The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-18
CONFERENCE IS ENDED;
concluded from First Page)

Therefore, men who place justice o.
Righteousness above peace practicall.
proclaim as ii appears to me, thai
they will commit injus.ics and dis
card righteousness by constitutlns
themselves sole judges c. their own
cause in violation Of law, justice ant
right"
Many Notabies Make Speeches.
AT the Waldorf banquet Archbishop
ireland said grace Cabegrams ap
proving the object of the congress
we're read from the kings of Norway
md Italy the president of switzer-
and. and the nobl committee OF the
Norwegian parliament.
Professor Kuno Francke of Harvard
University spoke for the University,
and in measure for Germany
At the Astor banquet the speakers
included Earl Gray. Governor General
Of Canada. and Mexican Ambassador
Creel.
British Ambassador Bryce was Civ
en- an ovation when he was intro.
duced. He said in part:
Mt Hryce said:
This is the fourth day on which
able speakers. including some of the
most eminent men from bo.h sides of
the ocean have been demonstrating
the folly and wickedness OF war and
he blessedness Of peace. What is
there left for us who speak now u
add to what has been so we'll said on
that topic9 The weight of authority
Is great Your president, who like
my sovereign King Edward, has
shown that he is true lover of
peace, has sent you message of car
dial sympathy. The weight of argu-
ment has been great Members Of the
congress have abundantly shown TO
one another's satisfaction that war
Is not only irrational. immoral. un
and unchristlan, but is
also Improbable. Besides being bad
n other ways. it is also bal business.
L there was time to go through the
history of the last two centuries. il
would be easy to show that wha'ey
may be said for war in the abstract
'early every war within that period
las done far more harm than good
looking back for tie last sixty years
can think of only one war that
could be called necessary. that IS to
say in all the other eases either the
object was not worth fighting for or
he desired result might have been
better obtained without lighting. But
what We have now in this congress
sot to do, is % consider how we can
)est work for preventing wars In the
nture. The difficulty about such a
,eady agreed and convinced. can
imagine a cynical critic saving to nsI
Gentlemen. you are all. as the French
isty. pl eaching TO the converted
What we have got - do l. TO preach
o unconveried who are not here. TO
convince those whom the scripture
ais the people that delight in war
You are so this cynic would say
Ike an assembly of sheep. sheep
With irreproachahly white fieeces
tsssing resolutions which enireat the
r8lveS Ia leave on bring To answer
his cynical critic. to see what We
,an really do to advance the object
We have AZ heart let us an ourseIve
IL T.. hot Ill
.een The phenomena. Some differ
nee arises between two nations
Zach nation has whaj II thinks a
GOOD cause bnt each nation thinks
,riy Of its own case aud takes little
Ipuhle 70 undo. stand the case on the
,ther side.
The newspapers throw themselves
ITO N" fray. They emhii er feeling
'o' only by denouncing the ot5er
.ide. bui by dwelling only on their
'Wn case ard entirely neglecting 10
tate the case u the @ her nation
Every sngry or spiteful thing that IL
aid BY the newspapers 81 the other
'uuniry is reported Everything that
ends 10 mitigate passion Is omitted
q this -espect there j. not pin - I
moose between the newspapers Of al !
The value Of the object at
siake j. exaggerated and each nation 4
IS told sihs Is honor is involved In I.
lighting for its oun views Thus the I,
'ulk OF The people are lssaed into
urv- The wolves are masters Of the I
held aud NOT a few sheep who had I
~ quiet times protested their deFo- /
ion 10 peace are suddenly turaed into T.
sclVes. The governments think fhai 1
h. peoples want 10 fight and thus
ar Is declared
Nov who is 70 blanc for thisg +