Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-16
ROOSEVELT LETTER
Anglers CARNEGIE
Stead and the President Jar the First
Session of the Peace Congress
Very Forcibly

Roosevelts letter the father of the congress
still following the printed, copy Of his speech
hailed Theodore Roosevelt as one Of the po-
tential peacemakers of the world He is a
bold man who ventures to forecast or to
limit the horoscope of President Roosevelt
said Mr.. Carnegie.
Before Mr.. Carnegie forgot to follow
copy the second session Of the peace con-
ference went off as smoothly as the oiled
machinery Of management could make 1t.
Mayor Mcclellan made a brief speech of
welcome. Secretary OF State Elihu Root,
who was introduced by Mr.. Carnegie as
Something more than the right hand of the
President" spoke from the viewpoint of the
government. and Gov. Hughes made a
speech of welcome on behalf of the state.
The reading of the Presidents letter was by
Robert. Eskimo Ely, secretary OF the ma
tonal arbitration and peace congress.
The Hall Crowded.
By 3 o'clock, the hour for meeting. Car
negie Hall was filed to It's utmost. On the
try and the foreign guests of the congress
who had either been appointed IDENTITIES by
their rulers or invited to attend by the ex-
ecutive committee of the congress There
were members of Congress, Judges of the
federal bench, presidents of educational in
sututlons, leaders of women's clubs and
bishops and priests of churches Baron
d Estrounelles. Paul Doumer, chairman Of
Paic
the international Cancellation committee.
and Prof. Marceline Boule represented the
government of France. Frederick S. Arch
snhold, who was delegated by Enperor
William to be present al the opening of the
Carnegie Institute in Pittsburg last week
sat next to Maarten Martens, the Dutch
novelist. From Great Britain there was an
imposing delegation of thirteen editors.
chancellors of universities and scientific mon
Rumor had it that William Jennings BRYAN
had taken an unobtrusive seat near tho
back of the stage
Hardly had Mr.. Carnegie and the snea,,ers
taken their places when William A. Rich
ardson, who lives at 3os West 18th street
fell in faint just as he was entering tho
door to the left of the stage. DR.. knonf of
10 west 95th street happened TO be near He
hurried the man into dressing room and
there revived him sufficiently 20 hermit of
his being sent home In a carriage.
President Roosevelt's Letter
After Mayor Mcclellan had been intro
uuced py Mr. Carnegie as one who had
ruied the city we'll and whose record had
nothing the matter with 1t, and after his
short speech OF welcome had been delivered
me PRESIDENTS letter was read.
lows:
MY Dear Mr.. Carnegie: l much regret nv
lhapiaty to be present with you Mr.. Root
Will speak 10 you at length, and no man in
me country is better fitted than he to adj
oress you on the subject You have SO much
at heart; for no man has in keener mr. more
pracllcai 1asflon, or with nobler disin-
terestedness of purpose, used the national
power TO further what l believe TO he m.
national purpose of bringing nearer the day
"heh me peace OF righteousness. the peace
OF justice, shall obtain among nations
In this letter of mine | can do utt,e
more than wish you and your association
Godspeed In your efforts. My sympathy
with the purposes you have at heart is both
strong ana real, and by right of it l shall
make TO you some suggestions as to the
practical method of accomplishing the ends
we all OF us have in view. First and fore
most, l beseech you to remember that
though II Is our bounden duty to work for
peace. yet 1t is even more our dutv tn
work for righteousness and Justice II 10
righteousness that exalteth a nation" and
though normally peace is the handmade Of
righteousness, yet. If they are ever at odds.
1t Is righteousness whose cause we must
espouse. In the second place l again earn
estly ask that all good and earnest men
who believe strongly in the cause, but who
have not themselves to bear the RESPONSE
bility of upholding the nations honor, shall
40 tvoy
off the day when the possible can be ac-
complished. The peoples of the world have
advanced unequally along the road that
leads to justice and fair dc aling one with
another exactly as there has been UNEQUAL
progress in securing such justice by each
within its own borders; and the road
stretches far ahead even Of the most adj
vanced.
Harm, Not Good
Harm and not good would result If the
most advanced nations those In which
most freedom for the individual is COM
bined with most efficiency In securing or
derby justice as between individuals, should
by agreement disarm and place themselves
at the mercy of other peoples less ad-
vanced, Of other peoples still In the stage
of military barbarism or military despotism
Anything in the nature of general disarma-
ment would do harm and not good if II
le1t the clNluZeu pedCe-lON1nS peoples,
those with the highest standards of munich
pal and international obligation and duty
unable to check the other peoples who have
no such standards, who acknowledge no
such obligations.
Finally, it behooves all of us to remember
and especially those of us who either make
or listen to speeches. that there are few
more mischievous things than the custom
Of uttering or applauding sentiments which
rpresent mere oratory and which are not
and cannot be, and have not been, trans
lated from words into deeds. An impas-
stoned Grafton about peace which includes
an impassioned demand for something
which the man who makes the demand
either knows or ought to know cannot, as
a matter of fact. be done represents not
gain but loss. for the cause of peace for
even the noblest cause is married by adyo-
cacy which is either insincere or foolish
Action With Sanity.
These warnings that l have uttered do
not mean that believe we can do nothing
to advance the cause of international
peace. On the contrary. 1 believe that we
can do much TO advance it, provided only
we act with sanity, with self-restraint,
with power, which must be the prime quail
tiles in the achievement of any reform
The nineteenth century saw, on the whole
"a real and great advance In the standard
of international conduct, but as among civ
ilized nations and by strong nations toward
weaker and more backward peoples. The