Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-23

mentS must stand for what this resolution
calls for or they must deny the principle
on which their nation is founded, tear up
Its corner stone and rear a national Struc-
ture that is founded on the right idea How
can they stand for parliament for state
affairs. parliament for interstate af-
fairs and for something else for interna-
tional affairs. and particularly when that
something else must be chaos always and
war periodically? That is the choice they
have. For how can you substitute judicial
proceedings for war between nations with
out organizing the nations into a system
which makes judicial decisions, according
to recognized principles of law, possible?
If there is any other thing than the par
liamentary idea that will do it l wish some
one would bring it out.
The President of the United States and
all politicians who are at the same time
statesmen or who understand political his
tory are well aware of the fact that this
movement to representative government
coeXtenSive with mems widest commercial
activity is irresistible. Statesmen know
that the organization of a union of states
as extensive in area as this United States
of America is only a beginning For all
nations are now nearer together than any
six of the states were when the United
States was organized. The organization of
your states was the first step, the organi-
cation of your union of states was the Sec
ond step and the organization of world
wide union of nations. in the image and
likeness of the United States, the third and
race into one body, composed of many
members, fifty Joined together on the right
political principle.
Around World in Twelve Minutes.
ION July t. 1903. the cable to the Philip
pines was completed and President Roose-
welt sent a cablegram around the world in
twelve minutes. thus demonstrating that
humanity has been freed from the limita-
lions of time and space. This event itself
foretold the coming together Of the ma
tons in that conference which President
Roosevelt will be requested on Saturday to
convene Let him send out the call of this
conference for July 4, 1905 or 1906. Whether
the nations respond and come to the con-
ference or whether they remain away in
ignorance of the things that pertain to
their peace the President will have taken
a place in history which every king and
statesman of the world will some day envy
him.
Rhode Island did not deign to send a
delegate to the convention which formed
your Union, and remained out of the Union
for thirteen months after Washington's in
auSuration. And yet the Constitution gave
Rhode Island an equal voice forever in the
Senate of the United States, almost an
equal voice in the conduct of the foreign
affairs of the United States and in the
naming of justices of the Supreme Court
and the President, voice in the lower
House proportionate to her population and
absolute control Of her own territory for
ever, guaranteed against internal dissen-
power of the Union. Rhode Island sacri-
feed for these benefits freely and effectual-
ly guaranteed to her the right to obtain
some part of them by her own military
power. And there are now in the United
States several towns more populous than
the whole state.
"It will be fascinating to watch If history
repeats itself. Who will remain away from
he In xxyfI1 ttc
plshment of the purposes aimed at in the
resolutions?'