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Show 340 347 3111011}: the military and naval powers for a Speedy arrest of the ruinous competition in armaments now prevailing. As an immediate stt‘p to llli> end, we urge our government, in obedience to the charge of the Second Ilague Conference, as well as the First, that all nations should earnestly addre s, themselves to this prob- lem, to create a special ccmiinission of the highest character for its coir-Ederation, \\'lht>€ report shall serve as a basis for the action of our delegates at the Third llague Conference. [\‘molr-cd. That this ('i-ngress earnestly endorses the move- inm: w auspiciously begun by the governments of Dentnark and Mn at ISritain to provide at public cost for constructive measures to prwtlutlt: inttrnationa] good understanding, hospitality and fraud h;p, and appeals to our own government for broad and in tit tout : ,tion upon these lines lirmir'r'd. 'l'hat this (inneriss, representing all sections of our great country :ippt'als to our churches, schools and press, just as much a soldier as a cadet at West Point. I rejoice that the time has come when the people themselves are taking a hand in this thing, and it is only because they do so that this will come to an end and not before. I rejoice, therefore, that this speech making has come to an end and that the resolutions are now being presented, and I hope they may he adopted. I hope that when you start for your homes you will begin an agitation that will arouse this world from one end to the other, and make the crowned heads and the governments of the world realize that we are not going to have war any longer. I rejoice that I have in my humble way contributed by my presence to these meetings. I want to say furthermore that the very countries which are accused of being most warlike are the very countries which have struggled most for peace, while the countries which have been supposed to be the champions of p ‘ace are the very ones which are responsible for human blood. \Vhen Russia called the Hague Conference, it was only for the purpose of making her people believe that she was a peaceably disposed nation. Germany, when the Boxer \Var broke out-in haranguing his troops the German Emperor said: "Don't make prisoners." What did that mean? It meant to kill them all. Great Britain, which was supposed to be the bully oi the nations, has done more to bring about universal peace than any other agency of the world. \Vith these remar :, I second the motion and hope that our \\‘ti!l.inqt:n'n'~ and t‘lli'ililt‘l't‘lftl organizations, and to all men ti tum t "i tIth \illl. for inrriasi-d divotion to this commanding cause and L-mh larqi support of its active agencies as shall strongly :ul\;1iti‘v tht giiat I],t.'t>‘fl.t'(‘\ which are to come before the next (Mini-mo. 'H'l shall maintain our nation in high and s'ithttntiai leadership .11 lirlialt' of international justice and? order. 'I lit arl~pti~n of the iiport oi the, Committee on Resolutions via» immrl lit ~liii ' l'irwaii. these resolutions will carry unanimously. \lz'. lialxam. ; i .eatv appointed by the Governor of Oren. ‘lmm , l lit ‘Hl' . n ltt‘llitili m' tlii great state of Oregt'ui to second the adoption mi tin-t 1' \tillllil'ln‘. an travrlul tinii- thousand miles in order to be present 1 it it were nice ~ar; tor me to travel three times three . l aUni'e _\ltll l s ‘ l be willing to do so. 1 do believe that there is no greater problem before the world Ta: that the ]tttllilt'ni of international peace I realize that if i\ to o Iltt‘ at all it in, to Come from the action of men and wonan >12t‘l1 as are :l"t'll]llitkl here. rather than from statesman and ititiu‘lltl" and teacher~. l have no unkind feelings toward thrm. but the} have had uery chance in the world up to this time to lirin; swim-thin: about. A minister of the gospel, when he is attirui in hi~ lu‘ass butt-ins and epaulets as a chaplain, is Mr. A. M. Simons, of the Chicago Daily Socialixt, presented the following resolution: VVHERE ;, The controversies which give rise to war and preparations for war amongr the nations center around the problem of the international market, each nation seeking to establish and maintain its foreign market as the only means for the dis« posal of its surplus production, and, VVIIr AS, This. nece y for foreign markets grows out of the curtailing of the purchasing power of the masses of the people, which in turn is due to the exploitation of labor and the impoverishment of those who toil, therefore, Reich/ed, That the Peace Congress point out that causes of war he deep in the industrial and economic life of the nations. tittiltil MUN} Fl |
