The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-05-21
JUSTICE WEIR
Of QUEBEC At
LAKE MQHONK
PRAISES ATTITUDE OF UNITED
STATES IN PRESENT WORLD
CRISIS - ALSO HUMANITARIAN
EFFORTS OF PEOPLE.

Mohonk Lake, n. Y, May 21.-The
attitude of the United States in the
present world crisis received high
praise today from William A. Weir,
justice of the supreme court of the
province of Quebec, at the Lake Mo-
b0nk conference on international ar
bitration "If there be one thing"
he said, that has caught the atten-
tion of the thinkers OF the world more
than aRa'hGT N these unhappy months
it is the clear, intelligent comprehen-
sion by the citizens of this republic
of the causes and incidents of the
calam tous events that are taking
place in Europe, and the calm wis
dom of your government in its rela-
tions thereto.
Several times in the past eight
months, the interests of the United
States have necesstated diplomatic
protest and intervention TO safeguard
your rights as neutrals but such dip
lomatic action, while always strong
and dgnified, has ever been fair,
courteous and in accord with the
rules of international law, and showed
due consideration of the unparalleled
conditions of the present mighty
struggle. The actions of your govern
ment have been sustained by the in
telligent judgment Of the mass Of
your printed publications and of your
citizens
Justice Weir also praised the hu-
manitaran efforts of Americans "The
gratitude of the stricken hero sol
der he said. "of widowed mothers
and famished children in every sec
tion of blood stained Europe creates
new halo around Old Glory that
the coming centuries will never dim"
His theme was Democracy and
Peace" He spoke to support the
proposition that the spread of dem
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the diminution or prevention of
wars; that the leadership of the ma
tions by their nobility, their military
classes and their materialistic pluto
Gratis has failed to advance the cause
of peace or the happiness of the peo
pies, and that such leadership must
be changed or strongly controlled be
fore international arbitration and
law shall reign supreme.
should the central European pow
ers succeed" he concluded there
will follow, apart from the penalties
to be inflicted on the defeated ma
tions, serious interference with the
rights of the people of the Balkan
peninsula and an attempt TO control
in the interest of German industrial
ism the great markets of India, China,
Africa and South America.
"The expansion of German com
merce in South America has been
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further expansion by dominant mil
itary empire would be carefully plan
ned. Sooner or later its methods
would bring it in conflict with the
Monroe Doctrine and further calami-
tous contests would ensue. Canada
might then become the Belgium Of the
Western hemisphere
IF Great Britain and her allies
succeed. the world will have to face
the possibilities resulting from the
growth and predominance of Russian
autocracy, whose control by her peo-
pie is still a dream of the future.
If the issue be a stalemate, prep
aration for future wars will doubtless
follow
"Who will deny that the diplomacy
of oligarchy has signally failed?
Put happily, as Emerson says:
Rotation is natures remedy-the
soul is impatient of masters and eager
for change Democracy is learning
that war with enemies abroad is the
means adopted by the enemies at
home to stop the wheels OF social pro
gress.'