Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-05-02

e. Russell of Halifax, Justice William
r. Riddell Of the Supreme Court OF
Ontario, and John Lewis, editor OF
the Toronto Star.
The sectional meetings to be held
| Saturday afternoon will be devoted
to the discussion of Scientists and
International JHaaceI' international
Feace Through international Law
"The Relations of Business n IN
ternatiOnal Peace"
Carnegie Address.
| Andrew Carnegie told the National
| Peace Congress assembled here touay
why he believed the nations soon would
reach the goal of peace, and by what
road they would travel. He described
the cost of war and warlike preparation,
and explained his confidence that me
United States never need fear foreign
invasion. President Wilson and his ad-
| ministration he predicted would gain i'm
mortal glory by dealing successfully with
the question of world peace. r.
The goal. said Mr.. Carnegie, is almost
attained. If Il man wished to. select the
safest life possible, the one freest from
all danger Of violent death, let him en-
ter our army and navy. There Is not
Il workman attending machinery or erect
ing buildings, nor il railway train m
ployee or IA puliceman~-the soldier of
civilization whose duty 1t is never 10
attack but always to prOtcct-nOt one
but runs far greater risk OF sudden IN
jury or death than the soldier or marine
Of our country does today. There IS
little danger of any OF these ever seeing
war. thank God! They will only haze
To parade. ...
The speaker pictured n possible FOR
eigr invasion as follows: British. author
tiles consider it might be possible Tor
an enemy to land as many as one nun
dred and seventy thousand men uron
their island in three weeks. and they
believe they nave provided a force sui
ticient to deal with this number. We
could cope with seven times this number
OF invaders, if we could only induce
them to accept our invitation 20 march
far enough inland and partlie nf our
gave us notice they We're ready to be-
gin operations. We would probably coli
uuer without firing a shot. Thousands
might decide to stay in the great West
and work and save until they could l'uv.
a farm. We might turn invaders into
citizens
Il believe in the League Of Peace idea,
the formation of an International Police,
never for aggression, always FOR nrotec-
ton. if needed OF the peace of the civil
lied world. Thi s requires only the agree
ment of a few of the leading nations.
Recently six Of these, Britain. France.
Germany. Russia. Japan and America
combined their forces in China, under
command of Il German. general. for 4
SPECIFIC purpose, which was successfully
accomplished.
Three or four leading peace nations
combined, constituting as they would,
an overwhelming force, unbrOken peace
would almost certainly be ensured, for
to break it would be folly If ever it
were broken. however. it would be well
before resorting to force for the peace
preserving nations to first proclaim nom
Intercourse with the offender, 10 loans,
no exchange Of products, no military or
naval Surplics-iibovc all, no mails
this would serve as a solemn warning
aud probably prove effective, but if not.
then as a last resort force Should be
used. This plan seems the easiest and
sneedicst mode of attaining intcrnation-
al peace.
Recently world peace was upon the eve
of victory. \ treaty of peace was signed
lv Britain. France and our government
which would have prevented war be-
tween civilized powers, because Germany
would have joined us, as its ambassador
intimated. a joint remonstrance against