The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-04
CONGRESS
IS IN SESSION
MISS JANE ADAMS OF CHICAGO,
OCCUPIES CHAiR-MANY
SPEECHES MADE.
REPUBLIC WILL ENDURE
So Lena ae Best of Each Generation
is Spared-Fraterna Orders
Are Greatest Forces in
Peace Movement.

Chicago, May 3.-"Ja Dee Krieg
Vcrschlingt Inner Die Besten' -
Ever the war deyours the best.
These words, written by the German
poet Schiller a century ago, formed
the theme of an address at tie open
ing Of the second national peace coz
gress here today by David Starr Jor-
dan, president of the Leland Stanford
Jr., University, and it was the thought
that dominated his address
The warlike nation of today" lie
said in conclusion, is the decadent
nation of tomorrow. 1t has ever been
so, and IL the nature Of things 1t
must ever be-
Our republic shall endure so long
las the human harvest is good, so long
grees Of peace and industry leaves for
the future not The worst but the best
.of each generation. The republic of
Rome lasted so long as there We're
Romans, the republic of America will
last so long as its people, in blood and
in spirit remain what we have
learned to call Americans"
In the great growth Of fraternal or
ganizations and orders in the INT d
S" ates, Joseph b. Egrtt, of Chicago,
speaking at the evening session, eX
pressed the belief that the peace
movement had its greatest present
factor.
perhaps" Burtt said, "the great S
guarantee against another civil war
in this country lies in the fact that
over one-third of our men belong to
fraternal orders and are taught TO
regard their fellow man as brothers
The members of nearly all these or-
ders have never charged each other
with bayones nor killed each other
with bullets.
Now are there fraternaI orders
promoting peace? If it will promote
peace to teach men the brotherhood
of man, the fatherhood of God, love,
kindness, fraternity, self charity. !
benevolence truth and justice, then
our six hundred fraternal orders with
their thousands of lodges and mil |
lions of members in the United |
States are promoting peace. and our
nation in the years to come will be |
known as a fraternal naticn. Some |
men say foreign principles have long
been the dream of dreamers, poets
and women. but hat these principle S |
will never be practiced by the bust |
ness men and politicians, but there
were many things called business and |
politics ten years ago"
Professor Paul S. Reinsch. of the
University of Wisconsin. one of the |
speakers at the evening session, de-
clarej the UNIVERSAL population
which is necessary for universal peace
is an ideal of the future.
Two sessions of the congress were !
held. afternoon and evening. Miss
Jane Adams the Chicago settlement |
worker, being in the chair.
Other addresses of the evening |
were rs follows: Racial Progress
Towards Universal Peace" H. T.
Healing, of Nashville. Tenn: "Vic- !
Tins of War and Industry" Prof Gra- |
ham Taylor. of Chicago" "Organizc1 |
Labor and Peace" Samuel Gompeis, |
President of the American Federation |
of Labor; international Socialism as
a Peace Force" Carl ID. Thompson, |
of Milwaukee, Wis.
A letter was received from Secre- |
tary of War Divkinson, who is presi- |
dent of the peace congress. ating |
that he would be unable to attend !
the present congress.