UNIVERSAL PEACE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 592, 21 August 1909, Page 6

UNIVERSAL PEACE.

MR -CARNEGIE'POINTING 'THE WAY IDy Telocrapb.-Prtas 'Asioclaiionl-Ooprrlcbt ■■'■■■';':_■■ ■'■■'.: ■■'■ '; '. ' London,./ August 19. ■■ In a pamphlet.'published '■' by; the pea Society, Air. Andrew.Carnegie suggests th the, eight: chief Nayal.Powers have only decree ;■.. that disputes ;• between ,' civilis nations shall' be by an Intenvatioi Supreme Court or;by .arbitration, aiid-.'■'« will became.a. thing'of. the-past, . - ; . ' ; .TH E,;CARN EG IE ARG U M ENT. • • '.■'■ln ,, a• letter-:to. ''The• Times,"; Mr. , ;Carnei 1 ptits' his'.case .thus:.."Nearly : a.-century ai ; Canada- and America agreed that .'. upon, t I inland seas,-which constitute the boundary! i tween- them for. many hundreds oflmiles,;ea t should place.one 120-ton vessel armed with o ' 23-Dounaer. ..The, tiny, craft,, -one .flying 1 1 ; Union. Jack,.,the other the-Stars, and. Strip : have never, fired a shot except in friepdly s ute to'each" other','; and'unbrokcri, peace 1 ■ b«<sh.preserved v -If'the : world' had itspol 1 seas, there- would, be the .'proti ■ tibn' from ■ assault, , '■ which .eaoH- ; naval l declares it'only"'desirea.and- is : ..'iaoreasing.: ' navy;- soldy.-to 'insure.*';.. ; The'r,'would,ireina i no enemy, from-which /protection'* washeed< i Comnierco, would be imtdune.- 'The .naval i .. . tions Nvrdnld; be'-.' as'; one;!in'-.frieridly .alliance'.■: v -"Our English-ppeaking.race , .developed Pi ,' lia'nientary government,-abolished, tlie lost vi ; ,tige of-human slaVery,' was'tho, first to'abi ' isn pxiy&ie' waiv between :'niefl; -and also. " abolishing-piracy upon thelseas.. Why:ehon ! Britain; as .the foremost naval' Power and t I motherland of our raoe,'hesitate:to-invite (. i other , naval Powers to'combine witß her ■ i abolishing war the seas,' following t ;■ .BrU^b, : Anien_can o ,exainpJe?;j;vThj9re l is:.nothi; i startling ;'or hew .iri''th.is.>plah'.,' It "follows , highly; "euccessfuir.precedent.: covering. a.. c« • tury:, Thb''.t|w^V, o r. J f<«ir' v Pow6ts , t tn'at ,cou ~ ,be'najiiey, ? united to-<fdly fo i insure''-p&£co -up; '. ':the''sea,''would be sufficient, but' nianymd !•' /Would-' respond to- Britain's call. 'Surely. , fe 1 :if <'any. ! "Trould' i declihe.'.' Why; ; should ■ the; ■ coflld- they, iftitheir.aim were : peaco, V -,'W;i PW c l. a ' m ' 1 '• lfiiiWar.-.theii: they are-.. t i' enemie? pf-jnankind.- In.any event,,the pea< i ,ful .Powers' "would 60' greatly preponderate th j; '.they could maintain.peace,,whichVwould final ' Iremain unbroken, and ships 'of war, exce ' the few ,needed'.for police, duty, would-rui being' unneeded; 'as they ■ havo ,, : long been a: ■ are, to-day, upon-the inland seas of- Nor [. America.'. "'•'.y •••"■'""•.■"•■. ' :.' ,".■'■'■' "' ' ■.'' :'■■-. ' "So.easy the solntion seems that to many • may,appear unworthy- of consideration,' ,b • great enseshave usually:-easy solutions becau i they .are the .product- of, mistakes -ai . great wrongs,-and. total reversal of the poll ; pursued is the biire,' the key that'unlocks t! '. 'door. , -Here '.is-the key to I .the. present eitu tiohi - ,1 Thfere is; nothing-speculative .about th ' proved solution :of- the .very ' question whii ■ disturbs.the nations:.to-day. Though:it mi ! be rejected, the day will cbmei-and that I t • Heve soon, when;the stone which the;builde i reject,shall become the head of the, corner.'