The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-01-26

New York, January 21.-Over four
hundred members and guests Of the
Holland Society of New York attend
ed the annual dinner at the Waldorf
Astoria tonight The list OF toasts
included Peace" William Jennings
Bryan: Holland. Our Ally in the
Revolution" Rev Dr.. George c.
Lorimer; The Friendly Relations of
the Dutch with other Nations" Sir
LANG Cheng; Our Hero Ancestors"
James NJ. Beck. A letter from Pres
ident Roosevelt was read expressing
regret at his inability to attend.
When SIR Chentung LANG Cheng
rose to respond to the toast, The
Friendly Relations OF the Dutch with
other Nations" he was loudly
cheered.
After James NJ. Beck had spoken,
Mr.. Bryan was introduced and was
received with cheers. Mr.. Bryan
referred at some length to the abo
and length of hours laborers had to
work, asking that more leisure time
he allowed them for the cultivation
of their minds. He concluded by
saying:
Il am looking for something's
greater civilization than we have
now, when a man will not only die
for his cOuntry's sake, u for the
peace of his country
Mr.. Bryan said in part:
Since my visit to The Neither
lands, my thoughts have been dwell
ing much upon the important part
that that little nation seems destined
to AXE in the movement that has
for it's object the substitution of rea-
son for force In the settlement or
differences between nations. lt IS
fitting that the temple of peace
should stand upon the ground that
was the scene of an eighty years con-
fict. and / am glad that an Amer-
can citizen has so generously proVd-
ed for its construction.
we must not expect all armies TO
be diSbanded at once or look for the
Immediate settlement of all Ques-
ions by arbitration. The peace con-
ference, which. by invitation Of the
Emperor Of Russia, convened at The
Hague-the peace conference to
which our own country has given
such effective support-dd not an
nounce a new discovery; it simply
gave expression TO a desire that was
felt, to a greater or less extent,
among the more enlightened OF
every nation. 1t revealed the fact
that society IS at last approaching
the point where conscience wall as
Sert its supremacy over the brute
instinct.
There have been times when
bravery upon the battlefield was con-
sidered the highest form Of virtue
and there nave been times when in
~tellectual force and independence OF
thought lave been considered all suf-
fcient. but now heart characteristics
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the dominant ones. We are finding
that neither the perfectly developed
body nor the splendidly trained
minds fills the measure of the man
or of the nation
THE evils which af1ict the body
polite are not due to the eXtraordi-
nary development of the material re-
sources of the world, but to n fact
that the moral sense has not always
kept pace with Industrial expansion.
But there is an awakening at hand
In the United States, in England, in
France. in Russia, everywhere, there
is an increasing group of who
are looking Up to a higher ideal, who
insist that a physical combat be-
tween men is as powerleSs as a fight
between wild animals to determine
the right or wrong of any PROPOSE
ton. They fear that ever intellect,
unless warme and vitalized by a
belief in the brotherhood OF man.
may go far astray.
1T is not upon the plHtocracy Of
wealth, nor upon the a%ristocracy OK
learning, but upon the Democracy
of the heart that the hope of uni
versal arbitration and permanent
peace must rest. Today an increas-
ing number of people throughout the
world. standing upon the heights, are
learning that God is not in the iron
clads, nor in the armies, but in the
still small voice of justice that is
sues from tribunals like that recently
instituted at The Hague"
Brantley Carter Dead.