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| peaceful settlement there came sucl
response across the sea from the Other
branch of our English speaking rae.
a. had never been made TO any appea
| before
The British nation was unanimous
all parties fused into one. What Of on,
own statesmen. the party leaders? Are
they TO emulate their compeers Of Britain
NV prediction is that they will and that
our republic will prove to the world tha,
politics with us are only skin deep and
, thaf our statesmen rise above party
IKE their own when great. moral. world
wide victory IL within our grasp"
The Presidents warning against too
much enthusiasm apparently had had nc
effect on MIR Carnegie. who declared that
Mr.. Tart had laid the axe To the root
Of international war and that il will soon
be banished from the face of the earth
As long as history endures and record.
OF great events are keDf D." exclaimed MIR
Carnegie. so long must one name shine
with glorious lus.re. Gentlemen. in an
inspired moment our leader saw he great
light. How. when and whore We know
not. Probably the message came to him
in flash and he was guided he knew
not how. but surely the angel Of the Lord
appeared and intrus'ed tn him the divine
mission.
Il was beholding the greatest natural
wonder in the world. the Grande Canon.
last spring when the New York papers
arrived and | read the President divine
message and was excited. I could not
refrain from writing him letter which
perhaps surprised him. bu;. gentle lemen.
] have seen the great light | occupy a
strange position: Britain i INV mother
land. the republic my wifeland. | love
them both. as mother and as wife. and TO
see my native and adopted lands hand in
hand. leading the world to peace. would
add new charm to my life. ] canno;
imagine TO what extremes | might 20.
even o murmuring: Now let thy servant
depart in peace. for he has seen the glory
of the Lord
In his address Cardinal Gibbons said
Il was requested al the opening of this
sidered that "a formal prayer was nm
necessary in View of the fact that every
speech that will be delivered here IN the
cause OF peace Is prayer IN itself l
assume that the purpose of this gather
ing is tn promote friendship between
Great Britain and the United States and
am confident there would be- an infinite
blessing If II could he accomplished
There are many reasons why there
should he a treaty between the United
States and Great Britain. We speak he
same tongue. We enjoy the same ltcra-
tuTe, anu tIieiT CidsSlCS from I TdVcef uoWn
to the present day are ours and o,ir classics
are theirs The literature of both coun-
tries Is common heritage. We live under
much the same form of government as
England Our head is the Presiden; and
theirs King Their laws are made
by Parliament and ours by a Congress
constituted in a very much similar way
10 their Parliament.
Daniel Webster made a speech to the
United States Senate in which he de-
scribed England as being dotted over
the whole earth through her possessions
The United States to-day rules nearly
100. 900. 900 happy and contented people
and she dominates the republics south Of
her. not 10 destroy but to save How
happy will the day he when the great
countries join together IN friendly al
lance"
DR. Mcdonald. editor OF the Toronto
Globe. made a plea for the Anglo Amer
ican arbitration treaty from the stand
point of Canada He declared that his
country. which had prospered 80 long
without warfare or the burden Of mill
tary expense. was now at the parting Of
the ways and he urged the English Par
lament and the American Congress to
insure 10 Canada peace for all time.
President Hamilton Holt Of The confer
ence suggested "A league of peace for the
nations of the earth The problem Of
the league of peace he said. is the
problem Of the Use of force.
With the idea in view then. that IN.
lea que of peace shall not have any espe- /
cially constituted common army and
navy at ts disposal. offer herewith. for
whatever II is worth. the following con-
siltutlon for "A proposed league Of peace
III the hope tina, II may possibly serve as
"A basis for further study:
- The nations in tn" league shall
refer al disputes Of whatsoever a nature
To arbitration
-. The Hague court or other duly
courts shall decide all dis
I,ntes that cannot be settled bv diplomacy. .
- The league shall provide periodi- (
"a convention or assembly TO make all
rules for the league, such rules to become |
law unless vetoed by a nation within q !
stated period.
a Each member of the league shall /,
have the right to arm itself according /
10 its own judgment
IS. Any member of the lea que shall have .
the right TO withdraw on due notice
Assuming the desirability of such |
eag'm Of peace, how is II to he brought |
about,
surely the first step is TO conclude the
'rbitration treaty now being negotiated
with Great Britain Once this treaty "
ipon the international statute books.
IS surely as daylight follows dawn i,
will he followed by similar treaties with .
other nations. Japan and France are I
said To he ready-even anyious-to negO-
late similar treaties with us. Indeed
I is by no means Impossible that there
\ III he n race between England and Japan
)n the one hand and France and the United
states on the other TO soc which can
'onclude tho second model arbitration
reaty of the world"
Dr. l.. > Rowe, who was n delegate 10
he Pan American conference in Buenos
ivres, William e, Dennis. former Solici-
or of the State Department and Ben
lamln +, Trnehood, secretary of the
American Peace Society, also addressed
he convention
Al tonight session Charles F. Thwinc
president Of tho Western Reserve Uni,