The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-04-15
Great Audience Assemblies at Carnegie Hall and Thousands are Una
 bIe to Gain Ad-
 mission.
OVERFLOW GATHERING HELD
BROADWAY TABERNACLE IS
 TROWN OPEN FOR THIS.

TROWN OPEN FOR THIS.
 Police Reserves Called Upon to Hold
 in Line the Crowds That Blocked the
 Nearby Streets-Andrew Carnegie,
 Delayed by a Late Train, Fails to
 Reach the Hall Until Meeting Is Well
 Under Way-Unable to Reach Plat
 form Through the ThrOng, He Con-
 tents Himself With Box-BishOp
 Potter Presides fin His Absence
 Address By Bishop Farley Read By
 Mgr. LaveIIe--Rabbi Hirsch Speaks
 Presidents Message Not Read.
 New York, April 14.-A choral ser vice, fitting prelude to the first na- tional arbitration and peace congress which is to be opened in the same building tomorrow, was held at Car negie hall tonight, and if numbers and enthusiasm count for anything the pro- motors of the peace movement must have been gratified.
 The public had been invited and came in such numbers that it was necessary to call upon the police reserves to hold in line the thousands that blocked the nearby streets. Probably five thou sand persons gained admittance, while thousands were turned away for lack of room Of these latter the more for tunate secured seats at an overflow meeting in the Broadway Tabernacle.
 Andrew Carnegie was expected to preside at the Carnegie hall meeting, but, returning from Pittsburg on de- layed train, he failed to reach the hall until the meeting was we'll under way and when once inside the place he was unable to make his way through the throng to the platform, and contented himself with a place in box. In his absence Bishop Henry c. Potter pre- sided.
 Around the back and sides of the stage on which were the speakers and the three hundred singers of the Ora torio society, was draped a great white curtain dotted with golden stars. Around 1t were grouped American ban ners, flags and emblems, with white banners at the center bearing the leg end of the peace fraternity Peace for all nations" Over this the word Peace fared in bright electric bulbs.
 After several selections by the Ora torio society, accompanied by the full orchestra led by Frank Damrosch, the great audience rose and sang the hymn written by D. c. Roberts, "God of Our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand Leads Forth in Beauty All the Starry Band.
 It had been expected that peace message from President Roosevelt would be read tonight, but no mention of the message was made.
 Arc1sblshop John M. Farley, who was to have been one of the speakers, was detained in Washington and his pre- pared address was read by Mgr. J. M. J. Lavelle, of St. Patrick's cathedral.
 'eThe archbishop has neither been lost nor has he forgotten" said Mgr. La velle, "but business in connection with the meeting of the American arcl1bish- ops in Washington has detained him, and he has sent his message on to me to read to you as his vicar and repre- sentative, with his greetings, compli- ments and regrets, with his hearty hope and prayer for the success of this and all similar efforts toward peace. So am here to rattle around in his shoes as best l may in telling how he trusts that this gathering may have the ef- feet of strengthening the arms and use- fitness of The Hague tribunal and as- suring the peace of the world"
 Mgr. Lavelle went on to say for aim- self that he could hope for peace, and he would mention an incident he had just been discussing with Bishop Pot ter, It was of a war device, invented by Frenchman, winch the inventor de- clared could wipe out 25O,OO0 men in fifteen minutes. The inventor sold the device to the German government after the French government had declined it
 T understand" said the rector of St Patrick's, that the invention was a failure. But perhaps 1t might not have been so bad for the cause of peace had it succeeded. For there are, as I see it, three ways to peace. One of them Is by arbitration, wherein men give them selves to a competent tribunal like The Hague tribunal. Another is that set forth by Tennyson in Locksley hall wherein he describes the federation of the world with war drums untitled
 There is a third means, and think it might be the surest. With it might come the day when war would become an absolute impossibility. That would be when each nation would have a weapon such as the Frenchman devis- ed Then the weaknest nation would be as strong as the strongest, and the robber nations would be coWed before the weak through strong nations strong througb their wonderful power