Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-22
Personal Observations and Re-
Elections on the Notable New
York Gathering.
SOME or ITS IRREGULARITIES.
Distinguished Citizens Of This
And Other Lands and What
They Said and Did.
Some Pertinent Questions Concerning
World Tranqrility--Ncw York
Conditions Cited.

New York. April 1S.--To the Editor.
BY the time these lines reach the
News" your readers will have al
ready perused the telegraphlc ac-
counts OF the international peace con
gress in Carnegie hail. New York, in
Guiding Its adjournment, The gath
ering was arranged by the New York
Peace society and the general response
to the invitation to send Delegates
must be regarded as significant EVIL
dence of the tendency of the time in
which we live. Thousands filed the
large hall during the opening sessions,
and thousands were takcn care OF la
overflow meetings In nearby churches
The decorations, consisting chiefly
OF tlagS OF all nations set on white
back ground, typifylng peace, and the
effects heightened by the intersper-
sion of gIltterlng stars and electric
lights presented a magnificent spec
tacle, whether viewed from the stage
or the auditorium. "E'airy-l land" Is
an appropriate term descriptive of The
hall In which the first American peace
congress was held.
Some of the most noted orators and
statesmen were heard In the various
sessions First among these / must
place the present secretary of state.
Ellhu Root He stated the policy OF
the United States with regard to the
great word-npvernen for arbitration
ana presented a. thoroughly philOsoph-
lcai view of questions relating there-
10 His sincerity and profound knowl-
edge of the subject under discussion
were IN evidence throughout his in
teresting address.
STEAD, THE SENSATIONAL.
Mr.. William T. Stead was another
of the notables present. He is always i
sehsa tlonal. but he spoke the truth |
s Mneii nc declared that the peace adj
Nocates, as a rule are mpra ctical void
OF sense, hoping 10 reform the world
by resolutions that cannot be enforced,
Iae said he was Sick of Congresses
teace. people and tee -totaIers, he
thought, were endowed with so much
goodness that they had no room for
sehse' hehce their mpracticabilty. He
sheefed at the churches. War" he |
said is organized better than the |
churches. If the churches We're SUBJ
-eeL To the same rules OF war as the |
ltliary, many OF their members would
IN this scathing rebuke and rounded
up has sentences by declaring that the
churehes have no more influence on
general peace shan row OF pins"
Mr Stead however, is laboring under
me delrsIon thai all that Is needed for
the accomplishment OF the purposes
ior which peace congresses are held,
Is money This is mistake. The re.
compton OF the world win never he
brought about by forces. which are al
me beck and call of plutocracy.
BARON CALLED DOWN"
Baron Muensterberg, one of the dis
tlhgulshed speakers, took occasion to
laua Inc Germany army system and
WNs promptly called down by Mr. Car
hesle- That was the only note OF dis
Derd- William j. Bryan made a decid.
"a MT when he asserted that II was
natural To look for peace assurances
rom man born in the image of his
-feator, but not from man born in the
mage OF an ape. Gov. Hughes and
Mayor Mcclellan were foreible speak
rs, but somehow they impressed the |
udienee as politicians rather than as I
Archbishop Farley !
OOH occasion TO preach Catholicism,
ND rabbi Hirsch made rather ln-
alAed ioT assault upon President
roosevelt. Hon. Richard Bartholdt OF
~ Louis, Mo-. was one of tho leading
phlts OF the congress- ,
CUT OUT AHEAD.
The first American peace congress is
peculiar gathering in this respect that :
Verythlng seems To be cut and dried. N
ne delegates even though appolnt- n
q ny governors al the instance OF the s
managers, have had no voice In the or q
anlzation of the congress. There is no 4
on credentials A commit OF
hfsa I
dyance, and all speakers have been
afeiully selected Beforehand AS a &c
consequence there has been no chance il
Or any boy orator" to come TO the &c
'ont with Inflated figures OF speech
nd capture the middle of the stage -
men MI Carnegie has thoughtml1y II
served Tor himself and his select
lends But Notwithstanding this Pc >,
lllarlly OF the gathering, II viii have TX
3 Influence. II Is a large. representa-
va assembly and the resolutions
iopfed VIII not be thoughtlessIy cast
'lde ny the statesmen OF tho world, Oh
nd II Is possible that al the next con- lo
-ess OF similar kind, the invited Ia
'legates W not be made speechless 9N
ltu2zles, but Will be expected TO con- ~
lhute each one. his best thoughts and ,y ~,
Dlmenis. for the good of the cause. fa
STORY PEACE ADVOCATE. X
am an enthusiastic advocate NJ the ~
lolitIon OF war among nations ID are "a,
Who believe IN coming Millennium.
lt cannot help thinking that a.. er- fol
rus TO lnaugnraie that happy perIoa. co
hlcll take no account Of the causes OF th'
scontent among the masses OF the 90
ope must fail, even IL armies are a ~
sbanded and navles restricted Right al
re In New York, as IN every large so,
" where Lazarus feeds on crumbs
ln the rich mans table. the rum.
nes on rebellion are heard rolling.
omlnously Ike distant hi
thunder. And there are r.
SONS for this Think OF the facts, y"
GRINDING LABOR,
lnly a few blocks from where 1 am y
lylng large corporation Is con npl
netting an immense railroad station. ear
lncilrg under the Hudson and the on
eets for blocks How Is the work pec
ne7 | am reliably Informed that ihe
rknEmen have been killed by the Dc
'Eas thele- They are not always even SKI SKI
ntiled. They are numbered like ~