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Eighteenth World Peace Conore..
'cfct News by James l.. Tryon. Assistant S,.cno,
American psac ocl '''Vu1rN Of The

The Eighteenth Universal Peace con-
gress VIII meet at Stockholm, July 30
Aug. >. Though primarily "A convention
of delegates of the five hundred and
IL will enroll representatives from trade
and labor associations, churches, phil
anthrOpiC societies, civil clubs, CduCa-
tional ana ether institutions.
The peace congresses go back To 1913
when an intcrua tioual convention Of
the friends OF peace. promoted by the
American Peace society. was held In
London. This was three years after
thu publication OF William Ladd's Els
say on Congress Of Nations, a work
that anticipated the Hague conferences
which the pcdaC congresses Of today
support Other congresses followed at
Brussels 1875, Paris 1919. Frankfort 1850,
and London 1851. Elihu Burritt their
inspiring genius, pleaded for court
and congress of nations. together with
a code Of international law
In these congresses Richard CUhdcn
and many British public.sts took part.
Victor Hugo, who championed them,
electrified the convention az Paris by
prophesying a federated world gov
erned by ballots instead Of bullets ana
placed under the aroitrament OF a great
sovereign senate, - day win come
he said, when "a cannon viii be- cNhib-
tied in public museums, Just as an in
strument OF torture Is now, and people
viii be astouishcd how such thing
could have been" Filled with the elo-
quent speakers enthusiasm for human
ity men in his audience embraced each
other. waved their hats and handker-
chiefs 60 him and led by Golden gave
him rounds of hurrahs
Organized peace work was seriously
interfered with for a whole generation
by the period of wars beginning with
the Crimean war i'm Europe and the
it revived. however. partly as re-
action from these wars and, under the
leadership OF HodFson Pratt of Eng
land and Frederic Passy of France, the
latter of whom has received the Nobel
prize. the universal peace congresses
were resumed in Paris in 1888 They
have since been held nearly every year
I'm some oid-world center, but two of
them have met in the United states,
one in Chicago In 1898 and the other in
Boston in 1904 The peace movement
leaving the realm Of theory and enter
ing upon its practical constructive
stage. witnessed In fifteen years the
first of the Hague conferences. the es-
tHblishment Of an International court
~ arbitration and the beginning of the
ninety or more arbitration treaties that
bind together the nations under a regi-
me Of law.
The congress at London In 1905. the
most memorable OF the modern series,
was notable for receiving public recng-
milton by King Edward at Buckingham
palace and for banquet givcu II by
the British cabinet with an address by
Prime Minister Asquith
The eighteenth congress which
was to have been held at
stockholm last year, was post
poncd because AN extensive strike
threatened to interfere with travel But
this year the way is clear Many
A ~ ~ M he - nf
American Peace society or kindred as
sociations will attend. The congress
will be officially opened In the house
Of the nobility. \ reception will be
given to the delegates and generous To-
cal hospitality shown by swedish citi-
zens
A universal peace congress is not
given w simply to speeches on peace.
but IL a systematic means Of getting
n consensus OF world opinion on peace
measures. This is expressed in plat
form Of resolutions which rs accom-
panied by an address to the rulers of
the nations urging Hpnu their Htten-
ton the most important International
reforms There IL no question from
to the limitation of arma-
mcnts, from the aggrCssiOns q the
great powers upon minor peoples TO
the organization OF dc parliament of
man from "a war scare in Morocco to
"a real war In South Africa or Man
churia from an entente Cordiale be-
tween France and Germany TO the Fed
Grafton of the world with "a chief eN-
to administer its lave. but has
been debated by these congresses. II |
is an inspiration 10 sec publicists Of |
the civilized nations meet on the same |
platform to exchange ideas. Though |
their debates are often animated they
are always fratHrnal and have due re- |
gard for sensitive national feelings. |
splendid ethical spirit and Il broad In |