The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-18
Andrew Carnegie is Decorated
With Cross of Legion of
Honor By France.
REPLY TO PRESIDENT
Steel Mdgndte Endeeyors- to Show That
ROOseveIt's Objections" Have
No For e.

New York. April 17.-The first an
nual convention of the National
Peace and Arbitration congress end
ed tonight after three days session
with two large banquets, one at the
Hotel Astor and the other at the Wal
dorf Astoria. The event of the great
est interest was the decoration of An
drew Carnegie with the cross of the
Legion of Honor by the French gov
ernment, represented by Baron D Es-
tournelles de Constant. in apprecia-
tion of his work for peace and his
gift of the palace at The Hague.
Mr.. Carnegie, who is president OF
the congress tonight gave out a state
ment as a result OF the congress. The
statement constitutes a reply To some
of the suggestions contained in the
letter which President Roosevelt ad
dressed to the congress- on the open
ing day. Mr. Carnegie quotes these
statements as objections" and an
nNilo iiiSill ITO iOlOiH
Our peace conference has brought
three objections clearly before us.
First. nations cannot submit all
questions to arbitration. Answer
SN Of them have recently done so by
treaty lienmark and the Neither
lands. Chile and Argentina, Norway
ard Sweden.
First Principle of Justice.
Second Justice is higher thar
peace Answer first principle
Of natural Justice forbids men to be
judges when they are parties to The
Issue. All law rests upon this ali
throughout the civilized world Were
Il judge known to sit on n case in
which he We're secretly interested he
would be at once dishonored and ex-
PEELED rom his high Office. II any
individual refused TO submit his dis
putc with a neighboi- 10 disinterest-
cd PARTIES and insisted upon being his
own Judge, he would violate the first
principles OF justice. If he resorted
10 force in defense of his right to sit
in Judgment he would he dishonored
lis 4 breaker Of law. Thus peace with
justice is secured through arbitration
and never by one of the parties sit
ling rs judge on his own case. Ma
tiena being only aggregates of indi
vidHal5 thoy will not reach Justice in
ther ind gments until the same rule
holda GOOD. viz: they. like individuals
shall rot sit as Judges in their own
causc " hal is unjust for individu-
ais is unjust for nations.
Third 1t is neither peace nor
justice. but righteousness that shall
exait the nation. Answer-R Right
oousEess is simply doing what is
right What is just is always right;
what is unjust is always wrong. 1t
being The first principle of Justice
that mon shall not be judges in their
own canse. to refuse to submit to
judge CT arbiter is unjust, hence not
right. for the essence of righteous
ness is Justice. Therefore. men who
place Justice or righteousness above
peace practically proclaim that they
will commit injustice and discard
righteousness by constituting them
selves sole judges of their own cause,
in violation of law, justice and right.
"Civilized man has reached the
hat h,, IL .l inn
of Justice and right only by uphold
ing the present reign OF law. What
is right for each individual must be
right for the nation. The demand
that interested parties shall sit in
Judgment Is the wick edness that de-
grades the nation
Messages From Rulers.
About 600 guests We're present at
the Waldorf dinner. Seth Low pre-
sided and announced messages from
the kings of Norway and Italy. the
president of Switzeralnd and the No
bel peace committee of the Norwe-
Gian parliament. All complimented
the peace conference and expressed
wishes for the success of the work
William ] Bryan. in his address,
offered as a substitute for the words
Liberty or DEATH" the cry of Lib
erty and Life" This sentiment was
The keynote of his address The cost
Of human life he wanted counted and
eatimated
"Iet u8 MEASURE rhc value Of those
war has not taken, he said, and
then We can obtain some estimate Of
the value OF thaac lives th5t are now
gone.
Life, he held, was gaolod at.d Pre-
cious. To be guarded sacredly, because
created by God
The attainment of peace as seen
from the viewpoint of the clergy vas
presented by Archbishop ireland.
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