The sun., 1901-03-29

PEACE SOCIETY
MEETING
Held in Friends Meeting House
Last Night.
ADDRESS BY JOHN GARRETT
His Subject, Our Hope of Interna.
tional Peace Says Capture of
Aguinaldo Will Not Bring
War to a Climax.
ADDRESS BY JOHN GARRETT

| Tie regular meeting OF the Delaware
feace Society was held last night at the
Friends Meeting House, Fourth and
West streets, with George A. I,hoads 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 700 copies of the appeal of th.
Philippines to the United States Con
sress had been received and most of
them distributed. The committee also
reported that three new members had
been received into the society.
President Hhoades after u few aJJ-
propriate remarks introduced John Il,
Garrett of Rosemont, Pa, who made
an interesting address on Our Hone for
International Peace" After a few in
troductory remarks Mr.. Garrett said in
part: Il do not think that the capture
Of one Philippine leader, which we read
of i'll today's papers will bring the state
of affairs there much nearer Il 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 early date
and yet | am of the opinion that there
will be international peace sometime in
the future.
1T Is essential that we recognize first
of all that there is a supreme ruler of
the universe whose purpose is to see that
peace will be established throughout the
world. That is the first thought l will
present bearing ON this subject Re-
view things of the past century and note
how differently we look at moral ques-
tons from our ancestors. At the be-
ginning of the 10th century such thing
hs arbitration between countries had
never been thought of. there were no
peace societies and surely no peace con-
felences From 1916 up until the pres
ent time there has been 1876 disputes be-
tween different nations settled by arbi-
tration.
There are nearly 400 regular peace
organizations in different parts of the
world. A conference is held in Switzer-
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 peace conference for the purpose of
lessening the armies, thereby making
war less dreadful There was not ma
tion who would dare to refuse to send
representatives to such conference
The result. after some months of prep
aration. Il conference was held at The
Hague. There were 100 representatives
present at the conference representing 2s
nations of the earth. 1t is feature OF
that conference that the gratest Repub-
lican nation. ourselves, had a marked
influence upon the discussion"
MIR. Garrett explained that the result
Of the conference was that it was de-
cidcd TO submit disputes to court con
sisting of prominent jurists of all the
nations which would be appointed for
such occasions. He said: "rhe result of
The work is that 20 independent nations
have convinced by treaty the action of
The Hague conference. 1t is step
forward in the worlds peace. l do not
believe any of MS realize what it means.
There has been already IA cases sub
mitted to this court of the nations.''
In speaking Of the Spanish American
war he said:
I'VE went into that war under cover
of disinterested zeal of suffering
people living near our borders. | know
the difficulty: we sought to benefit Cubu.
We had no claim on Spain. The people
are beginning to see that they engaged
in strife the end of which they saw
not. II shocks the sense of propricty
to think that we can so easily deceive
ourselves. Is it statesmanlike? Is il
manly? 1t is Christianike? 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 country's best interest,"
In conclusion Mr.. Garrett read m
open letter prepared by the American
Peace Society. which has been published
in II 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.