New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-26

10 obtain coo. 900 signatures TO the peti-
tion. Plans 20 circulate II throeghV os
tbc countrv will be furihcred bv the
New Work branch and By other
branches 20 be formed in other states.
Mas meetings will be held and tracts
and literature will be circulated.
Opportunity still Before Wilson
AT the beginning Of tho war; sald
DR. Jordan. "a distinguished punhcls,
i'm Iondon declared that the President
Of The United States had before h'"
the greatest opportunity TOT COCO u"
human history. THIS opportunity
stI before him. and We expect MN 70
use IT, Wise men Of al nations Io9h
20 our nation as Offering thelr ohly
hone for n worthy ending Of the 'Wat'
Victory on either side IS no solution
We shall. trust. neither send srmle-
80 rrsrco nor cut OF shipments 20 Eng
land That would not END the war y
y.ouId only mark the beginning Of now
troublcs A balance Of power strives
CONSTANTLY TO Ne unbalanced, and thai
,,cars war. IN 1898 Jean de Blocn
warned MS of this. and warned US that
o world war must inevitably end IN q
drawn game. in utter exhaustion on an
si5ce and finally in anarchy and revolu-
'"For war means only the killing OF
a many Young men that the nation A.
tackled ia parslyzed and tcrrorized. 10
crush Germany is 10 crush Britain.
And All nations concerned have been
nrnisbed as never before i'm all his
tory. while the real war makers a
email minority IN every country, nave
mostly gone scot free.
1--WE may have conferences Of neutral
nations. These may be official calico
nv our President or our Congress OF
,bo, NAV be unofficial. like the one IN
aucurated by Henry Ford. The hnal
conferences might include the bellg-
crcnt nations as we'll, either officially
or pnoficially. Or. following another
line of action. VIC may have again OIL
fers Of direct mediation from the fres-
front or from Congress, or from hoth
or. again, from the lnterparliamentary
Union. in which all nations are con-
cerned.
Little Money Required
"Our work requires money, but not
much. The cost Of a small cruiser Ju-
diciallv spent in illuminating Europe
might have forestalled the great war
which no people demanded and no gov,
eminent desired. The cost Of a small
cruiser iudeially spent might TO-DAY
sufice TO bring the world together. .,
A letter was read from Francis Neil.
con british single taxeT, playwrighi
and former member Of the House OF
Commons. who had been invited to at
tend. but who was absent from the city
al am informed" he said, that there
is a large body Of opinion in Eng.ano
in favor of peace negotiations when
cannot express itself freely IN my couh-
frv and rather looks 10 the American
neople TO articulste its deep desire 10
hiring hostilities TO a speedy conclu'
sion The position Of the United states
as the creates neutral power has oeeh
considered by many Of my countrymeni
as n commanding one, and our hopes OF
months ago we're centered upon TINS
country. Now a new opportunity pre-
cents itself. Now is the time TO organ
ize peace opinions. Your committee
mas Il in its power 10 air enormously
in bringing the war 10 an end.
Mr. Schif spoke briefly, but only
after he had received assurances that
no newspaper men were present ana
that no publicity would be given his
remarks. MI;
Others at the meeting were Rabbi
Stephen S. Wise, DR.. Frank Crane, MISS
Angela Morgan, Professor Scott Near
inc n. Landauer, John II. Finley
MISS MIS- Emily Greene Bslch, Mr.. and Mrs
Felix Herzfeld, DT. Frederick c. Howe
mr., Frederick Lynch. Miss Lillian D.
VALID. George A. PlimptOn, Miss Re
becca shelly, the Rev. David Anderson
NJ. Lambert, Dr.. James J. Walsh, Pau
T. kellogg, Mrs. Mary c. Percy, Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Thomas and Mrs. Der
tina Kunz Baker.