The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-05-15
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a their annual meeting recommended
To all schools the Observance OF May
lS-the anniversary OF the First Ha.
que Conference. \ dozen states had
previously observed the day and since
the leaflets and material for school
use upon that day have become gen.
orally known through the School
Peace League. special { ercises, a.
long as those on Flag day or Memorial
day should become general. As full
information regarding programs can
be obtained OF the Secretary Of the
School Peace League. Mrs. Andrews.
l05 Marlborough street, Boston. or Of
the Secretary OF the American Peace
Society. 81 Beacon street. Boston.
shall limit this article to general MAJ.
ters. which may help make :hese pro-
grams useful.
FIRST of all. the teacher must be an
enthusiastic believer in world organl-
zation and arbitration If Peace day
is 10 inspire her pupils II she has
Imagination and a clear comprehen.
sion of the subject she can make any
class. even the Primary class. feel the
thrill OF the great war against war
which this day celebrates. By pictur.
ing the old time duel, for example.
that between Burr and Hamilton. sne
can show how the duel proved moth.
ing ard the best man often fell Even
a small child readily sees the Stiffness
OF duels after courts are once estan.
lshed and can be lei on to see the
folly of gigantic duels between nations
If an international court becomes
available. The story of the formation
of the Permanent Tribunal of Arbitra.
| ton should be told as one of the
greatest events of history. marking
an epoch. II can be tod picturesque.
ly ard in the simplest words. First
tell of the Tsar's receipt. that August
day in 1895. like bolt from the blue
startling the world with an unheard
OF proposition and showing how the
awful increase of ornaments were
bringing about the very cataclysm they
were designed TO avert" In short.
preparation for war. through the rapid.
ity OF new inventions IN armaments
was becoming as costly as war itself
/ The decade since this rescript has
painfully emphasized this fact, the
United States paying as much for
army and navy in 1908 in time OF
peace as it paid ten years before in
time Il war. After the script fol.
/ lowed. rine months later. the coming
together of one hundred representa-.
tives with fifty attaches in Queen
Wilhelmina's little palace The House
in the Wood, at the Hague" These
represented the twenty-six nations
that had ambassadors at St Peters.
burg. They came together full of in
difference or cynicism, expecting for
the most part mere perfunctory action
They excluded reporters as did the
Constitutional Congress in 1887. BuJ
with the sceptics were strong men OF
faith, among them our Englirh ambas
sador-Lord Paunceforte-and our
own minister to Berlin, Andrew D
White. These and a few others ere
ated hope ard confidence and soon
in one of the three committees, every
man found himself at work ant
through endless social functions com
ing irto friendly touch with strangers
rubbing off prejudices and enlarsing
his power and comprehending their
point of view.
Once, when Germany's inaction that
summer seemed to block the way and
Illustrate al possibility of harmony
public opinion in America helped in
melt the iceburg of opposition. Mr.
White sent Mr.. Hollis OF the New York
bar I 'cr'ln 20 Sc n henlohe and
Won Buelow. He was told that Ger
many as a whole cared little abou,
the Conference ard no one supposed
America really carel. These diplo
mats were indeed amazed to see the
piles Of letters and kilograms which
revealed that, far and wide, clubs
boards of trades. churches and all
kinds OF Organizations in America had
been pouring urgent messages 10 our
delegation. One of these was signed
by thirty-ore Baptist clergymen in Or.
eson. each of whom paid dollar to
send II. The one that influenced the
Germans most was prayer written by
a Bishop of Texas TO be prayed In
every church of his diocese while the
Conference lasted.
As a result OF this first Conference
Permanent Tribunal OF Arbitration
was established for which Mr. Carne.
gle has ro, idel n Nu'!ding at a cost
Of one and a half million dollars. This