Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-24
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M N try and OF England profess
IN III TO see the realization o.
MI their hopes for universal
W peace In an Anglo-Amerl
Il "A can alliance, and to this
end they have been shap'
ing their plans for union based upon
the common sentiment that pervades
the peace loving inhabitants OF poti
countries. Their animatlng sentiment
was voiced by our eminent country
man Justice David j. Brewer OF the
United States supreme court In an ad'
dress recently delivered IN Milwaukee
when he said: II desire most parilcu'
larry TO refer TO our efforts as nation
in the direction of international arpi-
tratlon and the Fastening OF that day
when peace shall reign and wars shall
be no more. / want 10 refer 70 the el-
forts which this nation and the mother
country lGrat Bntainl have been max
ing 10 bring about the blessings OF ar
bliration. and | am profoundly con-
WINGED that no dine Is more opportune
to impress the wisdom and blessings
OF arbitration than the present time,
when the world looks upon the war ana
carnage In South Africa.
This country has thus far spoken ev-
cry time for those measures which viii
make war less burdensome and less OF
what Sherman declared 1t 10 be- And
It Is 10 the credit OF this nation that
she stood side by side with Great Brit
ain for peace at The Hague. Peace
win surely come, Notwithstanding that
conference has been laughed at by
some and called a Miss Nancy affair by
others. To my mind this Hague con-
ference forms the turning point in ar
bitration, and II win hasten the blessed
day.
These are the two nations the Unit
ed States and Great Britain, that have
been more conspicuous in war than any
other, and Il Is natural that they should
be foremost In the efforts at peace, and
] believe their efforts will be crowned
with the glory of success and that they
will bring about settlement by arbitra-
tion and that The Hague conference
win prove an epoch In the great ques-
tion OF arbitration"
That Justice Brewer has been n con-
sistent advocate Of peace for many
years reference TO his speeches and
writings Is only necessary to. prove.
Taking some excerpts at random, we
find. for example, this from a lecture
before the Yale University Law school
In February Of this year:
This nation must not appear before
the world as highwayman. stand
and deliver must never be the motto
OF the republic. Victory must be sea-
soned with Justice and that nation as
that individual stands highest in the
worlds thought. becomes most potent
for good which in the hour of triumph
manifests the most consideration and
magnanimity.
Notwithstanding all our great edu-
catlonal privileges. all our common
schools and the great work they are do
Ing. there is a fearful volume Of lgno-
rance. More than that, there Is In our
population heterogeneous mass We
are not all Auglo.Saxon. We do not all
spring from those races which we be.
lleye have the true ideas OF self govern
ment We have a great multitude com
ing from those nations In which gov
eminent Is a supposed enemy a multi.
tude which has no idea Of the meaning
of liberty restrained by law. II has
yet to be AmericanIzed, TO be brought
into the realization Of the limitations
upon personal action which come from
the highest obligations Of liberty. More
than that, we have, Notwithstanding
our enormous resources and great ter
rltory, large population which knows
nothing Of the blessings Of a home and