Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-04-13
FOR international PEACE.
ADVOCATES OF THESE PRINcl-
PIES ASSEMBLING.
TO Take Part In The Proceedings Of The
National And Arbitration Peace Con.
gresS Held In New York.
HON. WILLIAM ]. BRYAN ONE
OF THE SPEAKERS.

New York, April l3.-Advocates Of
the adoption OF principles OF peace
throughout the world have assembled
in this city from many parts of Amer
lea and Europe TO take part in the pro-
ceedings of the National Arbitration
and Peace Congress, which will be
formally opened tomorrow evening.
For several months plans have been
in progress TO make the congress more
notable, Il possible. than any that has
been in the past. The congress is not
permanent organization in any
sense. Neither is ii directly afnliated
with other associations, though IL hap
pens that many of its members are
connected with other movements and
societies of similar nature-notably
the ter-Parliamentary Union, found
ed in Great Britain in 1887, and the
Association for International Concilia-
tion. founded by the Baron d Esternelle
de Constant, who will be present at
the gathering in this city.
These interested in the Congress in
clude men eminent in all walks of
life. The legislative committee, of
which Representative Richard Bath
oldt, of Missouri, is chairman, in
cludes these Senators Overman. of
North Carolina; Burrows, of Michi-
gan; Bacon. of Georgia, Warner, of
Missouri; Knox, of Pennsylvania: !:
Foraker, of Ohio; Culberson, of
Texas, and Latimer, of South Caro-
lima. The members of the House of
Representatives on the committee in
clude Slayden, of Texas Granger, of
Rhode Island; Rodenburg, of Illi-
nois; James, of kentucky; Hepburn,
of Iowa; Broussard, of Louisiana /;
Littlefield, of Maine Williams, of
Mississippi; Burton, of Ohio. and
Moon, of Pennsylvania.
Tomorrow evening the Congress
will open with a musical service in
Carnegie Hall. Frank Damrosch
will conduct the orchestra and chorus.
Brief addresses will be made by
Archbishop Farley, Bishop Potter and
Rabbi Hirsch. On Monday afternoon
the first regular session will be held.
Andrew Carnegie Will preside and
deliver the opening address. Mayor
Mcclellan will welcome the delegates
and Governor Hughes will make an
address. An international meeting
will be held Monday evening, when
Baron d listournelle de Constant, of
France. Baron. .Dcschamps, of Belgium,
Maarten Martens, of Holland, Secre-
tary Oscar ;. Strauss, William IT,.
stead, Miss Bane Adams and other
noted speakers will be heard.
At the sessions on Tuesday there
will be addresses by Mrs. Anna Gar
lin Spencer, Mrs. ELLEN NJ. Henroting,
Superintendent of Schools William IL.
Maxwell, Sir Robert Cranston, Presi-
dent Nicholas Murray Butler, of Co
lumbia University, President Charles
w. Eliot, Of Harvard University,
President Woodrow Wilson, of Prince
ton University, and M. Carey Thomas,
of Bryn Mawr College. on Wedues-
day afternoon Hon. Seth Low, Judge
George Gray, of Delaware; Congress
William j. Bryan, of Nebraska, and
others will speak on Legislative and
Judicial Aspects of the Peace Move
ment.
The Congress will close with a
public banquet Wednesday evening,
at which the speakers will includ Q
Earl Grey, governor-general of Can
ada; Samuel Gompers, president of
the American Federation of Labor,
william +. Stead and other notables.
In addition TO the regular sessions
of the Congress there will be n series
of open conferences for special groups
of persons such as educators, busi-
ness men, journalists and so forth.
Recognition of the important relation
of women to the peace movement has
been made by giving exclusively to
this side of the subject one entire
session