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PEACE in THE DISTANCE.

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PEACE in THE DISTANCE.
The directors of the Carnegie En-.
dowment for International peace, met
In New York last week and went over
the European war situation as 1t ap.
peared to them. The consensus OF
opinion seemed to be that while there
is absolutely nothing in sight right now
to indicate an early cessation OF nos
tilities, still lasting peace Is appear
Ing in the dim background and that out
of the war will come some new world
policy that will prevent such orgies OF
destruction as is now raging. A cir
cular, adopted and signed by the direc-
tors Of the endowment and issued to
the public, reads as follows:
The undersigned have been assoc1at-
ed for some years in the execution OF
trust to promote international peace
and our duties have involved a contin-
ual survey of the efforts to that end
throughout the world.
We wish to say to all friends ofpeace
that the dreadful war now raging at
forls no just cause for disbursement.
no discredit to past efforts, and no
reason to doubt that still greater Of
forts in the future may be effective and
useful.
The war itself is teaching the gos-
pei of peace through a lesson so shock
ing and terrible that the most lndiffer-
ent cannot fail to attend and under
stand it.
Not only have the destruction of life,
the devastation and the suffering in the
warning countries passed all expert
ence, but the cessation of production,
closing of markets, the blocking Of
trade routes, the interruption of ex-
changes, have affected industry and
caused ruin and poverty in all the
peaceful countries of the world.
The universal interdependence Of ma
lions has been demonstrated and the
truth forced upon every mind that the
peace of all nations is the vital con-
Germ of every nation.
To cast our weak protest now among
the tremendous forces that are urging
on the great conflict would be futile,
but the end of this war will come be-
fore long, and then the great question
will stand for answer:
Shall the lesson be forgotten; the
sacrifice lost?
That question the belligerent nations
will have the power to answer; but
everyone in the world will be entitled
to be heard upon it, for it will be a
question Of civilization, the most mo-
mentous of our era.
It seems incredible that after the
war stricken people will set their feet
In the same old paths of policy and
suspicion which must lead them again
to the same result.
Finding expression through a great
multitude of voices everywhere the
general public opinion of mankind
should influence the minds of the ne
gotiators who settle the terms of peace
and inspire them to new departure
in the establishment of justice as the
rule of international relations.
While we must not be overconf1dent
of our individual qualifications to point
out the detailed methods through
which the result may be accomplished,
we still may advocate measures which
seem practicable and appropriate to
the purpose.
We can see that definite rules of ma
tional conduct should be agreed upon;
that court of competent jurisdiction
should be established to judge of ma
tional conformity to those rules and
that new sanctions should be provided
to compel respect for the judgments
rendered.
Above all the move and spirit of the
new institutions should be clearly and
fully not tho promotion of ambition
or the extension of power, but the safe
guarding of human rights and the per
lection of individual liberty.
Toward this high end the courage
and hope and conviction of the hum
blest citizen of the most distant land
may contribute
Joseph H, Choate, Andrew D. White,
John w. Foster, Elihu Root, Luke E.
Wright Charlemagne Tower, Robert
s. Woodward, Austen G. Fox, Jacob G.
Schmidlapp, Thomas Burke, Robert S.
Brookings, Oscar S. Stratus, Samuel
Mather, James L. Slayden, John Sharp
Williams, Charles l.. Taylor, Henry s.
Pritchett, William M. Howard, Cleve.
land H. Dodge, Robert A. Franks,
George w. Perkins, Nicholas Murray
Butler, Andrew ]. Montague, Arthur
William Foster, James Brown Scott.
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TO TRAIN VOLUNTEERS.
The general staff OF the army now
has before 1t the prospal of Frank e.
Iyman Jr Of Des MOines late cantain