The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-04-16
"BIG Stick" is
BOLDLY REBUkED.
Carnegie Hall Crowded With
Advocates of World Peace.
PRESIDENT SENDS LETTER
Advises Delegates Not TO Press
Disarmament Project.
CARNEGIE OUTLINES HIS PLAN.

CARNEGIE OUTLINES HIS PLAN.
Ironnnaster Advocates the Formation
of an international Police System
Never For Aggression, but Always
For Protection to the Tranquility of
the Civilized World--Secretaryo of State
Elihu Root and Governor Hughes
Make Stirring Addresses - immense
Audience Gives Empire State Execu-
tive Hearty Greetine-Tremendous
Enthusa5nn at Third Days Session.
New York, April 16. Tremendous
enthusiasm attended the opening of
the third days session OF the peace
congress In Carnegie hall.
Long before the meeting began the
vast hall, which had been Beautifully
decorated, was crowded. Every avail
able bit Of space on the platform was
occupied. Great crowds of men and
women stood outside the building un
able to enter.
Mr.. Carnegie, the little father of the
peace congress, came on the stage
promptly yesterday at the hour set for
the opening of the congress at the head
Of tiny procession made up of Mayor
Mcclellan, representing the city; Gov
ernor Hughes. the state, and Secretary
OF State Elihu Root. the national gov
ernment. These three made speeches,
and the national government was fur
iher represented by long letter from
President Roosevelt
Hughes Heartily Cheered.
A striking feature of the congress
was the tremendous reception given
Governor Hughes when he arose to
speak Though there had been much
hearty applause for the others, 1t was
brief. but when the governor stood up
there was not only hand clapping. but
cheers. which lasted for one minute
and thirty seconds.
1t would have gone on much longer
had not MIR Carnegie jumped up and,
waving his arms eXcitedly. cried out:
"Have mercy. Have mercy on the
governor" Following Mayor McClel-
lan's welcome the secretary read let
ter from resident Roosevelt IN which
the latter said among other things;
Harm and not good would result IL tho
most advanced nations. those in which
most freedom for the individual is com
bined with most efficiency in securing
orderly justice as between individuals
should by agreement disarm and place
themselves al the mercy of other peoples
less advanced of other peoples still in
Of itar har artG Or
tary despotsm. Anything In the nature OF
general disarmament would do harm and
not good If it left the civilized and peace
loving peoples. those with the highest
standards of municipal and International
obligation and duty. unable to check the
other peoples who have no such stand
ards, who acknowledge no such obiga-
lions
Finally. 1t behooves all of MS to re.
member and especially those of us whl
either make or listen TO speeches. thai
there are few more mischievous things
than the custom of uttering or applaud
ing sentiments which represent mere ora,
tory and when are not and cannot be
and have not been translated from words
into deeds. An imprisoned Grafton about
peace which included an impassioned de
mand for something which the man who
makes the demand either knows or ought
to know cannot as q matter of fact bd
done represents not gain but loss for the
cause of peace, for even The noblest cause
is marred by advocacy which is either
insincere or foolish.
For General Arbitration Treaty.
More important than reducing the ex.
pense of the Implements of war is the
question Of reducing the possible causes
of war, which can most etfectualY be
done by substituting other methods than
for the settlement Of disputes. OF
those other methods the most important
which is now attainable is arbitration
i do Not believe that in the world as II
actually is it is possible for any nation
to agree to arbitrate all difficulties which
may arise between itself and other ma.
lions, but do believe chat there can be
al this time very large increase in the
glasses OF cases which il is agreed shall
be arbiirated and that provision can BIZ
made for greater facility and certainty
of arbitration. ! hope to see adopted a
general arbitration treaty among the ma
lions, and hope to see The Hague court
greatly Increased IN power and perma.
neney and The judges in particular made
permanent ana given adequate salaries,
so as to make il increasingly probable
that IN each case that may come before
them they will decide between the nae
tons, great or small, eNdetlN as Judge
within our own limits decides between
the individuals. great or snail who come
before him. Doubtless many other mat
ters will be taken mp at The Hague. but
il seems to me that This of a general ar
bitratioh treaty is perhaps the most inn
portant.
Secretary Roots Speech.
Secretary Roots address. like Mr.
Roosevelts letter pledged the govern
ment of the United States to the cause
OF international peace, while warning
The world not to expect too much from
the second Hague conference He said
in part
Arbitrations and mediations. treaties
and conventions peace resolutions, decla-
rations of principle, speeches and writ
fngs. are as naughl unless they truly rep
resent and find response in the hearts
and minds of the multitude of the men
who make up the nations of the earth,
whose desires and impulses determine the
Issues Of peace and war The end toward
which this assembage strives-the peace
OF the word-wll be attained Just as rap
idlN as the millions OF the earths peoples
learn to love peace and abhor war, to
love Justice and hate wrongdoing, to be
considerable in Judgment and kindly in
feeling toward aliens as toward their
own friends and ncighbors and 10 desire
that their own countries shall regard the
rights OF others rather than be grasping
and overreacaing.
The greatest benefit of the peace con-
ference OF 1907 viii be, as was that of the