Show PEACE CONGRESS ENDS MID BLAZE OF GLORY andrew carnegie decorated with the cross of the legion of honor by the french govern government ment address by ambassador bryce new york april 17 the annual convention of the peace arbitration congress ended tonight after a three days session after two largo large banquets one at the hotel astor and the other at the waldorf astoria the event of greatest interest is the decoration of andrew carnegie with the cross of the legion of honor by the french government reported by baron D de do constant in app tion of his york ork for peace and his gift of tho palace at the hague mr nir carnegie who is president of the congress tonight gave out a statement as to the result of the congress although not so designated by mr air carnegie the statement constitutes a reply to some of the suggestions contained in the letter which president roosevelt roosevlt addressed to the congress on the opening day mr carnegie n eg le quotes these statements as objections and answers th them cm as follows our peace conference as brought three objections clearly before us first nations cannot submit all questions eions to arbitrations arbit rations answer six of them thorn have recently done so by treaty denmark and the netherlands chile and argentine norway and sweden second justice is higher than peace answer the first principle of natural justice forbids men to bp be judges when they are parties to the issue all law rests upon this throughout the civilized world were a judge known to sit on a case in which be was secretly interested he be would be at once one dishonored and expelled from his big high high office if any individual Tefil refused Sed to submit hie his dispute with a neighbor to disinterested parties part and aud insisted upon being his own judge be he would violate the first principles of justice it if he be resorted to force in defense of his right to judge he be dishonored as a breaker of law thus peace with justice is secured through abbl tra tr atlon tion never by one of the parties sitting as judge in his own case nations being only aggregates of individuals they will not reach justice in their judgments until the same rule holds good viz that they like individuals vi shall not sit as judges in their own cause what Is unjust for individuals vid nals IB is unjust for nations third it is neither peace nor justice but righteousness that shall exalt the nation answer righteousness is simply doing what is right what Is just is always right what is unjust Is always wrong it being the first prin principle ciple of justice that men shall not be judges in their own cause to refuse to submit to judge or arbitrator is unjust hence not right for the essence of righteousness is justice therefore men who whay place justice or righteousness above peace practically proclaim that they will commit injustice and discard righteousness by constituting themselves sole judges judger of their own cause in violation of law justice and right civilized man has bar reached the conclusion that he lie me meets tg the claims claim of justice and of right only by upholding the pre present serif reign of law what is right for each individual must bo be right for nation the demand that interested te rested party shall sit git in judgment is the wickedness that degrades a nation baron nelles de constant announced in his address at the tho wal dorf astoria that the cress of commander of the legion of honor hal been confirmed by the french government upon andrew carnegie and then proceeded to the banquet as the hotel astor where the decorations was formally presented to mr carnegie about COO guests were present at the waldorf dinner seth low presided and announced messages from the kings of norway and atily the president of 8 av itz itherland erland and the nobel peace committee of the norwegian par clament Uain ent all complimented the peace conference and expressed wishes for success of the work baron nelles do de constant spoke of the importance of world wide peace prof hugo francis of harvard spoke for the university and in a Inea suie for germany william J brcan in his address offered as a substitute tuto for his historic words liberty or death the cry of li liberty and life this sentiment was the key keynote rote of his address the cost of human life he wanted counted and estimated let us measure mc asure the value of those that war has not taken and and then we can obtain some estimate of the value of those atnes that tha t are goa gone life he lie held was sacred and pre clous to be guarded sacredly because crated by god as something worthy and lasting the attainment of peace as seen from the viewpoint of the clergy was presented by archuit hop ireland greater than all other names to con sidor in the conception of peace he held hold was the alvine dl vine name of christ ghrist rev lyman abbott in his address exhorted for concerted action of the world to attain the thel adeal deal of eternal r peace andrew carnegie reald ed over the hotel astor dinner otearl earl grev grey governor general of canada canida was the first fiat speaker he read a lRe legram from president of the canadyan Canad fan senate extending greetings to the congress enrique 0 creel the mexican ambassador bas expressed the regrets of president Pies ident diaz at not being present but assured his hearers hea that them mexican president favored the peace movement ambassador creel ceel proposed a toast to president roosevelt sevelt which was drunk standing and amid cheers ambassador bryce of england followed he said this is the fourth day in which able speakers Rp eakers including some of the most eminent men from both sides of the ocean have been demonstrating the folly felly and wickedness wick edne of war and the blessedness of peace what is there left for us who speak now to add to what has been so well said on that topic that topic the weight of authority au Is great your president who like ike my sovereign king edward has shown that he Is a true lover of peace has sent you a message of cordial sympathy the weight of argument has been great members of the congress oon gress have abundantly shown to one another satisfaction that war Is not only irrational un philosophical and unchristian but is also unprofitable besides being bad in other ways it is also bad business it if there was time to go through tho the history of the last two centuries it would be easy to show that whatever may be said for war in the abstract nearly every war within that period hai has done far more harm than good looking bick tor for the last sixty years I 1 can think of only one war ar that could bo be called necessary that is to say in all the other cases a ses either the was not worth fighting for or the desired result might have been better been obtained without fighting but dut what we have now in irk this congress got to do is to consider how we can best hest work for preventing wars in the thio future the difficulty about such a meeting as this is that we are already agreed gi eed and convinced I 1 can imagine a i cynical critic saying to us gentlemen you are all as the french say preaching to ib the converted what nihat you have got to do is to preach to the unconverted who are not riot here to convince those thos w whom horn the tile scriptures calls the people that delight in war you are so this cynic would say like an assembling of sheep sheep with irreproachably white whito fleeces passing resolutions which entreat the wolves to leave off biting to answer this cynical critic to aee ee what we can really do to advance the object we have at heart let us ask ourselves how it is that war begins we have all seen tho the phenomena some differ e ence n r e arises between two nat nations loiis each nation what it thinks a good cause but each nation thinks only of its own case and takes little trouble to understand the casabon the other side the newspapers throw the themselves melves into the tray fray they embitter feeling not riot only by denouncing the other aide side but by dwelling only on their own case ease and antl entirely rely neg electing to state the case of the other nation asvery n ery angry or spiteful feeling that is said by the newspapers of the other country is reported everything that tends to mitigate passion la Ls omitted in this respect there is not a pin to choose ch between the newspapers of any countries the value of the object at stake is exaggerated and each nation is told that its honor Is involved in fighting for its own lews alews thus the bulk of the people are lashed into fury the wolves are masters of the field and not a few of the sheep who had in quiet times professed their devotion to peace are suddenly turned into wolves the governments think that the people want to fight and thus war is declared now who is to blame for this Is it the government no doubt they sometimes show a want of firmness in resisting popular paa passion sion but they say and often with truth that it is popular feeling that pushes them into war or Is s the fault with the newspapers we all know that the newspapers fan the flame and spread it but put what Is their motive they want to please the public they believe the public likes to have its passions aroused the press is ls what the people make it every nation hae has just such newspapers as ac it deserves the blame after all rests with the people themselves who apie their heads under excitement cit ement they can resist everything except temptation now gentlemen we have got to face these facts and see what can bo done clone to mako make a nation in times of excitement cit elt ement the truth of what it had re allied when it was in its sober senses bea before ore the fighting fever favor had got into its brain there seem seems to be only three things that can be done to prevent the recurrence of these fevers one is to induce the pride which every state feels in its military and naval forces a pride which draws with it tho the temptation temp to use the armaments which it has taxed itself so heavily to maintain Lve everyone admits the enormous difficulty of bring about a general liml tation of armaments it may be possible to secure that limitation at once but it an object of such supreme im especially to the countries which find the burden burdon of taxation a grievous ono one that it ought to be seriously discussed and ought to be kept before the minds of all the great peoples as a iro problem blem which has hits got to be solved sooner or later to pass it by does not make it easier for while the difficulties do not diminish the anna ments go on increasing wo we must hope that an earnest effort will be made at the hague conference to consider this question and to bring it at least one stage nearer to solution the second practical step that may be taken is to make malte general arbitration treaties and to enlarge their scope by including as many causes ot of difference as ar can be referred to arbitration or where the ma maa L ter is not a strictly legal one can bo be made the subject of mediation and cOncill conciliation atlon the great grea advantage of such treaties theados is that they arte interpose de I 1 lays and allow the latter sense of each nation to subdue its pase passions Jons even it if the matter in dispute is not one which a court of arbitration can ultimately settle the resort to arbitration gives the be voice of reason time to be heard and brings the opinion of the whole world to bear upon the parties at variance nations are natum naturally lly jealous of their own honor but when they find flad the opinion of f the world does not think that a conoe aalon prejudices their hon or they may be more willing to make the concession the creation of such general treaties and of a permanent tribunal to entertain and decide the cases that are brought before it would be one of the greatest services that a peace conference could render lastly though it aig true that such a congress as this meeting in time of peace can not be relied upon to avert some fresh outbreak of passion it Is none the less true trite that it may do something to form opinion in the mas masses of a natio nand to bring home to every citizen the senses of their own responsibility with the removal of this oldest evil of humanity ine older an evil is and the more ingrained it is the longer it must take to remove tho the spirit of christianity Is in the modern world more bent on dealing with the actual evils that afflict the world than perhaps it ever was before and every gathering such as this docs does something to help its benefi clent action and to summon the masses of the people to listen to its voice baron constant was introduced as bringing a message trim france he announced the tw bestowal of the legion of honor cross on sir fr carnegie and tied about the iron wa masters neck the ribbon from which bung hung the cross cros the liners diners cheered for several and then mr air carnegie expressed his hir unbounded appreciation of the honor that this honor comes f from rom france he said makes it doubly welcome I 1 remember what prance france did for this country in hor her days of need I 1 know what france has done in the world of art I 1 know what tho the legion of honor means this honor does not exalt but humbles me when I 1 compare it to tho the small service I 1 have rendered it is 11 another bond binding me still more strictly so to live my life that france wo bee bestowed bowed it upon me may never have cause caupe to regret her action in embracing me in the circle of men who have won her august approval dr edvard adward everett averett hale hate was intro deuced by mr carnegie as tho the grand old man inan of our republic the grand old man said dr hale haa has lived long enough to know how fco to hold afa hi s tongue on occasions I 1 am ani not going to speak a word of peace I 1 am going to speak of justice give us juluce and peace will follow samuel gomperz Gorup rs president of the J federation of labor said 1 I come to you with the credentials of the latest declaration of the oi organized labor movement of america which in the convention of the american federation of labor jabor a few weeks ago averred we reaffirm the doctrine of international brotherhood and urge the trade unionists of america to join in promoting all movements having for their purpose the elimination of the cruel barbarisms barbari sms of war president charles W eliot of har yard vard declared Pa Po salon eelon and misguided sentiment are frequent causes cause of war we need he said to give UP this barbarous notion of wiping out stains on ns national I 1 ta anol honor by spilling human blood after president eliot had concluded there were read a number of messages of greeting and congratulations In including eluding one amm grover cleveland and vice president Preel dent fairbanks the last art speaker 6 was william J bryan who had already spoken at length at the valdorf astoria dinner mr bryan said suld in part 1 I want to leave with you a thought in closing this cong refes on oil the hearthstone in england the word others is 19 inscribed I 1 have thought much of theford the word lately and it grows I 1 and grows upon me it Is not until iltis one begins to loarn learn that there are others that has been lifted out himself and brought into luto contact with society we may measure a mans adv advancement azee by his alg conception of the meaning moaning of the word others to me my friends one of the noblest principles of humanity is found in the undying commandment thou ahalt love thy neighbor as thyself horse owners aud and motorists of M montclair N J have combined int interests ar and organized the montclair riding driving and automobile club |