The Columbus journal., 1904-12-21
FAVOR OF PEACE
A MASS MEETING OF CITIZENS
HELD IN NEW YORK.
ASK SENATE FOR TREATIES
Many Prominent Men in Attendanee-
Resolutions Adopted Urging Con-
aressmen to Favor Convention that
Will Bring About Peace.

NEW YORk-A mass meeting call
ed to urge the prompt ratification OF
the arbitration treaties recently sign
ed by the state department with sew
eral of the leading foreign powers was
held at Carnegie hall under the aus
pieces of the New York executive COM
mittee Of the American conference on
International arbitration.
There was a large attendance and
the speakers were frequently applaud
ed.
John Crosby Brown in an opening
address expressed regret at h alb
sence of Andrew Carnegie. who was
to have opened the meeting. but
whom. he said. could not be present.
Mayor George B. Mcclellan presided
and was the first speaker.
NJ. Linn Bruce, governOrelect. spoke
against deciding differences by ma
tons with war. and vas followed by
Archbishop Ireland. While the arch
bishop was speaking he was inter-
rupted by a man who said: Give
somebody else a chance"
The archbishop Immediately sat
down. The audience hOOted the man
who had shouted and the ushers tried
to find him. but failed. Then the au-
dience applauded until Archbishop
Ireland resumed.
The letters from Grover Cleveland.
Carl Schurz, John Mitchell. Andrew
Carnegie and General Nelson A. Miles
we're read, after which Bishop Henry
C. Potter was introduced and spoke
briefly.
A speech by Rabbi Silbe-man con-
cluded the speechmaking. after which
resolutions were adopted unanimously
as follows:
Whereas. The method of settling
International disputes and difficulties
by arbitration rather than by force is
in accord with the highest precepts
of reason and humanity: and
Whereas. The civilized nations of
the world have. by jointly establishing
the permanent court at The Hague.
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rests upon them to avoid the horrors
of war by the submission of their cor
~troversies to judicial determination:
and
Whereas. The government of the
United States. which for the past half
century has been foremost in the act
ual resort to arbitration. has ne
gotiated and is negotiating treaties
with various powers. making cOmpul-
sory upon the contracting nations the
reference of disputes of a certain ma
ture to the international court at The
Hague: now, therefore. be it
Resolved. That We. the citizens Of
New York. in mass meeting as
sembled. favor the expression by the
government of the United States of
ton to all questions which anne
otherwise be brought to a pacific set
Element: and it is further.
Resolved. That since the proposed
treaties extended the operation of ar
bitration in accord with the moral.
political and economic interests of this
country and of the world. we earnestly
require our representatives in the SEN
ate to exert their influence in behalf
of such treaties and of their prompt
consideration and approval by the
senate: and it 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
ident of the United States. senator's
from the state of New York. to the
president of the senate and the chair
man of the committee on foreign re-
latiOns."