The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-01
Prominent Men and Women
From Every Section of the
United States Were Pres
ent at Sessions.
IA. CARNEGIE GIVES
A STIRRING SPEECH
Section Meetings Were Also
Held to Discuss Various
Topics-Women Playing
Important Part.
(National News Association

| (National News Association
ST. LOUIS, May With delegates
from practically every state in the
Union, and delegates from cities,
churches, women's organizations, Cen
trail and South American republics,
civic and commercial organizations,
the fourth American peace congress,
| to promote international peace and
arbitration, opened here today.
Among the most prominent present
when James E. Smith, chairman of
the executive committee, called the
congress to order, were President Will
son, honorary president of the con-
gress. Andrew Carnegie, who donated
$11 100000 toward the promotion of
international peace; former Vice Pres
ident Charles w. Fairbanks, Secretary
of State William ]. Bryan, John Bar
ret, director general of tho Pan-Amer-
ican Union; Cardinal GIBBONS, Mrs.
Andrew Carnegie, Mrs. Elmer Black,
of New York; United States Senator
Root and former President William H
Taft
Representative Richard Bartholdt, of
st. Louis, president of the congress,
presided. The Rt. Rev. Daniel S. Tut
tile, of st. Louis, delivered the invoca-
ton, after which addresses of well
come were made by Governor E. w.
Major, of Missouri, and Mayor Henry
w. Kiel, of St. Louis. United States
Senator Theodore R. Burton, of Chic,
president of the American Peace So
ciety,. responded. .--z-z-=
Carnegie Principal Speaker.
The principal speakers today were
Andrew Carnegie and Representative
Bartholdt. Mr.. Carnegie said in part:
Little do our people realize the cost
of what is called national defense
against imaginary foes of unduly army
and navy officials, doomed to live
peaceful days and spend their lives
! dreaming of the active life which are
destined never to experience. Not one
admiral or captain, not one officer in
our army or navy was ever engaged
in war, ever fired a hostile shot, if we
except the petty skirmishes involv-
ed by our taking Texas from Mex
leo and expelling Spain from our con-
| tinent
THE army estimates for the year are
$149 1920. Navy estimates, s154,-
100000. The actual expenditure usual
| ly exceeds the estimates by some mi.
lions.
Here we find that in round num-
bers always tending to increase, our
military and naval expenditure COM
bined exceeds $500, 100000 a year, just
about S1,000,000 every working day
a ruinous insurance price to pay for
supposed security from INVASION from
which we have been free for a hundred
years, and which today is impractic-
able
ut is held that one of our prime
needs today is residences for our am
bassadors abroad, the supply of mil
lionaires willing to serve being linn
tied. Why not decide to vote no more
Dreadnaughts till the Ave now under
construction are completed? A single
one omitted and We have fifteen mil
lion dollars, sufficient to pay for sixty
embassies costing $250,000 apiece
"The last census shows that we have
no less than $4,000, 900 of men subject
to militia duty. Imagine an invading
force preparing abroad to attack this
force We hold in reserve.
British authorities consider it
might be possible for an enemy to
land as many as 10000 men upon
their islam in three weeks.
I'VE could cope with seven times
this number of invaders, if We could
only induce them to accept our invi-
tation to march far enough inland and
partake of our hospitality until they
We're rested and gave US notice they
were ready to begin operations. We
would probably conquer without firing
a shot. Thousands might decide to
stay in the great West and work and
save until they could buy a farm. We
might turn invaders into citizens.
"Mr Chairman, I should like to go
as missionary to the invaders camp
and preach the blessings of triumph
ant democracy.
Let us recognize the truth that man
killing man as a means of settling dis
putes is the crying sin. curse and dis
grace of our time, and bars our claim
to civilization, that as long as we toll
crate man-killing as a profession, we
remain barbaric-yes, savage"
Afternoon Session.
At the afternoon session a confer
ence on organization for the promo
ton of international peace was held
in the Odeon Recital hall, Arthur D.
Call, executive director of the Ameri-
can Peace society. presiding.
John Barrett, director of the Pan
American Union, and Senior Don Ig-
nacio Calderon, minister of Bolivia to
the United States, addressed the sec
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