Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-01
PEACE >1onaREss LOOKING
To ENDING All CONFLICTS
PEACE

BY UNISgD PRESS ASSOCIATIONS
ST. LOUIS. May i.-Complete dis
arnament-tbe literally turning Of On
sword into the plO,' 'shshare and trans
forming Of all balllcships into vessel
of commerce, were The themes OF al
speeches today at the opening Of Tho
fourth American peace congress here
Peace over all the earth and good will
between all nations was the way the
! quotation was paraphrased by more
/ than one speaker before q vast as
1 Scmblage composed Of representatives
! from % states and territories Of the
I United States and 10 Central and South
\ American nations. Among the subjects
/ discussed today in full session or sec
| tlOnal conference were promotion Of
| international peace by organizations, in
ter-American relations, universities ana
| The peace movement, complete disarm-
ament, The Hague conference, inter
national law and needed improvements.
and the relation Of commerce to inter-
national peace.
President Woodrow Wilson, honor
airy president Of the congress, sent a
message of good will in which he OK
pressed his regret that press Of admin
istration business prevented him from
attending.
Figures were presented to the con
greSS tending to show that the world
today spends annually for war and
equipment 100000 .OOO-enough H.
pay for the construction Of five Panama
canals-and that adoption by interna-
tiOnal agreement OF the arbitration
method Of settling international dis |
putes with the subsequent reduction Of !
armaments would enable the United |
States alone to divert many millions u |
agricultural, waterway and industrial |
projects that would bring millions N |
return.
Sectional conferences occupied the \
greater part Of the afternoon. 'IDier- |
national Relations" being discussed INV |
John Barrett, director general If fhn |
Pan American Union, and by Senior |
Don l9naCiO Calderon. minister from |
Bolivia to the United States. 'J'nivcr- !
stiles and the Peace Movement" was |
the subject discussed by II. B. Hutch |
nS, president Of the University Of Mich !
i"an; President Frank L. McNay. Of the |
University Of North Dakota: President |
:. C. Mitchell, Of the University Of |
South Carolina: Chancellor James |
Hampton Kirkland. of Vanderbilt Uni |
Verslty. and Prof {. F. Weston Of An |
tioch College. Others who spoke to- /
day were Louis p. LPchncr. general !
secretary Of the Association Of COsm0- |
pOlitan Clubs: Mrs. Fannie Fern An
dreWs, secretary Of the American
School Peace League. and President
Charles f. ThWing Of Western Reserve !
University. Andrew Carnegie. Jcnkfn |
Lloyd Jones and Philip Van Ness Ncv-
ers We're the section speakers on tne I
symposium Of disarmament. The con-
ference meetings Were followed thi-
afternoon by the Oratorical contest NJ |
the intercollegiate Peace Association III |
which Illinois, Iowa. Missouri, Nebras- /
ko. South Dakota and Texas particl /
patcd
Tonight the congress will take up the |
present international problems which |
confront the United States. These are |
The Panama canal and advisabflify Of |
terrifying the "hg ditch" the Philip |
pines, Japan and Mexico. Among the |
evenings speakers will he former Vice |
President Fairbanks and Booker T. |
Washington.