The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-04-17
PEACE CONFERENCE.
Great Assembly at Carnegie
Is Hall, New York.
DID NOT WANT TO LOSE CARNEGIE
American Delegates "a The Hague
with Many European Disciples OF
Peace Present-Root, Hughes
and Mcclellan Speakers.

NEW YORK. April 15.-The first ma
tional arbitration and peace congress
OF America opened It's sessions at Car
uecIe hall today and will continue to-
morrow and Wednesday.
Delegates present at the congress IN
clude representatives OF the United
States to The Hague conference red
eral and state judges. United states
senators and representatives, govern
ors. members OF state legislatures
mayors OF many large cities. represent
atiyes u leading religious. patrlouc
and phiisRthropic organizations. ed
itors business men and labor lenders.
Besides these Great Britain. France
Germany. Holland and Belgium have
,ent men prominently Identified win
the propaganda OF International arbi-
tratIou TO take part In the proceedings.
Andrew Carnegie. president Of the con
grsss. Is the presiding officer.
At the opening session addresses
were delivered by Secretary OF state
EIIhu Root. Governor Hughes ana
Mayor Mcclellan.
international views Of the peace
movement will he expressed Ut to-
NIGHTS session. when addresses VIII be
delivered by Baron DEstourneiies de
Constant OF France, Baron Descamps
Of Belgium. Professor Hugo Munster
burg OF Germany. sir Robert Cranston
and W. Il. Stead of Great Britain and
Secretary Of Commerce and Labor
| Oscar \. straus.
weman's relation 10 the peace move
rent will be discussed tomorrow. when
Mrs. Anna g. Spencer viii preside,
and there will be speeches by Jane
Adams. Mary r. woolley. Mrs. Ellen
| NJ. Heprotis. Mrs Lucia A. Mead. Mrs.
Frederic Nathan. Rev. Y. =. Roberts
and Sir Edward Elgsr. A young peo-
Piles meeting will be held IN the after
noon. when Baron D'Estournelles and
many others will speak.
yarIoss opinions Of the peace ques-
| tlos will he offered by Ambassador
Bryce for England. BARON d'Estour.
nelles De Constant for France. Baron
Descamps for Belgium and Secretary
Of Commerce and Labor Oscar ;. Straus
FOR the TEiicd States.
AZ The Hague on June ~ there VIII
assemble the second peace congress OF
the world. The ears rcscript sum
morning To The Hague the nr-t peace
congress. was issued 70 only the TWEEN
ty-slx cernires Who were representa-
Al the Ru..ia- court IN 81 Petersburg
Al The ser,nd congress forty three ma
tons win hc rCprrscntcd
4 choral segyice. aiiing prelude
10 the national arbitration congress.
vas held a. Carnegie hall last night
aud II numbers and enthusiasm count
Tor ANYTHING Hic prsmoicr- ~ the
peace movement must have been graft.
Fed
The .-bss lad been Invited and ~.
sp~ndes 20 ssserslly that Il was neccs-
sary 10 csll upon the police reserves "a
hold In line the thousands that block
I'd the nearby streets. Probably aNo
perssp. fssrd admitiance. while thou
sands weee disappointed.
Andrew Carnegie wss 10 have pre-
,lded 81 the Carnegie hall meeting. but
returning from Pifisburg on q delayed
train he failed 10 reach the hall until
the meeting was we'll under way. and
then. once inside the place. he was un.
sbl. 20 make his way through the
tsrenrs 90 the platform and coutented
himself with n place In n box. In his
absence bishop Henry e. Potter pre-
sided. Iic said:
MIR. Carnegie has either forgotten
this assembly or Il lost sincerely
hope be- has forgotten n. ~ In the
ilrht ~ there being only twenty eight
good men that have come out 81 Pitts
burg We cannot afford 20 have him
among the missing"
Around the back aud sides Of the
stage on which were the speakers and
the 3go voices n the Oratorio society
vas dr,psa : great white curtain on
which were Hlden STAN. Along Il
we're grouped American banners. hags
aud emhlems with a local arrange
nent ~ ihA center where were white
banners soaring the Legend 81 the
peace fraternity. Peace For All Ma.
lions" over this the word peace
farcd IN lighted electric bulbs.
After several selections by the Ora
torio society. accompanied by the ful
orchestra. led by frank Damrosch. the
great audience rose and sang the hymn
written by u. c. Roberts. God Of ouI
Fathers. whose Almighty Hand Leads
Forth IN Beauty All the Starry Band
Archbishop Jshn VI. Farley. who was
10 have b-sa one Of the speakers. was
detained In Washington. and his pre-
pared address was read by Mgr. ]. VI
]. f.aveile Of -. Patrick's catheiral
"rhe archbishop has neither been lost
nor hiss be forgotten said Mgr. In
vellc. "but business In connection Will
the ncesl-. OF the American archhlsh
ops IN Washington has detained him
aud be has sent bis address on 10 me n
read to ysu as his vicar aud repre-
sentative. with his greetings. compll
nents and regrets. with his hearty
hope and prayer Tor the success Of this
aud all similar efforts toward peace"