Evening star., 1909-05-05

! action upon these lines
Today's Business.
I An exchange of formal greetings be-
tween the diplomatic representatives OF
.various nations and a business session 10
.consider the practical results of the gath
tering of peace ENJOYS constituted the last
tday's work of the second national peace
tcongress in session in this city.
. Joseph b. Moore, justice of the supreme
$court of Michigan. presided over the bust
!neys session. Ten-minute talks were
tmade by eight delegates.
! National Attitude Denounced.
) Alfred II. Love of Philadelphia. presi-
,..dent of the Universal Peace Union, said,
lin part:
:: compulsory peace is an incubator of
::war: preparation for war is menace OF
cwar: broken treaties of peace are peace
t.breakers.
/: 1T is a lamentable page in our history.
.this showing to the world the gigantic
obstructive DreadnoughtS. our boasted IN
:struments of death, causing other coun-
,stries to initiate this cowardly, self1sh ana
:sunneighborly nationality that can say on
::its coin In God We Trust and then, In
.sits intercourse with others, repudfate the
cpsalmist when he says. The Lord is our
'.refuge and our strength.
= What Is peace but recompense LOT
righteousness? 1t Is not merely q senti-
s..mental desire. but boon of merit to De
s:earned 1t Is a manufactured article, and
f:it is attainable.
i Impulses Toward Peace.
= Mrs. Fannie Fern Andrews of Boston.
'ssecretary of the American School Peace
t+Ieague. told of the work of that organ1-
tfsation. She said:
= 1.-THE American School Peace League
.aims to secure the cooperation of the
Educational !. public of America for pro-
dmoting international justice and equity.
= The great economic and social cur
Trent of peace in the United states IS
q receiving ever widening impulse from tne
= Mohonk arbitration conference, which has
X secured the cooperation OF more tnan
u 100 boards of trade and 200 colleges: the
Z American Peace Society, whose literature
!. the talian-American. German American
= and Scandnavian-American Societies. tne
!. intercollegiate Peace Association and the
:. Cosmopolitan clubs.
{. School Peac> League aims to acquaint
the publ.~ e America in order that the
:: teachers may be Influenced to emphasize
:. the broad humanitarian principles OF
!. right and justice which transcend all ma
g tional boundaries The teaching OF ms
!: tory. geography. science and literature
/. lends itself admirably TO this end.
( Other Speakers
: Henry C. Niles of York. Pa. told of
3 his states experiences in state peace
= oEgresses.
N Other speakers were Rev. j. l.. Tryon
= of Boston, assistant secretary OF the
Il American Peace Society, who spoke OF
g "The London Peace Congress of 1908.
Il and the Rev. Gilbert Bowles of Toxic
y Japan.
= NJ; idad of %
e greetings session. The principal speak
g ers were Count Johann Heinrich Won
z Bernstorff, the German ambassador; WI
. 1Tins-fang. the Chinese ambassador. ana
e Secretary of the Interior Richard A. Bal
|: lnger.
|: Ambassador Speaks for Germany.
Z Baron Won Bernstorff said:
I: ''Our government and people heartily
!. sympathize with the idea of submitting
& such questions to arbitration which do not
= involve national honor and vital national
I. interests. If my government were unwill-
Z ing to enter into a general treaty of OBJ
!: ligatory arbitration. they. on the other
y hand, have always declared themselves
Il willing to conclude treaties Of arbitration
= with other governments In pairs.
- No doubt there are number OF ladies
and gentlemen in this great assemblage
= who have visited Germany and Travelled
:: along the beautiful banks of the Neckar
(. and Rhine. where numerous ruins OF mag
= nificent castles tell the sad tale OF devas-
:: tation by foreign invaders. Battle after
:. battle was fought out by foreign armies
= on German soil, because the people OF
!: thinkers and dreamers were not united.
:. and, therefore, not strong enough to re-
z: pei hostile invasions.
= las to the question Of the limitation of
: ornaments. you all know that the Ger
:. man government could not see its way
Z clear to take any steps in this matter
. Explanation to Lawmakers.
= "The imperial chancellor has several
: times explained in his speeches before
Z the imperial parliament that the re-
!. duction of armaments was no doubt de-
:. sirable, but that 1t was difficult to
:. find practical solution Of the question,
& as it could not be decided upon abstract
:. principles or mathematical calculations
Our armaments, the chancellor went
= on to say, are established by a law which
= everybody can study If he cares to do
so. and measured solely by our own de-
! fense requirements for the purpose OF
!: the protection of our commerce and
coasts, and. as has been insisted on al
many previous occasions, present nc
:: menace to any people.
: This state of affairs might have gone
:; on forever, if the cosmopolitan, ideal
:. istic and impractical Germany of the
: eighteenth century had not been aroused
:. to Indignation by the humiliation and
= misery 1t suffered hundred years ago
:. when 1t had to submit to the first Napo-
Icons yoke. In those days the German
4 nation learned the lesson that it is the
J right and duty of every man to protect
:: his home and his country to the last dror
of blood that remains in his body, and
that he must be ready to give his life
for something greater than himself, some.
!: thing beyond his selfish interests.
:: Situation in Germany.
Such was the birthday of the present
!. German army, or, to use the more cor
!. rect expression, of the German nation
:. in arms. And now. what have been the
:. results of this institution? Since that
I day no foreign army ever again set its
!, foot on German SOIL and a prosperity
:: is reigning in all classes of the German
!. people which would have seemed incred.
!. IDLE to our forefathers, because they
!: were always subject to encroachments
;. OF their powerful neighbOrs.
: III you bear these historical Iacts in
:. mind you will easily understand why we
:. believe that we must keep our army and
:. navy at full strength, and in a high
!. state of efiic .sncy.
:: In the hundred years that have passed
.'only went to war when il was absolutely
necessary for the purpose Of the unifica-
:. fion of Germany. This object was worth
!: fighting for and could not be obtained by
peaceful means.
. IF our neighbors had let Germany
;unite without interfering. we would have
had n !,