The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-05

$50 as the nations prosper, the world
becomes better. A busy nation like a
busy man has little time for mischief.
For this reason the prosperity of the
toiling masses in any country is one
of the greatest safeguards against dis
turbance, and with the growth and dis
semination of intelligence among the
masses, which was never so marked as
today, little is to be feared in the way
of internal troubles, so long as the peo-
pie rule.
1.-The interdependence of nations for
the necessaries of life is increasing day
by day, and we are beginning to read
into national conduct, as we do in the
conduct of the citizen, that it has no
right to disturb the peace of the world;
that the interests of the nations at
large are greater than those of the sin
gle nation.
TT is source of mutual congratula-
ton that so many citizens of the en-
lightened nations of the world are Ia
boring together for universal peace
Why, let me ask, can they not take on
a still higher type of citizenship?
While my liege lord is the great re-
public, I am also a citizen of the state
why 1 could not take out naturaliza-
ton papers in the Peace League OF Ma
tions, provided such an entity were
created. There could be citizenship IN
no higher kingdom, except that above.
Let us hope while we pray, and
pray while we hope that the STAN
dards of citizenship among all peoples
may continually advance; that the con-
troversies of the future between ma
tions shall be settled by men big
enough to fill any function or office
in this higher grade of citizenship, that
they may be constrained in the spirit
of brotherly love and that the poetry
of war with the heroes and the hero
ines of war shall all take their places
with the rich sentiment OF primitive
days.
Nevertheless we will doubtless re-
tain the emotions so truly expressed
by Richard LIE Gallienne:
"'War
| abhor,
And yet how sweet
The sound along the marching street
Of drum and fife And 1 forget
Broken old mothers, and the whole
Dark butchery without SOUL
IF it be desirable to abandon the
martial spirit and substitute in its
place the advanced ideas of humanity
upon a higher intellectual and moral
plane, as a safeguard for universal
peace, we must place the ban upon The
Marsellaise in every land, and instead
of our children being taught to sing
L am a Soldier of the Cross they
shoulud substitute ON Earth, Peace,
Good VIII Towards Men.
IF we are to make progress intellec-
tually and morally in the advancement
of peace, we should cultivate in song,
story, thought and action the ways of
peace"
Niles a Speaker.
Henry c. Niles was also a speaker
today. His speech follows:
In the woods of Pennsylvania was
the first sincere attempt of the capa-
BILE and strong to deal fairly and just
ly under no compulsion, with the ig-
norant and weak. Many there now are
true to their peaceful heritage. A year
ago 10 delegates from 375 organiZa-
lions assembled in Philadelphia. They
sat almost within the round of the
shadow of the sweeping elm where had
been salemnized the great treaty that,
scrupulOusly kept for 40 years, made
the colony unique in prosperity and
freedom from alarm. True to tradi-
tons of ancestry and place, there was
gathered of the commemorative best
and most influential; to further the
movement to make the early policy of
Penn the permanent principle of in
ternational relations. The governor
presided at the initial session. PrOmi-
nent educators, jurists, business and
professional men and ladies delivered
addresses and participated in the dis
cussions. Clergymen, Catholic, Protest
ant and Jewish, with their followers,
united in the effort to promote the
cause of all true Worshippers of God
and lovers of His children A distinct
strengthening of and emphasis upon
the sentiment of the state favorable to
definite system of arbitration and
permanent international court was the
result The sentiment of the three
days conference was crystallized in
certain resolutions.
"The admirable course of our gov
eminent at the second Hague confer
ence was commended and We pledged
our active and cordial support to-
ward fulfilling the recommendations of
that conference. We particularly en-
dorsed the recommendations in regard