New-York tribune., 1909-03-25
SAYS BRITISH ERROR
BLOCKS PEACE PLANS
DRE4DNOUGHT "F.1TUOUS
BLUNDER CARNEGIE.
Praise for H'Ork Of Hr. ROoserelt
and Secretary ROot-StW
FdCOrs alliance.


city Of New York. in carnegie Hall last night
said that he wished he could turn Dixie into
a peace tune he liked IL 81 we'll Peace mad
been praised oy Mr. Carnegie and WI Ting
fang the Chinese Minister. and by singing So
cieties in song. but il was ''DiSie"-the tune by
which men used to march to death-that aroused
the enthusiasm Peace hags-natonal colors on
A white backErouud-vers hung all about the
hail. and the stage was draped ir green. span
gled with silver stars. Many nations were rep
resented Officially. and the japanese. Russians.
Scandinavlans and Germans had singing soeie-
ties in their national costumes on the stage
Nearly everything but America" was sung Tne
only speakers were Mr.. Carnegie and Mr. WI
Tha japanese singers came just before Mr.
Carnegie spoke singing "Kimigay'." the na-
tfonaI hymn. and then accompanvinE Professor.
and Mrs. TakaOri who PLAYED a selection called
"Kantin Cho" on the koto and samisen- No
group Of singers received more applause than
the japanese girls In their native costume Mt
Carnegie's speech was one Of conEratulation
that nowhere to-day were any nations slaugh-
tering the subjects of another He pointed out
what he called the tatuous biunder of Great
Britain in building the first Dreadnought
MR. CARNEGIE's SPEECH
Mr.. Carnegie after referring To the large rep
resentation OF foreign nations. said
one-that never before in the history or tre "oIiI
have the leading powers been engaged 20 sucn
extent IN Fastening the construction OF engines
Of destruction such as the world mas never seen.
a depIorabIe fact which cannot but give pain ~
every lover Of his race. This deVoton 70 lhs
pit{abIe work Of evolving instruments OF de.
st~IIrtior, came bout by the fatuous blUndsr -
the government Of Britain a short time ago
she Rad a nav that could have encountered All
the navies of the powers or Europe anu
/ DESTROYED them Her navy was more modeIH
than any other. II estimated as oelng hNe
times more powerful than th7t or TerrnahS'
and an that Britain had 20 do 70 remain un-
challenged mistress Of the seas vas 20 aNoid
Increasing size and armament Of vessels. but
strange to say. cabinet was found Vhlcn 5p-
proved what has amounted almost 20 a revclu-
ton in naval armaments-
Britain built a ship which created class oF
itself Bv a strange fatality she called the ship
the Dreadnought. but experience IS teaching
her that from il she has everything 70 dread
Germany began to build new ships and natural
" these were Dreadnoughts- Other Pc" ers
are about to follow Among them We regret 70
60d our own land But II is inevitable that II
any ships are 10 be built they must be Dread
noughts President Roosevelt exerted al his
the -bartfes1fr= 70 $1,000 tous-D-ead-
nouzhts reach 26.oo0 tOns-but in vain
The result Is that Britains navy of more
than four hundred efficient "arshlps Is now
held To be Of little worth and an the naval
powers Of the world have the task before mem
Of building new monster WaT~h'ps. men ara
70 be DISPLACED BY others probably stiI more
. gigantic. unless nations realize at last that
An interesting suggestion has been made by
a writer i'm The United Service Gazette, ~
London reviewed by no less person than
. Rear Admiral Goodrich I'm the magazine. ARMY
and NAVY Life" published In New York The
writer proposes the cooperation or tha fsets
Of the two English speaking peoples Britain O.
guarantee the SaIety or o-l LSS7 -
Pacific and 70 guarantee the safety ot hers
in the North Atlantic
This idea seems % have merits. W does N'-
compel our country 20 20 10 war when Britain
does II would create no entang.i0g alliance
We would simply annOUuc7 70 the world that Ne
would not permit any power To attack these
possessions on the other hand. Britain would
not be committed TO engage in any var in which
We 1y7fortr17ate1v engaged. ANY power attack
ing US would know II could not attack our IA
I cifc possessions without having Britain 20 con-
1t should he made condition that the one
need not help the other unless the party IN
first offer settlement by peaeetui a.pltIilL-,l- .
this being refused by IT'S adversary. the treaty
/ then to become binding
wise men on both sides Of the Atlantic I'm pro-
fessionaI journals begin 20 realize that the pres
ent mad race for building battleships must eN-
haust the nations unless there be found some
way of restricting II
HOPE FOR THE FUTURE
We are not without justification for tnduiging
the hope and belief that the leading nations.
} ffirthest advanced in civilization, must CONS
eventually this conclusion II Britain. France,
/ Germany and America were 10 do 50, the matter
/ would be settled Even If France. Britain and
/ America agreed among whom to-day war is SD
improbable that il need scarcely be considered.
. the peace OF the world upon Ihe hlSh seas Noull
be secure. Many OF the smaller nations Would
gladly join them
Nov. let US leave the sea for the land. and
turn to the other side Of the picture. Here We
. can scarcely realize that the cause OF peace
throughout the world is making such rapid
strides Taking own country first. because
thank the Fates. she is first in this work. Sec
retarv Root. who IN charge OF foreign az
fairs during fis term Of office, negotiated tWe1-
tv-four treaties by which troublesome disputes
are all 10 be arbitrated Among these are some
that have been longest in dispute, one even dat
ing from the time when the boundary between
. ourselves and northern nelghbor. Canada,
was surveyed, another OF long standing Win
Newfoundland concerning the hSnerleS- Let ll
be noted the Senate approved these unanimous
IN much 10 its credit
with the support of one Of the most thorough
going and energetic Presidents. sets out from
love Of peace 70 obtain il by peaceful measures
it is astonishing how ne triumphs. There -
not a remaining dispute between the Two
branches Of the race. Not since The Republic
was born could this be said. All is peace and
GOOD will Thc world still moves
. The greatest event in the history OF peace
that has happened during President RocseveltS
term is the agreement OF the five Central Amer
lean republics 70 create supreme court 20
which al questions OF every kind-aTe To be sub
ruitted for peaceful arbitration The COURT
house a temple Of peace is now being erected
in the beautiful town OF Cartago. COSTA r'le''
selected by the pONers-Costa Rict. StiN-Jo-e
C,uatcunaIa Nicaragua and Honduras
Be of good cheer, No great cause IS maAlIS
such rapid progress as that of the peaceful ar
bitratiOn Of International disputes mere are
rbOsa preseDt tonight who VIII live % see war
discarded by civilized nations Just as IN our
own generation slavery. man owning. mas passed
aua.- so are the youth of to-day 10 see man
killing no longer disgracing civilization. BE or
good cheer, All goes Well Men are soon 70
beat their swords into ploWshares and thel7
/ spears into pruning hooks and learn war no
I more.
MINISTER wU'S ADDRESS