Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-11
necessary to send an American soldier

necessary to send an American solliei
to Europe. ..
"A convention CT peace is an idea
place to discuss the liberties of sub
ject peoples. Under the free banne.
of tae stars and stripes IS a fitting
place to declare that peace is not a
state of servitude, that peace is not
always the silence OF the dead, thai
peace is not the slogan of the Jl0o'
red sword. but that peace, real peace.
true peace, is 6ased upon truth and
Justice. We have had peace move
ments in the past, we have had the
peace movement which was financed
by Andrew Carnegie. 1t has failed be
| cause it was false. it was a move
ment of aggression. 1t aimed to kesp
the tyrant e%nthroned owe the slave
but Il peace movement is a move
ment Of the democracy. 1t has no mil
lions behind it. It has no hosis O.
clerks. We are not paid any salaries
to preach peace. We have come IT,
Chicago ut great sacrifice and person.
al expense. 1t is like every move.
ment of the common people. 1t il
genuine. 1t is sincere. Men and women
like you don't come such great dis
tances, don't make such tremendous
sacrifices, don't spend more wealth
in proportion than has Carnegie I'M
less you. are sincere. Such a move
ment constructed upon such sacrifice
is noble and grand.
Hr;$teien, oS Do.eo Monap,apfc
AS a Celt who was born in you-
country Of American born parents, ;
rejoice that this wal has brought me
nearer to my Teutonic fellow citizens
| rejoice that it has opened my eyes
to the fact that there r men OF Eng
lish blood who are devoted to the ide
ais Of Washington. the greatest Eng.
lishman that eve lived; who are aol"
to keep commercialism where it be
longs, and who have a deep sympathy
as did Jefferson, with nations whic;
are struggling to be free. | have con
%sistently e%ndeavored to expose the
Carnegie Peace movement because
out of the mouths of Elliot. Root
Choate. Mcdonald, Huldane, Rhodes
of every prepayment of the movement
came words of, aggression, DONNA
ton, Of tyranny of war, In thei:
blind devotion to their beloved Moth
erland they could not understand. Mr.
Carnegie called his peace dream the
"Eritish-American Union. Mr.. RHODES
spoke plainly when he said his peace
movement comprehended tAe recon
quest of the United States of America
as an integral part of the British
Empire. Whitelaw Reid saw solid
arity Of peace" and solidarity Of gov
eminent prevailing and Lord Hal
dane, WHO came in frantic effort
spoke to our bar association in Mon
treal in 1913 in 6. more subtle way O.
the empire plans of Rhodes and Car
negie. The papers Of New York Cit:
with few exceptions have devoted
themselves to it, every day. Sir Ed
ward Grey told us that the Taft ar
b'tration treaty of 1911, which. the
people thought was an or
gan Of peace, was an alliance for war
and today we are the witnesses of the
wreck of that movement with its rae
ial tendency, in this terrible war
This is an suspicious moment to re
fleet upon its failure. Universe;
peace won't come with a brass bano
or by the power of money. 1t will not
come upon the vaporings of imperial
istic dreams. 1t is not mounted upor
the engines of conquest. 1t will no:
be estsG lisEed by aid of an interna
tional Eoice force, Of by the creation
Of arbitration tribunals, which are sub.
versive of our sovereignty and our
constitution. If come, it ever will, it
rust take it's root in the hearts o,
men and it must come "by doing unto
others as we would be done by" as
nations and individuals, and finally
by rendering to Caesar the things
that r Caesars and to God the
that r Gods"
The propaganda of peace is a do
nestle problem. Each nation mus
inculcate the moral principles which
will awaken in the nation a realiza-
ton Of the rights OF others. Med.
ding by other nations Goes not ten
to peace. English peace must be
taught to England by Englishmen
German peace must be taught to Ger
many by Germans, and American
peace must be taught to Americans
by Americans. Let every nation
clean its own house and keep it clean
with the national policy of all nations
devoted to truth and justice. as we
hope ours shall ever be. that perma-
nent peace in the world may become
an established fact"