The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-20
PEACE CONFERENCE
FITGATHERING AT CARNEGIE
HALL IN new YORK.
s;dent Roosevelt Sends Let
Tor and Secretary Root Makes
c,eech--Andrew Carnegie and
VT. Stead Also Among the
Speakers.

Now York, April 16.-The peace
cross, which is filling Carnegie Hall
wa - vas never filled before, suffered a
." suios Of shocks on the opening day,
'parob the weight of argument in the
I'm inning I'D was all for peace and the
Mating out of war.
In the first place. the peace letter
-h;cb President Roosevelt sent to the
oonoress was not as peaceful as many
~ the delegates would have liked.
rho nresident was for peace, but he
-amombered his "big stick" and the
Philippine policy of expansion and de-
cIared for justice first.
Then Elihu Root put cold blanket
IN tbe hopes of many of the most ar
dpnt peacemakers by telling them that
i was folly to hope for disarmament
a.a result of the coming congress at
The Hague. He declared that an ed
ncated International public opinion
clone would bring about peace and
that this education would take time.
Long before the meeting began the
vast hall was crowded. Great crowds
Of men and women stood outside the
hall unable to enter. Andrew Car
negie, president of the congress, was
in the chair. The chief interest was
in the letter from President Rooevelt,
in which he defined his attitude to-
ward the peace movement.
For Righteousness First.
President Roosevelt, while admit
ting that he believed that considerable
progress could be made toward peace
by the nations, declared emphatically
that Justice and righteousness were
more important than the preservation
of peace. The letter was read by Ed
ward Ely. 1t was greeted with ap-
plause.
Addresses were also made by Mayor
Mcclellan Secretary Root, Gov.
Hughes and Mr.. Carnegie.
Secretary Root was the chief speaker
of the day. After referring to the
difficulties in the way of formulating
an agreement that could be accepted
by all the powers, he said:
Nevertheless, the effort can be
made; it may fail in this conference
as it failed in the first, but if it fails
one more step will have been taken
toward ultimate success. Long con-
tinued and persistent effort is always
necessary to bring mankind into con-
formity with great ideals.
"The government of the United
States ha7 considered that the second
The Hague conference might we'll
agree in putting some Limitation upon
the use of force for the collection of
ordinary contract debts due by one
government to the citizens of another.
Need of Arbitration.
What we need for the further de-
velopment of arbitration is the substi
tuition of Judicial action for diplo-
matte action, the substitution of a ju-
dicial sense of responsibility for the
diplomatic sense of responsibility
We need for arbitration not distin-
gulshed men concerned in all the in
ternational questions of the day, but
Judgs who will be interested in only
the question appearing on the record
before them.
Plainly, this end is to be obtained
oy the establishment of a court of
permanent judges who will have no
other occupation and no other inter
est but the exercise the judicial fac
uity under the sanction of that high
sense OF responsibility which has made
the court of Justice in the civilized
nations of the world the exponent OF
all that is best and noblest in model n
clviliaztion."
0oV. Hughes made an address full
vi nope for the cause of peace.
\arnegie Suggests League for Peace
Mr.. Carnegie. the next speaker, in
ezpatlating on his suggestion for a
league of peace said:
Recently six nations-Germany,
britain, France, Russia, Japan and
our own country-combined their for
yes IN China under command of Ger
maa general for a specific purpose,
w Wnlch was successfully accomplished.
We urge this plan as the speediest
0nu easiest means of attaining inter
national peace. Nevertheless, the
overwhelming force must be in re-
serve, each nation agreeing, when
NECESSARY, to exert force to keep peace
auo to contribute its agreed strength
spon quota, just as the six powers did
In China.
Before resorting to force it would
; He well to begin by proclaiming nom
tra'ercourse with the offending nations.
a aorce should always be the last re-
S0r., but it should be the last"
NM! Mr. Carnegie thought that Emperor
lillian had it now in his power to
~ ba' such scheme into operation il
&c would undertake the task.
Stead on Disarmament.
81 William T. Stead, the English peace
ssuVocate, who insisted on talking
a a.oh the balcony back of the speak.
e,s stand in order that the galleries
Diignt hear him, said:
L don't come here representing any
e eO never represented any