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difficulties. Like Carl Schurz, he felt
that being an American was In itself
great asset, and he knew that he would
succeed.
A few years after he became MEM
Der of congress Mr.. Bartholdt began
to take an increasing interest in the
peace movement. In 1899 he attended
the meeting of the Interparliamentary
union at Christiania. He was the only
American congressman present He
perceived that inasmuch as member
ship in that body was limited to men,
bers of lawmaking bodies those nations
which do not have parliaments cannot
be represented. His vision leaped be-
yond a mere unofficial and unrecog-
nized body. He foresaw duly consti-
tuted worlds parliament, thermembers
properly accredited by their nations, to
meet at stated intervals and create in
ternational laws of binding force. This
was the next great forward step, the
next movement toward the realization
of the parliament Of man. Mr.. Bar
tholdt set about the business of achiev-
ing this result, seemingly audacious
thing, piece of political daring which
has no precedent in the annals of the
world
At the time when Tennyson poetical-
ly dreamed of the federation of the
world no doubt proposition such as
terminated in Mr.. Bartholdt's brain
would have aroused derisive laughter
among the nations. Now nobody laughs
at it. Such progress in that very d.
rection has been made within less than
a dozen years that the consumma-
ton of the daring dream seems to be
but just little way beyond the rim
of the present. All the forces of prog
ress are working to that end.
Congress of Nations.
Through the efforts Of Mr.. Bartholdt
the Interparliamentary union was
brought to the United States for the
session Of 1904. It met at the Worlds
fair in st. Louis, where Mr.. Bartholdt's
famous resolution, declaring for the
converting of congress Of nations in
which every nation in the world shall
have official representatives, was intro
duced and adopted by unanimous vote
As the years pass this resolution seems
destined to be known as one of the
worlds most precious papers. In it one
foresees the federation Of the world.
The peace congress in New York
brought together bright array of dis
tinguished personages from many ma
lions. Great Britain sent a dozen noted
men, among them William r. Stead,
editor of the London Review of Re-
views; G. F. Moberly Bell, manager of
the London Times; Clement X. Shorter,
editor Of the London Sphere; Sir Rob-
ert Ball, professor of astronomy at
Cambridge university; Hammond Hall,
editor Of the London Graphic, and Sir
William Turner, principal of Edin-
burgh university. The German emperor
named as his personal representatives
Lieutenant General Won Loewenfeld,
general adjutant Of his majesty and
the only soldier on the list 1t Is Sig
nificant that this distinguished soldier
came at the express instance of the
German war lord to work for peace.
Baron D'Estournelles de Constant,
member Of the French senate and head
of the French section Of the interna-
tional peace conference, came as one
of the five delegates from his country
Earl Grey, governor general of Canada,
crossed the border to represent our
neighbor on the north. The novelist
who writes under the name Of Maarten
Martens was appointed Hollands del
egate. So many distinguished Ameri-
cans were placed on the list Of speakers
that space forbids their mention.
Baron D'Estournelles de Constant is
called "the international senator Of
France" He is a small man, but his
ideas are large. His stature is low, but
his ideals are high. He had promise
Of brilliant career as a diplomat, be-
ing ambassador to London, when his
observations led him to devote his life
to the war against war. He returned
to France, gave up diplomacy and be-
came a lawmaker in order to be in a
position to serve him in carrying on his
life work of promoting peace between
the nations Of the world. The baron
has a sort of international union in his
own household. His wife is an Ameri-
can woman, his secretary is an English
girl and his child's governess is Ger
man.
Purposes of the Peace Congress.
The general purpose of the congress
in New York is to crystalline American
sentiment on the question Of arbitra-
ton, so that our delegates to the forth
coming second peace conference at The
Hague in June may demonstrate to the
governments of Europe that this coun-
try stands for all progressive and prac-
tical ideas looking toward the aboli-
ton of war.
War is costly. Not only in human
life and the anguish Of bereavement is
it costly, but from it's mere material
side it is an altogether extravagant
and unnecessary exnenSe The debts