The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-05-27

this occasion to make reference TO the
acts of our President that embodied
this thought in language. Two weeks
ago yesterday, at his direction. / sum.
moned the representatives of thirty-six
nations represented at Washington to
meet at l2 o clock, that might for him
simultaneously present through them
TO their governments a proposition in
which the President expresses not only
his willingness but his desire to enter
into agreement with every other ma.
ton, great or small--ehter into agree.
ment with every other nation that so
far as our nation and that contracting
nation is concerned there will be no
war, no declaration, no commencement
of hostilities until the question in dis
pute has been investigated by an inter.
national tribunal and its report made
known.
al can speak of this proposition with
more propriety and with more enthusi-
assn for the fact that it has already, in
its essence, received the endorsement of
a great peace congress, held in the city
of London, nearly seven years ago,
where twenty-six nations were repre-
scented. And j am glad on this oeca-
sion to acknowledge my Indebtedness to
our distinguished visitor, Lord Wear
dale, for the efficient services rendered
in securing the Endorsement of this
idea almost seven years ago.
81 believe, my friends, that this
proposition is as long step in the di
rection of peace as has eyer been pro-
posed. 1t does not mean to take the
place of arbitration treaties; make all
you can; submit to arbitration every
question which you can agree to sub
nit; but when you are through you will
find at least we have found thus far,
that there are certain questions that
are excepted.
"And they are so important that they
themselves become the cause of war
And it is the purpose of this plan to
close the gap and to leave no question
to become a cause of war. 1t is the
belief of the President, it is his earnest
hope, that when these treaties have
been made, or agreements if you prefer
to call them such, agreements between
this Nation and all the other Nations
severally. by which there will be in
vestigation before hostilities begin, il
is his belief, il is bis hope, that war
will become practically impossible.
"When men are mad they talk about
what they can do, when they are calm
they talk about what they ought to do.
And it is the purpose of this plan to
provide for passion to subside, for rea-
son to regain the throne, and il is the
hope of those who believe in the plan
that when it is adopted between this
nation and other nations it will then
be adopted between other nations until
the nations of the earth will be knit
together by these agreements and PEG.
pie will learn war no more.'
Some of the Guests,
Among those present were job +.
Hedges, DIR. John II. Finley, Perry
Belmont, Henry Clews, Borough Presi-
dent George Cromwell, Borough Presi.
dent Alfred T.. Steers, DR.. Abraham
, Jacob, George w. Perkins, Chancellor
Elmer Brown, William A. Prendergast,
Henry L. Osborn, Cornelius Vanderbilt,
District Attorney Charles s. Whitman;
J. Joyce Broderick, Police Commissions
er Rhinelander Waldo, Borough Presi-
dent George McAneny, Borough Presi-
dent Cyrus C. Miller, Alphonse Van
Weryeke, Horace White, Oswald C. vii
lard, Chester $. Lord, DR.. George r.
Kunz, John Mitchell, Samuel Gompers,
Mr.. and Mrs. George L. Wilson, Miss
Elsie Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Carnegie, George Foster Peabody, Mar
Gus NJ. Marks, Robert Adamson, Com.
missioner of Docks r. A. C. Smith and
Mrs. r. A. G. Smith, John d. Grim
Minis, William Jay Schieffelin, Mr.. and
Mrs. Isaac N. 'Seligman, Rodman Wan
namaker, DR.. and Mrs. Louis L. Seaman,
Rear Admiral Francis ]. Higginson,
U. S. N, and Mrs. Higginson, Francis
Lynde Stetson, Mr.. and Mrs. f. r.
Coudert, Mr.. and Mrs. James Brown
Scott, MI. and Mrs. w. J. Sloane, DR..
and Mrs. Beverly Robinson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Austen G. Fox, Mr.. and Mrs.
George w. Burlleigh, John Hays Ham
mond, Adolph Lewisohn, Charles d.
Hilles and Otto Kahn.