Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-12
4 CHAMPION or, PEACE.

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~ fI1r. Edward Everett Hale, chaplainof
L he United states Senate since 1855, has
" bea,i called home after a long life ~
Iisefulness. Is. h preacher and q writ
er he has filled slionorably an important
place in the rstlilis Of human pl,ogfeesss.
Y His services w6rc5tmuny and varied. Ne
good cause Appealed to hin in vain fur
support But possibly, 70 the cause OF
peace by means Of international ai'bir.
tration lie devoted hisabest forts, u
the time OF his dcathShc Was over s.
years old but 70 tho last he Mielthd
His sword in the war against war. with.
telling effects
5sE Pr. Hale has been called the Nestor
of the peace cause III America. For
years no was the great exponent in this
country Of the principles Of arbitration
Il In see. though no Ion ger q young man..
4 he ijred With enthusiasm the meetings
held in Sos toli in tho interest OF The The
Organization of the World, and later
4 he visited tic larger titles Of the Middle
Sthtes and addressed congregations in
various churches, Philadelpli lila edI-$
Tor at that, time said OF him:
s99f3s IS He is working now, In the evening
8of "a long and fruitful life, with all the
enthusiasm OF youth, and with a superb
4 negligence Of himself, for a. great pro-
4 iect that is just as SURG to come as the
twentieth century dawns-the establish
iIierit OF an internati nal law court. Just
as certain as The reign of law has
spread. its blessed influence over res
sglons of human activity once dark and
4 bloody with UNI Christian strife and dis
cord Is 1t that i'll Ultimately 1t will enter
and control this last refuge of anarchy.
The signs are evident that reason and
sjustice and law will in this interna-
tional realm supplant the awful arbiter
that now determines too many disputes
and brushes TO the earth whole peoples
by the weight Of military preparatio n.8
But DIR. Hale want to bring that happy
day to the world sooner han 1T Will
come 1T he and Others stay foolishly$
content with the present 1t is a day
that he may not, and pro badly will not.
sliyei8to sec. a the finer. then,sis the
Picture of this grand old man, a t a time
of life when most Of us lose faith In
the future. or at least wish to be- free
from the burdens, serenely putting on
his harness afresh IN the service OF a
great cause. Where he leads surely
there will be many to folloW.''
In 1880 Or. Hale In sermon IN
Washington, predicted that in the
twentieth century the words OF the
Prince Of Peace would be applied to
International affairs. He said the Wis
dom Of statesmen would devise a solti 4,
tion which the soldiers and the people
would accept with ttankfuIness. He
said the suggestion would come from
the United States and the proposition
would pc that eact nation would dele
\ gate aSj urist Of world wide fame to-
form an international tribunal, and
that the Importance Of this institution
would gradually grow until it would
become a supreme court of the world.
3- This forecast was uttered ten years
before the first Hague congress. The
scstll for that conference did not come
( from the United States, but the pro-
position to- form an International stribu-
nal did and but for the influence of
this country upon the deliberations Of
4 that congress it would have been
signal failure SO Dr.. Hale S prophecy
was fulfilled in that particular Sim
ggnlariy enough leading statesmen con
sidereq his demonstrations as improb-.
able. HIS ideals We're too far adj
s5ya;nccd; his aims We're too high, they
thought. But In a few years the
Hague Tribunal was established.
Dr.. Hale,s favorlte motto was -. Look
forward. z and he acted upon 1t at all
times tin He did look forward to a time
ny hen tons will feel it disgrace to
huSe a secretary of war, and no secreta-
rsit of peace. HI hoped for the coming
Sofs the day when the Limitation of ann
llncpts will be on the program of the
Great powers of the world. And though
he did not live to see all he looked for-
ward to, yet viii come IN due time,
rs. the world becomes prepared for it.
10 the peace friends of the world Dr..
Hale's departure is distinct loss But
s5the$eau to Which he lent eminent SER
vice has been strengthened BY his work
Peace to his memory!