The International Peace Conference held in Boston in 1904 was opened by a huge meeting in which men of influence and modern thought from four continents, gave reasons for their belief in the passing of war. But none was so modern, so fundamental and so trenchant, as the address which was read from the prophet Isaiah. He founded the cause of peace upon the cause of righteousness, not only as expressed in political relations, but also in industrial relations. He contended that peace could be secured only as men abstained from the gains of oppression and responded to the cause of the poor; that swords would finally be beaten into plowshares and pruning-hooks, not because men resolved to be peaceful, but because all the metal of the earth would be turned to its proper use when the poor and their children should be abundantly fed. It was as if the ancient prophet foresaw that under an enlightened industrialism peace would no longer be an absence of war, but the unfolding of world-wide processes making for the nurture of human life. He predicted the moment which has come to us now that peace is no longer an abstract dogma but has become a rising tide of moral enthusiasm slowly engulfing all pride of conquest and making war impossible.
FOOTNOTES:
[16] Imperialism, by John A. Hobson. Page 128.
[17] The Grand Mujik, G. H. Perris.
INDEX
- Altruism, manifestations of, [17];
- in politics, [48].
- Anglo-Saxon, temptation to govern all peoples alike, [47];
- distrust of experiment, [67];
- individualistic, [68];
- attitude towards self-government, [112].
- Arbitration, change in attitude toward, [133];
- in New Zealand, [134].
- Aristotle’s ideal of a city, [92].
- Assimilation, limit to United States power of, [39];
- workingman’s attitude toward, [94], [117].
- Bandereff, [234].
- Bentham, [23].
- Bloch, Jean de, [4].
- Booth, Charles, maps of London, [86].
- Bosanquet, Mrs. Bernard, [116].
- Buckle, [23].
- Burns, John, [125].
- Charity, organization of in New York, [74];
- modern, democratic and constructive, [79];
- extension of, [84];
- and unskilled labor, [152].
- Chicago Municipal Lodging House, [157].
- Chicago Federation of Labor, [130], [131].
- Chicago Stock Yards Strike, power of unions for amalgamation shown in, [96];
- object of, [101], [111];
- use of referendum vote in, [103], [108];
- good order of, [104];
- paradoxes shown by, [104];
- example of national appeal subordinated to union, [106];
- strike-breaker in, [106];
- Greek in, [109].
- Child Labor, social waste of, [28];
- a national problem, [107];
- industrial value of, [154];
- responsibility of State, [156];
- effect of sub-divided, [158];
- effect of premature, [159];
- effect on parents, [161];
- effect on product, [162].
- Child Labor Legislation, makes for better citizens, [73];
- immigrant parents and, [74];
- uniform, [168];
- leisure gained for play, [169].
- Commerce, international, [115];
- modern representative of conquest, [116].
- Comte, Augustus, [217].
- Constitution of the U. S., and the immigrant, [42], [43], [72], [73].
- Contempt, social results of, [51];
- in industrialism, [116];
- for immigrant, [151];
- for primitive arts, [202].
- Cosmopolitan city, beginnings of newer ideals of peace found in, [11], [13], [18];
- centers of radicalism, [16];
- bond of union in, [17], [204];
- difficulties due to size of, [86], [216];
- subtle problems of, [206].
- Cosmopolitan standard, lack of, [78].
- Dante, [21].
- Democratic government, causes of failure of, [47];
- arousing enthusiasm for, [63];
- result of moral effort, [75];
- inherited form of, [121].
- Democracy, modified slowly, [37];
- repressive legislation in, [52];
- lack of civic expression for, [59];
- failure to apprehend, [91];
- effects of commercialism on, [222].
- Denver Juvenile Court, [81].
- Doctrinaire method, weakness of, [31];
- conditions settled by, [53];
- unattached to experience, [72];
- not fitted to modern patriotism, [74].
- Domestic service, [51];
- a review of the history of, [199].
- Doukhobors, situation in Canada, [67];
- emphasize non-resistance, [230];
- meet martyrdom, [231].
- Education, related to industrial efficiency, [16];
- belief in, as social remedy, [21];
- of vital importance to city, [73];
- compulsory, [74];
- advanced and reform schools, [82];
- passion in America, [85];
- distinctive achievement in America, [166];
- for factory children, [167];
- less expensive than repression, [175];
- already democratized, [178].
- Educators, recognizing industrialism, [169].
- Eighteenth-century philosophy, abandonment of, required, [28];
- inadequacy of, [31];
- responsible for immigration, [40];
- belief in universal franchise, [42];
- ideal man of, [60];
- ideals still influence statesman, [70];
- retained in America, [91];
- formula of equality, [117];
- radicalism of, [121].
- Employer, prone to attack new union, [129];
- charges against unions, [135];
- attitude toward business relations with unions, [138];
- traditions in household, [201].
- England, labor laws of, [152];
- debasement of products of, [166].