The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-05-05
SPOKE At PEACE.
CONGRESS
SESSION ENDED THIS MORNING
WAS A MEETING OF DELE
GATES FROM EVERY CIVILIZED
NATION.
(By Associated Press. }

ration for war is a menace OF war:
broken treaties of peace are peace
breakers" said Alfred H. Love. of
Philadelphia, president of the Uni
versal Peace union. in an address at
the last days session here today of
change of formal greetings between
diplomatic representatives of various
nations and business session to con-
slider practical results of the gather
ing constituted the days work.
Mr.. Ballinger, of the state of
Washington, secretary of the interior,
spoke in part as follows at the last
session:
"Mr Chairman. Ladies and Gentle
men: l am commissioned by the
president of the United States to bear
to you tidings of good will and en-
enlargement in your praiseworthy
efforts for universal peace.
''The first president of the United
States wrote this message of peace:
Observe good faith and justice tow
ards all nations. cultivate peace and
harmony with all. Religion and NOR
atty enjoin this counsel. 1t will be
worthy of a free. enlightened, and
at no distant period. a great nation.
to give to mankind the magnanimous
nff NIL oe
people always guided by exalted JUS
tice and benevofence.'
This doctrine. by it's continual re-
iteration during the history of this
republic, has acuired almost the force
and sanction of law
Let us ever remember said
President Mckinley. that our inter
est is in concord, not conflict; that
our true glory rests in the triumph
of peace. not those of war
'The hope for universal peace is
hardly .Utopian: under possible con-
ditions it is eminently practicable;
hence to learn these possible condi-
tions and how to establish them is
the purpose for which your confer
ence Is held, and your efforts so ear
nestly put forth.
again, if your work is to have its
lust reward the ancient ideals and
estimates of men must be changed;
they must not be martial: they must
arise out of the victories of peace.
''Now. and then there breaks forth
a great conflagration which the agen-
Cies of men seem powerless to arrest
and which only dies out after con-
Stunning everything combustible in its
pathway; SO 1t seems to have been
with the passions of men, that they
at times become so inflamed that they
are quenched only by exhaustion
through: war.
"The peace OF the world would
seem to be dependent % upon the
citizenship Of the nations being of
that character which would insure
the creation of just laws and their
enforcement. CD upon a type of in
ternational citizenship which would
insure the creation of just interna-
tional laws. and a substantial tribun-
al for their enforcement.
at seems to me that any formula
which neglects these elements must
fall short OF preventing the evils
aimed at The problem may appear
simple of solution in theory. but. it's
practical operation reuires the pa
dent endurance of ages of training
and civic discipline.
'What measure of progress have
we made in the last century? Very
great. Wars even have been in a
sense civilized. Many are the res
traints and bulwarks against armed
conflict which the civilized powers
have erected A strong factor for
peace is The Hague court, where the
disputes. of honest differences will in
eyitably go when diplomacy fails. But
the most potent agency of modern
times is; the increased sense of ma
tional justice, in which our country
has been a marked eample.
Education lies at the root Of the
progress.of healthful sentiment for
peace. Honesty in trade and COM
merce is, the net element. and pros
perity at home is not only source
of domestic tranquility, but breeds
the spirit of benevolence towards our
neighbors abroad.
cit is a source of mutual congratu-
iations that SO many citizens OF the
enlightened nations of the world are
aaboring together for universal peace.
Why, let me ask. can they not take
on a still higher type of citizenship?