The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16
MUST. TAKE
 THINGS. EASY Roosevelt to Peace Con-
 gress. DON'T EXPECT TOO MUCH Letter from President and Speech
 by Root. Other Speakers Were Governor Hughes, Mayor Mcclellan, Andrew Carne- sie, Baron dEstournelies and
 Secretary straus.

New York, April 15.-Warned by President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Elihu Root that if success is to crown the efforts of those who are working for peace, among the nations of the world, that their endeavors must be along practical lines; that they must not by insisting upon the impossible, put off the day when the possible can be accomplished, the international ar bitration and peace conference which is meeting in this city under the presidency of Andrew Carnegie began today It's real activities with two crowded sessions in Carnegie hall
 Secretary Root also took occasion in his speech to point out the propositions which the United States government will have to make at the coming con- ference at The Hague. He warned his hearers not to expect too much at this second conference. The President In a letter to the Congress expressed the hope that the coming Congress might result in the adoption of an interna- tional arbitration treaty. Secretary Root, after seconding this hope, de- clared the United States thought it proper to urge again the discussion of the subject of the limitation of arma- ment of the nations on land and on sea and tabooing the practice of using IOTCS III tnG COtlcCeiou oi 0Sotc V"CN by one nation to the citizens of an- other.
 Roosevelt nnd wilhelm.
 Mir. Carnegie in an address to the Congress paid a tribute to President Roosevelt and expressed the wish that President Roosevelt might be the peacemaker of the future. He de- cIared. however. that Emperor Will Ham Is the man among all who holds aI.o aH f..f f,t e fnrx In this connection MT. Carnegie said it was unjust to speak'of the Emperor as a menace to the peace of Europe, add ing that in, twenty years upon the throne, the German ruler had split no blood, nor caused an international war.
 At the afternoon session today the speakers were Secretary Root, Gov ernor Hughes of New York, Mayor Me- Clellan of New York and MT. Carne- gie.
 It was .at' the afternoon session also that the letter from President Roose- welt was presented and read. At the night session the sneakers included Baron d d'Estournelles de Constant. mem- Der of the French Senate and head of the International Cancellation Commit tee, and Secretary Straus of the De- partmert of Commerce and Labor, who spoke upon "The Peace of Nations and Peace Within Nations"
 President Roosevelt, in his letter to the Congress, urged that fs efforts be devoted to the practical side of the question 1t had undertaken to discuss
 Wants General Treaty.
 The President closed by stating what he hoped to see at the coming confer ence at The Hague was a general ar% bitration treaty among the nations adopted and The Hague court greatly increased in power and permanency, the judges in particular be made per- manent and given adequate salaries.
 Secretary Root, speaking partly in behalf of the President, dwelt upon the hope that The Hague conference would sec another long step toward the attainment of international arbi- tration. He declared that the Govern ment of the United States had been of the opinion that the possibility of an agreement as to the limitation of arm ed forces by land and sea and of war budgets ought to be further consid- cred and discussed at the coming Hague conference.
 Mir Carnegie. in his address. took a decidedly more optimistic view of the immediate outlook for universal peace.