New Britain herald., 1915-05-19
PREPARE AGAINST WAR, SAYS PRINCETON HEAD Dr. HDbea Urges Wise Equipment
 Of J. 5. Military Forces.
 TAXES ISSUE WITH PAc|FIsIs

TAXES ISSUE WITH PAClFISIS University President at Arbitration
 Conference Declares we As "a
 Nation Are Looking Into Future
 That Is Dark and Mysterious"
 Mohonk Lake, N. Y., May 19.--Dr. John Grier Hibben, president of Princeton uvinersity, stirred the Lake Mohonk @onference on international arbftnation today by taking issue WI pacifists who favor disarmav nj and by advocating "A wise pre- pag gaaness of our military forces in tf Emitted States" s [ do not advocate preparedness for war, he said, '..but a prepared ness against war-a preparedness trophe of war itself will prevent the enormous sacrifice of human lives which has characterized every war in which the United States have been engaged throughout our past history.
 Gave Emergency Possible.
 No one,9 he declared, .scan be so blind regarding the significance of present conditions as to take the position that grave national emer- gency is not at least a possibility.''
 Without naming any of the bellig- erents,. pr. Hibben asserted that one fallacy tending to obstruct the prog ress of peace was that 'eThis present terrible war has developed certain practices and usages which will revo- lutionize the accepted restrictions of international law, so that hereafter all immortal obligations of nation to nation in a state of war will be swept away
 Future Dark and Mysterious.
 This is not question of mere academic interest which we are dis cussing," he continued. We as nation are looking into a future that is dark and mysterious. In the high tension of international hate and in ternAtionaI suspicion the most in- significant accident may chance to precipitate for us national catas- stEopnsss 1td an the great emergency.
 sit l< 6n1e <. N tat | wfIi we say ? fseae4E E1 fx mt any price
 n ms let us pay any price which can buy peace-restraint of passion, long sufferance, sacrifice bof material wealth or of every personal convenience and comfort Let us sacrifice it all everything which can ouy peace. But let us not forget that there are some things which cannot buy peace. If we sacrifice them in order to secure peace, the, peace thus sought becomes for us the Neriest torment of 8 lirIng hell. We dare not trade honor for peace; we dare not betray duty in order that we may bargain for. peace. We dare moi indulge ourselves in the enjoyment of the blessings of peace while we turn deaf ears to the cry of distress CT to the summons of a righteous cause''
 Address Arousaes Interest.
 Never in the twenty-one years of it's existence had the Lake Mohonk con- ference heard such a call to arms. The Princeton presidents appeal aroused intense interest and discus sion among more than 200 delegates here from all parts of the coutry.
 The conference was opened by Daniel Smiley, who, as usual, was host to all the members of the conference and their wives. The presidents ad- dress was delivered, by Joan Bassett Moore, professor of International law and diplomacy at Columbia University and formerly counsellor of the state His subject was "The att tainment of objects of common in terest through international action"
 
 John Moore's Address.
 John Bassett Moore made ''Interna- tional Cooperation" the subject of the address which he delivered at the conference today, and was given close attention in view of the fact that as former counsellor of the department of state MT Moore has had much practical experience in handing mat ! ters of International concern
 MT. Moore referred to the fact that the address which he delivered be- 1 fore the conference last year had been 1 rported as having a pessimistic tone in regard to the value of present trea- | ties of arbitration.
 No Comment Necessary.
 Upon this interpretation, said MT. | Moore, perhaps no comment is nec- essary beyond that which is furnished | by the tragic events that have since occurred.
 These events inculcate the import f ance of facing candidly the realities | of life and the grave problems which 1 .hey involve. The tendency of the numan mind, running in advance of | 'esults, to treat as an accomplished tact that which it desires to bring lbout, may often exert in the affairs of fife useful and helpful influence; put when, following the illusions Of 1ope' it bids us close our eyes to ac- ual conditions and to rely in com ortable security upon safeguards that ,ither do not exist or are so defective