The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-14
Baron de EstOurneiles de Con-
stant Prophesies Armed
Conflicts Will End.
QUESTIONS OF NATIONAL
HONOR NOT NSUFERABLE
Apostle of international Olive
Branch Addresses Students
at State University.

France foremost apostle of peace.
Baron de Estourncllcs de Constant,
spoke TO the students Of the University
of Utah from "a to 2:3O o clock yes
tcrday afternoon. Baron de Constant
is an earnest representative of that
type of men who are working for pos
terity without expecting to derive any
benefit except the satisfaction result
ing from a knowledge of work well
done. He is the French representative
at The Hague tribunal. and was one
of the founders of the international
Peace society
Instead of dcvoting his wealth and
leisure to the pursuit of pleasure, he
is advocating theories which he believes
will eventually abolish war.
Baron de Constant has been touring
the United States. He spoke first in
New York, March II. going from there
TO Philadelphia. Boston, New Orleans,
Los Angeles, San Francisco. then com
ing TO Salt Lake. arriving at noon
Yesterday, \ special tabernacle con
cert which had been planned was can
ccled because of lack of time. After a
short auto trip about the city he went
directly to the university TO deliver his
address
ANY persons who expected to hear
sensational predictions that wars will
end Immediately were disappointed.
After he had been introduced to the
students by Governor William Spry,
Baron de Constant in the course of his
lecture said;
War Wicked and Foolish.
"War ia not only wicked but it is
foolish The progress of humanity in
dicates that it will end some time, but
no man knows how soon. Giving al
most my whole attention to this gues-
ton as / have, ] see encouraging indl-
cations for peace. Within the last five
years there has been tremendous ad-
vance in all subjects pertaining to the
welfare of all humanity.
"WorId peace is the most important
of these subjects and is interesting the
best thinkers of all nations.
80 America. ! believe, has more ad-
vocates Of peace than any other nation.
Friends of peace IN America have writ
ten me thousands of letters, and hun.
dreds of Americans have called upon
me. They urged me to come to Amer
lea because ] was a worker in our In
ternational Peace society,
was amazed to learn that the Ameri-
can branch Of this society has outgrown
the parent society. ] am not sorry,
but am glad this is true. Our society
aims at peace for the whole world,
instead of for any particular nation.
''The Hague tribunal when it was
first started was looked upon as the
work of theorists with dilettanti for
members. Since then The Hague tri.
t..,l,. A
mite things that it has come to be re-
garded as practical, | believe in time
that nations Will settle their disputes
in this tribunal without resorting to
war;
Baron de Constant went on to Illus
trate the folly. wickcdness and extrava-
gance of wars, He gave the cause of
many conflicts. saying that in this day
and age such Misunderstanding would
not have resulted in war
Can Settle All Quarrels.
'EDo YOU believe,' he was asked,
that questions involving national hon
or can be arbitrated at The Hague?'
There is no lnsuperable obstacle, -
he answered, Except that which NAV
lie III the impulsive temperament of
some ruler. Just as some men believe
there is no satisfaction for blow, ex-
ccpt another blow, there are some SOW
ereigns who insist that an insult TO
their nation should be punished with
violence. Fortunately this notion is dy-
ing out. and when all nations consent
to arbitrate questions of national honor
the amende honorable ordered by the
peace tribunal will be considered com.
plete satisfaction.
Baron de Constant declined to make
any predictions concerning the probable
period when wars will cease or when
great nations will agree to disarma-
ment. He would not say that these
things were practicable at present, but
he said that he had noticed growing
sentiment in favor Of peace He added
that he was content to leave questions
of disarmament to the statesmen, who
he said always bad their fingers on the
public pulse, and when sentiment de.
manded 1t would take steps to abolish
wars.
Baron de Constant was given close
attention by the students.
After his lecture he took luncheon