The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-03-29
PEACE SOCIETY
MEETING.

Tie regular meeting OF the Delaware
Peace Society was held last night at the
Friends Meeting House, Fourth and
West streets, with George A. Rhoads in
the chair. Secretary David Ferris read
the minutes Of the previous meeting
which were adopted. The committee on
literature and new members reported
that 100 copies Of the appeal Of the
Philippines to the United States Con.
eress had been received ana most Of
Them distributed. The committee also
reported that three new members had
been received into the society.
President Rhhades after II few ap-
propriatc remarks introduced John b.
Garrett of Rosem0nt Pa. VIII" made
an interesting address Oh Our Hope for
international Peace After few in
troductory remarks Mr.. Garrett said in
part: Il do not think that the capture
of one Philippine leader. which We read
of in todny's papers will bring the state
of affairs there much nearer II climax.
We see the armies Of the foreign nations
and even ourselves engaged in China.
In taking all Of this into consideration
it does not seem that an international
peace will be realized at any earl, date
and yet / am Of the opinion that there
will be international peace sometime in
the future.
''It is essential that we recognize first
of all that there is Il supreme ruler Of
the universe whose purpose is 10 see ihat
peace will be established throughout the
world. That is the first thought will
present hearing on this subject. Re-
view things of the past century and note
how differently we look at moral dnrS-
tiOnS from our ancestors. Al the be-
ginning of the 18th century such II thing
as arbitration between countries had
never been thought of, there wcr" no
peace societies and surely no peace rnn-
fciencc>. From 1915 up until the pres
cnt time there has been 1876 disputes be-
tween diffcrcn, nations settled by arbi-
trHtion.
There are nearly 400 regular peace
organizations in different parts of the
world. A conference i held in SwitAnr-
land every year which is attended by
some of the brightest men and women
Of the world. to discuss this question,
You are also aware of the movement
several years ago of the Gar Of Russia.
asking all nations to send representatives
to IL peace conference for the purpose of
leSsening the armies. thereby making
war less dreadful. There was not II ma
tion who would dare to refuse 10 send
representatives to such Il conference.
The result, after some months of prep
aratiun, Il conference was held ut The
Hague. There were 100 representatives
present at the conferences representing rs
nations Of the earth. 1t is Il feature of
that conference that the gratcst Repuh.
lcan nation, ourselves, had muri,rd
influence upon the discussion
Mr.. Garrett explained that the result
Of the conference was that il was de
ciclcd to submit disputes to Il court con-
sistng Of prominent iurists Of all the
nations which would be appointed for
such occasions. He said: ",rhc result of
the work is that 20 independent nations
have Convinced by treaty the action. of
The Hague conference. 1t is n Step
forward in the worlds peace. ! do not
believe any of us realize what it means.
There has been already II eases sub
mitted to this court of the nations
In speaking of the Sranish-Amcrican
war he said
ave went into that war under cover
of Il disintcrcstcd zeal of II suffering
people living near our borders. | know
the difficulty: we sought to benefit Cuba.
We had no claim on Spain. The people
are beginning to see that they engaged
in Il strife the end of which they saw
not. 1t shocks the sense Of propriety
to think that We can so easily deceive
ourselves. Is it statc>manlikc: Is it
manly? II is Chrisiianlike! Let us he
honest and frank in the expressing of our
convictions. What do we mean by the
love Of our country? 1t should he the
love of the countrys best interest"
In conclusion Mr.. Garrett read an
open letter prepared by the American
Peace Society, which has been published
in number Of newspapers and which
was sent to the President Of the United
States. The letter urged that the prcsi-
dent Use his influence toward peace.