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nswSd me struggle. he worked chess
fully then as now, no matter what the
dlmcultiea Like Carl SchurE, be felt
that being an American was In itself q
| great asset. and be knew that be would
succeed.
A few years after be became q menu
/ Der Of congress Mr.. Bartholdt began
| TO take an increasing interest Ia the
peace movement. In 1899 be attended
the meeting Of the InterparliaDentaFy
union at Christiania. He was the only
American congressman present. He
\ perceived that inasmuch a. member
ship IN that body was limited 30 menu
/ bers OF lawmaking bodies those nations
which do not have pariiaments cannot
be represented. His vision leaped be-
yond a mere UNOFFICIAL and unrecog-
mixed body. He foreaaw q duly constf
tuted worlds parliament, the members
properly accredited by their nations, 10
meet at stated intervals and create In
/ ternational laws Of binding force. This
was the next great forward step, the
next movement toward the realization
Of the parliament Of man. Mr.. bar
tholdt set about the business Of aehisv-
ing this result. a seemingly audac5Ous
thing, a piece OF political daring which
has no precedent in the annals Of the
world
At the time when Tennyson poeticaE
~ dreamed Of the federation Of the
world no doubt a proposition such as
terminated In Mr.. BarthOldts brain
would have aroused derisIve laughter
among the nations. Now nobody laughs
at IT, Such progress in that very d.
rectlon has been made within less than
dozen years that the consumma-
ton Of the daring d. cam seems to be
but Just a little way beyond the rim
of the present. All the forces of prog
ress are working to that end.
Congress Of Nations.
Through the efforts of Mr.. BaFtholdt
the nterparliamentary union was
brought to the United States for the
session Of 1904 II met at the Worlds
fair in St Louis, where Mr. Bartholdt's
famous resolution, declaring for the
converting Of a congress Of nations in
which every nation In the world shall
have oflcial representatives,, was intro
duced and adopted by unanimous vote
As the years pass this resolution seems
destined TO be known as one OF the
worlds most precious papers. In II one
foresees the federation of the world.
The peace congress in New York
brought together bright array Of dis
tinguished personages from many ma
tons Great Britain sent dozen noted
men. among them william T. Stead,
editor Of the London Review Of Re
views; c. r. Moberly Bell, manager Of
the London Times; Clement X. Shorter,
editor Of the London Sphere; Sir Rob
ert Ball. professor OF astronomy at
Cambridge university; Hammond Han,
editor OF the London Graphic. and Sir
William Turner, principal Of Bdin-
burgh university The German emperor
named as his personal representatives
Lieutenant General Won Loewenfeld,
general adjutant Of his majesty and
the only soldier on the list. II Is sig
nlfcant that this distinguished soldier
came at the express instance Of the
German war lord to work for peace.
Baron D'Estournelles de Constant
member Of the French senate and head
Of the French section Of the lnternA-
tional peace conference came a. one
of the ave delegates from his country.
Earl Grey, governor general Of Canada.
crossed the border to represent our
neighbor on the north. The novelist
who writes under the name Of MaRrten
Martens was appointed Hollands del
egate. So many distinguished Amer
cans were placed on the list Of speakers
that space forblds their mention
Baron D'Estournelles de Constant is
called the International senator Of
France" He Is q small man, but his
ideas are large His stature II low, but
his ideals are high. He had promise
Of a brilliant career as a diplomat, be.
ing ambassador to London, when his
observations led him 60 devote his life
to the war against war He returned
to France, gave up diplomacy and be.
came a lawmaker In order 20 be In q
position to serve him In carrying on bis
life work Of promoting peace between
+ the nations Of the world. The baron
has a sort Of international union IN bin
] own household. Hi4 wife Is an Amert
: can woman, his secretary Is an English
: girl and his chiId's gOverness b Ger.
+ man.
Purposes Of the Peace Congress.
j. The general purpose Of the congress
+ IN New York Il 10 crystalline American
], sentiment on the question Of arbitxa