The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-07
TAFT TALKS ON
THEME OF PEACE


dor Jusserand of France. Ambassador
Bryce of Great Britain. Secretary OF
War Dickinson and Vice Admiral Uriu
o. Japan. the celebration OF the 300th
anniversary Of the discovery of Lake
Champlaln. which had been confined
during the past two days to the states
Of New York and Vermont. today took
on an international scope and
worldwide interest.
Ambassadors Jusserand and Bryce
and President Taft all, committed
their respective countries TO policies
Of peace. and In the shadow of the
old fortress, which had witnessed
some of the bloodiest battles in all
history. they expressed the hope that
never again would the peace among
the great nations be interrupted by
war.
The president and the ambassadors
ana the members Of their STATS were
shown through the historic rooms of
"Old IT," as the natives call Fort
Ticonderoga, which is now in course
OF restoration. Some OF the old can.
non were in place today and hundreds
of rusty relics were on view. Some
Of these were reminders Of the DAYS
of Italian conflicts; others were links
OF history. leading back to the bloody
fights OF Montcalm, Abercrombie and
Amhart to the famous taking Of the
place by band of eiehty-three Amer
lean colonists under General Ethan
Allen, and to naval battles which
have helped to make famous the wa
ters Of the lake. discovered three cen
turtles ago by Samuel Champlain, Be
low the fort. on the placid waters Of
the lake. and set among a flotilla OF
modern naval vessels Of the smaller
classes, was reproduction of Cham
plains craft, the Don de Dieu.
The president was the guest tonight
at dinner Of Walter Witherbee, on the
later's houseboat, which is anchored
In the lake off this point
Tomorrow the scene Of the celebra-
tion shifts to Plattsburg, where the
president again Will make brief ad-
dress and where Senator Root will
deliver an historical grafton,
Ambassador Jusserand in his
speech this afternoon was most fell.
citious in his expression of peace and
good will toward America, toward
Great Britain and toward all the
world.
Ambassador Bryce said
Not until / visited the old fort
yonder did | realize how many mem.
orieS cluster about It's ruins, But
cannot but believe that Its Creator
meant this beautiful spot for some.
thing else than fighting. and I trust
it Will never see fighting again"
President Taft, speaking next. also
took up the theme of peace In part.
said
"As | sat here listening to the in
terestips remarks of the ambassador
from France and the ambassador from
England, could not but congratulate
the Ulited States on the implied com
pliment that those two countries had
paid to her by sending here as the
personal representatives OF their re-
spectiye chief executives men SO dis
tinguished In literature. in history. In
craftsmanship and in diplomacy.
"Chnmplain was man wnom all
nations honor and his character
brings out In the strongest way those
wonderful qualities shown in the If
teenth. sixteenth and seventeenth cen
turies by Spaniards. Englishmen.
Frenc"men and Portuguese. who
~ hN't 'h' A'l Abl - VI INC seas ana
carried the standard of civilization
into the farthest forests and into the
dangers Of the distant tropics.
Il taink 1T Is well for us to so back
through the history of all nations in
order tnat our heads. little swelled
with modern progress. may be dimin-
ished BY the proper appreciation of
what was done by nations before us,
under conditions that seemed to limit
the possibilities of modern achieve
ment
There was Montcalm and Wolf, two
great Christians. back 10 whom YOU
trace all the history of lower Canada.
1t is true Wolf conquered MontcaIm
on the plains of Abraham. but there is
still in all the region of lower Canada
a population purely French a popula-
tiOn industrious. God-fearing and LOYAL
TO the flag under which they live That
fact is compliment. not only 10 the
iar-seeing craftsmanship of the Eng
lish colonial governors, but It Is
compliment TO the industrial and do
nestle virtues Of the French nation.
This valley, in the 300 years since
II was discovered By Champlain, mas
furnished almost as much of the bat
tleground for three nations and the
Indians, who were on all sides, as Bel
GUM In Europe. and does not have to
look far for the reason The truth Is
that it was the only passageway, and
here we're fought the battles for 200
years, which we now say are never
to occur again. | echo and emphasize
the statements of the ambassadors
and repeat their prayer that never
again may this great valley be given a
name In history by reason of its being
the seat OF bloody wars
President Taft late today decided
to adhere to his original schedule and
return to Washington, reaching there