The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-17

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meetings used the recital hall of the
same building, Sheldon Memorial hall,
the auditorium of the Baptist church
and st. Louis university. In these
places occurred the deliberations of a
truly remarkable gathering of people,
some furthering the development of
their respective societies; some coun-
Cling together, formulating plans for
the carrying of the flag Of peace by
an educational route through the pub
nc schools to the people themselves;
all interested in the successive orators,
who, in the great auditorium, poured
forth in eloquent terms, incontrovert-
ible evidence as to the necessity of
the passing of war with barbarianism
and the coming of the assurance Of
peace with civilization. Leaders, in
Guiding such well known men as An
drew Carnegie, Jenkin Lloyd Jones,
David Starr Jordan, Booker r. Wash
ington, Sen. Theodore E. Burton, Dean
Shaler Matthews, Thomas e, Green and
Hon. Charles w. Fairbanks, We're there
and earnest and successful women, in
Guiding OUR president of the General
Federation Of Women's Clubs, Mrs.
Percy V. Pennypacker; Mrs. Fannie
Fern Andrews, secretary Of the Amer
lean School Peace league; Miss aura
Drale Gill, president of the College for
Women Of Sewanee, Tenn; and Mrs.
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peace arbitration committee Of the
National Council of Women-besides
fifty others, no n of whom but added
his particular contribution to the rea-
sons for, and the reaSonableness OF,
universal peace.
1T was with pleasure that my hus-
band and I found a small North Da-
kota delegation in attendance upon the
congress. From various organizations
| Of our commonwealth came: Hon. and
Mrs. Abraham Baldwin of Oberon, Hon.
and Mrs. Louis F. Crawford of Sentinel
Butte, and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank l.. Nc
Vey Of Grand Forks.
Il wish it were possible in a few
minutes to tell you what some Of these
people said, or better, to transfer to
you all, the impression created by their
thought and eloquence. The small but
impressive figure of Andrew Carnegie,
mellowed by the halo Of years, to me
stands out as the tigure-head of the
congress. There Is something distinct
ly heroic in the attitude that this clear
headed man has taken. in himself max
ing q part of the business Of his life,
the disposition Of the great fortune
that has come to him through his wis
dom and the industrial conditions in
which he has been surrounded-and
with all that, he never fails to recog-
nize that it is not money alone, but
money plus efficiency that creates re-
forms and betters conditions. Mr.. Car
negie is a great believer in American
democracy and refers to the United
States as, A land where every mans
privilege was a citizens right And so
as a champion of peace, Andrew Car
negie, using as tools, humOr, facts and
figures, delivered, upon the first night
of the congress an address upon the
Baseless Fear Of War, in which he
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world politics and the senseless eX-
tremes of expenditures to which mill
tarism needleSSly drives us as a ma
ton. He shows that the estimated cost
of army and navy for the year was
over $500, 900, 900, that the entire mill
tary expenses Of the year of 1910-11
were $685. 100000 or 43 1-3 per cent Of
our entire national running expenses.
He showed the security of the nation,
compared the soldier Of war who kills
with the soldier of peace who
and serves. and further pointed out un-
der modern conditions that military
life was the safest and best insured Of
occupations, all of which pointed to
the needlessnesS of a standing army
and navy.
David Starr Jordan also showed an
array Of startling figures in his hand
ling Of the Application of the Waste Of
| War, pointing out not only the econom-
ic waste, but the frightful human waste
and the deterrent effect upon ciViliza-
ton. He told of the depletion of the
Naval college of Japan, to which aft
er the recent war Of Japan with Russia,
scarcely any of the officers returned
because, as has been said OF our civil
war, Those who fought most, surviv-
ed least I think perhaps the most
suggestive thought that he left was
the impossibility of the endurance side
by side Of militarism and democracy,
which is the laboratory of internation-
alism.
Senator Burton, in a short speech,
made the contribution that the doctrine
of peace should, to become effective,
be translated into political platforms,
a sin his opinion, it was only through
legislative enactment that ideals of the
pacificist could become effective.
"Jenkin Lloyd-Jones' speech, as those
who know him WOuld be certain, dealt
with the humanitarian side of the
question. With his usual insight into
character and much wit, his appeal to
his audience was from the point of
view of the scientist Wallace, who in
dicates along with the triumphs Of the
nineteenth century, three frightful dis
northumberland militarism, the
demon of greed, and the spelling of the
earth.
by far the most wonderful speech
Of the congress from the points Of
it's completeness and effect was DIR.
Thomas e. Green's The Burden Of the
Nations. DR.. Green had recently re-
turned from q two years journey
around the world and it vas with the
knowledge that comes from freely
studied social, national and economic
conditions that he spoke. He showed
that to war and the maintenance Of
armies and navies is directly due the
larger part of the crime and degrada-
ton Of the world. His statistics were
world statistics, his pictures, world
taken, were made vivid by a rare mas
terry of oratory. With Kaleidoscope
effect he marshaled facts and figures
scenes and stories, human phases of
crime and horror, hope and ambition,
despair and humility-he m~arshaled
them all-in picturesque array, before
the congress-. At many points the prac-
teal mind would cry out for proof or
%verification. Nevertheless the ullti-
mate feeling left with every nearer
was the desired ~one-abject hatred for
militarism and a longing for real peace
on earth and attendant growth and
progress. ~. ~.
: ."To me one of the most interesting