, 1905-11-09
OUR TRIUMPH ABROAD
ALI Europe Bows to Us, Says
Congressman Moon.
AMERICAN SUCCESS MUoHADM1RED

Delegate 20 international Peace
Congress at Brussels says Supreme
ncy oc the american Idea" of
Arbitration Raises This Nation
High! In the Eyes Of the Powers.
Europe is bowling in submission to
| the fact that America is king"
In this sentence his European i'm
D%rcssions were summed up by Con
gresham Reuben o. Moon, who re
| Gently returned to his non in Phila-
| delphin from IL three months trip
| abroad as Il member of the American
group at the international parliament
| tary peace congress held in Brussels Oh
| Aug. 2S and 20, says the Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
Congressman Moon also interviewed
! Pope Plus y. and King Leopold of Bel
GUM, boil of whom We're compliment
tary to America.
step by step, with ever increasing
wonder and admiration, Europe has
watched our enormous commerce,
industrial progress, our Philippine un-
| d%ertaking, our Panama task and Presi-
| lent Roosevelt's browning success as n
| peacemaker. Things American have
swept across Europe and filled it with
admiration until 1t has become Il Eu-
| ropean byphrase that anything is pos
sible in America.
"The news OF the presidents success
in bringing about peace came as n won
| derful climax to our international con-
| -a,p on Tho nyn Of ttc nIinltrnInnnt
What is now known all over the world
\ as the American idea was the most
| prominent feature of the International
congress-. All other deliberations dwin-
died into insignifcance In comparison
with the discussions Of the American
idea. This was especially brought
home to me by Interviews l had with
A Pope Piu Y. and King Leopold of Bel
4 GUM. They both alluded to the 'Amerl-
can idea
Last year in st. Louis the American
IDEA iirst tool shape I'm the resolutions
recommending, first, n general arbitra-
ton treaty which would give The
Hague court n Jurisdiction. and. sec
ond, that delegates be elected or APP
pointed to an international congress
with power to make laws for The
| Hague court to enforce within its juris-
| diction.
at wns in Brussels. where the peace
congress met. that / met with the most
interesting experiences. l had an in
tcrview with King Leopold which last
ed for more than half an hour, and
during that time 1 wns enabled to learn
at first hand what royalty really thinks
of America. The king is one of the
most delightful gentlemen l have ever
met. He is Il trained linguist and
speaks English perfectly.
Everything which the king said to
me was a compliment to America. He
expressed the greatest admiration for
President Roosevelt and said: Your
president Is one of the most remarka-
bic men Of the age, and l watch every
thing that he does with deepest ad-
| miration. I have his picture, with his
autograph, hanging in my room, where
1 can see it every moment. He is an
Inspiration
"The king said he thought the Amer
lean people were the most marvellous
Of he age. They are great, they are
| strong, they are factors in every art
and science, and they must be consid'
cred in every great movement that is
undertaken by the nations As II mat
ter of fact, the same thought was eX-
pressed everywhere we went through
the capitals of Europe. Everywhere
it was asked: What does America
think? What will America dog
The argument of the American
group at the international congress
was this: Tn Hague court, rs 1t exists
only by common courtesy, has no in
| riSdiction and no laws. Now, then.
| said he Americans to- the Europeans,
you have started this. and you have
arrived ut Il point where YOU must
take enc step further and give The
Hague court jurisdiction and laws or
let it die of inanitiou, Our idea, how
ever, was so radical So Fundamental,
that the European u~sltions said it waa
simply impossible, absolutely revolt
tionary.
But Richard Bartholdt. chairman OF
the American group. had worked out
and presented the basis for IL general
arbitration idea in such mastery detail
that it not only challenged admiration,
but also met most ef~fectually all objec.
tons.
"One of the ahlest European states
men, Count Apponyi of hungary, nd.
mitted frankly that Mr., Bartholdt's
mastery p%resentment of the American
idea left him no ground for objection.
He said he wanted only to add to
American progresslveness European
caution. The matter, therefore, was re
ferred to a special committee of five,
who must report back within TIRES
months or before the next Hague con
ference.
Then as a climax on the eve Of our
adjournment came the news of Presi'