The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-12
COMES OVER To
PREACH PEACE
Arrival in New York of Paul
D'EstournelIes De Constant,
Member Hague Tribunal.
NOBEL PRIZE WINNER
TALKS OF HIS MISSION
Expects to Demonstrate That
the Majority of Wars Have
Been and Will Be Useless.
BY Leased Wire to The Tribune.

BY Leased Wire to The Tribune
NEW YORK. March 1i,-Paul D'Es-
tournenes De Constant. former French
charge d'affaires at London and a mem
ber of the chamber Of deputies IN the
province of Sarthe. winner OF the Nooei
peace prize and now a member OF The
Hague tribunal. arrived today on the
French liner La Provence.
In speaking OF his mission here' no
Il will show Just what The Hague
conferences were; the difficulties they
met with In language race religion rs ollt ana
though incomplete: their quite unhoped :
for accord. ] will comment on their
dispositions relating TO the rights OF man
and 70 the duty OF the government TO
the people"
He is insistent on the necessity of pre-
pairing a platform for the third CONFER
ence and OF developing method!cally the
progress of compulsory arbitration
Il will demonstrate on the evidence OF
thinkers and OF historians that. with the
exception of wars OF Independence. the
majority OF the wars waged have been
and will be useless. and a. sad for the
coneuerors for the conquered.
War an Auachronism.
'In the face OF the daily progress Of
science, particularly in the matter OF
communication with aerial and sub
marine navigation and wireless telegra-
ply war has become an anachronisrn
and solves nothing. It leads nowhere.
ana hatreOS, runs, TeprlSaIS ana race ue-
generacy follow IN its track.
Against the barren struggles OF vio-
lence Will argue the benent OF inter
national and interparliamentary discus
slons Will show that the endless in
crease OF armament is irreconcilaole with
the attempt TO reform
II consider that French German
rlpprochement with concessions on both
sides. is necessary for worldwide peace;
Mr.. D'Estourneles De Constant will
deal With the essential part the new
diplomacy must play in the future OF the
races. the influence that women will ex
ert. and the influence OF the people and
of education in the evolution Of opinion
toward the association OF nations as we'll
as that of Individuals.
The twentieth century places arbitra-
ton above war and above arbitration Is
conciliation. which will come next.
Not Dream, but Necessity,
And this is not a dream. but a crying
necessity, The wonderful discoveries OF
nations in such close touch with one an
other leave them no alternative except
peace organization. Such organization is
the positive and patriotic duty OF each
state ana individual and is for the inter-
est OF the alton II should be inscribed
grammes without party distinction. all
international reform, economic or social,
being subordinate to the safeguarding OF
posterity. An international programme
is necessary for the perfect carrying out
OF the state programme. The value OF
the resources OF each country is subordi-
nate 10 the bettering OF It's foreign rela-
tionS.
The lecturer will speak OF the duty of
national defense and political and mill
tary courage. He will conclude by dem
onstrating what the union of American
republics has accomplished i'll the last
ten years. and It's possibilities for the
glory OF the new world and for the at
tainmcnt of universal peace. This is Mr..
De Constants third visit TO America. He
here and In Canada. He expects, he
says. to find here new arguments IN the
tight for peace against ignorance.
War belongs to the past: peace is the
policy of the future. Let us organize,
then. for peace and justice" he says
He will confer while In New York with
Mr.. Carnegie and the trustees of his
endowment fund for International peace
He VIII be entertained by President Taft
later