New-York tribune., 1907-10-20
WAR NOT ABOLISHED.
NO CONFLICT IN SIGHT.
RenescaI of Military ActiUity Er-
Dected to FolIoy Hague Congress.
Especial by French Cable to The Tribune
fCopyrigi.t. 1907 by The Tribune Association.

London. oct le-Faint applause from the
stalls and persistent booing from the galleries
have followed the fall of the curtain upon tAe
Hague congress. While the summary OF the
chief conventions shows that a good many Il'''e
things have been done there is a general agree
ment among the English commentators that 'le
congress has been a failure. The pesslIlIsts'
who consider war necessary evil, are ehcoui
aged I'm their cyniciSn The optimists. who
have hoped for collective action for the preVen-
ton of war OF FOR the mitigation Of the par
barities and horrors OF modern scientific sIaugh-
Ter are forced to admit that their illusions are
1ispelIed No regulations have been made al
The Hague The responsibility for the meagre
results may he fairly divided between Germany
for obstructing humane policies and the BRUSH
and American delegations for falling I" agree
upon a common basis Of action.
The sequel to the International debating so
ciety which discussed everything and agreed 10
disagree. is a general renewal Of activity in war
matters. Terrible campaigns followed the hrSI
Hague congress- and there are similar premonl-
tions Of evil wherever the ending Of the second
congress is discussed. While the air Is cleo
tricalv charged with suspicion, there is no
agreement upon the probable centre OF disturb
Hnce The news from Morocco Is not reasSur-
tng and the Arabs seem 10 be clamorins i"r
tight but the situation is not worse than II mas
been and It IS probable that there VIII De I"
marked Improvement after the German Emperor
and King Edward have a full conference nj
WINDSOR
The condition Of the Emperor Of Austria
without Coubt IS grave, If not critical despite
the contradictory bulletins from Vienna. but
even II the reign Of the tactful and apparently
Indispensable sovereign be approaching close
tie renewal Of the partnership between the Two
halves Of the empire IS satisfactorily arranged
and immediate complications in Southeastern
Europe need not be apprehended.
The !mrninence Of war between America and
Japau is not credited outside Of New York news
paper Offices where there are political motives
for attacking Mr.. Roosevelt or frightening the
people with forecasts of Oriental treachery The
English leader writers are not convinced that
the cruise Of the American feet is a provocative
act or that Japan is preparing for war OF that
the situation Is as serious when President
Cleveland startled the world with his Venezuela
message. The truth is perceived that the ques-
tion of Asistic immigration concerns British
colonies as deeply as America and must be
settled. "The Manchester Guardian has made
q timely disclosure that Japan herself mas been
expelling Chinese and Corean la0orers from the
island kingdom and practically assuming the
same attitude toward aliens TO which she has
offered strenuous opposition in the Pacific
states, British Columbia and Australia
While the war talk Of the American newspaper
Offices IS interpreted as political engineering in
preparation for the Presidential campaign. there
IS g general recognition Of the fact that the
American and British governments by Judicious
diplomacy have provided a statesmanlike method
for disposng of the troublesome fisheries ques-
ton by arbitration. The partisan attempts to
support Sir Robert Bond have fallen fiat. and he
IS censured as q mischievous marplot who
needed Lord Egin's forcibe reminder that the
government IS the trustee for the interests of
the whole empire as well for Newfoundland.
War is not in sight in any quarter although
the Hague congress has not succeeded IN dis
Crediting the gospel Of blood and iron.
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