The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-17
WORLD PEACE
MOVEMENT IS
GAINING FORCE
Encouraging Signs of the
Times Assembled by Speak
erS at impressive Meeting.
GOV. SPRY ANNOUNCES
PEACE EXISTS IN UTAH
SUBJECT is HANDLED IN BROAD
MANNER BY PROFESSOR
ARNOLDSON.

The second annual meeting of the
Utah Peace society went on record last
night for peace at home and abroad.
Governor spry declared that there is .
necessity for the people Of Utah To
show that there is peace at home and
to Set an example for other states 10
follow. He said that there was an end
TO strife and pickering in this state.
and therefore the cessation of '.hostfI-
tiles IN Utah has a bearing on the
worlds peace. Scores signed petitions
urging the disarmament. or at least.
partial disarmament, of all the nations
Of the earth. Many new members We're
added To the list of the society's enroll
ment at the close of the meeting A
resolution was adopted requesting
Utah's representatives in the congress
to use every effort toward the bringing
about Of the settlement of international
. disputes by arbitration. and ths pre-
yention of war pending settlement.
Former Governor John G. Cutler
opened the meeting. He said that there
might be merit in the contention of
those VINO say that disarmament shall
take place at once. He said that there
were two ways 10 bring about peace.
one by universal disarmament and the
other by the universal increase Of the
armies and navies of the world.
Governor spry's Talk.
Governor Cutler was followed by
! Governor William Spry, who said
{ THE people Of Utah are q peace-IOving
people. The pickering and strife which
have been present in Utah in the past
are no longer here. In this we have ac-
complshed much. Tt is necessary for
the establishment of universal peace to
begin At home. / believe the people Of
Utah have made peace among them
selves. In doing that 7 believe that
their expression at this time viii have
great weight.
Il desire to say right here and now
that 1 stand ready and willing to do
anything in my power to aid i'm this
movement. This ] say both in my Off
/ cial capacity and as an American cit
fzen, personally.
/ Mathonihah Thomas gave a history Of
/ the trend of the people toward peace
! from the earliest times. He cited the
custom where I'm olden times il was
| the practice to shed blood, that that
practice gradually faded as time went
on and that the spirit is stronger than
ever today. We come from the lists
TO the jury. ] cannot understand why
/ there cannot be an international jury
"a jury for all the people of all ma
/ tions-as well as there is jury for mo
and my neighbor i'm settling dispute
about our fence
Mr.. Goshen Speaks.
The Rev. Elmer 7. Goshen. pastor OF
the First Congregational church de-
Iivered a strong address. He made
practical application of the Illustration
afforded by the armament Of the sea,
six hundred thousand dollars he de-
clared. are needed every year to main
tain each enc Of these gunboats, and
look at the scores of them. There are
nine hundred men IN each battleship,
who ought to be out here making good
roads and helping sanitation. The army
ought TO be reduced by three-fouTths,
at least. On the sea America. has never
been whipped since the days Of John
Paul Jones. and they weren't then, and
thew won't be unless they invite that
whipping and when they need it. They
tell us that we need a great navy to
protect our island possessions. What
do we want Of island possessions Let
US guide these TO the point where they
are capable Of self government and
then there will be no need longer for
US to look after them
Professor ArnoI6son's Address.
TorHd Arnoldson Of the University Of
Utah delivered an address on Our
Aim He said.
The executive committee ~ the Utah
State Peace society recently expressed a
desire TO obtain some direct message for
this meeting from X. p. Arnolds0n OF
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