The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-15
NO MERE PEACE
ORATORY WANTED,
SAYS PRESIDENT
Writes to Carnegie at
the Congress in
New York.

New York.
NEW YORK, April 15.-The vel |
come of America 10 the advocates
of international peace viii be ex-
tended late tins afternoon by Elihu
Root, for the nation; Governor
Hughes. fer the State. and Mayor
Mcclellan, for the city, when the
/ thousands of delegates to the Ma
tional Arbitration and Peace Con
/ gress .gather Ia Carnegie Hall.
Following the address of welcome
to the delegates by Mayor Mcclellan,
a letter from President Roosevelt
was read 10 the Congress. It was
as follows:
April 5. 1907
MY Dear Mr.. Carnegie: I much
regret my inability to be present with
you Mr. Root viii speak to you at
/ length, and no man in the country is
better fitted than ne 10 address You
on the subject you have so much at
heart
In this letter OF mine I can do lit
tie more than wish you and your as
isociation Godspeed in your efforts. My
sympathy with the purposes you have
at heart is both strong and real. and
by right of it I shall make TO you some
suggestions as TO the practical method
for accomplishing the ends we all Of
us have in view.
Righteousness and Justice.
First and foremost, bcseech you 20
remember that though Il is our b0uuden
duty TO work for peace. yet it is even
more our duty 10 work for righteous
Hess and justice.
In the second place. L agaia earn
estly ask that all good and earnest men
who believe strongly in this cause, but
who have not themselves TO bear the re-
( spOnsibility Of uphOldlng the nation $
, honor shall not by insisting upon the
!. impossible put of the day when the
? possible can be accomplished. Ths peo-
pies of the world have advanced Ba-
equally along the road that leads 20
justice and fair dealing
: o. Anything in the nature Of general
disarmament would 90 harm ana not
good If it left the civilized Sal peace
LOVING AEhHlt-r Ai41EE WIKI Tie ElEAEaE
> standards Of municipal ana international
: obligation and duty, unable TO check
the other peoples who have no such
standards and who acknowledge n ~ such
obligations.
No More OTatory Wanted.
''Finauy. It behoOyes an of US 20 re-
member that there are few more mis-
chievous things than the custom of ut
tering or applauding sentiments which
represent mere oratory. An impassioned
Grafton about peace, which includes an
y impassioned demand for something
. which the man who makes the demand
. either knows or ought TO know cannct
{ be done represents not gain, but loss,
. for the cause Of peace.
These warnings that [ have uttered
a do not mean that / believe we can do
e nothing TO advance the cause of in
d ternauonal peace. on the contrary,
q believe that we can do much TO 9d-
: vance il provided only we act with san
d ity. with self-Tes traint, with power
"The United States has right to
L speak on behalf of such a cause.
D During the opening six years of this
e century we can conscienuously say that,
n Z without sacrificing our own rights, We
{ have vet sCrtIpuiously respected the
I, rights of ali other peoples.
u IN the Philippine Islands We are
= training q people IN Nl4E UllLAEulL ART OF
= elf-goyernment with more success than
. Z those most acquainted with The facts
had dared TO hope. We are doing this in
= a spirit of genuine Observation-Disclosures and
a 1 may add, in a spirit wholly untainted
q by that silly sentimentality-
). Interference in Caribbean.
: In Panama we are performing what
is to be the greatest engineering feat OF
the age. IN the islands of the caribbean
we have interfered, not as conquerors
but solely to avert the need of conquest
The United States army is at this mo-
ment in Cuba, not as an act Of war, but
to restore Cuba 10 the position of 9
; seIf-governing republic. With Santo
) Domingo we have just negotiated
= treaty. especially designed to prevent tht
= need of any interference, either by us
> or by any foreign nation, with the in
{ ternal affairs of the island.
e ..AFr. Roots trip through South America
> marked the knitting together IN tn'
e bonds of self-respecting friendship o
- all the republics of this continent. BJ
= the ioint good wishes of Mexico anC
y ourselves we averted one war in Contra
q America and did what we could TO aver
!, another, although we failed A difficulty
which we had with our friendly neighbo
., 10 the north of us. we solved by tn
u agreement of joint commission. W.
? try to avoid meddling In AFFAIRS tina
: are not our concern. anq YET 20 nav,
y On behalf of fair dealing and agains
- cruelty and oppression
p Limitation of Armaments.
"Our representative will so to the sec
le ond. peace conference at The Hague in
structed to help in every PRACTICABLE
way to bring some steps nearer compile
:, ton the great work which the first con
IS ference began Il is not possible tha
a the conference should go more than ;
certain distance yet 1 believe that /
can make real progress on the road TO
> ward international justice, peace. an,
IS fair dealings. One of the questions. al
s. though not TO my mind one of the mos
= important which vii! be Brought befor
the conference, will be that of the lin
tation OF afmaments.
IS The most practicable srep IN diminish
2 ing the burden of expense caused by tn
increasing size OF naval armament
would. / believe, be an agreement linn
n iting the size of all ships hereafter [
n. be built: but hitherto it has not prove
n possible to get other nations 10 agre
n. with US on this point
More important than reducing the ex