PEACE AT NEW YORK.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXI, Issue 12189, 10 June 1907, Page 4

PEACE AT NEW YORK.

The National At bit ration and Peace Congress, held in New York during April, wa« marked by one or two picturesque, incidents. Perhaps the moat interesting of all the speeches was that delivered by Earl Grey at a Peace banquet. The Governor-Geni-ral of Canada awggmted that the Powers should use the method of financial boycott in order to prevent two nations from going to war. The world ought to adopt tho model of tho Canadian Arbitration Act, he said, under which it was illegal for masters or men to declare a lock-out or a strike until the dispute has been submitted to the Arbitration Board. Similarly, if nations went to war without first referring their dispute to an international round table conference, they should be refuaed financial accommodation. This auggeation, Earl Grey said, was made by Mr Cecil Rhodes. A document written when th« empire-builder was only twenty-two year* or age was found among his papei-s. It wai a lament that Britain and the Umited States had ever parted company, and tho peace possibilities of a reunion rrera indicated in the observation that tha«» two Powers in combination coultl hay« stopped the Ruaso-Turkish war, thou proceeding, by the mere refusal of »upplies. There wa« a dramatic scene during the banquet. Baron d'Fstournellea de Comtant entered the. hall, being announeeded ad the bearer of a message from France. Approaching Mr Carnegia, th« president of the Congress, he- opened a •mall jewelled box and »aid: "On behalf of th» President of the Republic, and a« a public testimonial "of his esteem of your act in building the. beautiful peace palace at The Hague, I have the honour to bestow upon you the cross of Commander of the Legion of Honour. Let me attach it my•elf, and let me hope that you are as good an American and Englishman, and, in fact, an honoured eiti«rn of tho whole world." At this point all present- rose to their feet, cheering and waving flags. The orchestra endeavoured to render different national anthems, but the music was lost in the roara of applause. Mr Carnegie appeared to be. deeply affected, his eyes filling with tears, and hia first words in reply to Baron d'Estouruellet were delivered in a scarcely audible voice. He said the honour would be another bond binding him still more s-trictly &n to live hia life that France might nc» r er have cause to regret her action in embracing him in the circle of mej who had won her august approval.