Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-08
STEAD PLANS PEACE
FOR WHOLE WORLD
Great Gathering Offers to Defray
Expenses to Send Labor Dele
gates to Hague Congress.

able TO carry on a war in this fashion.
The young nations will be bound to refuse
financial aid to any country failing to first
submit its demands to a peace conference.
Property of the nation violating this agree
ment Will be seized as contra band of war
rms VIII do one thing at least-it will pre-
vent needless and brutal warfare.
~ GU must put in your pockets the idea
that the nations going into this conference
90 not intend to keep up the ornaments of
war. But what We do want to arrange Is
an agreement that no nation, after the con-
clusion of the conference, will increase It's
armaments'
Mr.. Stead paused and said he wanted
those who could not stay for a general dis
cusslon OF the peace conference to leave.
am coming to the practical side of the
matter he said, the side that needs your
assistance
Money Pledged for Delegates.
Inc speaker sat down and about fifty left
the church. When they had gone Mr..
Stead remarked:
Now, money is needed for this work
1t won't cost over $4,000 to send your
delegates. What will be wanted is money
to provide a fund for international enter
talnment-that is, gatherings from. time to
time in which representatives of the diff
ferent countries may come together and
nave grand jubilee. That will do much
toward keeping up the spirit of interna-
tonal peace. If all you Americans would
each year, give one cent for each $40 YOU
spend in the preparation of your army and
navy the amount would be sufficient for
the purposes of the International entertain
ment. VIII you give IT,"
The audience responded with loud cries
of We will"
That's it, replied the speaker. Now
you have made a start"
Mr. Stead said he had been thinking
up list of American men and women who
would make ideal representatives to The
hague conference from this country.
Stead Praises Miss Gould.
In the list 1 would submit to you 1
would suggest that old veteran, Edward
Everett Hale. man faithful to the highest
ideals that your country represents
would bracket with him Miss Gould. She
has not yet lived to be eighty-five, but she
has done as noble work in her fewer years
as has Mr.. Hale. 1 would certainly include
Andrew Carnegie, whose zeal for libraries
has been unquenched."
Mr.. Stead also named President Eliot
of Harvard and President Butler of Co.
lumbia as representative educators; for the
representatives of labor Mitchell and Pow
derby. He mentioned also W. ]. BRYAN.
Thomas A. Edison, Mark Twain. Miss Jane
adams. DIR. Josiah Strong. DR.. Lyman
ABBOTT, Archbishop Ireland and Grover
Cleveland; In conclusion Mr.. Stead said:
l have suggested named as your representa-
tives. They would make a magnificent ad-
vance guard of the army Of pilgrims that
will assemble at The Hague in June.
Plans for Peace Congress.
FINAL arrangements were announced yes
terday for the arbitration and peace con-
gress which opens here next Sunday Thou
sands Of delegates will attend from all over
this country and Europe. Two great meet
ings in addition to the ten regular sessions
will be held.
Earl Hall at Columbia will be thrown
open Tuesday morning April 10, for a
conference of student delegates, and in the
same afternoon for a general reception by
President and Mrs. Butler. A special ses-
sion for the delegates from young peoples
religious organizations will be held Sunday
afternoon in the Broadway Tabernacle The
City Club and Barnard Club also will hold
receptions for the attending delegates.
The young peoples meeting will be held
Tuesday afternoon, April IL. The public
dinner will be at the Hotel Astor Wednes-
day night, April II.