Show international arbitration meeting of prominent business men in washington neon absence or ars terail ties up on the beneficence of f arbitration of state foster believe that a better solution Nol ullon of r international may be found than the bloody arbitration of f war A record already slade made that Is almost without a parallel slope hope for the future fatura washington april ja lahree hun dred distinguished looking kensit men sit in Metze hotel this afternoon for a conference to promote the propaganda for international arbitration which it h is been supported lup ported by many religious and secular ecklar organizations since the venezuela boundary dispute first inspired talk of war with great britain and the united states there were several prominent pub heists and business men conspicuous in the proceedings but the he rank and file of the delegates who number some and came from most of the states and territories were educators and clergy men there was a notable absence of fyon eminent officials for although indita eions had been extended to the pre preil b dent his cabinet cabine tp the sup supreme rente court it I 1 members ot 01 both houses of congress and many others of the political arcle and though the co operation cooperation of many of these there dignitaries had been counted upon not one of them put in an appearance at the afternoon meeting 1 the I he proceeding 4 of the first session were mere entirely harmonious the speeches dealt lit in generalities upon the benefi cen cene cence e of arbitration no utterances were made which might tend to ein cm barrass barraso the administration in the con duct of pending diplomatic negotiations with england or spain before the meet inlet ing secretary olney was by a committee who outlined the plans for the conference and r submitted for its his approval the resolutions which will be presented to the conference ahe secre tary of state found nothing to criticism criticise critic ise til in the resolutions and expressed thy with nith the objects of the aeeti meeting ng although no reference were made to present international questions the whole tenor of the speeches was to ward sard an agreement for arbitration be tween the two english peaking speaking nations t r di n er G hubbard of wash wah aar I 1 ta A called the conference to order in h t I 1 introduction n tro of the temporary tempora ry chair chairman mats ex secretary of state john W lo foster stera as the arbitrator between china and japan evoked after a few words of m welcome lit in be half of tle the local committee and the mu inn authorities at washington mr air foster footer said 1 I lannot cannot refrain from expressing m pride at the record which our cause has made in the past part halt half century of it un 11 broken peace with all ail the nations of the earth and of a steady adhe adherence rente to the settlement of the international dlf clif feren ference ces by the pacific method of arbi ration a record almost without par albel among the nations of the earth you have noto not therefore to recommend to our government any new departure to its policy on this subject but to strengthen then and confirm it in the policy so long and so consistently fol lowed compulsory arbitration be between teen na lions presents problems and difficult difficulties iLs not easy of solution and it 1 I will be a great gain to the general cause if out of your deliberations a plan shall bt be evola evoked ed which will ill meet the and solve the difficulties difficult les it seems a it utopian idea to anticipate antic pate a general disarmament i of nations in our generation and until barbarism and the spirit of conquest and oppression shall be ban lulled from the earth govero governments ments will m ill be forced armies and na baies iab hut but certainly among people who profess to he governed bv the principles of coin ivion and especially bet between cen nations kindred in lineage I 1 language and institutions a better method of ad the differences which arise between them thein must be found than by the bloody of war next judge D Dily ily for the committee on oi permanent organization atlon reported the Hc lection eltion of the following officers dent lion flon george I 1 edmunds Ld munds also a list of vile vice presidents representing every state lit in the union and including the following colorado N R hill california john F r valentine montana G IV it H dewitt nevada J W V adams j I S K bukk ruh k utah giu to Q cannon wallon ton governor jun jon ju n 11 aft Alt Graw governor N A richards Richar dh mr M r edmunds was wan escorted estor ted to the plat forin and in a graLe graceful ful he s gild ild 1 ihla assemblage representing tile the largest LI homogenous body of men and women on the globe Is extra ordinary the united staten is among tf it strongest nations of the world it W the leaba reason of any great nation in a mere sense to wish it Is strong enough in any but the most absurd cause to defend itself to promote its policies and to f arry farry on war but its ith very impels it to lit be bAck backward waid it was war a I 1 pitiful pitiful thought lie bald that lit id tah time of peace over nearl nearly all the world more than a million men capable of 0 taking pat pai t in the progress of civilization were kept under arms arm and a bl lion dollars diverted to their support I 1 hat time mutt must come when the armies of the world like that of the united states would be a mere police body tit force of public opinion must be as ai constant as the law of gravitation for solving the difficult problem of ending war the time lime would come when armies for aggressive purposes would be clibbo dissolved hed and the angel of peace would blow her trumpet over oer all the world A letter from chief justice fuller was read ran conveying the i egret that his health ind public duties would prevent him from testifying by his presence his approval of the great cause of the convention also a letter from andrew carnegie who referred to the move ment as the noblest cause of this generation era tion and who lit in a postscript mentioned the enclosure enc lohure of a check for 1 I 1000 orio to help defray the expenses of the meeting in the course of the general business mr john donaphan Donl Dont phan of st joseph M mo 0 created n little stir by moving that mr carnegles Carne gies gift be returned to him because mr carnegie had made his wealth health through contracts to furnish the government ern with munitions of w war ar and he continued the press charges him vi hether justly or unjustly A 1 with making large profits by stinting the employed emp loyes in his work ile he declared that the boards of trade of the countr country 3 should pay the expenses of the meeting 9 and that it will be a humiliation to ac capt mr carnegles Carne gies gift ahe I 1 he motion ma ai opposed by delegate weeks of editor of the iron and was burled under a large majo majority rit the night bes session tilon of the conference attracted aUric ted a large audience the speakers speaker were lion hon cirl Sch schurz scharf of new I 1 bork ork president angel of michigan sity alty and edward atkinson of boston il president resident angel took issue with most of the speakers lit in a reigning declaration that the united states should stand ready to fight for or honor anti and tier her terr herrl tory each of the bp speakers eakers at the night sebulon r ebb lon touched upon current questions president angel said the practical dlf dif lit in establishing a general court of arbitration for or several nations are ver very y serious even if all the principal powers are ready for it but we have no evidence that they are ready it is however hoever not extravagant to hope that f tich men a course liny ty be set up tip ba b great britain and our selves possibly we are mort more in danger of drifting into war mar on slight occasions occasion 8 thao thac we were forty years ago we have brought out of our civil war a new con military strength which has its temptations and its d dangers angurs one of the great adi ad antares of a compulsory re rc sort of arbitration is that time must be ailred for reflection lit in conclusion lie ile bald our army Is now hardly large enough for the police power which it Is liable to be called up tip on to exercise exer cibe but let us make no claims on other nations which are arc not just claims let us LIS show our confidence in the justice of them by our i w Illin fillingness illing gness to submit to i t properly constituted trl tri burial bunal on all questions between ui u and other powers which do not involve our honor or our independence mr air schurz held arbitration to be because eighty eight dib disputes had been settled b that method in this country and ind att ed bett settled led while the results of great wars had not stayed settled but had been subject to the hie shifting shit ting of power mr Atkin atkinsons bons speech was largely largel it a plea for the abolition of private ering cring cities should be declared free from bombardment and spoliation making such reservation for the defense of har burs bors as woul I 1 forbid the ships of an all petty li alty state stale front from interfering by force why lie he asked should it be alie duty of erb of the n ivy to ao what would disgrace officers of the army anny |