Show LAKE MOHONK ARBITRATION CONfERENCE Notable Address by Nicholas Nicho las Murray Butler of Columbia Columbia Columbia Co Co- Co- Co lumbia University MOHONK LAKE KE N N. Y May IS The sixteenth annual meeting of the Lake L. L kc Mohonk conference on on international tl nal arb arbitration began its day throe 1 liere r to educators educators educators tors jurists and cler clergymen mon from man many parts of the world worM received tho the welcome of Albert K the founder and host of the on Dr Smiley was as followed by Nicholas Murra Murray Bu Butler lutler ler president of Columbia uni university president of the American Association for International Conciliation Conciliation Concilia Concilia- tion and presiding officer of this con con- ference Dr Smiley declared that the tho greatest stop step in iu tho tim direction of f international arbitration was soon Roon to be he taken in the establishment of of- an international court courtat at The la Hague u The Tho most striking feature of President President cl dent nt Butlers Butler's address was his assertion that somebody makes something by reason rason of f the huge h t expenditures in in preparation pro pre for war and hi his sO suggestion that It the the same sort of ability that has hils exposed other forms of political chicanery chicanery chi chi- canery and graft aft should inesti investigate ato the I I sincerity and disinterestedness of oC the I lively liely types of patriotism which accomplished accomplished ac ac- nc- nc these military and naval debates debates de do- bates the world over Mr B Butler continued Manufactured War Scares Have Havo you over ever noticed that about the time timo that the appropriations for military military mil rail purposes are under consideration in congress on ess in the house of commons in the chamber of deputies or in the reichstag or just just- before such Much a n time hostilities are arc always on tho the point of breaking out in two or three parts of the world at once J Just st at these times war prophets begin begin be be- gin n to see seo visions and to dream dreams and tho the poor people rush nish of ort ortto to cellars and shout shout- timorously timorously timor timor- to their representatives to vote yote at once and ana as much as pORsi possible lc in order that great eat ships and guns and forts mav may bo be built to protect them from front their fears A A. years year's review re of tho movement was given by Dr Benjamin F. F secretary of tho thio American Peace BOci BO- BO ci ty John B. B Clark professor of political e economy at Columbia university spoke on an nn economic view of war and arbi arbi- tra tion Oth Other r addresses scheduled for session wore were by Robert Hobert Lincoln 0 en editor of tho the Boston Transcript and Rev Dr Arthur J J. J Brown of New York secretary of pf tho the Pre Presbyterian board o ot of foreign u missions |