa Washing
ton special to the Herald says: Be
cause of Sir Julian Pauncefote's strong
effort to negotiate an arbitration treaty
with the United States his selection
by the British Government is regarded
in well informed circles as an indica-
tion of the purpose of Lord Salisbury
in favor of the adoption of plan of in
ternational arbitration. In diplomatic
and administration circles it is general
ly admitted there is little prospect of all
agreement being reached by European
Governments respecting disarmament
and especial attention will undoubted
~ be paid by the several governments
to the question of international arbitra-
of Paris of 1856.
Under the instructions to the Ameri-
can delegates they will favor the adop-
ton of plan of general arbitration
which has been carefully drawn up by
the State Department and considered
by the President and his Cabinet. This
plan contemplates the formation of an
arbitration tribunal, permanent in
character and comprising representa-
tives of several powers agreeing to its
organization.
several powers to refer their disputes
TO this tribunal, but they will be at lib
erty to submit them if any of them
deem it proper to do so.