The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-17

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TO conduct themselves In this enemy's
country as they would at homo That
Il order will go into the records OF imnlor-
4 tality," said tho speaker. Those words
i defy exaggerntion.. rs \
4 Continuing his cursory review Of. tho
4 successive steps in the advance OF the
i world toward enlightenment referring TO
THE Gcnova conferehce, out OF winch
\ came tho convention relative to tao treat
A nent OF sick and wounded soldiers, he
4 referred to the Red Cross as "tho nohlest
i rank in the lleraldry OF humanity. The
I man who had inaii gurntcd that great
4 movement was found III an almshouse
\ when tho executors OF a nhilnnthropist
4 .who had left Il will bequeatlllng ono
j hundred thousand francs each year, to the
i ninn who had done most for humanity,
sought him to bestow upon him this
4 legacy. in {5 n E III 5i 4
i Rcsuming his summary OF tho history,
i of the movement for the amelioration OF
/ war aid tho suppression Of 10y tho
! more enlightened plan OF arbitration. Mr..
! Taylor touched upon the treaty Of Brus-
4 soils in 1874, that at Constantinople in
1877 ut Brussels In 1883 and again in 1899
/ and 1880, and finally that at Tie Haguc,
! inaugurated by the Carrot Russia and
at which twcnty-six nations were repre-.
| scnted, Including four Aslatic countries.
/ Finally lie touched upon the Pnn-Ameri-
can conference in 1901, Mt which the prin-
| cipe of International arbitration had been
adopted. Iii this connection Mr.. Taylor
referred to what he characterized rs a.
| great event, Which Is ono Of the lestones
! iii tho movement for Internal ional arbi-
| tration. Chill md tho Argentine Repub-
| lie, which had been at war soon after
| wards, concluded Il permanent treaty OF
arbitration, ind signalizcd this suspicious
event by erecting upon the natural boun-
Diary between the two nations, the snow
capped Andes, a statue Of Christ. oting
other advances to worldwide peace. DR..
Taylor mentioned Holland and Denmark
as other nations that had agreed upon
another such plan of compulsory arDitra-
ton or all differences between them.
Signing Treaties.
Tho government OF the United States
has signed or is signing treaties for lin
tied arbitration In that movement we
ought to lead. 1t Is tho paramount ,u..y
of the American people to give their
weight to this movement now, said Mr.
Taylor with emphasis. He culogized Vir-
gnia, and her great son, Mr.. Jefferson,
than whom none was so responsible for
our rank as an International power. Mr..
Jefferson had waived aside and ignored
that veriest quibblo when ho acquired the
territory or Louisiana. $ TO Mr. Je fferson
he ascrbed the real authorship OF the
tenet which has been recorded in history
as the Monroe Doctrine. Mr.. Taylors
reference to Grover Cleveland as that
great Democratic President who had in
voked the Monroe Doctrine in the case
| OF Great Britain's threatened aggression
against Venezuela, was warmly applauded
| by the audience.
MIR. Taylor advocated tho binding to-
gcther IN a great moral alliance of the
| two great English speaking nations of
| tho world, and paid a handsome tribute
to the late Sir Julian Pauncefote, former
.amba ssador of Great Britain to the United
| States The speaker endorsed the move
, .,nent for the construction Of the Pann-I
| ma Canal, the prospective construction OF
which filled him neither with regret nor
CONSERVATION. He warmly. advocated the
construction OF the canal and predicted
that it would greatly develop our SOUTH
ern and southwestern ports. Speaking or
this country as a world power, no stated
that it was not only our right but our
duty, to exercise an influence among thc
nations OF tho world. III
III concluding. Mr.. Taylor expressed
pleasure that this initial meeting In the
| interest OF this great movement was held
Yin Virginia, the State which took the
| Initiative in the convention to frame q
Constitution for tho United States. He
urged his hearers not to be less tit.ald
| than their great ancestors Speaking or
| the present Secretary OF State, he .e-
cared that Mr. Hay was just, patriotic
and kind 10 all men, and urged the au-
I{dience not to ask whether a man is z a
| Democrat or q --.pu.iican In forwarding
d great movement such as this. Let us
be satisfied, said he, that lie is q Just,
! true and a patriotic man.
| Governor Montague then introduced DR..
SC. Mitchell whom lie, characterized.
as a man with a will for peace and
man Of great learning.
DR.. Mitchell Speaks.
| DR.. Mitchell said in part: a.
rs the world making progress toward
! peace? Some facts, l grant; you, seem
discouraglng. Since the Prussian
conflict of 1870 there has been no war In
| Europe, except IN the semi-barbaric
| Balkan countries 1t Is the first time that
Europe has lived through q period OF
lthlrty-four years Of absolute peace. But
| this period covers a permanent hostility.
Germany keeps four million men avail
! ablo for the field; and France three and
| half million. In this timo Of peace France
| has a3much greater military establish
| ment than when Napoleon WAS at war
with almost all Europe. Even more strik-
| Ing IS the contrast between Christian
France Of the twentieth century and
| pagan Gaul Of the first century. Under
tho Roman empire twelve hundred SOL
tlers sulilcclRto garrison Gaul, while the
French Republic has uniformed and under
arms 522, 243 men. If you include the corps
| stationed at Algeria and Tunis, the total
! French active army amounts to Go000V.
'"rle prodigious numbers enlisted In the
| European armies tells only half the story
of waste by warlke establishments So
rapid is the progress in tho art of war,
so novel the Inventions for destruction
and defense, that each nation has often
| to make over its war material at enor-
nous expense. While tWe can estimate
the cost in Europe military expenditure,
who cal, count the deficit IN production
caused by the time lost In military ser
vice? selgnobos well gays: Europe lives
in peace, but it is armed peace peace
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