The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-30
tAmerican News Service)


Stockholm, Sweden. July 29.-Owing
to the worldwide agitation for univer-
sal peace. special significance is at
tached to the eighteenth international
peace congress which opens in this
city tomorrow and continues in session
until August 1. AT no time in the
history of civilization has the out
look been suspicious for the abolish
ment of warfare and for this reason
the discussion at this convention pro
misses to be the most interesting ever
heard on this subject.
Not only delegates from the Ave
hundred or more peace societies will
be present, but there will be represent
atives from trade and labor associa-
tions, churches, philanthropic socie-
ties, civic clubs, educational and 9TH
err institutions.
Prominent among the American del
egates are DR.. Benjamin F. Trueblood,
secretary of the American peace soci-
ETY.: DR.. Philip S. Moxon Of Spring
field: Mrs. Fannie F. Andrews, secre-
tary of the American school peace
league; Miss Anna B. Eckstein OF Bos-
ton: Prof Charles R. Van Hise of the
university of Wisconsin,: Mrs. Wilbur
F. Crafts Of Washington, D. c.; Rabbi
Emil G. Hirsch and Rev. and Mrs Eu-
gene Bartlett of Chicago.
It was originally intended to hold
the congress last year. but owing to a
nation wide strike which was In pro-
gress at that time. it was thought best
to postpone 1t.
Among the important subjects to be
discussed are the following: The prob
able establishment of the court OF ar
bitral justice; the possibility OF an In
ternational agreement for the limita-
ton of ornaments, which has been
foreshadowed in President Roosevelt's
Nobel address; the gradual change OF
public opinion in Great Britain In "a
vor of the immunity from capture OF
enemy merchant ships at sea in time
of war, a measure that II passed will
do away with the necessity OF naval
protection for commerce and therefore
greatly reduce ornaments; the remOv.
al from the category of questions Of
national honor, for which the public
mind has been prepared by President
Taft's recent speech; and the growing
demand for treaty provisions pledging
the nations not to take territory from
each other by conquest, fear OF annex
alton and of violation of sovereignty
| having hitherto been the chief cause OF
| war preparations.
Reports will be made on an inter
national federation, public interna'
tional code, an international relief
fund and new ideas for adoption by
the third Hague conference.
A platform of resolutions will also
be adopted and copies will be sent
| with an address to the rulers of the
various nations urging upon their at.
tention the most important interna-
tional reforms.
Among the eminent persons who
| will participate in the discussions are
Signor Moneta OF Italy, the Baroness
Won Suttner of Austria. both recip.
| tents of Nobel prizes, Professor Quid.
de of Germany. Joseph G. Alexander
of England and Senator LaFontaine
OF Belgium. The languages used De
sides that Of the country in which the
| congress is held are English. French
| and German, but Esperanto has been
authorized.
The peace congresses go back to
1913 when an international conven'
ton OF the friends Of peace, promoted
by the American peace society, was
held in London This was three years
after the publication of William
| Ladd's essay on congress OF nations
| a work that anticipated the Hague
conferences which the peace congress
Of today support. Other congresses
followed at Brussels 1S4s, Paris 1s49,
Frankfort 1850. and London in 1851
Elihu Burritt, their inspiring genius
| pleaded for a court and congress Of
! nations together with code OF inter
national law.
In these congresses Richard Golden
| and many other British publicists took
| part. Victor Hugo. who championed
them, electrified the convention al