New-York tribune., 1908-05-22
MOHONK CONFERENCE.
Ambassador Bryce Sends Letter OF
Regrets-SeUeraI addresses.

Mobonk Lake n " May H.-The opinion ex-
pressed in letters, addresses and reports redo at
to-day's session Of the Lake Mohonk ConieIeno.
on International Arbitration was that ir'ehos VI
the movement in favor of international peace nave
found much to encourage them during 'he '
wear Already more than two hundred America
colleges and universities have PROVIDED III speo," '
ways TO present annually to their studehts 'ie
principa facts connected with the arbitration ana
peace movement. according to the report OF 'ne
committee colleges and anniversaries lhe eo'
Iese work has apparently aroused consideraoe III
terest for in seventyhve of the institutions puoHc
meetings consideration of the subject nave pee
held in thirty colleges there have been public de-
bates and eight maintain prizes for the pest papei'
on the subject.
letter to Albert X Smiley, written by James
Bryce British Ambassador to the United States
and expressing his regret at not being aoie 10 al
tend and take part In the conference as planned
read. The letter said, in part:
Pray express to your friends assembled to pro, pro-
how sorry am cannot be with you and them
That has been making substantial Pfosress; ti
between the United States and other powers makes
real onward step Next to the ntpv and
of these instruments give me more proIouino p2i
whose advances under the admin istra ton of Prssi-
dent Porfrio Diaz have been so striking. ano s,as
treaties have provided the means for an amicable
settlement of any cause of difference I shat at may
great nations that live north and south OF the
United States, and the two great nations OF aus
traiia and Japan your neighbors beyond the sea
Taken together, they all make the ocean s tnar au
sense the Pacific Ocean.
1t remains for the people ana the press OIL
the countries that have entered into these treaties
to that full effect is given to them. and that
If any of dispute should arise there shall
disposition to stir angry feelings, no at
tempt evade the obligation resort to that
means of a peaceful settlement which arbitration
provides.
Addresses made by Professor George w.
Kirchwey. dean of the Law School of Columbia
University; the Rev Charles F. Dole, Of Jamaica
Plain: Governor John McLane Of New Hamp-
shire President Rush Rhees of the University Of
Rochester and General Horatio c. King of Brook
1yn.
The business mems session of the conference
was held to- might. and addresses made by the
following representatives of business mems organ
izations: Marcus NJ. Marks president of the Ma
tional Association of Clothiers: Frank B. La lame
president OF the National Board of Trade; Public
Service Commissioner Thomas NJ. Osborne OF Au-
burn; Walstein r. Chester, vice-president of the
Massachusetts State Board of Trade; Clark Ods
president OF the Erie PENN Chamber of Com
merce the Rev. John Mcdowell. delegate of the
Newark On j. Board of Trade; James Arbuckle
of st. Louis, manager of the Latin-American and
Foreign Trade Association. and A. B. Farquhar
Of York. Penn, representing the National Assoca-
ton of Manufacturers.
report presented by a committee showed that
160 chambers OF commerce, boards of trade and
similar organizations, all Of them leading bodies
Representing 125 Of the largest cities in 42 states
and in Canada, actively cooperating with the
Mohonk conference. and that upward of fifty of
these organizations had appointed delegates TO the
conference