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Show 327 326 years of vigorous effort to give. it is well to have both classes-- those who have been tried in the great battles of life and have won a reputation by their intelligence. wisdom. and calm judg- ment; those are the men for counsel; but young manhood and womanhood should be sought to do the wurk. It is again the story of the bundle of rods. lizteh in its way has a certain strength and can bear a certain amount of strain. but when these sticks are brought together, they create a force which is irresistible. A h "my" ll'l .ll'. l There are many hundreds of organizations which are doing splendid work for the elmation of mankind but eachis working in its own way. "hatis needed now is to bring into hearty eovoperation all these various forces and make a united stand against this great cloud overshadowing all lands. In bringing together our bundle of rodr we should not neglect the men of the armies and navies, Here is a most fruitful field. These men are among the best in the land and would not harm their fellows unnecessarily. The most of them believe that physical force is neediul for the protection of one nation against another, and when the military forces believe this, it makes it almost certain that it is. if every one believes that a war is immi- nent, it is very difficult to avert it. If there were a strong feeling in the hearts of the people of all nations that these preparations for war were not necessary, it would be much easier to do away with them. If we would have war and the preparations for war cease, we must create a sentiment favorable to peace. This is the great problem which is before us for solution. Above all. every one who enters the ranks should do so because of an all-alrorbingY interest in the work. I would rather have one, thus equipped. than a hundred of equal ability who were influenced largely by the salary to be obtained. The success of this organization depends upon the enthusiasm we put into it, which must be the enthusiasm of a reformer~a Godfrey, a Savonarola, a Garrison, a Phillips-the kind of white heat that burns when it touches a community. DR. JORDAN: \Ve would have no need of battleships or armament if an association like this could place men in the universities, in the newspapers and in every part of the world in such a way that by their combined influence and wisdom they could prevent war from breaking out anywhere. The only danger of war that we have from any direction possible lies in the fact that there are a dozen foolish newspapers and a hundred foolish mcn saying that sooner or later we shall have to fight Japan to see who controls the trade of the Pacific Coast, an ocean so large that vessels sailing from either side seldom see for two weeks a vessel of any kind. It mttst be a broad highway, and there can be no possible control of it of any kind, any more than if we should go fight the people of Mars for the privilege of going around the sun. The last speaker of this evening§there may be a few of you who know this fact concerning him: that it was his interest in the matter that, more than anything else, influenced President Roosevelt to call for the Second Hague Conference; is a man who feels as we do and who is in Congress at the same time, one of the men who can do the very best service for all of us. mum Mr. Bartholdt before delivering his set address said: As I shall speak to you here tonight, so I have voted in Washington and shall vote in the future. My talk will not be for the officers, the generals and the colonels of the Peace Move- ment and the expert; it will be for the benefit of the masses, and the privates in the ranks. I think we are sinning, many of us, a little, in not explaining this in plainer terms. Popularizing and Organizing the Peace Movement HON. RICHARD BARTHOLDT, M. C. MR. CII URMAN AND FELLOW CITIZENS: The world is govwhich erned not by men, not by parties, but by ideas. The idea moral issue gave birth to this notable Congress is the greatest and now confrontinrj this as well as all other nations of the earth, prompts it is not my optimism but my delliberate judgment which the minds me to believe that when this idea has once penetrated world. the sweep will it masses the and hearts of it. The Our great difficulty is in making people understand up in large cause of justice which we plead is usually wrapped MIICt'h u |