Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-19
ANNIVERSARY OF
TREATY OF CLIENT
Prominent Men Of Europe and
America Favor an Inter
national Convention.
FOR WORLDWIDE MOVEMENT
,..istant secretary of American Peace
society Receives Numerous Le''ers
From Distinguished Men.
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session, Mass, sept ls'--heHeS'''e
an the glories of ninety-siN years OF
resce between Great Britain ana inc
i,rite1 states, confident In the pos
.bility Of perpetuating that harmony
among English speaking people ana
4, fact OF eventually spreading the
movement throughout the world hun
drcds of the most prominent men IN
America are in favor OF an interna-
uonal celebration in 1914, the an
niversary of the signing OF the treaty
OF Client.
pT lanes l.. Tryon. assistant sec
retnrv OF the American Peace society
hnds in America cordial response TO
The proposal. He has given TO the press
letters received by him preparatory
TO a meeting in Toronto of the ono
hundred Years Peace society This
crganization recently formed by
,spresentatives from trade, peace, his
toricsl and other bodies. Is intended
Ia furnish the towns and cities Of the
American Canadian border with
means for associated work IN the IN
terests Of the celebration.
The letters show sincere feeling
n, fraternity in America for Canada
and Great Britain. Several OF them
comment on the benefits OF the Rush.
Bagot agreement made In 1917. which
pledged the United states and Great
britain to refrain from building
ornaments on the Great Lakes, and
,old IT up as practical example
.'or the world to follow. There Is in
an history" says Mr. Bartholdt. mo
lesson as Instructive as is the agree
ment between the United states and
Great Britain with respect to Canada.
This treaty has been the means of
permanent peace between Canada and
Inc United states, and to arrange on
the eve OF the third Hague conference
an impressive celebration Of this his
torical event Is splendid idea, be-
cause IL will carry the lesson that the
peace between all OF the other ma
lions could he safeguarded in exactly
the same manner"
PROF HARRIS SENTIMENTS.
other letters praise the successful use
Of peaceful methods for the settlement
of controversies between the two ma
tions Professor Hart says, mo two
nations I'm the world have ever harmo-
nized so many apparently insoluble dii-
hcultics by arbitration or by mutual
concessions and agreements" Mr.. Mead
proposes that the celebration cumi-
rate IN the signing between Great Brit
ain and the United states Of a treaty
Of unlimited arbitration FOR all ques
tlons that cannot be settled by diplo-
matte means.
Ex-Secretary Olney says the celebra-
ton should be national in character,
and should be of a nature and on a
scale commensurate with the great
place In the world occupied by the
Engi ish-speaking countries that engage
IN u President Lowell believes that,
as a matter of policy and sentiment.
all military forms OF demonstration |
should he excluded from the occasion
This is the typical American view OF |
the anniversary as far as has been
ascertained from a consensus Of opin-
ion taken by the information bureau |
q the American Peace society.
SAMPLE LETTERS.
The following are parts OF some of |
tho letters in this notable collection:
Hon Andrew ID. White. LII. D.. ex- |
ambassador, Chairman OF the Amer
lean Delegation TO the First Hague |
Conference-Referring TO your letter OF |
July 30, | am especially glad to hear |
from you OF the plan for the centennial |
celebration Of the Peace Of Client |
From every point OF view II seems TO |
me wise We have had much centen- /
Mai rejoicing over various battles: let
20 INV AfNuil AUt TACT tfldlt despite |
demagogueS on both sides, peace has |
been maintained for one hundred years.
Hon Richard Olney ex- Secretary Of /
State-Three things about the Treaty OF
Client make 1t noteworthy and its
commcmoration peculiarly desirable. IL
ended a war; II was the first step
towards a real revival of kindly feel
hs between two great branches OF the
English race and by its exclusion of |
Narships from the Great Lakes, il has
presented an enduring object lesson OF
what TWO countries peacefully disposed
may accomplish towards keeping war
al d distance.
cardinal Gibbons-I am persuaded
.nat England and America. by main
a'.l"s peace among themselves, will
az me same time, be the guardians and
sehunels OF peace and goodwill among
tne nations OF the earth Such now
tndhk God Is the influence and prestiee
y. Vltse tWo English-Spealxing nations
ula' rev powers will venture to plunge
ln.o the sea of strife so long as our
.9nuntry and England shall say TO them,
stan oe still and Thus far you
sHoh come and you shall 20 no fur
lheI and here you shall break vour
swelling wayes"--of discord.
EVIL WORKING IT'S CURE
dion lion Charles Francis Adams. presI-
$50 me Massachusetts Historical
49, As things are now going. N
re 'eoii'es apparent that the date Is not
~ , When the foremost nations OF
sts, 'oilu VIII cease to be in "a con-
NJ tondluon of readiness for i'm
,, a hostilities The evil is work
~ Ns own cure. and that rapidly. for
So the annual cost OF our limited
=, @ naval establishment, in a time
msYi,ouhq peace, largely exceeds lis
tba M UNI IN tho most costly year on
Srs Var OF Secession. with Ito record
Easing blockade This surely an
sbo .A.,tes closely TO a reductio "a
ebg.ard /. Gay. secretary Massa-
M state Board of Trade-Tf
nS, n me Panama canal Is fnishad
,ed Of spending millions in erect,
ma, ",,u maintaining works OF defenN
prsr,t,stnot nope that II will be found
world e9le for the nations of The
sxner m order TO save collision ana
snna. 10 come TO an agreement
Unhe1 10 that existing between tho
~ 10 the lakesf i0ia'