Show public demand to bring peace man who bears the burden of war eventually will insist upon international arbitration by SENATOR GEORGE W NORRIS ot of nebraska the greatest disgrace of the present century is that war between civilized nations is still a possibility that such a barbarous condition should exist in the IX civilized world is painful to every lover of humanity and to every believer in the great brotherhood of man every civilized country of the world requires its Y subjects to submit their differences and disputes to tribunals and courts that have been organized under the forms of law for their settlement and yet these same ame nations violate the principle of the law which they P compel their subjects to obey the citizen must main maintain his rights anc and I 1 settle his grievances before tribunals organized according to law upon principles of justice and of right kings and rulers settle their disputes upon the field of battle without regard to right without i regard to 6 justice and upon the erroneous and barbarous theory theor y that might makes right A sentiment for a universal peace lias has been growing rapidly for many years years this is because the great common people of the world who have been compelled to fight figlia the battles of the kings and rulers have realized from their own experience and their own observation the unreasonableness and criminal folly of going to war the citizen who bears the burden and endures the suffering is ia the one who has finally awakened and he t will even eventually Dually make his voice heard all over the civilized world this sentiment has grown gradually but steadily and firmly instead of coming down from the throne it has come up from the common people to really th the ruling classes the rulers of the world have been the last to really y grasp and understand tho the situation the public sentiment of the civilized world is crying for international arbitration and a worlds peace in every civilized government public sentiment is the great moving force that will ultimately and finally be victorious statesmen do not a always tap know it rulers do not always recognize it but in the end it will always prevail it is more powerful in its influence than the combined armies and navies of the world before its silent tread the relies relics of barbarism and oppression must disappear and vanish in the retreat retreating in 9 mists of an ignorant and superstitious past this sentiment that comes up from the common people will finally teach reach the rulers and make its iti influence felt upon thrones it will not cease in its onward march until all the rulers and lawmakers of the earth recognize and realize that the same principle which settles disputes between individuals will with equal 1 justice ustice settle all the controversies that can arise between nations |