The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-21
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oHoMK, !. ~ Nay 81 With dis.
riated men An all walks OF life In
lance, the annual Lake Mohons
8 renee on Information arbitration,
Mas opened yesterday and will contIn.
no ~ CELEBRATIONS through to-day
and Friday. Senators, II congressman
IL dipiomats clergymen, educators, jurs
istg gpyernmenty officials, bankers
bnsiness men; governors, army and
NAVY ON GERS and editors are includet
amcng5 the !throngs which are gather
sd I'm the beautiful Temperance hote.
erected here by AT bert Keith Smiley,
the founder OF the conference. snil.
ieys, nltlcent5 estate on the shores.
Of Lake sIohonk has been the scene
Of many famous gatherings to discuss
arbitration and other humanitarian
movements, but none more notable.
8 than the assemblage here today.
Tho programme for the three day.
ssprpyides 5$a thorough discussion, b,
men q many nations, Eof the advance
VA mant made ID the cause OF arbitration
The fwork:ofa the second conference a
81 The Hague and OF the Central Ameri..
can peace conference win furnish q
tart for many addresses. the speak
ersa Guiding James E. Scott, OF the
State department, a member Of Tho
IS Hague conference: Minister corea, O.
Nicaragua, Minister calvo. of Cost:
RicaS Dr. Benjamin F. Trueblood, Of
Boston, John Barrett, director OF the
Sssss1Bsureau sof American Republics. AMI
many others. u
Educational phases OF the arbitra
lion questi Hon will tbe considered b,
presid ents Sof the leading colleges anf
universities from New England to Cal
ifornla, while distinguished states
men. senators and congressman viii
also speak. Half "a hundred CONNER
seial organizations in various parts.
Sof the country have sent delegates
SS NsWsp per men on the programme.
include Rollo Ogden, 10. the New Yor,
IA Evening Post Al. G., Lamblin, of thu
Philad elphla Public Ledger; Waite,
a. Page, OF the World Work; o. s
Ri darsden sof Success Magazine, AMI
Hamilton Holt. Of The Independent.
erhaps the greatest public service,
VI The conferen can perform this year
will be to set forth squarely just what
Il 4 The II second Hague conference did
~ Consid erable. uncertainty on thl.
point Sstill exists in the public mind
3 and much Of 1t is doubtless unjust t.
ssthe men who went to The Hague. Two
5 silN these men are to participate in tbs
ohonk meeting where they will have
81 nlnlsfopportunfty to! place themselves or
record. and where. too, they may nee
I'm disc ussfon some OF the ardent peac-,
B dyocat ties who profess dissatisfaction
8 81 OF at least disappointment with thc
results lot The. Hague.
Ss nesplte the racial and Temperament
u tal ditferen noes Of the delegations from
(! tho forty -flye countries. it is pointed
out that the second Hague conference
Fave to " the world n decree tina.
Il henceforth an offer OF arbitration
sS1nust always precele the use OF force
slor5 collection OF contract debts. !,
& vided for an International prtzt
II court to which appeals may be take,-
i from biased decisions OF national prize
j t, 4it resolved that:a third con
ference silt.nc In about eight years. SHOULD:
] take p and continue its work indie
direction. /: gave r.
either r party to a controversy the RICH.
so IS, publicly ask the services Of thr
4 Hague z tribunal. thereby forcing it.
' adversary = ar to arbltratc or to publlcly
y a adm Its fear or its unwillingncss to
do a1!r SO, thus doing away with the for
2aHler incongrnous requirements that
two nat lions on the verge of war nus.
Il HIST agree to ask for arbitration: /.
extended the work OF the Red Cross
/ To- naval warfare anu 1t greatly. IN,
proved the Hague convention of 1899
!. \ iiby making meditation. good Offices
] and an. commissions OF inquiry more cas-.
fly offered or invoked.
s sl3!i AZ 4 Mr. " MAN! GET eoeeLEs!
PARIS, May EFF 1t is true tina.
u What !, Paris wears to-day the rest OF
The world will wear to.morrow
American men had better invcst In