Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-17
PEACE or THE WORLD.
Arbitration Advocates Gather 1t New
 Haven.

NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-The arbitra, tion meeting at Carnegie hall last night, presided over by Mayor McClel- lan and attended by many prominent men connected with the movement for international efforts in behalf of peace, offered the following resolutions:
 Whereas, The method of settling International disputes and difficulties by arbitration rather than by force is In accord with the highest precepts Of veAkon and humanity; and
 whereas, The civilized nations of the world have, by jointly establishing the permapent court at The Hague, recognized the moral obligation which rests upon them to avoid the horrors of war by the submission of their con- troversies to judicial determination; and
 whereas, The government of the United States, which for the past half century has been foremost in the actual resort to arbitration, has negotiated and is negotiating treaties with vari- Ous powers making compulsory upon the contracting nations Jthe reference of disputes of a certain nature to the ] international court at The Hague; now, therefore be 1t
 Resolved, That we, the citizens of New York in mass meeting assembled, favor the extension by the government of the United States of the principle of international arbitration to Aall ques- tions which cannot otherwise be brought to pacific determination; and 1t is further
 Resolved, That, since the proposed treaties extend the operation of arbi- tration in accord with the moral, polit- | ical and economic interests of this country and of the world, we earnest. l Iy request our representatives in the i United States senate to exert their in- duence in behalf of such treaties and 1 of their prompt consideration and ap- provaI by the senate; and 1t is further
 "Resolved, That the president and secretary of this meeting be and are hereby directed to forthwith forward copies of these resolutions to the pres 1 Ident of the United States, the sena- tors from the state of New York, to ] the president of the senate and the chairman of the senate committee on foreign relations" ,... ..
 The mayor, opening the meeting, said | fin part:
 "I am exceedingly honOred to have been asked to preside over you this evening. The purpose of this meeting Is to give expression to the sentiment of our city in favor of the treaties of arbitration now before or about to be submitted to the United States senate. It is fitting that as the chief magis- trate of A,O0O 600 of God fearing, peace loving Americans should be here to testify to the faith that is in mo in be- half of the cause you represent.
 "The principle of international arbi- tration is not new one in this coun- try, for, to the eternal glory of the United States, be it said that during 1O7 years we took part in forty seven arbitrations, and during that time we were a party to more than half of the arbitrations negotiated in the entire 1 world"
 Mayor Mcclellan then introduced M. Linn Bruce, who said that at this time, when mems minds turn naturally to thoughts of peace and good will to men, 1t was most ittink for the people to bring all proper pressure and indu. ence ko baar on the United States sen ate e raAlfE the tTeaties new .penainM.