Evening star., 1925-10-01
WORLD CONGRESS
OPENS ITS SESSION
Peace Not Law-Made, KeI-
Iogg Tells Body-Disarm
All, Lobe Urges.

Permanent universal peace must
come from the hearts and under
standing Of the people, and not from
mere dreams of statesmen, Secretary
of State Frank B. Kellogg told the
Interparliamentary Union at the
opening session of its twenty-third
conference here today.
Seated before Mr.. Kellogg in the
chamber of the House of Representa-
tives. which has been opened to the
meetings of the union in Washington,
were the law makers from Al nations,
and his warning that the world can
not have lasting peace until 1t comes
as a mandate from the people them
selves was delivered with measured
precision.
Universal peace has been the
dream of statesmen" the American
Secretary of State told his distin-
guished audience, for ages, but no
one has yet found a specific. The
cure must come from the hearts and
understanding of the people. They
must be taught to think in terms Of
peace; they must realize that there
are better means of adjusting inter-
national disputes than the arbitra-
ment of war"
German Urges Unar1ned World.
Carrying further the movement for
world peace, DR.. Paul Lobe, president
of the German Reichstag, made an
impa ssioned appeal for world disarma-
ment.
Germany is disarmed; now for
the disarmament of the world" he
shouted amid the applause of the con-
ference. DIR. Wirth added that Ger
many honors President Coolidge's eff
forts in this direction and hopes he
will not relax until he has succeeded
Among the 800 or more delegates
In the chamber at the time were
those from nations which have only
recently emerged from the tragedy of
armed conflict, and Mr.. Kellogg's
words were weighed heavily as he
flung them at his audience. Dele
gates from France sat Immediately
In front of those from Germany,
while scattered elsewhere through the
hall were representatives from every
country that engaged in the World
War.
''One of the prime objects of your
organization is. 1 understand, to fur
| ther the cause of peace" Mr.. Kellogg
began. "A noble aspiration, which
will find sympathy in millions of
| hearts after the great world conflict,
| Nothing will contribute more GER
tainly to peace than for members of
| the various parliaments and legis-
] lattve bodies to meet as you are doing
| to exchange views on your respective
|, problems.
Blames False Patriotism.
[ 1.-The principal causes of wars are
national ambitions. national jealousies
| and racial hatreds. knowledge and
acquaintance remove suspicious, and
| intercourse softens animosities. Ar
bitration and judicial settlements
have a conspicuous place and are
| powerful instruments for peace, but
there must be more than treaties and
conventions.
There must be the spirit Of toll
erance and a willingness to submit
to arbitration or judicial settlements.
How many nations have been plunged
into war by a false sense of patriot
! ism. The permanent peace of the
knowledge and the proper under
standing of each others problems.
Mr.. Kellogg reviewed briefly the evo-
luton of Representative democracies"
in governments. They are powerful
instruments in the maintenance of
peace. but parliamentary government
used in it's broad sense as including all
form of representative democracies,
lis today facing as grave problems
as at any time within the memory of
any man now living" he declared.
Dangerous Forces at Work.
There are forces at work." he con-
tinued, for the disintegration of
| orderly representative government
and for the establishment of class
rule which may we'll give us serious
thought I am not an alarmist and
1 have absolute confidence in the tn
telligence and patriotism of the people
of all those nations who have reared
and maintained the marvellous insti-
tutions of the twentieth century. But
I cannot be blinded to the forces
which are working in many of the
countries for the establishment of
class tyranny.
1T is not sufficient to label a gov.
ernment democracy and simply pro-
| vide for majority rule. A government
must be stable, must insure the pro-
lection of law to minorities as well
as matorities, the maintenance of in
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