The Washington herald., 1907-04-16


which had been invoked By prayer and
song 10 settle over Carnegie Hall. on the
opening session OF the National Peace
| Congress Sunday night, was to-day dis
turbed by Andrew Carnegie, the father
Of the conference Of peace delegates. Mr..
| Carnegie called upon his audience to
imagine the state OF mind Of man who
could divorce peace and righteousness.
and the man he alluded to was President
i Roosevelt, who had said IN his letter,
read 10 the delegates few hours be-
fore. that If peace and righteousness are
at odds, the cause OF righteousness should
/ be espoused.
Mr.. Carnegie departed from his printed
speech when he took issue with the Pres
| ident. His was the last address Of the
day. and everything was going smoothly
with him. when he suddenly left the
reading desk. pushed his spectaeles up
over his head as being useless. ana
! launched out:
We often hear justice cOutrasted with
| arbitration Arbitration is the essence OF
/ justice. But what is the first principle Of
! justiee2 Junius tells Us that the first
principle Of justice is that men should
not be judges ia their szn cause. When
man refuses 70 submit his dispute 10
arbitration he is unjust
Carnegie Takes Exception.
We have heard righteousness con-
| trasted with peace. Why, I tell you that
righteousness ana peace cannot be di-
7 vorced. Imagine the state OF mind of
/ that man VINO insists that they can be
/ divorced. What could be greater right
eousness than peace on earth. good will
toward men? The man who assumes
that he Is right. and insists on judging
/ his own course has not the proper sense
either OF justice or Of Righteousness.
| To emphasize his plea Mr.. Carnegie
added that il he and another man should
have a dispute, he Carnegie would not
be '--istAd thai he vas right
and the judgment Of
/ tn.
WI that other man
/ 10 dO4
I've but want 10
so befo Hughes here,
and wha 'ur rights We
viii abid,
Pea mess.
President tier. which
was read I, the audi
Ience that nm Jreferred
TO the inter- ace ana
Righteousness
First and YOU to
remember that unden
duty 20 work even
more our duty [, ness
and justice. It is ex-
lalteth a nation uy
peace is the haRdl IS.
Yet if they are eve.
eousness whose caust
Secondly" the Pr
on TO say: Il again e.
good and earnest
strongly in this cause
themselves to bear the Tezts--
uphciding the nations honor shall uoU. 49,
insisting on the impossible put of the day
when the possible can be accomplished.
Before he had taken issue with President
RoOsevelts letter the father OF the con-
gress. still following the printed copy OF
his speech, hailed Theodore Roosevelt as
one of the potential peacemakers Of the
world He is a bold man who ventures
to forecast or 10 limit The horoscope Of
President Roosevelt" said Carnegie
starts Very Smoothly.
Before Carnegie forgot 10 follow copy"
the second session Of the. peace congress
went of as smoothly as the oiled machin-
cry Of management could make IT, Mayor
Mcclellan made q brief speech of welcome
TO the foreign and visiting delegates on be-
half Of the city Secretary Of State Elihu
Roet. who was introduced by Mr. Carne-
gle as something more than the right
hand OF the President spoke for an hour
and half on the peace aspect from the
viewpoint of the executive office of the
United States government Gov. hughes
made a full speech Of welcome on behalf
of the State The reading of the PTesi-
dents letter by Robert Ershine Ely. sec
retary of the National Arbitration and
Peace Congress. was not the least impor-
tant part OF the conference.
Host OF Delegates Present.
BY O'Clock. the hour for meeting. Car
negie Hall was filed tc its utmost. on
the stage were many delegates from this
country. and the foreign guests of the
congress who had either been appointed
deputies by their rulers or invited 10 al
tend by the executive committee of the
congress. There We're members of con
SfeSS- Judges OF Llc + e0Efti ueHcIs pItsl~
dents Of educational institutions. leaders
Of women's clubs. and bishops and priests
Of churches Baron d 'Estournelles. Paul
Doumer. chairman of the French Senate;
J, Rails, secretary of the International con-
citation committee. and Prot. Harceliue
Boule, represented the government OF
Franco. Frederick 5. ArChenhold who
was delegated by Emperor William TO be
present al the opening Of the Carnegie In
stitute in Pittsburg last week. sat next TO
Maarten Martens, the Dutch novelist
From Great Britain there was an impos-
ing delegation OF thirteen. editors. ehaucei-
lors Of universities. and scientific men.
Hardly had Mr.. Carnegie and the speak
ers taken their places when William A.
who siyes at 32s West Fifty
seventh street, fell in a faint Just as he
was entering the door to the lefs OF tie
stage. a doctor who was present hurried
the man into dressing room and there
revived him sufficiently 10 permit OF his
being sent home in a carFiage.
Presidents letter Read.
After Mayor Mcclellan had been intro
dueed by Nj. Carnegie and as one who
had ruled the city well, and whose record
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