Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-15

scquently comparatively few.Ba best
| of the peace workers in any country
| are able to attend the congresses in
other. countries. To many the hind
RANGES Of foreign languages ald usages
)are serious. / 6 Is Important moreover,
to consolidate and organize the peace
partysin each country, ana by nation
TAI congresses to influence public opin
| ion.
France. which has taken the lead i'll
so man. of the important peace
movements OF the Hast 70 years, was
1.-THE first tos;ict in this Widespread feel
iHg. The first French national peace
congress was held in Toulouse in 1902:
the subsequent congresses have been
held Ut Nismes Lille, Lyons and else
where.
England was the second to act. and
the congresses at Manchester Bristol.
Birmingham and Scarborough in the
last four years have been large and
influential. giving new life and better
Correction to tile English peace move
ment. Last year Germany entered the
field with II splendid national congress
at jena.
FIRST AMERICAN CONGRESS IN
1t WAS With the record Of the great
International congresses behind 1t, as
We'll as or the conspicuous success and
In France and England. that the first
American National Peace congress-
was held IN New York in April. 1907
But the congress had also 4 distinct
american background.
g6 The Mohotlk arbitration conferences,
which antedate the English and
T French congresses, in. ton to their
other eminent services have in great
/ measure preferred the function of ma
&tional congresses for America for a
dozen years. The education and inspir-
alton in right International thought
which they have given the country in.
the critical period when the influence
was most imperatirely needed are in
calculable.
Americas obligation to the conse-
Grated and prophetic founder OF the
f Mohonk conference lis profound. That
stimulating school nursery for effort
in tile great Cites of the country Will,
render ever larger service and have ever
wider scope as the peace congresses
multiply with the years: and we do
not fail to remember that Mohonk is
6in the same Empire State as the city
In which our first national peace con-
grcs:s met. the city in which David
Low Dodge founded the first peace
society in 1915.
GROWING INFLUENCE FOR
PEACE.
Above all other preparations for tna
new epoch and larger activities of tht.
peace movement in America marked by
the assembling OF our first National.
Peace congress had been the steady,
influence Of our great pro-
phets OF peace, from the founders OF
the republic and from David Low
Dodge and Noah Worcester, to the
present hour, whose lofty conceptions
and Inspired words have eayencd the
public thought. In this time of largec
life and larger hopes we remember with
gratitude and reverence the men Wil1
laid the foundations OF our temple OF
peace.
1t is not too much to say that the
New York congress of 1907, our own
first National Peace congress. was the
most important and impressive. as it
was certainly the largest popular peace
demonstration ever seen. occupied
four days. April IA 10 IL. ) intro
.duced by a great mltsica! ration
service in Carnegie Hail sunday
evening, the musical Textures being
supplemented with addresses by Bishop
Potter, Rabbi Emil G. Hirsch of Chi
go and Archbishop Farley
e. THRONGS IN CARNEGIE HALL.
Five thousand people were present;
and audiences nearly as large, often
fully as large, gathered in Carnegie
Hall twO5or three times a day for the
inspiring meetings of the three follow
ing days-while many overflow meet
ings had to be arranged
There We're several special meetings
at the Cooper Union and elsewhere:
and all ended with banquets at the Ho-5
tel Astor and the Waldorf Astoria, with
an attendance SO large In both places at
tho same time as to tax the capacity
of the banqueting halls of those two
great hotels.
From the opening messing, with the
stirring addresses by Mayor Mcclellan,
Gov. Hughes aud Secy. Root. to the
end the interest was unflagging. AM
drew Carnegie, the president of the
New York Peace society, was president
of the congress, and his iunfailng hui
NOR, enthusiasm and good sense con-
tributed greatly to the wonderful sue
cess of tho congress.
CHICAGO WOMEN WERE SPEAK
ERS.
The political. commercial and educa-
tlonal aspects of the peace movement
were the themes of successive NEST
ings. The relation of women to xh@
was the subject Of one en-
tire session, Miss Jane adams and
Mrs. Hcnrotin of Chicago being among
the half dozen speakers. One of the
most stirring meetings was the labor
meeting, when 5000 of the New York
school, children, With their Immense
chorus, packed the hail,
Nicholas Murray Butler, Felix Adler,
Hugo Munsterherg, Samuel Cioinpers.
Richard Bartholdt, William j. Bryan.
John w. Foster, George Gray. Arcn-
bishop Ireland, William Il. stead, Baron
Seth Low, Edward
Everett Hale and President Elliott are
a few names selected almost at random
from the hundred speakers, indicating
the character OF the memorable assem-
bly,.
The resolutions unanimously adopted
We're very strong aud prophetic, recos
n'zing the remarkable advances in
world organization since the first
Hague conferences, urging unremitting
effort on the part of all nations to per-
feet the legal system which shall snp-
plant the @a,r system, and calling upon
our own government for decided action
toward bringing about the limitation
Of burdensome armament of the ma
tons.
ARE GLAD TO COME HERE.
The invitation which was presenter
TO the congress to come to Chicago for |
is second meeting. with the assurance |
that the men OF Chicago would finance