New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-19
LETTER FROM PR|MATE
Archbishop of Canterbury Com
mends Church Peace Move.
ARBITRATION PLAN TOLD
DR.. Butler Says Mediators in
Peru-Ecuador Dispute Have
Been Named.

Mohonk Lake, n. Y, May 1s-A letter
from the Archbishop of Canterbury com-
mandatory OF the proposed world Ieae,,e
OF churches in behalf of peace was read
tonight at the Lake Mohouk conference
on international arbitration. IT was read
by the Very Rev. w Moore EIDE dean oF
worcester. England, who prefaced his for
MAJ prayer with the communication It is
lkeiy that the conference platform will in
oorse the peace movement OF the churches
Oh the British and German empires. and
VIII urge the churches OF this country to
join therein
President Butler announced TO the con-
ference amid applause tonight the receint
OF dispatches telling OF the acceptance of
/ TIE United States, Brazil and Areentina
as nnediators in the dispute between Peru
and Ecuador
Besides Dean EIDE the speakers tonight
were Paul Ritter, Minister TO Switzerland
and DR.. L. ). Rowe, of the University of
Pennsylvania
Toward the close of the afternoon ses-
sion the Rev. Arthur J. Brown, Of New
i ork. secretary of the Presbyterian Board
OF Foreign Missions. presented arguments
to show that the japanese, as well as the
Chinese, must cultivate commercial rather
than a militant attitude toward other ma
tions. He declared that the real menace
TO peace in the Orient lay in the overbear-
ing attitude of Western Christian powers
The letter from the Archbishop of Canter-
bury said in part:
Ny dear Dean of Worcester:
i am interested to hear that you propose
next month to visit the Lake Mohcnk Con
ference on international Arbitration. and to
give TO those who will be there assembled
some account of what our united COM
mittee Of the churches IN Great Britain and
Germany has been attempting to accom-
pliSh for the promotion OF friendship and
good will between our two nations The
story of those endeavors should not fail to
interest those who are setting themselves
across the Atlantic on this side of it
to the larger survey of the practical posi-
bilitteS Of the peaceful solution OF differ
ences between nations all the world over
For the realization of those possibilities
we need not only enthusiasm but wisdom.
We think that we have the right to expect
that by the guidance Of Gods Holy Spirit
such wisdom Will be granted to us
+ 1t is my constant prayer that that spirit
of wisdom may continue TO guide not only
the particular endeavor in which you and
have been taking part here, but all well
considered movements Of a larger sort such
that in which you are now to have a
share
Diplomats, educators, jurists and clergy
men from many parts of the world received
the welcome of DR.. Albert x. Smiley. the
founder and host of the organization. this
morning.
Dr. Smiley declared that the greatest
step in the direction Of international arbi-
tration was soon to be taken in the estab
lishmeut of an international court at The
Hague.
Dr. Smiley vas followed by Nicholas
Murray Butler. president of Columbia Uni
versity. president Of the American Associa
ton for International Cancellation and pre-
siding officer of the conference. The most
striking feature of DR.. Buffers address
was his assertion that somebody makes
something by reason Of the huge expendi-
lures in preparation for war" and his sug-
gestion that the same sort of ability that
has exposed other forms Of political chican-
cry and graft should investigate the sin
certify and disinterestedness of the lively
types Of patriotism which accomplished
these military and naval debates the world
over"
DR.. Butler continued;
This IS the dilemma which confronts the
civilized world to-day: either the judicial
settlement OF international differences must
be accepted universal principle or the
world must become q series of armed
camps sucking Up like q vampire, in vain
and competitive expenditure, the very
blood of the peoples economic and political
life The one road leads to civilization. TO
international comfy, to concord and TO
peace: the other leads back to barbarism.
TO discord, TO contention and TO war.
Which viii mankind choose as q permanent
policy?
A years review Of the movement was
given by Dr. Benjamin z. Truebood sec
rotary OF the American Peace Society. He
accorded TO President Taft. who spoke at
the peace dinner given 10 him recently in
New York, first place among the increas-
ing number of utteTances of public men In
Of OF universal and unlimited arbitra-
ton of controversies" In his Nobel prize
address at Christiania on May 3, the speak
er said, ex-Presi6ent Roosevelt went fur
Their in the direction taken by President
Taft than he had ever gone before, and this
is fact of the utmost significance.
DR. Trueblood referred 10 the note sent
by Secretary Knox to the powers last Oc-
tober proposing that the prize court estab-
lished by the second Hague Conference be
invested with the functions of a regular
court OF justice. He said that the plan was
almost sure to meet the opposition Of the
smaller powers which opposed the method
of appointing Judges for the International
Court of ArbitraI Justice proposed at the
second Hague. Conference by the eight
great powers. and added:
What IS wanted, what the great peace
makers of the last century contended for.
Is q world court OF justice, not a court for
a few great powers, and in order TO get
this world court In the only form with
which humanity will be ultimately SATISFIED
the nations must move together, voluntari-
" and freely, and all feel assured that
their sovereignty and equality Will De re-
specTed and honoreo
Dr. John B. Clark. professor of political
economy at Columbia University. spoke on
IAN Economic View of War and Arbitra-
ton" He said in part:
FGeHTTo FREE TAMMANY WORKER
George Gordon Battle asked Justice En-
,.rs,ar Yesterday for certificate of reas-