Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-04-16

Theodore Roosevelt president of ths
United States. The people through
out thls country and from one end oi
the world to the other applsudingiy
approved the selection. They rec
ognised that ehe first, among presl'
dents. kings. and emperors. opened
the doors Of The Hague Tribunal:
that he. through his tactfai initia'
tive and mediation. brought about
peace batween Japan and Russia,
and that he was the first 10 summon
the second great peace congress, and
In the interest Of international good
win resigned the high privilege to
the czar OF Russia. by these separ'
ate acts ha thrice deseryed the graf.
itude OF the peaee-loving world and
thrice Justified the award Of the
Norwegian storthing.
Fully an important as peace among
nations 10 peace within nations. Peo-
pie who are subjected to unreasona.
bles restrictions upon "iife liberty
and the pursuit OF happiness" and
who are compelled to live under such
conditions that they can not earn
their daily bread. become revolution
ary. He who had intervened and
brought about an equitable adjust
mentjn the greatest industrial strug.
gie uf modern times-the anthracite
coal strike-dedieated the Nobel
peac prize to the promotion OF In.
dustriai peace. and by an act Of con.
Gres approved March 2 last this
stunds stsuGs fr ~ zrvr~tion Of IN
dustriai peace was made perpetual
with the purpose Of aiding the indus.
trial forces to arrive at a peaceful
adjustment OF their reciprocal rights
on q basis Of humanity and justice,
Tn Theodore Roosevelt are united the
historical foresight OF n Jefferson
with the humane consideration Of a
Lincoln for the welfare OF the mass.
es. He is ever as watchful to protect
the poor man as we'll as the rich
man In his rights as he Is to restrain
them from committing wrong.
The growth Of commerce and In.
dustry which marks our Industrial
age has contributed tremendously %
the community of nations. The much
decried commercial spirit Is the sur
est guaranty for peace. Before its
development the panoplied states
men believed the weaker and poorer
other countries were the stronger
and mightier would be their own;
but the economics of commerce have
shown that the wealth and progress
OF other lands are the direct source
of wealth and progress of ones own
land.
The wealth and happiness of ma
tions are based upon factors that are
international as well as intranation
al; In other words, they depend moi
only upon domestic commerce, but
aso and to ar equal degree upon for
eign commerce. As an illustration
We have only to take into considera
ton the fact that within the last
forty years the foreign commerce o.
the United States has grown over
400 per cent-from 591 millions IL
1866 to 1886 millions In 1905.
Equally important, If not more so
than the limitations of armament i:
TO raise the standards of information
al morality. Let the nations exac
the same standard from one another
as they exact from their own sub
jects, substitute international moral
iy for international expediency, an,
they will have instead of the arbitra
ment of war the arbitrament of law
The first step to this end is to en-
large and expand the laws Of neutra
obligations. Why should natiol
be permitted to go to war to collec
debt at the mouth of cannon
when that same nation will not al
low Its own subjects TO collect debt
from one another with swords an,
pistols? The Drago doctrine is Ii
interest of international morality
The casuistry Of International pet