Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-04-16

lection. They recognized that he frat,
among presidents, kings and emperors, !
opened the doors of The Hague tri-
bunal; that he, througiTNhis tactful
initiative and mediation, brought
about peace between Japan and Rus
STA, and that he was the first to sum-
mon the second great peace congress,
and in the interest of international
good will resigned the high privilege
to the car of Russia. BY these sep
arate acts he thrice deserved the pratt
itude of the peace-loving world and
thrice justified the award of the Nor
wegian strothing.
Fully as important as peace among
nations is peace within nations. Peo-
pie who are subjected to unreasonable
restrictions upon life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness and who are
compelled to live under such condi-
tons that they can not earn their
daily bread become revolutionary. He
who had interviewed and brought about
an equitable adjustment in the grea
est industrial struggle of modern times
the anthracite coal strike-dedicated
the Nobel peace prize to the promo
motion of industrial peace, and by an
act of congress approved March Q, last,
| this foundation for the promotion of
Industrial peace was made perpetual.
with the purpose of aiding the indus
| trial forces to arrive at a peaceful
adjustment of their reciprocal rights
on basis of humanity and justice.
Growth of Commences.
I'm Theodore Roosevelt are unite
the historical foresight of jefferson
with the humane consideration of
Lincoln for the welfare of the masses.
He is ever as watchful to protect the
poor man as the rich man in his rights
as he to restrain them from commit
ting wrong.
1.-THE growth of commerce and in
dustry which marks our Industrial age
has contributed tremendously to the
community of nations. The much de-
cried commercial spirit is the surest
guaranty for peace. Before it's devei-
opment the panoplfed statesmen be-
lieved the weaker and poorer other
nations were the stronger and miqhtiar
would be their own: hut the ano-
Monies of commerce have shown thai
the wealth and progress of other lands
are the direct source of wealth and
progress of ones own land.
1.-THE wealth and happiness of na~
tions are based upon factors that ara
! international as well as intranaticn-
| al; in other words. they depend not
! only upon domestic commerce. but al
co and to an equal degree. unon fox
eign commerce AS an illustration, we
have only to take into consideration
the fact that within the last forty
years the foreign commerce of thu
United States has grown over 400 per
cent-from SCI millions in 1865 to
1886 millions in 1905
Limitations of Arnna n1ents.
Equally important. if not mo-
| that the limitations of drp,qn7.n.s is
to raise the standards Of interra 'onal
morality. Let the nations exact the
same standards from one another as
they exact from their own subjects.
substitute international morality for
! international exped'ency, ard thew will
have instead of the arbitrament Of
war the arbitrament Of 'H~- m" '1ee'-t
step to this end IS TO enlarge the laws
| of neutral obligations
''Why should nation be allowed to
go to war to collect debt at the
/ mouth of cannon when the sama ma
/ ton will not allow Ire or-a -,'" act -
collect debts from enc apather with