The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-04-17

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 ford and Cambridge Heard--Whilc
 the "University" Meeting Is Going on
 in Carnegie Hall Largely Attend
 ed Peace Gathering Is Held in Cooper
 Union by Labor Men.
 New York, April 16-That intelli- gence, knowledge and culture are the things which the, universities can con- tribute to the cause of universal peace was the consensus of opinion of the college presidents who spoke tonight at Carnegie hall at the university meet ing Of the peace congress. A half doz- en college presidents, including repre- sentatives of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, spoke to college men in the interests of the movement, and showed them what they could and should do to advance the cause of uni- versal peace and the emancipation of Christendom from the curse of war
 Vice Chancellor Roberts, of Cam bridge university, and Professor Rhyss of Oxford, were the two foreign edu- cators who spoke. President John Fin ley, of the City College of New York, was an American representative in place of President Eliot, of Harvard, and President James, of the University of Illinois, who were unable to be pres ent. Dr, Felix Adler, of Columbia, also spoke, and President Butler, of the same university, presided. The great hall was crowded, and a tipge of col lege spirit was given to the proceed ings by the presence of the glee clubs of Columbia and Yale, which sang sev- eral college songs
 While the Carnegie hall meeting was in progress another largely attended peace meeting was being held in Coop CT Union. This gathering was repre- sentative of organized labor. James Duncan, first vice-president of the American Federation of Labor, who was to have presided, was unable to be present, and Joseph R. Buchanan in troduced the speakers, who included T. V. Powderly.
 The meeting, which had for It's gen. eral topic, Organized Labor in Rela- ton to the Peace Movement" was an enthusiastic one.
 ! MT. Powderly, among other things, said
 Tt is fitting that labor's voice should be raised for peace. How shall 1t come about? I think labor and capital have provided the way. It was not dreamed a few years ago that labor and capital would shake hands. To-day we may meet, clasp hands and be friends; and this has come about through the leader ship of Samuel Gompers."
 Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, who fol- lowed, said in part:
 Tt takes more courage to-day to en- gage in the silent, patient sacrifices of life than 1t does to go into the car mage of war. To-day, thank God, the white flag no longer indicates a yellow streak, and it requires courage for a man to say Peace instead of war Now it is written down that the man who fights goes forth to murder. Any one country tha tdisarms alone will be wiped off the map. But we hope that the American conscience will demand that our delegates to the next Hague conference shall stand, if not for dis armament for no greater expansion in armanents.
 The morning session at Carnegie hall was a woman's session and was ad dressed by a number of prominent wo- men workers for peace, including Miss Jane Adams, Mrs. Ellen Hanrotin. Mrs. Lucy Ames Mead and Mrs. Frederick Nathan. Letters were read from Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, and William Archer, one of Englands most famous dra- matic critics, spoke.
 During the afternoon there was a young peoples meeting at Carnegie hall, while "the commercial and indus trial aspects of the peace movement" were discussed at the Hotel Astor. At each of these meetings, addresses were made by distinguished advocates of peace, representatives of this and other countries. The congress will close to- morrow after more speech making and two dinners.