The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-05-12
AN ADDRESS
BY CARNEGIE
AT the Temple of Peace Exer.
cises Deals With the West
ern Hemlsphere's Future.

W ~ <AAt1A~N NaAhSbAs At the lly1nr
OF the cornerstone Of the new build
Ing Of the international Bureau oF
American Republics at Washington.
May III:
To-Day my thoughts revert to the
FIRST Pan-American Conference, OF
which was a member, called by BY
friend, Mr.. Blaine. then Secretary Of
State, worthy pioneer in the great
work IL which We nre now engaged.
which Is believe to culminate in
banishment OF war from the Ameri-
can continents and the dedication OF
the Western hemisphere to internal
peace.
The ceremony which the President
has Just performed. is cheering proof
that the great work goes forward.
knowing neither pause nor obstacle.
he embraces every opportunity to
hasten to completion. by word and
deed, the work begun by Mr., Blaine
under President Harrison and SO
ably conducted by Secretary Root un-
der the present administration. II
is during his tenure Of office the
greatest progress has been made.
Both hearts and heads OF President.
Secretary and Cabinet, and / may
add of the whole people Of the United
States, are in this beneflcent work.
The Western Hemisphere has al
ready achieved these unequalled tri-
umphs Of peace:
First-The simple agreement made
between Britain and the United States
that upon the inland seas IN the north
only two tiny vessels, each with one
IS FOUNDER gun, should patrol these
waters, which they have done for
nearly a century, the one craft flying
the Union Jack and the other Stars
and Stripes. The only shots ever fired
have been salutes expressive Of amity
and friendship. These have proved
the most powerful vessels Of war, the
true Dreadnoughts, since they have
kept the peace-by discharging salves
of good will.
A nation has everything to dread
from gigantic armed Dreadnoughts,
nothing to dread from these true
agents Of peace.
That is the first lesson this conti-
nent gives to the world and especially
to Europe which is in the vortex OF
militarism, armed not against outside
enemies, for the enemies OF Europe
are they of It's own household.
The second lesson comes from the
South, our friends of Argentina and
Chile. Following the pernicious ex-
ample of nations hitherto, these Re-
publics struggled with each other I'M
til the better way was revealed. They
then met and both conquered-by
making peace, by offering the olive
branch, not the sword. On the high
est peak of the Andes upon the new
boundary line agreed upon, these
onee warning powers have erected a
statue OF Christ, the Prince OF Peace,
cast out OF molten bronze cannon, Its
pedestal bearing this inscription;
''Sooner shall these noun
tains crumble to dust than Ar
gentines and Chileans break the
peace which at the feet Of Christ
the Redeemer they have sworn
to maintain"
The third great lesson which this
continent has Just given to the
world, coming from the center, Is
that OF the five small Central Ameri-
can nations whose representatives
met in Washington recently and
agreed upon the establishment Of a
tsupreme court, to which all diner
ences which may arise between them
shall be referred. All of these ma
lions have promptly ratified the &c
ton of their representatives.
Perhaps this is the most encour-
aging step forward that has yet been
taken, for it promises to lead to the
union of these FIVE nations, following
the example OF our own Republic
converting number Of separate
states into one nation with internal
peace secured and perhaps pointing
the way to the larger merger OF all
South American states into the coun-
/ terpart OF our own Union.
These instances furnish the answer
to the contention that nations, differ.
ing from individuals. cannot settle
all differences without resorting to
war.
1t remains for this hemisphere to
maintain Its lead in the adoption OF
arbitration as the only Christian
means OF settling international dis
putes. We hope that all Of the re-
publics In the South American CONT
nent will soon follow the example Of
Argentina and Chile and Of the five
Central American Republics with
their own supreme tribunal.
Judging fom the progress made in
this direction during the lives OF
those Of US who have been in this
work from the beginning, we can look
with hope to the early realization oi