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of morality. A beggar, watching the Coronation procession of 

 Colonial and exotic warriors, was heard to reflect: "I owm 

 India, Africa, and the Antipodes, the islands of the tropic seas, 

 the snows of the north, the jungles of far continents. And I am 

 starving for a crust of bread. I rule all the black millions from 

 which these legions have been draw^n; my word is law in half 

 a world — and yesterday a negro savage turned from my rags 

 in disgust when I cringed before him for alms." 



Among my new French acquaintances were several Ruys 

 of broad vision, active in world affairs. Theodore ""''"^ ^'^^^'' 

 Ruyssen, professor of Philosophy in the University 

 of Bordeaux, was one of the keenest and most per- 

 sistent of all workers for international conciliation. 

 Gaston Moch, a native of Lorraine, formerly a cap- 

 tain of artillery, a man of military appearance and 

 aggressive disposition, was nevertheless also devoted 

 to peace. Fried once spoke of Moch and himself as 

 *'two fingers of the same glove." The former was 

 then acting as secretary to Albert, Prince of Monaco, 

 for besides his scientific researches this versatile 

 prince was deeply interested in international con- 

 ciliation, and had commissioned Moch to gather in 

 Paris a library of peace ^ in addition to the famous 

 library of Oceanography, in which line Albert is best 

 known. Moch's special interests lay in arbitration, 

 and he published a detailed account of the many 

 cases of arbitral decisions of international questions. 

 Of this I had a translation made, and was arranging 

 for its publication in America, but the rush of history 

 soon left it out of date. 



Dr. Joseph A. Riviere, then president of the Rivi^n 

 "Association des Medecins Contre la Guerre," is a 

 warm-hearted, open-minded physician with a large 

 practice in the electrical treatment of nervous 



^Now developed into the Institut International de la Paix. 



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