The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1904-12-08

effort to secure Justice for others or Jus
tioe for ourselves, save as conditioned
upon the attitude we are willing to take
toward our army and especially toward
our navy 1t Is not merely unwise, 1t Is
contemplate, for q nation as for an In
divdual' to use gh-sounding language
to proclaim its purposes, or TO take po-
sitions which are ridiculous If unsupport.
ed by potential force, and then to refuse
to provide this force. If there Is no In
tentlon of providing and Of keeping the
force necessary to back up strong attl-
tude, then It Is far better not to assume
such an attitude.
The steady aim Of this nation as Of all
enlightened nations, should be to strive
to bring ever nearer the day when there
shall prevail throughout the world the
peace of justice. There are kinds Of
peace which are highly undesirable,
which are in the long run as destructive
as any war. Tyrants and oppressors have
many times made wilderness and called
II peace, The peace Of tyrannQps terror,
the peace J. craven weakness, the peace
Of injustice, all these should be stunned
as We shun unrighteous war; The goal
to set before us as a nation, the goal
which should be set before all mankind,
is the attainment Of the peace Of JUS
tice, Of the peace which comes when
each nation Is not merely safe-guarded
in Its own rights, but scrupuously rec
ognlzes and performs Its duty toward
others.
There Is as yet no judicial way Of en-
forcing right in international law.
When one nation wrongs another or
wrongs many Others there Is no tribu-
nal before which the wrongdoer can be
brought Either it is necessary supinely
to acquiesce in the wrong, and thus put
premium upon brutality and agrees
sion, or else 1t Is necessary for the ag-
greyed nation valiantly to stand up for
Its rights. Until some method Is devised
by which there shall be a degree Of In
ternational control over offending ma
tons. it would he wicked thing for
the most civilized powers, for those with
most sense Of international obligations
and with keenest and most generous ap-
probation of the difference between right
and wrong, to disarm. II tho great civ
ilized nations of the present day should
completely disarm, the result would mean
an immediate reerudescence of barbar-
ism in one form or another.
Arbitration Treaties.
We are in every way endeavoring to
help on, with cordial good will, every
movement which will tend to bring us
into more friendly relations with the rest
of mankind, In pursuance of this policy
| shall shortly lay before the Senate
treaties Of arbitration with all powers
which are willing to enter into these
treaties with us, Furthermore, at the
request Of the Interparliamenlary Union,
an eminent body composed of practical
statesmen from all countries, have
asked the Powers to join with this gov
ernment in second Hague conference,
at which 1t is hoped that the work al
feduS NJ ilappi's pesui' III Inc Hague
may De carried soiiie steps iul'l'er TO-
ward completion. This carries out the
desire expressed by the first Hague con-
ference itself
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