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meeting of the. ljtal, stats
Peace society. which VIII be
held in tho synagogue tomorrow, com
anencing at s - III. III addition 10 the
musical exercises Coy. sprE ex- Gov
ground ana Others viii deliver adj
dresses. Following IS the program:
organ prelude. Miss Pearl Rothschild
4 prayer ..... $50 ~. n,
Jntf6ductorv petnarss John q. Cutler
Song ~. .I;obert IA. siddoW,tA-
Address J. /. \. Il. Coy. william Sp,y-
Address. =, :. /. .fathoniaii Thomas
Sorg AIRS. Cbrinle Harris Hammer
& Address :, Rev. t.ln1er%I. Goshen
Address Prof Tdrild Arnoldson
X Song, ..,... 4, Prof. Charles kent
Address 49,. Dr.. Geor3e Thomas, Logan
Il Address Charles ] t'reund
y Song =
The approaching meeting tomorrow
directs special attention TO tile great
international peace congresses that
have preceded 1t aud Whose noteworthy
q purposes and achievements ii Will adj
y vance "A degree further, I .e
The first peace society in America, or
X In the world, was founded III New York
by David Low Dodge and his associ-
ates in August, 1915. The atachusetts
( Peace society, which owed It's initin-
tive to Noah Worcester. was organized
in DR. Cummings study in Boston
Christmas week of the same year. The
london society was organized the same
year; and from that time on peace So
cieties multiplied.
But almost3a generation passed he
fore the Inauguration of pence con
crosses. The first International paaee
Z congress was held in London In 1913. 1t
was the thought Of the British philan-
4 thropist Joseph Surge, the friend OF
anti-slaveiy leaders. and was first
preached by him In 1871 to 4niembers Of
the American Peace society In Boston.
BROUGHT LONDON CONGRESS-
Our American society warmly In
dorsed 1t and commended 1t to the
English society, and through the coop
era ton of the two he memorable Lon
don congress was brought about K 1T
Mls almost exclusively d British and
American congress-2s4 OF the 1877 dele
gates from Great Britain, 81 from
America and six from the continent
& OF Europe. ssssfa 5ss II
Perhaps the most important practical
proposition considered at this first
congress was that OF ,Judg sc William jay.
OF New York. president Of the Ameri-.
can Peace society during the decade In
which the historic peace congresses in
Europe in the middle of the last cen
fury occurred, that an arbitration
clause should be embodied III all future
commercial treaties between the great
powers. 5
At the four subsequent congresses
the American re representatives stood pre-
<,trt tlty fn,,lf
Gress OF nations, which should develop
and codify internationa law and create
an international tribunal; and this con-
structiYe program, which our own day
a . last is seeing realized, WAS POPULAR
1y spoken of in Europe throughout the
decade as the American plan"
CREDIT DUE ElLIIEtr EURRITT.
1t was an Americans, E!ihu Bu,ritt
WHO was the chief inspiring and shap-
ing force for the Brussels congress in
1s4s, followed by the great congresses
of Paris, Frankfort and London, in
1s49, 1850 and 1851. At both Paris ana
frankfort there We're more than 20
delegates, at London more than CO.
The Paris congress, over which Victor
Hugo pesided, and the London congress-
held in the year of the first Internal
tional exposition and having more than
n thousand delegates from England
4:tlone, We're immense and most impress
siye gatherings, and i'll them the peace
movement Of the last century reached
its highest point
They We're followed by two import
ant British congresses at Manchester
and Edinburgh. aud then came the
crimean war and the other great wars
of that period, and there Was II long
1nterregnum.
FIRST OF PRESENT. SERIES
IN 1889
The first of the present series of the
International Peace congresses was
held at Paris iii 1889, the year of the
Paris Exposition. Frederic Pussy was
its president, and the number of dele
gates in attendance was almost the
same as the first London congress in
1913.
The second congress met the next
Year in London. Hon. David Dudley
Field of New York serving as it pres
5dent. The subsequent congresses
have been at Rome Bernie Chicago.
Gin 1899 Antwerp, Budapest, Ham
Boston, Lucerne Milan. Munich and
London. The Chicago congress of
1888 held in connection With the great
exposition, was u memorable meeting
and will be remembered by many.
OF all these International congress-
ss7, lisit III i3pSIOIl -lltl lptf. 81 MAD tlle =
largest attendance. its impressive fea-
lure being a series OF great mass
meetings for the people. one OF its
results WAS an American delegation
of over 80, at the Lucei1lc congress
The following .1or number five
times as great as that which has
usually attended the congresses in
Europe during these 20 years.
MANY AMERICANS AT MUNICH. =
At the Munich congress in 1907. there
was also Il strong American delega-
ton, and our representation at Lon
don last summer was the largest ne
have ever sent to Il peace congress in
Europe. 1t is earnestly hoped that an
American delegation us large or larger
VIII be present at the congress this
year. which is toSmeet in Stockholm
the first week in September
There should especially be a large
Scandinavian contingent. our AM
erican citizens of Scandinavian birth
are great body, Jnterchanges of
professors between the Scandinavian
universities and our oNr are now be-
Ing arranged The new Scandinavian
American society will do much to de-
aveiop fraternity and this fraternity
should find strong oppression in
Stockholm in September.
NEED FOR NATIONAL CON
CROSSES.
In recent years the need for resu-