Ernesto Teodoro Moneta won the Prize
For his decades of work in Italy, now unified.
There, he fought, as most did, to pry Austrian control from their land.
And when done, as a writer and editor, took a stand,
Suggesting that Italy do what was needed to forgive
The French, an arbitration treaty. Persuasive,
He always encouraged peace with his work, not evasively,
But championed issues of practical merit, progressively,
Such as turning armies into civilian defence forces.
After working as an editor for thirty years, his dream was
To end violence, write and spread peace by all possible means.
Thus, he chronicled and spoke of the varied work on that theme.
His last goal was a “peace league of European states,”
To expel border dangers, envy and nationalistic hate.
June Edvenson 