The Washington herald., 1907-04-17
WAR TALK RUFFLES PEACE ADVOCATES


/ had the following 10 say Of Secretary
Roots visit TO South America:
THE United States has never fully ap-
preciated the vast Importance and signal
success Of the visit to South America of
its distinguished Secretary of State, Mr.
Elihu Root II is beginning now, after
nearly a year has passed. to realize that
no other Secretary Of State IN the history
OF the United States has accomplished so
much for the promotion of international
friendship as has Mr. Root in this ex-
traordinary tour. He did more for the re-
mOVal of distrust of the policies OF the
/ United States throughout South America
and for the upbullding of mutual conf
/ dence and good viii than the work Of a
/ hundred years Of ordinary diplomatic pro-
cedure and intercourse. Had he been the
President Of the United States, or OF
I France, the Emperor Of Germany. or the
/ King Of England. Of Spain. OF Of Italy, he
[ could not have been given a more enthusi-
astic welcome or been treated with a more
magnificent display OF cordiality than he.
/ as Secretary Of State Of the United
States. received from one end Of South
/ America &c the other
Discusses international Morality.
! Secretary OF Commerce and Labor
/ Straus. in the course Of his address. dis
/ cussed international morality
Equally important, if not more so, than
/ the limitations OF armaments is 10 raise
/ the standards Of international morality. -
/ he said. Let the nations exact the same
standard from one another as they exact
/ from their own subjects substitute in
/ ternauonal morality for international ex-
/ pediency. and they will have instead OF
the aTbitrament OF war the arbitrameni
/ OF law The FIRST step TO this end is to
/ enlarge and expand the laws of neutral
+ obligations Why should a nation be per
mitted TO go 10 war 10 collect a debt al
/ the mouth of a cannon when that same
/ nation viii not allow its own subjects 70
! collect debts from one another with
swords and pistols? The DragO doctrine
/ is In the interest Of International morality.
/ The casuistry Of inferno tional pettifog-
/ ism has Whitfield down the principles Of
{ International law. Neutral rights have
/ been expanded in the interest of greed and
/ neutral obligations have been cTamped
and distorted, so that as the law stands
/ now neutral nations may not sell ships of
war and arms to bciligerents, but the sub
I Jects of neutral nations may Neutral ma
/ tons may not grant loans and subsidies
/ TO belligerents. but the banker subjects
I OF neutral nations may. The doctrine
recognized under all systems Of law. facit
/ per allia facit per Sc does not appIv 10
/ inteTnatiena; relations, because interna-
tienal relations still carry the taints of
immoral precedents and piratical plum
der"
Only one resolution was submitted. that
one favoring in general terms everything
under the purVieW OF the peace congress
deliberations 1t was referred 10 the
executive committee Of the congress for
adoption al the general conference to-
morrow.
Peace Converts al Night Session.
Prof. Nicholas n. Butler. who presided
over the deliberations OF the university
meeting of the peace congress at Car
| negie Hail tonight took occasion to 5oin
his voice with those that were upraised
against Prof. Hugo Munsterberg. of Har-
ward University, at Monday nights meet
ing, because Of his defense Of the German
army.
Mr.. Carnegie was not present at to-
nights session of the congress in Car
negie Hail. but a murmur of surprise
passed over the audience when they heard
I a
speech, compare the relative merits of
leaving ones name to posterity on public
buildings and Of doing good works anony-
7 mously.
TO-nigllt's meeting was one primarily
for university men and professors.
though the hall was crowded and an
overflow meeting was announced. Ten
converts 10 the cause of peace sat on
the platform with white peace badges
pinned neatly over the frogs OF their
uniforms. These were cadet officers
form West Point who sat stihiy in their
seats and tried Lot to look concious
when they heard theiT profession de-
cried.
In announcing Prof Felix Adler. DR..
Butler said that he would make the first
announcement, also of the fact that Prof.
Adler has been appointed by Theodore
Roosevelt professOr-elect in the Univer-
sity of Berlin fer the year 1903 DR.. But
ler's statement was greeted with much
applause. and Prof. Adler had to remain
standing several minutes before he could
talk.