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Brief Peace NotesSource: The Advocate of Peace (1894-1920), Vol. 75, No. 1 (JANUARY, 1913), pp. 8-9Published by: World Affairs InstituteStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20666601 .

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8 THE ADVOCATE OF PEACE. January,

Brief Peace Notes. . . . The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, at its quadrennial conference in Chicago last month, adopted on Monday, December 9, the follow

ing plank for insertion in its pMform. The plank was submitted by Charles E. Beals, Field Secretary of the American Peace Society, who was one of the speakers that day. The resolution says:

"The Council favors the organization of a Church Peace League in America, the annual observance of Peace Sunday by the churches, and the memorial

izing of the Third Hague Conference in behalf of the establishment of a permanent court of inter national justice and the adoption of such other measures as shall render war unnecessary and im

possible. It calls upon Christian men and women to unite in a demand that the teaching and spirit of Jesus be applied in international relations by our National Congress and Department of State."

... At the recent annual meeting of the British Eoyal Society the new German Ambassador, Prince Lichnow

sky, spoke as follows:

"Of all bonds that unite nations none are stronger than intellectual sympathy, and nothing is more apt to

promote a real and lasting understanding between na tions than the common struggle against darkness, igno rance, and misery. I am happy to be able to state that from time immemorial a close connection has existed between the intellectual leaders of our two great coun tries. Carlyle's book on Frederick the Great is a stand ard work, unrivalled, and of the works of all foreign historians the most popular in Germany. Hume was the predecessor of Kant and Schopenhauer, and I do not be lieve that in any country in the world are Shakespeare and Byron more fully appreciated or deeply understood than in Germany. I am confident that this close intel lectual connection will in the future, as in the past, be a

powerful help to the efforts of all those who work for the establishment of good understanding and harmony be tween our two kindred people." . . . Mr. K. S. Inui, the Japanese lecturer, since his graduation from Michigan University some years ago, has been extensively engaged in giving peace lectures in this country, in England, and in Japan. Mr. Inui has just been elected secretary-general of the Japanese Asso ciation of America, with headquarters at 1436 Post street, San Francisco. In this position he will be able to do good service for the promotion of better understand ing between the East and the West, especially between his country and ours, in which he is deeply interested. ... In the last number of La Paix par le Droit Dr. Charles Eichet, the distinguished savant of the Uni versity of Paris, gives an estimate of what a general European war, if it should occur, would cost the powers of Europe daily. After careful calculation, he gives the grand total as 274,500,000 francs, about $55,000,000. He then gives cogent reasons for believing that this amount would be immediately augmented by reason of the effect of the war upon cost of provisions, destruction of material, etc.; so that the real cost would be from "three to four hundred millions of francs per day." This estimate takes no account of the loss of men, which would necessarily be enormous,

. . . Great pains were taken by the British Foreign Office for the comfort of the peace plenipotentiaries from the Balkan States and Turkey during their meetings in London to negotiate terms for the ending of the war. St. James' palace was placed at their * disposal, silver portfolios were placed on the table for their use,- and also the huge inkstand which was presented by Charles II to his privy councillors. One is compelled to wonder what would happen in the direction of peace if foreign offices were as careful to devote themselves in advance to the real substance of international interests as they are to observe the demands of etiquette. As we go to press the peace envoys have not yet reached an agreement. ... At the annual dinner of the Canadian Society in

New York, on December 7, Mr. Clark Howell, the dis tinguished editor of The Atlanta Constitution, spoke in terms of the highest appreciation of President Taft's efforts for universal peace. Mr. Taft's "master mind had focused the attention of all nations upon the attain ment of peace as an international policy. Although the vicissitudes of politics will rob his hand of the power to seal the policy of a nation by a stroke of the pen, the great life work accomplished by William H. Taft toward the attainment of world-wide peace has consecrated his name in every household in every country where love of peace abides, and the strong hand that held the pen which signed the proposed peace treaty still has the power to hold in loving loyalty the hearts of men." . . . The New York World for December 22 had a fine Christmas symposium on the progress of the World Peace Movement. It was participated in by Prof. Paul Milyukoff of St. Petersburg, Cardinal Gibbons, Baron d'Estournelles de Constant, Lord Weardale, Hon. Victor L. Berger, Andrew Carnegie, Hon. William Sulzer, Pro fessor Ludwig Stein, Jean Jaures, Hon. David Jayne

Hill, Baroness Bertha von Suttner, and Major-General Leonard Wood, who maintains once more his old thesis that "there are many questions which cannot be arbi trated and must be settled as a last resort by force." . . . Mr. Thomas E. Green, the Chautauqua lecturer,

gave his lecture on "The Peacemaker" seventy-two times during the past season, and probably reached not less than 250,000 people in the aggregate. ... The Japan Society of New York, which organized and tendered the farewell dinner to Dr. Hamilton W.

Mabie, when he was departing for his lecture tour in Japan, is organizing a party for a three months' tour to Japan, which will leave New York about March 15, and sail from San Francisco the 22d. Dr. H. W. Dunning, of Boston, has charge of the arrangements, and can be communicated with at the Society^ headquarters, 165 Broadway, New York. ... At the recent National Conservation Congress at Indianapolis, Mrs. John B. Walker, honorary vice-presi dent-general of the D. A. B., made a strong plea for the. conservation of men from the ravages of war. "The time has come to sheathe the sword and spare mankind. The vast expenditures of money for more destructive en gines of warfare, for the slaughter of men, would go so far in our work for humanity, the helpless, the unfor tunate, the struggling. War affects not only those who bear arms, but those who stay at home. War retards progress, paralyzes effort; ambition cannot feed on sor row, hands are listless and lax when the heart is heavy."

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1913 THE ADVOCATE OP PEACE. 9

. . . The Panama Peace Statue plan has received the endorsement of more than two millions of women. A national honorary committee of representative men of the country is being formed to further the women's

movement for the placing of a Peace Statue at the en trance of the canal. If these women succeed in stopping the fortification of the canal and inducing the Govern

ment to erect, or to allow to be erected, a noble Statue of Peace at its entrance, they will have earned the grat itude of the world, for the present and all future time.

In Honor of Albert K. Smiley. A Minute Adopted at the Meeting of the Board of

Directors of the American Peace Society in Wash*

ington on December 6, 1912.

In the death of Mr. Albert K. Smiley, of Mohonk

Lake, the movement for International Peace and Arbi tration has lost one of its most devoted and influential

supporters. His love for human justice and his desire for the

organization of the world upon a basis of law led him to inaugurate the Mohonk Conference on International

Arbitration. Por seventeen successive years, in the early summer,

he invited many representative people to be his guests in his beautiful mountain home, where they received from him and his family a gracious reception and the most generous hospitality.

Under Mr. Smiley's firm but kindly guidance the

subject of arbitration was made the chief topic and freedom of discussion was insisted upon. It was largely due to his influence and initiative that many strong men, representing both the great professions and also Boards of Trade an.d Chambers of Commerce, took an

increasingly active part in the meetings. The influence of the Mohonk Conference has been

felt in all lands, and it may readily be granted that no man has accomplished a greater work for international

justice than Mr. Smiley. He was actively interested in the steps recently taken to secure the co-ordination of the peace forces of the United States, under the guid ance of the historic American Peace Society.

Mr. Smiley lived to see the principle of arbitration well established, as shown in the many arbitration treaties between nations and many important issues

amicably settled at the Hague Tribunal. We believe the ability of Mr. Smiley to serve his age

as prophet and leader was due to his conspicuous integ rity of character, his instinctive love of humanity, and his large-hearted generosity.

He will be remembered as a citizen of the world, a Christian gentleman, whose faith enabled him to see a vision of world-wide justice and good-will. The same faith and the same consecration led him to be a most effective champion of the Indian, the negro, and any backward peoples.

We recognize with gratitude the oft-repeated assur ance of Mr. Smiley that the Mohonk Conference, with which this Society has always been closely identified, will be continued under the direction of his brother.

Resolved, That this minute be spread upon the rec ords of the American Peace Society, and that copies be sent to the family, with our warmest expressions of

sympathy.

The Baroness von Suttner's Tour.

By Charles E. Beats.

The movement to bring the Baroness von Suttner to America in the interest of the peace cause began with the publication of an open letter in Unity, January 4, 1912, inspired by the Baroness, appealing to the club women of America to take a stronger stand in behalf of peace in view of the Italian-Turkish war.

On the day following the publication of this appeal (namely, on January 5, 1912), at the invitation of

Mrs. John O'Connor, president of the Chicago Woman's

Club, a small group of persons lunched together at the Woman's Club. The advisability of inviting the Baron ess to visit the United States was discussed. The per sons present were Mrs. O'Connor, Miss Mari Buef

Hofer, Mrs. Frank Jerome, and the secretary of the

Chicago Peace Society, Charles E. Beals. After considering the matter, it was voted to invite

the Baroness von Suttner to visit the United States

during the present year for the purpose of bringing the

subject more prominently before the public, especially before the women's clubs. This invitation was ex

tended, and the Baroness accepted it. Mrs. Jerome was authorized to correspond with Mr.

Edwin Ginn, of Boston, founder of the World Peace

Foundation, to make application for an appropriation to assist in defraying the expenses of the proposed lec ture tour. The World Peace Foundation generously appropriated five hundred ($500.00) dollars toward the

expenses of the trip. The subject was brought before the board of directors

of the Chicago Woman's Club, and said club extended an invitation to the Baroness to be its guest and to de liver the first lecture of the season on Wednesday, October 30.

On the acceptance of these invitations by the Baron

ness, a joint committee was created consisting of the

peace committee of the Chicago Woman's Club, the

secretary of the Chicago Peace Society, and other per sons representing the organizations in Chicago and

vicinity whose co-operation was desired. This commit tee consisted of Mrs. Leroy A. Goddard, chairman;

Miss Mari Buef Hofer, secretary, and the following: Charles E. Beals, Mr. Henry C. Morris, Mrs. Harry Hyman, Mrs. J. W. Bobbins, Mrs. Herman Landauer, Mrs. Francis T. Simmons, Mrs. Henry Solomon, Mrs. M. L. Purvin, Miss Ella J. Abeel, Mrs. Arthur B.

Elliott, Mrs. Winthrop Girling, Mrs. Arthur W. Bryant, Mrs. James L. Bowe, and Mrs. Frank Jerome.

This Baroness von Suttner Joint Committee of Chi

cago and vicinity undertook to secure paid engagements in and around Chicago, and lecture contracts aggre gating over $1,500 were signed. Of this sum, $450 had to be canceled because of the Baroness being obliged to

go to the Eastern cities earlier than the joint committee

originally had planned. However, the sum of $1,075 was raised in Chicago and vicinity by lectures.

On the request of the joint committee, Dr. Jenkin

Lloyd Jones applied to the American Association for International Conciliation for an appropriation of

$1,000, which was granted. This appropriation was made for the purpose of enabling the Baroness to speak before organizations like the General Federation of

Women's Clubs, colleges, labor meetings, public mass

meetings, etc.

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