The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-06-08
FOR j. s.
FROM CANADIAN
Quebec Chief Justice a Speaker
At Mohonk Conference On
Subject Of War

M0HONK LAKE, New York, May
2i.--( Correspondence of the Associate ted
Press The attitude of the United
States in the present world crisis re.
ceived high praise today from William
A. Weir, justice of the supreme court
Of the Province of Quebec, at the Lake
and he continued the family reputation
Arbitration. "If there be one thing, -
he said, "that has caught the atten.
ton of thu u thinkers of the world
more than another in these unhappy
months IL is the clear, Intelligent
comprehension by the citizens of this
Republic of the causes and incidents
Of the calamitous events that. are TAX
ing place in. Europe, and the calm wis.
dom Of your government in its relat-
tions thereto.
ssSeveral times in the past eight
months the interests of the United
states have necessitated diplomatic
protest and Intervention to safeguard
your rights as neutrals, but such di.
plomatic action, while always strong
and dignified, has ever been fair, court.
eous and in accord with the rules Of
international law, and showed due con-
sideration of the unparalleled condi.
tons Of the present mighty struggle
The actions of your government have
been sustained by the intelligent judg
ment Of the mass Of your printed pub
hcations and of your citizens,
Justice Weir also praised the hu
manitarian efforts Of Americans. "Tht
gratitude of the stricken hero soldier, =
he said, "of widowed mothers and
famished- children in every section Of
blood stained Europe creates o new
halo round odd Glory that the com
| ing centuries will never DIM"
His theme was Democracy ant
Peace. y He spoke to support tn,
proposition ''that the spread of dem
ocraey Is the first step necessary fol
that the leadership of the nations by
their mobility their military classes
and their materialistic piutocrats hai
| failed to advance the cause Of peac,
or the happiness Of the peoples, ant
that such leadership must be changet
or strongly controlled before interna
/ tional arbitration and law. shall reigr
/ supreme. y -. j. 81,
"Should the central European power
sueeeed,'i he concluded, "there will
follow, apart from the penalties to b
inflicted on the defeated nations, Sc
rious Interference with the rights o
4 the people of the Balkan peninsul;
i and an attempt to control in the inter
| est Of German industrialism the grea
markets Of India, China, Africa AM
South America. 49,, y; AMI E,. ~
1.-THE expansion Of German com
meEcefin South America has been yer,
larQ6 IN regent year = and .its turtle
Iextension by q dominant military EN-
Il pire would be carefully planned.
| Sooner OF later its methods woul,
bring IL in conflict with the Monro
4 doctrine and further calamitous con
tests would ensue. Canada might the
become the Belgium of the Wester
i Hemisphere. ".h t,s+ g..
4 off Great Britain and her allies sue
coed, the world will have TO face tn
possibilities resulting from the growt
and predomipance of Russian autoC
racy, whose control by her people i
still o dream of the future.
"If the issue be a stalemate, pre-
paration for future wars will doubt
loss follow. E& z s.. w
! "Who will deny that the diplomac
of oligarchy has signally failcdi
"But happily, as Emerson says
Rotation is natures remedy--the sol
is impatient of masters and eager fo
change. Democracy is learning tina
war with enemies abroad is the mean
adopted by the enemies at home I
stop the wheels of social progress