The Cairo bulletin., 1904-10-04

BJ the AsAOcldbeH IitSS.
Boston, Oct. 3.-The advocates ol
the principles of peace thronGhou'
the world assembled in Boston froin
all parts of the world to take pagt
in the proceedings Of the Information
al peace congress which opened to-
day in this city.
For several months plans have been
in progress 10 make the congress
more notable If possible than any
held in the past,
There are many prominent dele
gates from abroad.
Among the subjects to come up foI
action is that OF adopting some effect
tive method of urging the powers OF
The world 10 use their offices tc
bring about the end OF the Russian
Japanese war
Welcoming speeches were made by
President George r. Jones of the
Massachusetts senate, in behalf OF
the sta.e: Mayor Patrick A, Collins
ior Boston, and Secretary of State
Hay for the Federal government.
Secretary Hay was escorted to the
platform by Chairman Mead. A brief
speech was made by Mead. introduc.
ing Secretary Hay, whose address
was in part as follows:
esteem il a great honor and priv
ilcge to be allowed to extend to you
the welcome Of the government and
the people of the United States OF
America on this memorable and aus
ricious occasion. No time could be
more fitting for this gathering of a
parliament Of peace than today when
at tho other enl Of the world the thun-
der of destructive and sanguinary
war is deafoning the nations, while
here we are preparing 10 settle the
question Of n vast transfer OF power
by an appeal to reason and orderly
procedure. under the sanction of a
law implicitly accepted by eighty mil
lions Of people.
And as Heaven had decided 20 give
sign of deepest significance to hour
your meeting, IL comedies with com
mitment TO eternal peace all that WAS
mortal Of our dead and honored Co
laborcr in this sacred cause George
Frisbie Hoar had many titles TO
glory and honor Not least OF them
was firm and constant courage which
through all his illustrious life he plea
dcd for humanity and for universal
good will.
No place could he more suitable
than this highihearted city. which has
boen for nearly three hundred yearG
the birthplace and the home of every
idea of progress and enlightenment
which has terminated in the western
world. To bid you welcome TO the
home of vane. of Winthrop. and of
Adams. of Claiming and Emerson, is
to give you the freedom OF no mean
city. to make you partakers of a
spiritual inheritance without which.
with all our opulence. We should be
poor indeed. II is rue that this
great commonwealth has sought. with
the sword. peace under liberty.
anu Afit ipltLt VI AiC hdAith o.
hrge. which owes so much Of its civ
ir splri. to the founders of New Eng
and. has been in the main a policy
Z, peace. During the hundred and
tw enty years of our independent ex-
istence we have had but three wars
with the outside world. though We
have had a most grievous and dOlOr-
Cns struggle with our own people. We
lave hal. think greater relative
immunity from war than any Of our
heighbors. All our greatest men
hive been earnest advocates Of peace.
The very men who founded our Iiber-
ties with the mailed hand detested and
sbhOrre1 war as the most futile and
isr1cious Il human follies Franklin
AMI Jefferson repeatedly denounced
THE one with al the energy Of
biz rhetoric. the other with the lam
bent FIRE of his wit But not our philO-
slphers alOne-Our fighting men have
seen al close quarters how hideous is
the face of var Washington said
My FIRST wish is 10 see his plague
n mankind banished from the earth"