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Show 358 359 on the table; and the result being in doubt the question was put again and declared carried. 'l‘hereupon Mr. lidwin D. Mead presented a resolution which he declared was submitted by an organization of "a million and a half of our (ierman fellow citizens." \V]tl;l\'l-..\.\, It is inconsistent that a neutral shall not furnish ammunition to nations at war. but that he shall be allowed to furnish the money with which to buy ammunition; and, ‘ \‘t'niit ' ', A modern war could hardly be waged without the tinancial assistance furnished by the citizens of neutral nations" this morning to hear with reference to that organization from its present secretary, Mr. Phillips, but he is unable to be present. The next address upon the program is entitled, "State Peace Congrcsses-Pennsylvania's Experience." In the absence of its author, Mr. Henry C. Niles. of York, Pa, the paper will be read by Mr. A. B. Farquhar. MR. FARQUHAR: Pennsylvania is the great mother of peace arbitration, as you know, and gave the first example of its entire practicability. be it, , 4. rum 1 li'mnlr'rd, That the Second National Peace Congress urrres upon our National (‘riiigress the enactment of a law forbiddibntr the solicitation and subscription to war loans of foreirrn nation: in the United States. b \lit. MtcAn: . I shall not discuss it at all except to say that from Mr. h‘iehaid ('obilen‘s littlt‘ down to the present that has been the tirin and (:tl'ttt"~t Conviction of all the peace workers of the world, and I hope that this, (‘ozigress will no unanimously upon record in support if this motion submitted lw our German fellow rill/ens. . «llilNH ()_ l‘iitith: . \\ e do not wish to dissipate the significance of our platform' and that i~ my only ieason for moving to table the resolutions which have littil It'ltil. I do not belitve we should have such resolutions, and l thereiwie inure to lay it on the table. i Illlt‘ HIHIittH to lay on the table was duly seconded. put and carried. and the ('h .nain announced that the t‘on'i‘ress‘ would now pioctt-«l with the it: " 'wrilei‘ of the ni«'ri'i‘iiii0"s "rt": l‘iiia (‘iiintuxrw hi Plhmmlt l‘llKl‘t‘r to be any C(‘ll‘ltlt‘l'fllilk‘ reilnetiim in the armies .llltl tlith‘s oi the world. it wiil be biean-e of the establishment oi :.n linei'iignimiial (hurt of \t'l‘ilt'ztllidl. The reasonable cerv tainty (ll :; t‘wllltilt‘te «irgznmzition Hf that character in the earlv lllllilk' is din. so i..r as one agency is concerned, as much to the ottzanik‘ lll‘ ‘i «-st.ili‘.isliel by that great philanthropist, llon. Albert 1' .\ \ ‘. ( i,. '\‘i I min). .1" ,..who . ill. \ibitra A tiot: t ‘ oniere nee‘ we had hoped State Peace Congresses - Pennsylvania's Experience HENRY C. NKLES In the woods of Pennsylvania was the first sincere attempt of the capable and strong to deal fairly and justly, under no compulsion, with the ignorant and weak. Matty there now are true to their peaceful heritage. A year ago seven hundred and ten delegates from three hundred and seventy-live organizations assembled in Philadelphia. They sat almost within the round of the shadow of the sweepingr elm where had been soleninized the great treaty that, scrupulously kept for forty years, made the colony unique in prosperity and freedom from alarm. True to the traditions of ancestry and place, there were gathered of move« Commonwealth's best and most intlnential; to further the principle ment to make the early policy of Penn the permanent initial of international relations. The Governor presided at the session. Prominent educators, jurists, business and professional the (li5< men and ladies delivered addre ses and participated in with their cussions. Clergymen, Catholic, Protestant and Jewish, of all trite followers, united in the effort to promote the cause A distinct children. His of lovers and God of worshipers the state strengthening of, and emphasis upon the sentiment of a permanent favorable to a definite system of arbitration and the three international court. was a result. The sentiment of days' conference was crystallized in ct: rtain resolutions. Second The admirable course of our government at the our active pledged we and ded commen was nce Confere Hague ndations of and cordial support toward fulfilling the recomme \\ Htfllll Mflf'Pt‘v |