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(How to afford iwrmaiK'nt peace and sei'urity for " all nations.") about to Vhj very effectually solved at last by nieanH of "A Nation Born at Once" A worthy capital for the whole world being thus provided, where everj' nation upon earth nmy lie fair- ly represented, in A Permanent international Tribunal, or Supreme Authority. recognized and 8Ui)ported by the com- bined powers of the whole world ; that the nations may thus be left without excuse or occasion for warfare thence- forth. BY HENRY WENTWORTH MONK, Ottawa, Canada. 12th February, 1896. THE GREAT MODERN PROBLEM. Ottawa, Canada, 12th February, 1896. Recent eventn should surely l)e Buffi- cient to o|>en the e\e8 of all intelligent anti thoughtful men to the extremely im- portiint fact, that all the nationo are now liable at any time to become involved in the moat terribly destructive warfare ever yet witnessed or experienced upon earth. It should surely also be a fearful thing to realize that the unwise or reck- less conduct of any one great nation, might now easily lead to the entangle- ment of "all nations" generally in the desperate struggle of a war. which might so easily result in the destruction of the accumulated wealth of the whole world within a few months, with all the fright- ful sutfering and hloodslied naturally in- volved in so widespread and so desperate a contest. The ureal problem to be solved at present is : Mow can permanent peace and security possibly be maintained throughout the world ? Now that mod- ern progress has at last brrnight us face to face with the grand crisis which must now evidently very soon result either in the glorious triumph of intellectual and moral force over mere physical force, or in a return to tSie military despotism of former ages. The following letters indi- cate clearly enough how this great prob- lem may be solved most satisfactorily for the best welfare and continual ad- vancement of the whole human family. Henry Wentworth Monk. Ottawa, Canada. 24th December, 1895. To The Marquis of Salisbury, British Previier, :» a providential circum- stance, which might now easily be util- ized for the grejit benefit of the world generally hereafter. If the principal of "arbitration' is what they really desire to see generally adopted; there is no difficulty whatever now in giving thetn an excellent oppor- tunity to manifest their earnestness and sincerity in this matter. We need only to invite them to combine with the British government, and with all the other governments in Christen- dom also, in the effort to erect a per- manent international tribunal which shall thenceforth leave no nation what- ever, any occasion or excuse for resort- ing to warfare. This may very easily be accomplished now, siDiplv by arranginj; for the pur- chase of Palestine, at its full present commercial value, that that country may now be made a worthy capital for all the nations of the earth, as Washington is at present for all the United States of Am- erica; and as Ottawa is for all the united provinces of the Dominion of Canada. It need not cost a hundredth part, perhaps not a thousandth part, as much as a great war would cost us; to purchase Palestine and make tliat country a Para- dise, where the representatives of "all nations*' ma}' meet at stated intervals, and consult together for the best welfare of the whole world. The millions of poverty-stricken Jews would of course flock to that country as would also multitude's from"all nations," and the Jews would thenceforth cease to be a separate people, for they would then become completely mixed with oth c peojjle, as is so plainly predicted concerning this time. Ezekiel xxxvii, l(l-L';l Our modern railroads were also very clearly foretold, "Every valley shall be exalted, :»nhs accom- panying them which will eriable "all flesh to see it together," when 'the glory of the Lord shall be revealed" at this time, as predicted. It is very remarkable also, that it is at this particular time (when railroads are foretold as becoming universal over the whoitt earth): that the Almighty calls upon all the n itions of Christendom to "comfort" the millions of poverty- stricken Jews, "Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people, saith your (Jod; speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, for she hath received at the Lord's hand double for all her .sin.s."— Isaiah xl, 1-5. More than eighteen centuries have already passetl away since th(i final des- truction of Jerusalem by Titus, and there were but about eighteen centuries from the days of the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to the time of the des- truction of Jerusalem: consecpiently the .Jews have alreaeople in general, and the British Premier in particular, are now called upon to do their utmost to realize at once so immeanurable an advantage for "all nations " It is perhaps abont equallij indisput- able also that the present time and the present circumstanceH of the nution^i generally, happen to In- wonderfully favoiiruhle for the iniinetjiate introduc- tion an«l effectual establinhntent of Huch a Permanent International Tribunal ; therefore the UritiHh Premier will certain- ly be inexcuuable should he now fail to act in lavor of so beneficent a puri)08e, promptly and faithfully, in acconlance with liis evident duty to his(iod. as well as to his ccmntry, and to his fellcwuntn in general, ujion the present extremely important occasion. The result of such promv)t. faithful and earnest action is de8cribe()ii such subjects, should you rer|uire it. Faithfully yours, Henry Wentwouth Monk Ottawa, Canada, 5Jnd January, 1898. My Dkar Hunt,— I enclose copy of my third letter to the Mar<|uis of Salis- bury, with the pain])hlet (" The Peo|)le and the Policy") similar to that enclosed to Lord Salisbury. I am posting to you herewith also tcvday, about half-a-dozen copies of "The People and the Policy," with a few copies of " The Revelation." also : in cage you may rei|uire them— you might as well put them away safely until then— meanwhile, I consider that it would be well for you to contrive some- hov/ to brinfj the subject of my recent letters effectively to the attention of Lord Salisbury. Should you be unable to do this directly you might perhaps contrive to do so indirectly, hj meansof some friend of Lord Salisbury. The Duke of Argyll is said to be now very friendly with the Marquis of Salisbury, and that he is urging him to favor Russia's taking im- mediate possession of that territory wherein the Armenian Christians have been subjected to so much injustice and cruelty. You might easily write to the Duke of Argyll, and arrange with him to meet Lord .Salisbury somewhere, and sometime, when he could manage to give you " his best attention." You might then explain that, as the Turkish Gov- ernment has certainly failed to protect the Armenian Christians, (as agreed upon between Turkey and England some year's ago, when that part of the Turk- ish empire was threatenijd by Russia, and was only preserved to Turkey at that time by English interposition.) Of course the Turkish Government has now already justly forfeited that portion of Turkish territory ; whereas the Russian Government (on the contrary, by the exercise of great patience and forbear- ance) has justly earneil a right to that territory Moreover, as Russia is well p.ble to take possession of that territory, and to nipintain law and order therein. The Russian Government woi'.ld certain- ly now be quite justified in taking im- mediate possession of that territory, and should the British Government now fail to use all its influence in favor of the im- mediate transfer of that territory to Russia, then, in such a case, the British Government would justly be responsible for whatever injustice, cruelty, or loss of life, that may occur among the Armenian Christians, by reason of Bri- tish neglect to now exercise all their in- fluence in favor of justice to Russia, as well an to Turkey, and to the Arnu'tiian ChriHtiaiiH also. This Just conceHsion being nuule to Hiissia, tlwit law and order m.iy imineili- ately be cslabliHlied in Armenia, and the full possession of I'aleslin*' bein^ now also obtaine seal of the future Pekmanknt Intkrnationai. Tki- UUNAL, responsible for the general peace of the wo.iid : of course there will then be no occasion or reasonable excuse for further pressure upon thf Turkish Gov- ernment : consequently the fleets of the combined powers may then Xte free to retire from Constantinople, with the agreeable consciousness that they have performed probably the most important work that has ever yet been done by any fleet since the creation :;and'that they have done this also without any bloodshed on their part ; which is surely about as glorious an achievement for them as could possibly be desired by any reason- able and humane being. Faithfully yours, Henry Went worth Monk. P.S.~You must admit that it is full time that we should meet with some success now, at last ; as we shall be in our seventieth year next April. Your birthday happens to be the day before Good Friday, and my birthday is the day after Easter Sunday, this year, which is a rather curious co-incidence, when taken in connection with what I stated when my birthday happened upon Easter Sunday six years ago, (in "The People and the Policy." page 10.) Of course, but about one full year now remains of the seven years referred to, at that time, six years ago. H. W. M. 1896 Ottawa, Canada, 14th January, To tlie Marquis of Salislniry, British Premier, &c. The British having now manifested a readiness to defend themselves against any nation, or all nations if necessary, it surely would be well, in the interim before the war spirit again declares itself to take adetpiate measui'es to avert the great calamity of warfare, which certain- ly appears to threaten the foremost nations upon earth. It is evident enough that nothing less than a suprkme au- thority can now possibly rescue the world from the constant liability to very costly and fatal wars. The question is, how can such a supreme authority possibly be established among " all nations ? " There is really no great diffi- culty whatever about this matter ; for it needs oidy that the miMt |M>werfuI nation upon «>ar(li should art in Hct'ord> ance with tlit> diviri** purpose, us is so very ch'arly and distiiiclly declared in referenc** to Ihi-* particular time ami to the pres»>nt circumHtances of the world ; " In that tiiut' shall the present be brought unto the liord of Hosts, of a peoph" scultcrcil anti peeletl. and from a I)eople terrible from thei'- l>t>i^'inning litherto to the pliice of tlie numo of the Lord of Hosts, the Mount /ion." — Isaiah xviii, 7. "The idace of the name of the I,ord of Hosts, the Mount Zion," means of course "the land of Israel," or I'jilestin" ; and the " |>eople scattered and |H»eled." are, of course, the millions of povertj'- strick- en Jews ; while tlu! Hritish are the "people terrilile from their beginning hitherto,' for no nation has yet proved itself to be more t«>rrible or powerful than the British people ; consecjuently the British have but to interest them- selves ill earneat in the restoration of the millions of poverty-stricken Jews to Palestine, and then that one country upon earth, (l>eing thus established by the due exercise of "jusf'ce and mercy") will naturally become tlu> future capital of the whole world, and all that is most excellent upon earth will also then naturally flow to that country, msoniuch . that thenceforth the supreme author- ity (destined to rescue " all nations " from the (;onstant liability to the most costly an