Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1911. A FRIEND OF PEACE.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10273, 28 June 1911, Page 4

Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1911. A FRIEND OF PEACE.

It is affirmed in the pamphlets of the American Peace Society that probably fijfiteeoi billions of people have been sacrificed in war during itlhe period of authentic history, and .nearly fourteen millions in the nine* iteenth cenrtrury. TUxe armed peace of Europe has cost over one hundred and ten (billions during the past ilMirty-iseven years. The same society estimates dhirtfciher that one I>readjioxig!ht costs two-*birds tihe ivaluafaon. of the grounds and buildings of all the colleges and universities in Marasaculhisefebs, and a shot ifrom one of iifcs great guns would cost as muoli as tihe wages of an average workman'for three years. But willi'le so much is being said approvingly of the arbitrament of reason and diplomacy instead of the appeal & force, and while Mr Carnegie is ■being honoured by some folks-' .as '-tihe greatest human, ibenefactor," a .more accurate observer of his*ory (reminds us that it was an Engfch labour leader, William Randall Oremer, who was the pioneer of the idea of international arbitration. When

Carnegie was daily and diligently heaping up riches where moth, and rust consume —hut where other thieves find it difficult to break /through—Crenver was establishing the great Inter-Parliamentary Union., ■which has now more than 2500 members, devoted to international peace. During the American Civil War he protested, as a trades union leader, against sympathy with the Southern States. Later he welcomed, on, behalf of the proletariat of Englandj the Italian Liberator, Garibaldi, to tnat country. Since that itdim-e his whole activity and energy have, been chiefly devoted to international peace and arbitration. He twice presented to the Congress of the United States memorials from imemJbers of the British. House of iCfomimons in favour of a treaty of arbitration between the two countries. He was for more than thirty-live i years secretary of the International Arbitration League and editor of its organ, "The Arbitrator." In i 893 he was awarded the Nobel prizae of £7OOO, which he at once presented to the Arbitration League. Later, rtlhe French Government bestowed on him the Gross, of the Legion of Honour. More than any other man he has been responsible for the growth of the arbitration idea and for the advance of true democracy. The Inter - Parliamentary Union, for which he was chiefly responsible, was the forerunner of 'the Hague Court j and all .international congresses.