Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-17


has gradually developed to be the greatest
agency for peace The need of International
relationship in commerce and industry has
led to the holding of great world fairs,
which have shown how the work of the
world demands peace and fraternity.
In former days treaties were drawn up
between countries to bind each other to
mutual assistance in war. They were AT
best temporary pauses in perpetual war.
But two years ago an epoch-making treaty
was drawn up by delegates representing
fourteen European countries, to prohibit the
worh of women In factories at night.
Not only have governments united In
passing laws in the interest of humane in
dustry and enlightened commerce. but the
general public has become awakened to
its responsibilities as consumers. Today
that the boundary line of their investiga-
tons is measured only by the boundaries
of the civilized world"
Young Peoples Meeting.
Five thousand young people responded to
the invitation to a young peoples meeting
at Carnegie Hall yesterday afternoon.
DR.. Nathan c. Schaeffer. state superin-
tendent of public instruction of Pennsyl-
vania. spoke on Teaching Peace Ideals,
saying:
1T seems to me that our textbooks. our
examinations and our instructions should
-glorify the victories of peace above the VIC
| tories of war While it would be a mistake
to minimize the sacrifices army or navy
makes in the defense of national rights and
jim the protection of the downtrodden and
| the oppressed. II nevertheless would be wise
| to teach history in such way that the
| pupil would place the poet the orator the
ARTIST, the inventor, the educator, the juriSt
and the statesman in as conspicuous place
| as that occupied by the victorious general
| or admiral.
How well posted we are upon every wal
| our people have waged. How little we
Know of the disputes which have been set
tied by arbitration. How familiar we are
with the Monroe doctrine and how seldom
We speak of the arrangement made during
Monroes administration for disarming
along our Canadian boundary-whch has
secured peace between the United States
and Great Britain in spite of acute disputes,
Our teaching of history should give rise
to public sentiment that will make war
impossible except for the maintenance of
justice. law and order"
DR.. James j. Walsh of st. Johns Col
iege discussed The Struggle for Life and
Peace"
Prof. Henry Turner Bailey. agent of the
state board of education for the promo
ton of indstrial drawing. Massachusetts,
Arts" He said:
The paths of military heroes have al
ways been marked by the annihilation of
priceless treasures. precious works of art
impossible to reproduce. war has swal-
lowed UP all but a handful of the wonder
full works of the artists and craftsmen Of
- thousand generations, and left poor
indeed.
The incompatibility of war and the arts
is symbolized in every decorative repre-
sentatlon of peace ever painted. If war at
times has galvanized the arts into SEM
blance of life, peace has ever breathed into
them the very spirit of life itself. Artists
have an instructive dread of war and the
craftsmen in all ages have fought only
under compulsion. The high tides il arts
tic production were times of comparative
IA c -nt TO COO hot tha
arts may become under perpetual peace.
Peace fosters the prosperity of the COM
mon people and the growth of commerce.
intelligence and of love. This means an
ever-ncreasing demand for works of art.
The arts have produced in the past for
the rich and powerful The arts will never
have the chance to produce for the people
until war shall be no more With the dawn
OF universal peace the arts will come to
their own.
Senorita Huidobro spoke on the topic
The Christ of the Andes.' saying, in part
In 1898 when an outbreak seemed i'm
minent, peace was restored between Chile
and Argentina through the mediation of
Queen Victoria. For over seventy years
there had been disputes relating to the
true boundary lines. In 1900 each nation
seemed ready to fly at the other, when the
Argentine bishop of Anjo. Monsignor Bene-
vente. spoke for international peace, and
suggested statue of Christ to be placed
al Puente del Inca, station Oh the Trans
The young Argentine sculptor, Senior
Mateo Alfonso, was selected for the work
and after time the statue was cast In the
arsenal at BuenoS AyreS, from bronze can
non taken at the time Argentina was fight
ing for her independence against Spain
Meanwhile, the foreign diplomats, the
church and the women of Chile and Ar
gentina worked untiringly for the cause
of peace, with the result that, in May 1913
the cruiser Chacabuco left Valparaiso car
rying the treaties of peace and the dele
gates Tor their contamination to Buenos
Ayres. King Edward had sent Sir Thomas
Holdich as arbitrator, with instructions to
make peace with honor. if possible to do
so
When the result became public Sonora
Angela de Oliviera Gear de Costa invited
President Roca of Argentina and the dele
gates and representatives from other coun-
tries to inspect the great statue of Christ
at the foot of which there gathered not
only the churchmen and the diplomats but
the mothers of Argentina. She asked that
the statue be placed on the highest ac-
cessible pinnacle of the Andes between
Ch44e and Argentina.
thousands from both countries were as
sempled on March 13. 1904, when the veil
was drawn aside revealing the great statue,
which cost 100000 with the inscription on
its granite pedestal:
Sooner shall these mountains crumble
to dust than Argentines and Chileans break
the peace which at the feet of Christ the
Redeemer they have sworn to maintain
Y,
beginning of this great century, cast the
first vote for universal peace"
Baron d'Estournelles de Constant told of
his visit to the White House. He said the
Presidents children pretended to offer him
candy in boxes he found to be empty put
their guinea pigs in his pockets and the
like, but he found them good children low
Ing their parents and each other. Some OF
them, he was pleased to note, could speak
French.
IF we had been unable to hold converse,
our ignorance would have separated US like
an ocean, said the baron. Instead 1 will
retlrn % France with deep impression of
the E,Gerican home. Before my visit to
he Waite House. l had known the Presi-
dert cl.ly IS the chief of great state, who
had rendered invaluable services but / now
know him as he really is, surrounded by
devoted friends and his family; one of the
most worthy of respect and one of the best
men | have ever met"
Industrial Meeting.
John Barrett former minister to Colom-
bia, spoke at the meeting at the Hotel AS
tor yesterday afternoon when the Com
mercial and Industrial Aspects of the Peace
1nrf'