The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-12-24
HOLfNCA DELIVERS
PEACE ADDRESS
SECRETARY OF, ASSOCIATION
OF COMMERCE GIVES ADDRESS
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,
WHICH HE DELIVERED AT THE
HAGUE.

given at the Peace Conference az Inc
Hague some years ago. The Indepen-
dent considers it worthy of publication
and we herewith reproduce a portion
of it: "-
AS you know, the governments cor
respond in the French language and
it was for this reason that my lecture
was given in French.
I have translated some of the parts
and other parts I have written new,
so as to be able to speak about the
matter intelligently in regard to the
present conditions.
have left out the statistics, because
that makes it little dry and I wanted
to save you all those tremendous fig
ures that 60 into the billions.
As to the meeting, it was the most
illustrious gathering I have ever
spoken to. There was Baron Constant
d'Estournelles, the famous French
peace advocate, who has given happi-
ness and life and riches for the cause.
There were Count van Limburg
Styrum; Jonkheer Sanornin Lehman;
Baron Won Hogendorp; Baroness Ber-
tina Won Suttner, who wrote the fam
GUS book, "Down with the Arms" (Die
Waffen Nieder). 0.
One man said to me after the lee
ture was over: "Mon occur est avec
vous; mails lie occur de ma patrie, c'est
une chose differente." my heart is
with you, but when it comes to the
heart of my Fatherland, then it is a
different question:.
That shows you that it is Country
first and then the human being.
The lecture was given at 9 o'clock in
the evening, Greenwich time.
This is the hour. Now can tell
you the story of the sin and the virtue.
Listen still; listen still, now evening
is about us with its quietness. Do you
know the evening well? Do you not
like the evening, for US being here,
while the stars are sending their rest
full light upon the earth and while the
moon is sending it's silver rays over
mountains and valleys, over oceans
and creeks?
The earth is turning into eternity.
And in the earth are the precious
stones, the saphyr, the emerald, the
diamonds, sparkling with the light Of
life.
And in the earth are the deep black
coal that cheerfully warns our houses
and the iron and copper, out of which
we make the useful tools for industry;
and in the earth are the precious met.
ais, gold and silver and platina, that
are being turned into coins Of ex'
change and out of which are hewn the
things of art that stand for luxury.
And in the earth is the tremendous
fire that sometimes comes upward to-
wards the heavens and that destroys
vast territories of land and cities ant
villages and hamlets and human be-
ings.
And in the earth we find the vege
table matter that gives us food ant
keeps us alive.
And in the earth we also find the
mysteries of God; the things we d.
not know now and we will never know
And the earth is turning into eter'
nifty. ..
And on The earth are the wild ami
mails; the lion and the tiger, the King
of beasts, who can shake the air anc
the earth with their mighty voices
And on earth we find the meadows anc
the gardens and the cultivated and the
uncultivated lands and the forests tina,
God gave us.
| And on the earth we find the mighty
structures wrought by the human
brain and hand. s.-@..
We find the peaceful homes; we find
the powerful factories. We can hear
the hammering of tools. We can hear
the roar of giant furnaces; the hiss OF
hot metal in molds; great portable
crucibles filled with glowing metal;
all in a great room through which
move many busy men.
And the earth is turning into eter-
nifty. i a.
And we see the tremendous crowds
Of men and women and children and
the air is vibrating and we can hear
their voices, clamoring for health and
happiness and riches.
And we can see the outstretched
arms pointing towards Heaven, beg
ging and begging for better conditions
and we witness the richer man passing
up the poorer man and we see and
hear the suffering Of the masses and
we listen to the laundering voice Of
humanity imploring for the things
they need.
We see the human struggle for adj