The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-05-05
at last usher in a reign OF law and
Justice within that No Mans Land od
International relations.

tive Barrholdt, Of Mo. was one of the
principal speakers here today at the
Second national Peace Conference.
The idea which gave birth to the Con-
gress, he said, was the greatest moral
issue now confronting all the nations
OF the earth. He declared that it was
not his optimism but his deliberate
| Judgment which prompted him to be-
1ieve that when that idea once had
penetrated the minds and hearts of
the masses it would sweep the world.
T. Against all the Vaccinations which
impress the minds Of the people. said
Mr. Bartholdt, through eyes and ears,
with the glory of militarism and war,
the friends of the worldwide peace
were at a great disadvantage for the
weapons they employ in their war up
on war are invisible and the progress
OF their cause cannot be seen." Their
weapon consisted simply in an appeal
to reason and their progress existed
only in the minds of men. But de-
spite this disadvantage" he exclaimed
AL the clap trap of militarism and
war will avail nothing in the end as
against the resistless force of our
idea;" That idea; he explained, was
that the peace of the United States
with foreign nations shall be secured
in exactly the same manner as it's do
peace Is 'Dy
referring all controversies to the
courts for settlement.
Mr.. Bartholdt took the position that
nations are two-faced and their at
titude so shockingly inconsistent as to
be untenable before the forum of eth
er reason or mortality. He maintain
ed that governments did not regard
the obligation to keep the peace i'm
posed on the citizen fby the nation as
binding upon the nation itself, and
that by praising battleships as nipple
ments of peace they actually repudiat-
ed their own civil Institutions. Peace
between individuals is to be maintain
ed by law: peace between nations by
force" The result of those contra
ditions was, he declared, "that the
nations peace which our civilization
safeguards as the most priceless boon
at home, is in foreign affairs made a
mere toy, plaything in the hands of
governments and rulers to be either
cherished or broken at their arbitrary
will"
Pointing out other Inconsistencies"
Mr.. Bartholdt argued that in interna-
tional disputes each government pre-
sumed to be the judge of it's own case
and upon its decision, whether right
or wrong, depended the happiness and
lives OF thousands of its citizens.
'sfIow long" he asked, "will the worlds
sense of justice suffer governments to
apply one code of ethics to their home
affairs and another one to their for
eign relations?"
After stating that the worlds pro-
gress in the direction of information
al peace during the past five years,
though not visible to the eye, had been
great, Mr. Bartholdt said in conclus-
ion:
"The world is slowly but surely raj
lying around the banners of peace. 1t
gravitates In an ascending line to the
higher plane Of one common brother
hood, whence the shedding of human
blood for the sake of trade or any
other purpose Us regarded as relic of
barbarism and where THE three watch
words of a new world organization
will 'be humanity, justice and peace.
In this onward march the United Stat
es should lead. 1t will be the fulfill
ment Of our countrys sublime mission
It will lend new significance to the
flag and will cause all mankind to
bless 1t as the emblem of their saliva
tion as we'll as OURS