The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-16
GOOD RESULTS
ARE ACHIEVED
intercollegiate Peace Confer
ence now on a Perman-
ent Basis.
NEXT YEARS GATHERING.
CINCINNATI PROBABLY WILL EN-
TERTAiN THE EDUCATORS WHO
ARE INTERESTED IN THE
PEACE MOVEMENT.

The second annual conference of
the Intercollegiate peace association
came to an end at Earlham College
saturday night with an address bv
Edwin ID. Mead on "China's New
Birth and the Worlds New Era
The conference surpassed tn fond
est expectations of its promoters and
IL will be continued next year, the
meeting place probably being Cincin-
nau. A permanent executive COM
mittee was selected, composed of the
following: II. c. Rogers. dean of the
law school of the University of Gin
cinnati; Prof. Ebert Russell, of Earl
ham College; President n. f.. Byers.
or Goshen College and President
stephen Weston, of Antioch College.
These four men are to select a fifth
member, who will act as treasurer.
Prof. Russell will act as secre tary.
Ihe committee will have full charge
OF the preparations for next years
conference. Cincinnati university has
asked for the privilege of entertain
ing the conference. The conference
in 1907 will be cf wider scope than
this year. A new feature will be an
intercollegiate oratorcal contest on
subjects Of peace, arbitration and war.
Each college identified in the associa-
ton will hold local contests and the
winners will represent their school in
the big contest
Conference Has Meant Much.
The conference at Earlham this
year has meant much for peace and
arbitration. 1t has witnessed the for
nation of permane-t organization
for the purpose of promoting better
feeling between nations. This is the
first intercollegiate association of the
kind in the world. The speakers who
attended the conference were all from
the New England states. the seat OF
such great movements and they all
voted the spirit and enterprise shown
by the new association the greatest
they ever saw.
The program Saturday was a splen-
did one. The address of DIR. Richard
who holds chair at Columbia Uni
versity on German relations with the
United States was of very practical
turn. DR.. Richard pointed out the
way to prevent war between the Unit
ed States and Germany He said 1t
could be done by teaching the youths
of both countries the advantages OF
peace and arbitration. His subject
was Righteous war. Self Defense and
the Peace Movement" DR.. Richard Is
at the head of a society of three thous.
and Germans in New York, whose pur-
pose is to bring about better feeling
between the United States and Ger
many. DR.. Richard thought that
great injustice was being done his
country by treating 1t as a warlike
nation. He gave some unknown facts
about his Fatherland which were in
the nature of a revelation to his
hearers.
A Congress of Nations.
Dr. Benz. F. Trueblood advocated
in his address the establishment OF a
Congress of nations to which each
should send it's diplomats once every
five years. The purpose of the Con-
gress would be the same as the Hague
tribunal.
Perhaps one of the best things OF
the conference and without question a
surprise to the Eastern speakers pre-
sent was at the address of Prof. Ebert
Russell of Earlham. He spoke on the
Victories of Peace" Tracing the
growth of better spirit in mankind
he pictured an ideal world without
police and armies.
Mr.. Mead in the closing address
showed that China at the beginning
of her new era looks to the United
States for help. He is hopeful for the
future of the Yellow Empire, which
is feeling scholarly influence of Amer
lea and Japan. He said thousands of
japanese teachers are working In
China and Harvard College and other
American institutions have offered
free scholarships to Chinese students.