Show METHODIST COUNCIL I The President Addresses It on the Subject of Arbitration DESIRE OF AMERICA FOR PEACE h For the Whole World Comments of the Foreign For-eign Delegates Republic the Only True Form of Wuv eminent WASHINGTON Oct 17Hev Dr Williams of the Methodist Church of Canada presided over the Ecumenical council topay Hon Lharles Foster secietary of the tieasurj made a short address The announcement l > j Bishop Way man of the Alrican Methoaist Episcopal church that the colored churches had decided unanimously unani-mously In favor of organic union was received with applause The general topic today was War and Peace The first essay International Arbl tration was read by T Snape of Liverpool i v bile reading the address President Harrison end Secretary Noble entered the hal Everybody II Every-body in the church rose to their feet and there L was a burst of applause as the President ascended the platiorin He was presented to tho chairman who in turn introduce him to the k assemblair Another burst of applause tol lowed and when that diedaawaj the Piesident stopped orward and said I came he e this i morning to make an expression oi inj respect t und esteem for thi great uody o delegates as eembled from all countries ot Hie world and I t I m ch lore to give a man festaton of I los f peel aud iov e lor that greater body of Christian men and women for whom you stand lAp r1 plouseJ Every ecumenical conference is a distinct step in he direction not only of the uu iicatlon I of the church but of the umficaiion of humanity human-ity I i the natural order that subdivisions should be wiped out before the grand div ioons of the church cal be uuiiod You have today t as a theme of discussion tho subject of international Inter-national Arbitration and this being a public and enlarged use of the word perhai m ikes im presence here as an oUeer of the United States especially appropriate Applause l The subject is one which has long attracted at tantion and 1 think 1 may say as has as greatly attracted the interest and adheri nco of the United States as that of any other Canstlan power in the woild Applausel I is known to ycu all that 1 the recent comerence of American tates at Washington a proposition was made and adopted by the adherents all or nearly all tho governments represented repre-sented that as applied to this hemisphere hemi-sphere all intenational disputes should be settled by arbitration Applause I is quite possible to apply arbitration t a J boundary dispute It is quite impossible it t teems to me t apply it to a case of international interna-tional feud I there is present a disposition to subjugate an aggress v e spirit to seIze territory terri-tory 11 spirit of national aggrandizement that S does not stop to consider the rights of other men and other people to such a case and such a spirit int relational arbitration has no applicu tiun or if any a remote and difficult application It is for a Christian sentiment man lusting itself self in a nation to remove forever such causes of dispute and then what remains will be an easy subject of adjustment by international arbitrauon But I had not intended t enter into a discussion dis-cussion this groat themo for the setting forth of which you have appointed those who have given it especial attention Let me therefore say simplY this that for myself temporarily tem-porarily in a place of mliucncs iu this country and much more for the great body of its citizen Eh p Ith express the desire of America for peace a h 1 gr rlrlGe leai with the whole world Great applause I It would have been vain to suggest the pulling down of block houses or the disarms 1 ment of settlers on a hostile Indian frontier They would have told you rightly that the con ditions were not ripe and so it maybe and is probably true that a full application of this principle is not at present possible the deUt deU-t being unchained Laughter We will btlll have our gun foundries and probably will best promote a settlement of international disputes 4 dis-putes bv arbitration by having it understood I that i an peal be made to the fiercer tribunal we shall not bo unprepared There is a unity C of church aud of humanity on lines of progre that are the same I is by this great Christian sentiment character zed not only by a high sense of justice but by the spirit of love and forbearancemastering the civil institutions and h governments of the world that we will ap proach universal peace and adopt arbitration methods of settling disputes Lot me thank you Mr Chairman and you gentlemen of this conference for the priv ile o I of standing before you for a moment and for thsmost cordial welcome you have given me I beg to express again mj high appreciation of the character of these delegates and of the I membership of that great source from which thiv come and to wish that in your remaining remaining i deliberations and your journeys to jour far l distant homes you may have the guidance and care of that God whom wo all revere Ap roere I Dause1 ur T T nape or Llerpool red an essay on International Arbitration He spoke of tho growth of this Idea in the last decade and its Importance made reference to the declara Lou or the PanAmeaican conlress and the sug gestion of that body through Secretary of State Biame to tho governments of Europe suggest log they should enrer into a similar treaty Switzerland however is the only European f power that has given a favorable reply It is greatly to be regretted that beaty regreted among governments govern-ments which ignored the reposal is that of Great Britain the more so because in the ar I I o titrat on debate in the commons in Ib73 Pre 16i mier Gladstone had said Providence had en dowed England and America with increased advantages and facilities for tho propigatlon of the principle of arbitration proplgaton Mr bnape dwelt on the enormous tax necessitated II neces-sitated by the tremendous armaments of Europe and said the suffenn inflicted upon tho body politic and the injury sust ined by morality nnd religion through war and its institutions are enormous In times of actual strife the church refuses to speak lest she should ofloud her members who aro supporters of tho govern ment which i responsible for the war Prayers gOer are uttered for the success of tho respective combatants on whoso side they sere Such prayeis it genuinely paraphrased can only mean Lord forgive our enemies but deliver them up to death Pardon their offenses against thee but assist us to slay them for their offenses against us Let the church arise in all the might of her divine strength to abolish I abolsh war to establish international arbitration and peace and then shall come ns her abiding reward re-ward the benediction or the Most High Blessed Bes Bcd arc the peacemakers for they shall bo called tho children of God shal Congressman J D Taylor of Ohio made ann an-n ument for international arbitration Rev Enoch Salt of Dublin said as an Eng plisaman ho was bound to admit that in this respect England was at least twenty year bo bind this country Bishop Newman of Nebraska hoped that Borne day a high supreme court would be es tablished beforo which could be adjudicated all differences of the nations of tho earth Until that time should come however nations would do well to prepare to defend their rights Rev Dr BucUley of New York was not ono I of t < ose who denounced all wars as sin Ho believed in fighting for principle in fighting for I tghtlg his religious rights when unjustly attacked I After a number of other addresses tho confer ence adjourned As tho President concluded and passed out of the church the entire conference rose and ap plauded his remarks Secretary Noble who was introduced made a few remarks Ho was followed by Sir J ulian Paunccfote who was present but made no ad dress I |