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The Daily record and the Dresden daily : 05.08.1908
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W.,Potsdamer Strasse 10/11. Telephone: VI 1079. and THE DRESDEN DALLY. A., Struve Strasse 5,1. Telephone: 1755. Thb_First Daily Paper in English published in Germany. Jfs 758. DRESDEN AND BERLIN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1908. 10 PFENNIGS. The Daily Becord is delivered by hand in Dresden, and may be ordered at any Fast Omee throughout the German Empire. It is published daily, excepting Mondays and days following legal holidays in Dresden. ^ y monaays ana Monthly Subscription Rates: For the whole of Germany and Austria, mark 1.—. For other countries, marks 2.50 MR. ASQUITH ON PEACE. During the past week the seventeenth Universal Peace Congress has been sitting at Westminster, and has been conducting valuable discussions on the possibilities of international arbitration. On Friday evening the delegates were entertained at dinner by Mr. Harcourt, the First Commissioner of Works, on behalf of the Government, at the Hotel Cecil, and it fell to the Prime Minister to propose the principal toast of the evening, “The International Peace Movement.” On peace there is nothing new to be said, but there is milch that cannot be said too often. Mr. Asquith, in his statesmanlike remarks, brought forward no unexpected arguments which should make disarmament seem at all imminent; but, while he expressed himself in none too sanguine a spirit on the immediate prospect of peace, he certainly gave one or two reasons for believing that some progress had been made towards attaining it. He refuses to believe that increasing armaments tend towards peace or exist purely for ornamental pur poses; on the contrary, he believes, as all sensible persons must believe, that the greater the fighting strength of nations the greater must be the danger if a rupture should occur. It was in a spirit of “futile and impotent fatalism” that peace-loving nations increased the strength of their defences. Neverthe less, national security, he said, must always hold the first place in the thoughts and in the plans of those who were responsible for the government of any country. In spite of all difficulties and discourage ments, he was able to advert to two or three points where progress had been made. First, of late years there had been a growth of international agree ments; secondly, a beginning had been made in “substituting international litigation for the bar barous methods of slaughter and conquest”; thirdly, nations were coming to know and to understand one another. This is a good beginning and one on which a brilliant future might be built in time and by the exercise of immense patience. It was, however, only fair of Mr. Asquith to point to a few of the draw backs that beset each of the signs of progress. Agreements are not alliances, and alliances, of which we have not yet purged ourselves, are, as Mr. Asquith says, “sometimes rather hindrances than helps to peace.” Between agreements “which seek to avert in advance the possibilities of future conflict” and alliances which are simply self-seek- ing, Mr. Asquith might have added, there is much treacherous ground on which the most astute di plomacy often slips. Further, international litiga tion, though a simple aim, is impeded by enormous obstacles. There are questions of establishing a tribunal of admitted authority, of settling on prin ciples of law and procedure acceptable to all the litigants, of pacifying the outraged honour of nations, and an almost insuperable obstacle, of find ing some, mode of execution which should give real effect to the judgments of the tribunal. From travel and from education there is much to hope. Let us get rid, as Mr. Asquith advises us, “of here ditary antagonisms which it is almost a point of honour to cherish.” Finally, let us hope that Mr. Asquith’s appeal to the Churches to forward the cause will be taken up with the zeal it deserves. After all, when the question of peace is reduced to the plainest terms, when every precaution haa been taken lest one falls into merely rapid idealism and empty sentimentalities, when probabilities have been weighed unreservedly, there is one conclusion which is inevitable. Peace will be a myth until public opinion is habituated to the conception of international amity as a practicable and profitable state of affairs. That is placing the fine ideal of the peace societies on a somewhat low level, yet it is, we think, the only level to which we can at present hope to advance. Lord Courtney of Pen- with pointed out at Friday’s banquet that commer cial rivalries do not necessarily lead to a condition °f war; yet it is prefcisely over commercial rivalries that war appears most likely to break out, if it breaks out at all. In the elimination of such a danger the spread of public opinion and of inter national understanding are the most valuable in struments. The work is slow and disheartening, but the peace societies have been persistent and, 111 a degree, successful. With more funds and a greater publicity on the part of the peace societies, with more education and with a greater sensitiveness on the part of nations to the evils of war, there is some reason to believe that a mutual guarantee among nations might be more than an ideal in the maintenance of national security. GENERAL NEWS. NEWS FROM ENGLAND. INTERNATIONAL FREE TRADE CONGRESS. London, August 4. The International Free Trade Congress, to which Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Nether lands, and the United States have sent delegates, was opened here today. Mr. Winston Churchill, President of the Board of Trade, was elected chairman of the assembly, and opened the proceedings with a speech in which, after bidding the delegates welcome, he dwelt on the effects of free trade on inter national relations. Free trade, he declared, pro duced peace, unity, and mutual dependence, while a protective policy meant isolation and had other injurious results because tariffs created suspicion, jealousy, ill-will, and disunion among the great nations. Free trade, on the other hand, in creased national welfare and strengthened inter national security. He trusted that the free trade principle would triumph. Three women suffragists, who interrupted Mr. Churchill’s speech, were sum marily ejected. NEWS FROM AMERICA. MARK TWAIN’S NEPHEW DROWNED. A contemporary reports from New York that Mr. Samuel E. Moffett, a member of the editorial staff of Collier's Weekly, and a nephew of Mark Twain, was stricken with apoplexy and drowned at Nor- mandie-by-the-Sea, N. Y., late on Saturday afternoon. His wife witnessed the tragedy. The sea was running high and a bathing-master cautioned Mr. Moffett, but the latter was an ex cellent swimmer and went far out. He over-exerted himself. His brother-in-law, Mr. Albert Tallman, and a guard nearly perished in an effort to save him. Mr. Moffett’s body was recovered. Mr. Moffett was forty-seven years old and had been in journalistic and magazine work many years. He was managing editor of the Cosmopolitan Magazine in 1902 and had been connected with Collier's Magazine since 1904. He was the author of articles on the tariff and financial questions, as well as works in a lighter vein and verses. He was a member of the Players, City, and Reform clubs of New York. THE FOREST FIRE IN .BRITISH COLUMBIA. New York, August 3. The forest fire which originated at Fernie, British Columbia, shows no signs of abating. Three hundred people are now known to have perished, and inany thousands are without shelter or provisions. Bridges and railroad lines have been destroyed in all direc tions, so that the affected district is isolated. Owing to this circumstance it is impossible to for ward the aid and provisions so badly needed by the sufferers. DISASTROUS FIRE AT CHICAGO. Chicago, August 3. In consequence of an explosion of some chemicals in the Bullington Dock here today an outbreak of fire occurred, the flames attacking a huge grain warehouse. This was quickly destroyed, together with some hundred railroad freight wagons and two grain elevators, which contained more than half a million bushels of grain. The destroyed property belonged to the Armour Canning Company. COUNT ZEPPELIN AGAIN EN VOYAGE. Bale, August 4. At 9.32 o’clock this morning Count Zeppelin’s balloon passed over this city. Beautiful weather prevails, and there is a perfect absence of the least breeze. Observed from below the airship’s flight is surprisingly smooth and regular. The local Swiss Despatch Agency received the following post cart from the airship: “From the airship of Count Zeppelin over Bale. All well. Proceeding in the direction of Strassburg. August 4th, 1908. (signed) Count Zeppelin.” Mulhausen, August 4. Shortly after 10 o’clock this morning the Zeppelin airship was sighted across the Rhine, apparently heading down the river. « Strassburg, August 4. At ten minutes to 12 the airship of Count Zeppelin arrived at Strassburg. At 12.10 it sailed past the Cathedral, from which flags were flying, and manoeuvred at first lower than the platform; then rising, it passed slowly at a height midway between the platform and the summit of the spire, cheered by thousands of people who crowded the streets, steps, and roofs, and even the chimney-stacks. As the air-ship proceeded in the direction down the river, a card was thrown from it addressed to Wolff's Telegraph Bureau, and containing the words: “Over Strassburg. Splendid voyage. Course to Mannheim. 4th of August 1908, 12.10 p.m. Count Zeppelin.” Maxau, August 4. The Zeppelin air-ship passed the town at 1.30 p.m., along the left bank of the Rhine, amid the cheers of a crowd numbering thousands. NEWS FROM FRANCE. THE DISTURBANCES IN PARIS. Paris, August 4. The journal France Militaire learns that the Government decided yesterday to order the 31st and 76th Infantry Regiments, which were marching by easy stages from Chalons sur Marne to Paris, to immediately entrain for the capital, in view of the serious situation prevailing there. The regi ments arrived in the city last night, and were ordered to hold themselves ready for instant ser vice. Until midnight last night the streets were patrolled by cavalry and infantry. Several un important collisions between soldiers and the strikers occurred in the neighbourhood of the Labour Ex change, but no serious disorders were reported. Sixteen persons are still detained in custody in connection with the riots. Paris, August 4. During a riot in the Place de la Republique last night the guests of a cafe fell upon policemen and soldiers with chairs, tables, and bottles, and a fierce combat en sued. A large number of the participants sustained more or less severe injuries, and the police were kept busy making arrests. Riots also occurred in front of the Labour Exchange, where a police com missioner was wounded in the leg by a bullet. At 8 p.m., however, quiet was restored, most of the troops returning to their barracks. THE CONGO QUESTION. Brussels, August 3. A grey-book, just published, contains the Notes exchanged between the Belgian and British and the Belgian and United States Governments with re ference to the Congo State. It is interesting to observe that the Belgian Government asserts its confidence that the British Government will not persist in its reserve if it wishes to see the an nexation of the Congo by Belgium. The Belgian Government indicates the measures which, in the interests of the natives, should be first adopted; and further declares its readiness, after the annexation of the Congo State and under certain reservations, to take into benevolent consideration every proposal it may receive to refer to arbitration the inter pretation of the commercial conventions by which Belgium is bound. HOLLAND AND VENEZUELA. „ ■ .. Friedrichshafen, August 4. The Hague, August 3. , < ?°T t ^ eppelm . a8Ce ? ded 111 hls airship at 6 - 45 Official despatches from the Governor of Curacoa o clock this morning. If this ascent proves success- confirm the orders issued by President Castro with ful, the Count intends to undertake the 24 hours regard to the revocation of the exequaturs of endurance trip to Mayenoe without further delay. 1 (Continued on page 4.)
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