The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-06
WAR CLOUDS COME
JUST AS NEEDED
Darken the National Sky When
Appropriations for Army and
Navy Are Desired.
BOLD STATEMENT BY
CONGRESSMAN BARTHOLDT
Attempt to Inject Partisan So
cialisfic Issue Into Peace
Congress Fails.

CHICAGO. MAY 5.-s'War clouds in
the United States have a propensity for
darkcning the horizon just before the
matter Of army and navy appropriations
come up. This was shown by the re-
cent Japanese trouble in California;
Congressman Bartboldt made this
statement tonight in an address at
banquet that closed the second Natiounl
Peace congress here. He made this
statement for the benefit OF X Mat
! znbera, japanese consul at Chicago, who
| sat near him.
Mr.. Bartholdt smilingly declared the
western agitation had resulted in no
Impairment Of the good relations be-
| tween the United States and Japan.
| The only fireworks of the coneress
were let off at the forenoon session.
Judge f, O. Brown read the rcsolu-
| tions as prepared by a committee. He
moved their adoption, and was second
governor of Oregon. Mr.. GaIyaul, WHO
escaped as Il political prisoner from Il
| Russian prison twenty-five years ago,
| he says. and has since been absolutely
| prevented by the Russian police from
| communicating with bis relatives ia the
old country, spoke with much feeling.
One Jarring Note.
"T have Travelled three thousand miles
! TO be here he said, '"but I would
travel three times that distance for The
privilege
A. NJ. Simon, editor of Socialistic
! daily newspaper published here. imnlc-
ditely offered resolution that Jared
! the meeting. He alluded to the "e5-
ploitation of labor aud the impovcrish-
ment of those who toll declared that
| bn nf hr
dustrial and economic life of the ma.
tions,' and closed as follows:
Resolved. That this congress recog-
nize in the international political or
ganzation of the working class, the in.
| ternational Socialist movement, with its
80 representatives in the national
parliaments of the world. It's thousands
| Of officials in lesser legislative bodies.
| IFS nine millions of voters and its null
| tipled millions of affiliated labor or.
gauizations--ali openly aud avowed.y
committed TO uucompromising opposi-
tion TO miljtarsm and capitalistic war--
| The greatest peace force IN the world.
Resolution Tabled.
After lively discussion tho Simor
resolution was tabled by 4 standing
vote Tho minority was outpumbered
TO /,
4 resolution deprecating the use Of
alluring posters by the government ID
securing recruits for the army aud navy
met a similar fate. This closed the
| business session and the delivery of adj
dresses followed.
That public war is g out OF date. and
relic of barbarism unworthy OF our
time, is the initial declaration of the
resolutions adopted by the congress this
! morning
EtThe nations of the world by joint
agreement by league Of peace among
themselves, ought to make its recur'
renee hereafter impossible,
The resolutions call attention to the
fact that the two Hague conferences
have created a permanent court of ar
bitration to which all the nations are
now parties, and continues:
Plea for Arbitration.
"Resolved. That no dispute between
nations except such as may involve the
national life and independence, should
be reserved from arbitration. and that
general treaty of obligatory arbitra-
tiou should be included at the earliest
possible date Pending such treaty.
we urge upon our government aud fhe
other leading powers such broadening
in the scope of their arbitration treaties
as shall provide, after the example OF
the Danish Netherlands treaty, for the
reference to The Hague court OF all dif-
fereuces whatever not settled otherwise
by peaceful means.
"Resolved, That the rivalry in arma
ments, both on land and sea. which
imposes such exbausting burdens of
taxation on the people. and is the
frightful source OF suspicion, bitter
feeling and war with arms, is wholly
unworthy of enlightened modern ma
tions. is n lamentable failure as ba'
sis of enduring peace, and ought to be
arrested by a demand Of the powers
without delay
The resolutions express high appre,,
citation of the action OF the United
States government in concluding TWEEN
ty-tbree arbitration treaties, aud urge
the president aud congress TO endeavor
to secure an agreement for "speedy
arrest of the ruiuous competition 'n
armaments now prevailing.
The resolutions close with IN appear
to churches. schools and press, working
men and commercial organizations for
active support for the cause.
Not for Compulsion.
"Compulsory peace is an incubator OF
war; preparation for war is 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 or the
Second National Peace congress
ga good navy and good army can
do more to sustain peace than all the
speeches of peace congress delegates,
declared General Frederick Dent Grant,
of the department. OF the
lakes, aud one of the speakers. His
address followed arguments for DIS
armament. go,
WTbe soldier is the peace lover, - bs
said. !fWe love peace SO much, thas
when we are in trouble we fight to
bring it about. If nations are prepares
10 defend themselves and stand firmly,
and war is going to cost more thas
4 is going to return, /! think that tfs
,ense of statesmen will prevent war.
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