Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-18
sent cordial messages.

Mir. Carnegie mounted the speakers rostrum to introduce Earl Grey. the governor general of Canada. Mir. Car negie referred to Earl Grey as the rep resentative of King Edward. AS the earl was making bow in acknowl- edgment of the wave of applause which greeted him there came roll of drums and flare of trumpets.
 That" said the speaker. sounds very much like military note"
 When the laughter had subsided Earl Grey proceeded with his address. being constantly interrupted by applause. es-. pecially when referring to the friendly relations existing between America and England and to Secretary Roots recent visit to Canada.
 He said in part:
 "In fair and growing Canada, that happy dominion in which it is now my delightful privilege to live. the people have shown through the action of their parliamentary representatives that they have realized that it is only barbarous and uneducated peoples who prefer the quarrel of the sword to peaceful meth ods of arbitration as a means for set ting differences that pay divide them.
 They have recently enacted a law which has made it an offense for the forces of labor and capital to resort to a lockout or strike without first hav- ing preliminary investigation into the subject of dispute. Although the act came into force only on March 22. it has already averted on three occasions an industrial war.
 Now. why should we not apply to International disputes the principle of this Canadian act which forbids men to draw the sword until after round table conference has taken place. Let the legislatures of the world decree that it shall he illegal to furnish a war loan to any nation that begins hostilities without first coming to the round table of The Hague tribunal.
 After the death of Cecil Rhodes a most interesting document was found among his papers. It was written in 1875, when he. at twenty-two years of age. was trekking on the South Afr can welt. It outlined q plan for re uniting the English speaking peoples of the world in the interests of peace"
 Earl Grey concluded by reading q telegram he had received from the speaker of the Canadian senate. as fol- lows:
 "A Canadian group of members of parliament. numbering i5a has been formed and have joined the Interpar- liamentary Union For Peace. They send greetings to their American cous- ins who are working toward the same end"
 Mir Carnegie declared that after such encouraging news from Canada if the English speaking nations did not go into The Hague conference with something definite in mind it would indicate that some one had made a great mistake. He then introduced Ion Enrique q. Greet. the Mexican ambassador. who expressed the re- grets of President Diaz at not being able to attend the congress.
 Baron d-Estournelles de Constant provoked applause when he announced that the French republic had given to Andrew Carnegie the cross of the commander of the Legion of Honor ia recognition of Mir. Csrnexie1s efforts to obtain peace and for his splendid accomplishment for the good of man kind
 Addressing his auditors first in French and then In English Baron is Constant dweIt earnestly upon the worldwide reoveuent for peace
 The speaker expressed his eOnVictSon that the national peace congress had .ccc.plishei many things that voEd materially assist in the prsctic1I at- tsinment of pesoe and raid . general tribute ts AuerSczn activities in the way Of reaching the TosL
 Nr. Carnegie was th-n de-r.fed