Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-04
Thirteenth ANNUAL
PEACE CONGRESS.
Mastery Address by Secretary Of State
John Hay. Who Believes in Attain
ment Of Worlds Peace.
THE ATTITUDE or PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
Warm and Sympathetic Welcome Extended to
the Great Convention by the American
Government.
THE ATTITUDE or PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT

Mckinley de- orsl With eee-3 pnlse
of his honest and kindly heart the
advent of the war which he had hoped
might not come In his day, and glad
ly hailed the earlist moment for max
Ing peace: and President Roosevelt
has the same tireless energy In the
wolk Of concord that he displayed
when he sought peace and ensured IL
on the field Of battle. No Presidents
In our history have been SO faithful
and SO efficient as the last two in
the cause Of arbitration and OF every
| peaceful settlement OF differences.
IL mention them together because
their work has been harmonious and
consistent. We hailed with JOY the
generous initiative OF the Russian
Emperor and sent to the conference
at The Hague the best men we had
In our civic and military life. When
The Hague Court lay apparently
wrecked at the beginning OF Its voy-
age. threatened with death before 1t
had fairly begun to live, 1t was the
American government which gave 1t
the breath Of life by inviting the Re
public Of Mexico to share our appea.
10 it, jurisdiction; and the second
case brought before II was at the
instance Of Mr.. Roosevelt, who de-
clined In Its favor the high homer OF
arbitrating an affair " worldwide
Importance.
l beg you to believe, 1t Is no. by
way OF boasting that | recall these
incidents to your minds; 1t Is Father
as a profession Of faith In a cause
which the present administration has
deeply at heart that | ask you to ~
member. in the deliberations upoi
which yom are entering. the course Il
which the American government II
pledged and which II has steadily
pursued for the last spsen yea4s. L
Ii true that In those years We hav,
had 4 hundred days Of war-hut they
put an end forever to ~hlnodshed which
had lasted a generation, We iande,
d few p~latoons of marines IN ths
Isthmna last year but that act clos
I'd without n shot d sangnlnary sue
cession N trivial vars. We marched
il little army to Picking. hut 1t wa
To save not only the h~eieaguered le
cations, hut u great imperilcd civil
cation. by mingled %gentleness ant
energy, 10 which mos of The WORT
beyond our borders has done Justice
we have given to the Philippines. |
not peace, at least a nearer approach
TO IL than they have had within tn
memory Of men.
4 II our example IL worth anything I,
the world, we have given 1t In tn,
vital matter Of disarmament. w
have brought away from the Far Eas
SIS 600 soldiers whose work was done
and have sent them back TO the fiel,
Of peaceful activity. We have RI
duced our army TO It's minimum o
III, 600 men, In fact, we may say WI
have no army. but in place Of n
nucleus for drill, and discipline. W,
hax.. yhraa fn,rfns 40 ~ xnlttar 10
every thousand Of the population
a proportion which IL adopted b,
other powers would at once eliminate
wars and runners of wars from tn
III. daily thoughts If the chaneerie
/, Of the world.
hut fixed as our tradition is, clea
as is our purpose In the direction q
/ peace. no country Is permanently in
/ mune 10 war 81 long as the desir
/ and the practice Of peace are rot I'M
versal. II we quote Washington a
/ IN advocate of peace. < h ba, IA
| also 10 quote him where he says
To be prepared for war is one Of tn
/. most effectnal means of p~resorvin
r peace. And at another time h
said. ITO an active external con
merce the protection of a naval fore
= is indispensable. To ecu respec
/ 10 a neutral flag requires a navs
/, force organized and ready 10 Wind
cate 1t from insult or aggression
/. To acknowledge the existence of a
evil Il not To support or approve II
/. Continued on Page Three