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Show ")4 165 oi the earth in a few brief moments. The cable. the telegraph, the telephone. the wireless. all these means of conuuunication ha\e brought us into direct ernunnunication with each other. The States to take the lead. to stand for peace and to invite the nations of the earth to appeal to the conscience of the peoples oi the earth to stand for peace. Bear this in mind, my friends, I want to repeat the thought that the workingr people are most vitally interested in the main- tenance of peace and the avoidance of war. They have the most steam railways and steam \esscls carry uteri and women and to children and freight and goods l'ront one part of the country another. \\'c are no longer six months from Australia or three. months from lineland or ticrniain or l'rance or .\ustria or Italy. lt is simply a matter of a ten days. The time is coming when we shall be still closer than we are today, for we do not now count how many miles we are distant "mm! l ‘00)th mum from the people of another nation. \\'e count it in days and hours and minutes, and the more closely we are brought in contact with e ‘1 other we shall. nit-taphiirieally speaking. be enabled to see into the eyes (it another people and recognize in them that they are our brothers. t.\pplause.) I s .d yesterday. and I desire to repeat. the statement tonight, that I regard the building by tireat l‘.ritain of her first Dread- nought as the monumental blunder of this generation. linglantl has been lcnown for many generations as "pcrhdious Albion." l'ler power she used like a giant and a brute: bttt side by side with the Q'rnu'iner intelligence of the people of our country. the people of England. as reflected in her ministry and Q'I'H'Cl‘tt‘illt‘lli. took on a more lunnane view of power. to possess power and use it gently ; and her progress and inthtence. side by side with the prog‘res and intluence of the people and the government of the L'niteil States for universal peace. predominate over the nations of the earth. It was the building of the great Dreadnought that set the world by the ears again to consider what could and should he done by each nation in order to build Dreadnoughts for themselves. And now we do not lxlltfly which country shall build more. Dreadnought: There is much for the people, for the peace and for the safety of the peoples oi the countries of the world to dread from these Dreadnoughts. \\ie may only hope that out of these congresses held in the city of Chicago, with the allied forces and power of the various organizations and societies. human. altruistic. aggressive, tra- ternal. scientific. lilt‘lt in public life and private life. men and women who are rapingr their all. their effort and their influence, may develop the power to enCourage the erublic Of the I'nited to lose. they have the greatest burden to bear. and ii I read their temper aright. they are determined that peace shall be established. (Applause) 'l‘here is a last resort. which I trust mav nev . come into play, but it through chicancry. it through trielcery and greed our loath" in the public life shall rail to appreciate the great responsibilities depending upon them. it they shall fail to take the necessary steps that shall some time, at a time not \‘et‘\‘ distant, sec to it that war is abolished, then in the hearts oi thimasses‘. of the people of our country and of other civilized coun-tries by common agreement. they will understand that peace shall reign on earth for all time to come. (.\pplause.l Industrial Basis for International Peace l'Ror on (Stun \.\t TAYLUIL Industry furnishes the victims oi war. \\'orl\ine‘ capital and working people are "food for powder." The) supply the "sine\\~ of war" in money and in llesh and blood. l‘n‘awn for lvattlc and blood for carnage are drawn only from labor. The treasure and tax of toil are the Iuel for the [lame of war. .'\nd yet the coin- petition of commerce to get the materials for industry or to market its goods has been the chief incentive and occasion for the world's welfare. There is a poetic justice in the fact that industry is preparing the way for peace, and in the prospect that the new foundations for international peace will prove to be industrial. It is none the less but even more significant that the people's peace is thus com-ing. less through such conscious etlort as those of peace N'L‘lt'llk" and their congresses than as a lt\»prodttct ot‘ blind ecotioniitt forces and of \\‘orld-\\'ide industrial tendencies. I'ntt because oi such voluntary preparations for per t as are being laid by ethic» tion. ethics and religion, it will thus have all the lirmer basis It] |