The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-04
COUR1|A MAN OF PEACE
Benjamin F. Trueblood, LID, Who
Will Lecture Here Tonight
AT THE CHURCH OF THE FRIENDS
Secretary of the American Peace So
ciety, BOston-vievs on Gear
and BOer War.

DR.. Benjamin F. Trueblood. Quaker by |
birth and an educator by profession, |
whose mission on earth is peace. is in
Minneapolis to-day. He will lecture at
the Friends Westinghouse, or the
Friends church, as he prefers to call
ve1opment of International Peace
DR.. Trueblood knows whereof he
speaks. For twelve years he has de-
voted all of his time to the international
arbitration and peace movement, and per-
haps of more than any other American it
may be said of him, 'sAll his ways are
peace He lie secretary of the Ameri-
can Peace Society Of Boston, member Of
the International Law association, and
OF the International Peace Bureau of
Berne, Switzerland. Says Dr. Trueblood:
The grandest event in the history OF civiliz-
alton was the calling OF The Hague confer
ence. The Gar Of Russia was sincere in
asking for that most remarkable gathering.
However much men who do not believe in the
goodness Of human nature may question his
motives, the czar was deeply in earnest, In
fact, an honest. noble spirit dominated The
Hague conference. I was present and min
gled with the representatives Of the different
governments, and it was beautiful to note
the spirit Of harmony and brotherhood which
pervaded the meetings.
The Czar's Position.
Those who question the sincerity of the
Gear Of Russia do not know that he is one
of the most progressive men in Europe. He
would modernize Russia a great deal faster
than he is doing it if he were not held in
check by the state council. Russia is practi-
cally ruled by this council. which is COM
! posed of about eighty men of the Russian
stocracy This council bears much the
| same relation to the car as the British cabi-
net does to the King of England. 1t may
1D1,S $hof$ HUo
of Russia, with all his much bruited power,
4 is after all a fgurehead in a large sense.
I The permanent court of arbitration which
The Hague conference provided for is now
| actually in existence and ready for work
Twenty-one of the twenty-six powers have
| already appointed their members of the court
Greece having done so within the last three
weeks.
Pan-American Conference.
The main result OF the Pan-Amerioan con-
ference in the City Of Mexico will be to bring
the nineteen American republics into THU
court OF arbitration This means that in 1
very short time we will have the whole worlt
united in great tribunal for the settlement
of international controversies. Reference o
| disputes to the court are voluntary. to b.
cure, but the nations which have establishes
it are not going to belittle stultify them
selves by ignoring it. believe that wlthil
this century this court OF arbitration VIII
have won place in the civilized world Tx
that now occupied by the supreme court Q
j the United States, which is the supreme bon
Of peace between forty-ive independent an
sovereign states. '' -, pc s. -
The Boer War. 49,.
Mr., Trueblood is heart sick over tn
Boer war ENGLAND is weary of 1t, an
would give almost anything to be wei
out of it, said he. "Our peace repre-
sentatives talked with the Boer leader
to no purpose. They are determined t
fight 1t out"
DR.. Trueblood is a large man OF com
manding figure. During his stay her
he is guest of DR.. J. Harlan Stuart an
r. J. Mendenhall, with whom he visite'
the state university this morning. 81
delivered the convocation address at tn
state university Of Iowa on Feb. %, an
has been speaking in a number of college
lately He received his degree of docto
, of laws from the Iowa institution. an
.. was for eleven years president of PEN
college. -..