Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-04-18
PEACE coNGREss ApJouRNs.

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conference shall hereafter be permanent
institution; thst the Hague court shall
he open 10 al tho nations OF the world;
that Z general treaty Of arbitration for
ratification By al the nations shall be
drafted by the coming conference pro-
viding for the reference 10 the Hague
court Of international disputes which
cannot be adjusted by diplomacy; that
the United States government urge upon
the Congress action looking 10 the limi-
tation Of armament; that the conference
extend TO private property at sea, immu-
nifty from capture in war. The resolutions
speak highly In praise- OF President
Roosevelt, Secretary Root and the prime
minister OF Great Britain for the stand
they have taken in favor Of settled
policy of peace among the nations.
In discussing The Hague resolutions
Mr. w. j. Bryan was very briei
81 came hero to SEQ that the one idea
which | regard IS the most important Of
all was carried out, and that was that
all disputes no. subject TO adjustment
by diplomacy should be referred TO in
ternatloual arbitration. This has baen
incorporated in the resolutions just as It
wss adopted by the Interparliamentary
Union in London last July, when twenty.
elk nations we're represented. regard
this "a long step toward the elimination
OF war. 80
fThero is one other subject which l
would have been pleased TO sec incorpo'
rated In your resolutions, but which the
committee has not deemed wise, and
that is that the time has come when the
lending ofmoney to q belligereut by a
neutral state should be regarded as being
as Objectionable as tbs furnishing OF
powder, shot and shell. It is all wrong
to say that powder, lead and shell are
contrabsnd, aud then to allow the
money lenders 20 furnish the means OF
buying the thlngsthat areifor6idden. II
Is a wrong principle which allows few
money lenders to profit by tho dtstres'
ofnations"
The Congress came TO au end last
night, after a lhFee'days session, with
two large baDqaets at the Hotel
Aston and the other at the Waldorf
Asioris. The event Of greatest interest
wAs tho decoration Of Andrew Carnegie
with the cross OF the Legion Of Honor
by the French government, represented
By Baron d Estourneles do Constant, In
appreciation OF his work for peace and
his gill of the palace at The Hague.
At the fnal Official session of the
peace deyotees in Carnegie Hall in the
afternoon Mr.. Dfyao, who had been re.
served as the last speaker, raised the en-
tire audience to its feet and swept
every person Ia The great hall into 8
Clamorohs pledge for peace on earth,
good will toward men.
Among other things he said: Zone
Of the things hope 10 see in the Hague
conference is The making OF money
cOnlraband. | want 10 see that body
80 lix il that The financiers Of one country
cannot wax fat over the misioriuneS Of
another country.
"lf this country does nothing else at
The Hsgne conference, [ an glad ii has
the courage through this congress, to
express Itself in The principle that the
taking of human life shall not be begun
until the world shall have been inform
Ell of the high crime for which that per-
sons life is forfeited.
"Other nations may be surprised at
the fact that we have doubled our army
and increased our navy by one-hslf with
in the last ten years; yet we are not sur
prised when we hear that our President
Is spoken Of The world around as the
greatest advocate OF peace In the world.
This may seem to present an inconsist-
ency, but inconsistency will fade away
when wo got the broader view of things"
The final session OF the congress had
opened with q packed hall When Mr.
Seth Low stepped forward to open the
meeting he announced that Richmond
Pearson HIobsOn and Mrs Helen Beach
flllotsoD, representatives Of The Daugh-
ters OF the American Revolution, at
present In session at Washington, desir-
ed 10 come before the meeting to make
the donation of gift to one who had
been highly instrumental Ia fnrthering
the peace movement.
Then Mr.. Hobson made a speech In
which he said that he aud Mrs Tillot'
son had been delegated TO come up TO
toe peace congress and present to Dir.
Carnegie the two crossed peace flags that
had been hanging over the back OF the
stage just under the legend "Peace."
DIR, Carnegie made fitting response.
A number of other speeches we're then
made.
At the banquet last night Ambassador
Bryce, Of Great Britain, said; ''The
press Is what the people make 1t. Every
nation hiss just such newspapers as Il
deserves. The blame (for VAR after all
rests With the people themselves. who
lose their heads under excitement. They
can resist everything except tempta'
tons"
"Reduce the pride which every State
feels in having enormous military and
naval iOrces--a pride which necessarily
draws with it tho temptation TO use the
aImsments which Il has taxed Itself 80
heavily TO maintain.
"Such congress as this may do
something to form opinion in the masses
Of a nation and TO bring home TO every
citizen tho sense Of his o9D respon-
sibility for the removal of this oldest
evil of humanity. The older the evil
is. and the moro ingrained 1t is, the
longer It must take tolremoye.