The Nome nugget., 1903-02-11
PEACE INSTEAD OF WAR.

Tn" New York Chamber of Commerce., the oldest institution of its kind in the United States, older by several wears than the republic itself recently erected ermair mt home for itself On the occasion of its 0 ing, there memorable ga herring, which incl .Ged former president Cleveland and President Roosevelt, whose address at the banquet full of memorable expressions, worthy to be rptly cousd- ere h> the people and held guides for the future President Roosevelt has been criticised for expressing what many persons believed to be too militant C. init, desire to put forward strife and strenuous War desirable factors in the progress of the nation That hi, real thought not fahomed by such alysis is now apparent when the expressions that caused apprehension are pro jcc'ed by his well con- sdered statements to the New York business men. President Roosevelt, among many other good things sad "We have passed that stage of nat ional development when drprc 'ti"n of other peoples is ie tribute to our We have shown by attitude toward Cuba and China that as regards weaker overs. our desire is that they may be able st,u alone, and that if they will show themselves will ng to dell honestly and fairly with the rest of mankind we on our side will do all we can to help and hinder them. With the great power. of tie world wish rivalry that is honorable to both parties. We wish them well. We believe t. at the trend of the modern spirit is stronger to- ward peace not war; toward frrtd,hip not hostility. as the normal international attitude. We shalt be . potent factor for peace largely in proportion 10 the way tn which make it evident that our attitude is due not to weakness, not 10 inability 10 dccr d United States, but to genuine rerugnance to wrong doing, desire for selfrvspt citing frnndshp with neghbors'
 These uttsrances should have great and needed effect upon the minds of the people of the United States. After every matter how trvlai its caa or how brief it's course there remain the tn- bers of pugnacity in the national spirit, certain acts that make for This spirit, failing to pro- duce disorder abroad, is ininical to order hone, and it is namtd hy pseudo appeals to the seniim Tt of glory and is ed by the ponp of appearance.
 War may secure ultimate justice but it's progress is always and of necessity at odds with eth.cs, den,al of the principles of private justice. At the close of the Civil War the heliigerent spirit of both armies highpltched that it could he salisi, only by joining tn, m and crossing the Rio Grande embark uIon of southern conquest. General Grant understood the gravity of the irownng forces that had sn brought into being by four years of the worlds greatest war; and he stllltd tue rising tempest by saying to the people. "let us have peace"
 Pr sident Roosevelt reminds the people that civilization mean peace, not war; and that justice and not the sword shall typify the greatness of nation.
 There have been fears that the opening of the twentieth century would be bloody and dstres, full that of its predecessor, but the signs of the tines presage the coming of that time ''when nation shall not lift up itself against nation, neither shall they learn any more"
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