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Show 86 87 all its horrors-could a greater and more transcendental benefit he conferred on humanity? Also in South America the thought of peace makes rapid progress in public opinion, and the voluntary arbitration has been made a fact and been consummated between the Republics of Argentine and Chile, the glorious result being that we see placed on the dividing line of these two countries the first international CHAIRMAN PAINE: At the Second Hague Conference a petition was presented by Miss Eckstein, of Boston, with some two million names upon it. Miss Eckstcin has prepared another petition, which we hope will be very largely signed and circulated, ready for the Third Hague Conference. I have the pleasure of presenting Miss Eek- stein. (Applause) monument erected for the peace of the world. "The Christ of the Andes" is the best sentinel for guarding lilllllllmuw mm the frontiers, and is an example of fraternity and a perpetual remembrance of the peace sworn. This monument, standing there amongst the high summits, solitary amongst the snows, surrounded by the torches of the volcanoes. is an altar on which the human caravan will deposit its offerings of hope, love and peace. I also have gone thither, surrounded by pilgrims, to join in the hymn of hope, bearing the standard ensign of the "South American Association of Universal Peace." to plant the same at its feet and consecrate it as a symbol of peace. From these faraway regions we therefore join your hon- orable congress and in the name of all the members we greet and applaud all the pcacemakers which will be united over there for such humanitarian and great ideas and lifting up on high our white standard of peace, we greet with an immense hurrah, which will reach North America and reverberate with its echoes to the mountains of theHAndes. bringing us glad tidings of the triumphs and conquests which have been acquired for the good of humanity. ANGELA DE OLIVEIRA CEzAR DE COSTA. SEAL: sourir AMERICAN ASSOCIATION or UNIVERSAL PEACE. FOUNDED IN RUENos AIREs, 1908. A World Petition to the Third Hague Conference Miss ANNA B. ECKSTEIN The world»petition is the outcome of a pressing need, a democratic duty, a practical experiment and an idea concerning national integrity and honor. The pressing need is the abolition of war and substitution of pacific means for the settlement of interna- tional difficulties. It is the most pressing of all needs of today for two reasons: First, because preparation for war has grown so expensive that it is driving the nations with alarming rapidity toward the abyss of bankruptcy; and. second, because war itself has become inefi'ective as a means of deciding international controversies, since a war between two of the leading Powers today would mean mutual economic ruin before a decisive victory and defeat could be reached. The democratic duty is the duty evolving from the demo« cratie right now enjoyed by most peoples. to have a voice in the shaping of their national and international affairs. It is the duty to exercise this right. The practical experiment is the arbitration petition prc~ sented to His Excellency President Nelidow of the Second llague Conference by the president of the American Peace Society, Ilon. Robert T. Paine, and myself on the Fourth of July year before last. In the short time of hardly five months that petition had two million signatures from the United States, and in about five weeks it had several hundred thousand from Great Britain and Germany, thanks to the ready and unselfish c0-opera« tion of peace friends here and abroad. Collecting these signatures proved that even the indifferent and skeptics will see that the |