The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-04-20
PLATFORM ADOPTED
BY Peace congress
RESOLUTIONS RECOMMEND THAT
HAGUE CONFERENCE BE 4
PERMANENT INSTITUTION.
PRESIDENT PRAISED
FOR ANTl.WAR POLICY
Long Debate Ends In Unanimous
Vote in Favor Of Adoption-5ryan
One of the. Speakers-Trustees
Named to Collect Funds.

vote IN Favor OF HQops'on-oFyaH
One Of the. speakers-Trustees
Named to Collect Funds.
New York, April 1s.-The national
arbitration peace congress Wednes-
DAY adopted its platform OF resolu.'
lions, recommending among other
things that The Hague conference
hereafter shall be a permanent insti-.
tuition; that The Hague court shall
be open to all the nations Of the
world; that a general treaty of arbi-
tration for ratification by all the
nations shall be drafted by the CON-
ing conference providing for the ref
erence to The Hague court of interna.
tional disputes which cannot be ad-
justed by diplomacy; that the United
States government urge upon: the
conference action looking to the lin
itation of armament; that the confer.
ence extend to private property at
sea, immunity from capture in war;
The resolution speaks highly in praise
of President Roosevelt, Secretary Root
and the prime minister of Great Brit
ain for the stand they have taken in
favor of a settled policy of peace
among the nations. -.
Few Changes Made.
The resolutions were adopted with
few minor changes as to wording
just as they came from the commit
tee which had had their preparation
in charge. There was debate, con-
tinuing over.two hours, however. Mrs.
Belva A. Lockwood, of Washington,
declared I: that the speakers on the
platform were trying to have it all
their own: way" DR.. Benjamin F.
Trueblood, chairman of the commit
tee ON resolutions, declared it had
been impossible to incorporate in
the brief expression of the sentiment
of the congress all Of the: one thou
sand and one suggestions. and ideas
which had come from various sections
of the country. He said the commit
tee had tried to. adhere strictly to
the purposes for which the congress
was called, and to practical ideas on
the propaganda of peace. -.
Several speakers on the resolution
were. interrupted from time to time
| by other delegates who wished TO be
heard and who thought the speakers
were. taking too much time. The de-
bate finally was limited to a specific
time, and when the vote was taken
several, delegates still were endeavor-
ing to. be recognized by the chair.
The vote in favor of the resolutions
was unanimous.
Among the participants in the de-
bate was William j.. Bryan. He was
very; brief. ...%
BarthodIt Favors Peace Appropriation.
| Congressman Bartholdt of Missouri,
chairman of the interparliamentary
union, was recognized to offer a sec
ond to the resolutions. He declared
the resolutions as framed by the COM
mittee were almost identical. with
those agreed upon by the interparlia-
mentary session for presentation at
The Hague. Mr.. Bartholdt said that
in time he hoped to- see the United
States congress, (which annually ap.
/
appropriate few hundred thousands
of dollars for the. propagation OF
peace"
just before the morning session was
adjourned resolution was adopted
naming the following trustees, who
shall have power to add to their num-
bers to collect funds for the promo
ton of international peace, and to
disburse such funds in their discre
ton through existing emergencies
and existing agencies: -
Andrew Carnegie, George Foste,
Peabody, sames Speyer. Seth Low
Robert Treat Paine of Boston and
Joseph l.. Baily of Philadelphia
Two Dinners in the Evening.
There was conference Of peace
workers at the Broadway Tabernacle
at $3.50 o'clock in the evening, at
which Mrs. Lucia A. Mead presided
and the delegates wound up their SEES
sion with two dinners, one at the Ho
tel Astor and the other at the Wal
dorf Astoria. Mr.. Carnegie presided
at the Astor and Mr.. Low at the Wal
dorf. The speakers, as far as pos
sible, we're heard at both places. They
included James Bryce, the British
ambassador; Earl Grey, governor gen
eral of Canada; DR.. Edward Everett,
Hale, President Eliot of Harvard
Archbishop Ireland, DR.. Lyman Alb
bott and Samuel Gompers.