Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-17

session. said: 1T Is very appropriate that
We should meet here in this oreet. me
mortal to the peace OF the requisites OF
our aims. their hopes our hopes. their
ambitions our ambitions. Could Ill the
nations Of the world be % gathered here
tonight what might We not realise.
The principal address OF the evening
was delivered by Joseph II. Choate. for
mer ambassador to Great Britain. He
paid u tribute to Secretary OF state
Knox. saying that the honor Of finally
before the second Hague conference was
to him. His remarks won
prolonged applause. lie said. IN pGrt:
ITO Mr.. Knox must 60 the honor Ger
nations Of the world can select judges
agreeable TO all to compose q permanent
tribunal at The Hague for the settlement.
OF international disputes. With this tn
bunal actively engaged In its iabors We
can truly say that the dream OF Utopia.
q warless world, may soon cease to re-
main a dream. 1t Will become . reality.
Dtmculty In Selecting judges
IT. is because all nations are theoretl-
cally equal to each other that the diff
Guilty arises. There were 20 have been hf-
teen judges selected at the last confer
ence, and We tried every means within
our power to devise a way Of selecting
them. We even offered TO put the names
OF different justices In q hat and draw
lots. All schemes failed. But our present
that will be satisfactory to all nations.
and this plan will make the international
court OF arbitrai Justice q fact"
Former Secretary OF Commerce and
opened the proceedings with a brief ad-
dress of welcome. He introduced Minis
ter ]. ]. Loudon Of the Netherlands. who
spoke OF Holland as an International host.
He described the transition OF the peace
idea from an idle dream TO glowing
reality. and said he hoped the time Is
not far distant when Carnegie memorial
will be erected at The Hague. In con-
clusion. he paid tribute to Andrew Car
negie for his presentation OF 100000
TO the cause Of peace.
says Contractors Foster WAR scares.'
Francis W. Hirst editor OF the Econo-
mist, London. England, declared that war
scares" were largely existent IN the minds
OF armament contractors. who resped
their profits from the nations OF the
world. Japan. Great Britain. Germany
and other nations, he said, were crush
ing themselves under q load OF taxes as
they turned out dreadnought after dread
nought, In anticipation OF a possible war.
lhC SVuTl vi tflc SHikcu oSotcS
as q prototype Of an international court
was the text of an address by former Gov.
A. J. Montague. of Virginia His speech
was well received.
brought to its present stage the question
Of International arbitration by courts In
the settlement Of difficulties between ma
TONS declared Gov ELECT Baldwin OF
Connecticut in his address. He said that
nothing Of human handiwork that comes
to stay L. suddenly conceived or pro-
duced" and that this law applied to In
ternational courts as well as to anything
else. 1T Is this law he added. that
gives courage to the members OF this So
ciety in looking to the establishment OF
International courts. They seem to us
the natural and logical outcome of what
already has been accomplished" He then
spoke OF what the world already has
done, either in ancient. medieval or mod
ern times. looking toward international
arbitration.
The real beginning for modern times OF
the settlement OF disputes by arbitration,
continent. with England and Holland as
ratifers OF the arbitration OF bound
ary dispute between the United Colonies
Of New England and New Netherlands.
Educate Children Away From War.
Francis q. Loomis advocated the edu-
cation OF children away from the idea OF
war In an ADDRESS on The frice Oh
Peace" This country. he said, was sx-
pending 10 per cent OF its income on war
| and had been doing so since 1879. The
national debt Of Europe, he said. was
SUFFICIENT to establish a white temple OF
peace In every corner Of the world.
BY taking the little toy gun from the
child and giving him other ideals to live
for Mr.. Loomis believed that q great
unity Of peace would be begun and fu-
ture generations would reap the beneft.
David 8. Jordan, president OF Leland
Stanford University Of California, declar-
ed that the slaughter OF men In Europe
had been responsible for the inferior
physique Of later generations. The Kill
ing Of soldiers during the civil war had a
similar effect in this country. he added
1.-THE great national debt OF Europe.
which is SD, 600 00O. 900 co.," said DR.. Jor-
dan, is q monument in itself to the
curse Of war 1t means that the work
| ingman Of Europe. who in the end pays
| all bills. is being driven into the dust by
the oppression OF militant nations. The
present race OF Europe Is physically
| smaller because 1t is made up Of the
cowards-the men who stayed at home.
| It has always been the rule that the best
men have been killed In war. The weak
err ones are those who remain at home"
! Following the speechmaking John Bar
rett, director OF the Pan-Amer1can Union.
4 an c@A., host at luncheon