The Washington herald., 1907-04-18
CARNEGIE is GIVEN
CROSS OF HONOR
CoNTINUED FRoM FRsT 70.

in the abstract nearly every war within
that period has done far more harm than
good
But what we have now in this congress
got to do is TO consider how we can best
work for preventing wars in the future.
The dimculty about such a meeting as
this is that We are al already agreed and
convinced.
Let as ask ourselves how 1t Is that
wars begin. We have all seen the phe-
nomena. Some difference arises between
two nations Each nation has what It
thinks a good case. but each nation thinks
only Of its own case and takes little trou-
bic to understand the case on the other
side. The newspapers throw themselves
into the fray They embitter feeling not
only by denounciug the other side, bat by
dwelling only on their own case and en-
tirely neglecting TO state the case OF the
other nation. Every angry or spiteful
thing that Is said by the newspapers OF
The country reported. Everything that
tends TO mitigate passion is emitted. In
this respect there is not pin TO choose
between the newspapers Of all countries
The value of the object at stake Is eX-
honor is involved in fighting for its own
views Thus the bulk of the people are
dashed into fury The wolves are masters
Of the field. and not a few OF the sheep,
who had IA quiet times professed their de
votion TO peace are suddenly turned into
wolves The governments think that the
people want to fight, and thus war is de
ciared
Now. who is to blame for this. Is Il
the government? No doubt they some
times show a want Of firmness in resist
ing popular passion but. they say. and
often with truth, that IL is popular feeling
that pushes them into war. Or is tbs
fault with the newspapers? We all know
that newspapers fan the fame and spTeaC
its But what is their motive? They want
to please the public. They believe ths
public likes TO have its passions reused
The press is what the people made IL
Every nation has just such newspapers
as It deserves. The blame after all, rests
with the people themselves, who los,
thier heads under excitement They cal
resist everything except temptation.
Fighting Fever I'm the BraIn.
Nov. gentlemen. We have got 10 fac,
these facts and see what can be done Z
make a nation realize In times of excite
ment the truths which it had realized
when il was in its sober senses before th'
/ fighting fever had got into the brain
/ There seem 20 be only three things tha
can be done TO prevent the recurrence o.
these fever fits. One is to reduce tha
! pride which every State feels in having
! enormous military and naval forces
pride which necessarily draws with it tn
temptation 20 use the armaments which
/ it has taxed itself so heavily to maintain
Every one admits the enormous diff
Guilty OF bringing about a general limtta
/ ti0n Of armaments
This subject ought 10 be kept in TIN
minds OF all the great peoples as a prob
1 lem which has got 90 be solved sooner o
/ later. To pass IL by does not make i
easier. for while the difficulties do no
diminish. the armaments so on increas
I ing. We must hope that an earnest effor
+ will be made at The Hague conference
/ 10 consider this question. and TO bring j
NJ least one stage nearer to solution"
[ Senior Enrique Creel, the Mexican Am
bassador. in his speech at the Astor, GOV
I cred Mr. Carnegie with confusion by at
teTing. in the most graceful Latin eXag
geTation. the profound admiration Presi
dent Dlaz entertained for kfF. Carnegl,
/ IN particular and the American people gen
orally
Archbishop Ireland. in a speech az tn
Waldorf. said that he had during th'
evening heard the names OF many men
toned but not the name OF One who had
had more to do with the peace of tht
world than all the others and he begget
/ leave 10 pronounce the name OF Him wh,
was higher than them all, the name o.
one 10 whom "a debt of universal peac,
/ was OWed-the Christ Jesus Him a
whose birth the angels sang glory to Coo
/ on high and on earth peace good will {,