Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-19
THE WORLDS PEACE
American Peace Society In
Session at Boston.
FINAL AND COMPLETE TRIUMPH SOON
United States Sets Bad Example In
Naval Expenditure-Our Govern
ment Urged to Intervene at
IN the First Opportunity.

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BOSTON, May 19.-"To extend and
complete for the whole civilized world
Ms speedily as possible the pacific in
stitutions which are ultimately to dis
place war and establish universal and
permanent peace" is the ambition of
the American Peace society as an
nounced in it's seventy sixth annual
meeting held here, with Robert Treat
Paine presiding.
In the annual report of the directors
Secretary Benjamin e. Trueblood de-
scribed the year as one of unexampled
interest in the cause of international
peace and of remarkable progress in
the development and organization of
the principle of arbitration among ma
tions. Referring to the future, the re-
port says there is justification for the
friends of peace to cherish large hope
for the final and complete triumph of
their cause at no very remote day.
On the subject of ornaments the di-
rectors say:
The serious and increasingly press
ing problemi of checking the growth of
the ornaments of the world and of
their reduction from the present ruin
GUS and perilous proportions remains
as yet practically untouched.
I'm the matter of naval increase our
own government is setting a very bad
and dangerous example. The estimates
for the navy the coming year amount
to nearly $100,O0O,0O0 In eighteen
years the naval budget has increased
700 per cent. The population of the
country has during the same time in
creased but so per cent and it's wealth
only 100 per cent. We are at the pres
ent moment building more war vessels
than any other country except Great
Britain
The annual election of officers result
ed in the reelection of the following:
President, Robert Treat Paine; secre-
tary, DR. Benjamin f. Trueblood;
treasurer, Thomas H. Russell. all of
this city. With Rev. DIR, Edward Ev-
erett Hale of Boston at the head of the
list, more than thirty presidents
We're chosen, every section of the Unit
ed States being represented.
The following resolution in reference
to the war between Russia and Japan
was unanimously adopted.
1.-THE, deplorable war in the far east
ought never to have begun. 1t was
brought on by policy of aggression
upon territory to which neither of the
contestants has any just claim. 1t
ought tosend now
1.-THE continuance of hostilities must
inevitably produce great loss of life
and incalculable waste of money and
property. Immense debts will be Gre
ated to burden and cripple both the
Russian and the japanese people in
the future. 4 legacy of animosity and
distrust between the two countries will
be left behind which will hinder the
growth of true civilization in that re-
gion.
.'The civilized world is everywhere
affected by the conflict both in it's
moral and material interests and is
therefore entitled to be heard in the
matter.
1.-THE United States, because Of it's
long and sincere friendship for both
the belligerents, is tile power which
can most appropriately and with the
greatest hope of success take the in
itiative in the movement to restore
peace.
1 t.Our government is therefore urged
to seize the first opportune moment to
offer mediation to the belligerents, Ell
Their alone or in connection with the
powers, as provided for in SECTION 2.
article 3, Of The Hague CONVENTION.
with view to bringing about an end
of hostilities and the establishment
of peace on conditions that will make
it permanent and guarantee for the flu
ture all the legitimate rights, and inter
ests of both nations and of the whole
civilized world"