New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-02-28
From The Tribuns Bureau

-z-,--4,-+on Feb 27-Theodore Roosevelt,
President OF the United States from september
IA. 1901, tc March 4. 1909. has enjoyed an ad-
rnfnistration so crowded with the enumeration
snd the fulhlment OF policies and with adnlhls-
trative and legislative achievement that mere
citation Of its principal events involves no slali
amount OF LABOR, and IT must remain for the
painstaking and thoughtful methods o. the MS
torfan. guided by that perspective which time
zIone can give TO arrange these events in the
order OF their importance and to say which Is
The most pregnant OF good or I'll TO the future
of the nation and of mankind There are now
ever certain features OF President Roosevelt
administration which stand out boldly from the
great mass Of detail to the importance OF
which there can be little difference Of opinion
however men may differ as 10 their wisdom OF
the reverse.
of greatest importance to the world at large
has been the tremendous impetus which Iheo-
oore Roosevelt 1.-The war lord" has given to the
cause Of universal peace chiefly by the promo
ton of international arbitration OF the utmost
Importance TO the nation are the development
and inculcation Of the policy Of conserving IT'S
natural resources. policy thu logical oeVeIop-
rnent Of which IS so farTeaching that lew Can
as vet clearly perceive the end OF momentous
Importance TO the future Of the nation Hsloe
from the clear light It throws on the per
sonal character Of Theodore Roosevelt lhe
breaker e presidents" is the steadfastness
with which he put from him & third term
as President which, had he ever wavered' mill
IONS of enthusiastic fellow citizens would have
forced upon him And, finally, the most cursory
review of Mr. Roosevelt's administration "olo
be incomplete without reference TO the fact Ihat'
with all the new policies he has instituted anu
the reforms he has effected, he has never 10
borrow his own graphic expression. "CleVelaho-
fzed his party Instead, he goes out OF puplc
office leaving the Republican party aoler' more
virsle and with notably greater record for en-
cheney and discipline than when he became us
leader nearly eight years ago
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
President Roosevelt has promoted universal
resoe by his systematic furtherance OF interna-
tional arbitration to an extent probably ntIle
-ea1izad bv those who have made no attempt 10
studv his administration in detail BEFORE ne
hed been President a year, in May, 1Su-' ne SET
= notable example Of the faith OF the OhlIeu
states in arbitration as a means Of settling
international disputes by submitting 10 1ne
IEaeue the Pious fund case which had for many
,,ears rroved p source of friction with Mexico
Tl-ha following January he induced three great
mowers. Great Britain. Germany and italy al
ready threatening the ports OF NenezneIa Win
their xarships, TO join with this country III
submitting TO The Hague their claims against
+ba so,,th American republic, and, although
The United States Jared badly in the oeclsloh'
he accented the result with q philosophy WHICH
WAS 70 serve as another striking example When
= great nation lost to this country IN an ili'ei
national boundary dispute
That same month, January, 1903, the Unlleo
states entered into q convention with Great
Britain 70 submit to joint tribunal the arbi-
-ra+ion Of the Alaskan boundary dispute which
almost since the purchase Of Alaska from f'ussia
had been a source OF contention ara at tunes
had even 1nenaced the peace Of the two natlons-
IN October 1900 when the friends Of universal
-,esce feared that the first great conference Al
The Hague was TO have no successor, MI. hoose-
welt caused his Secretary Of State TO issue the
rrelir7inarv invitation TO a second Hague con-
ference The outbreak Of the RuSso-Japanese
war delayed the meeting. and when peace had
hean made NJ Roosevelt chivalrously rendered
IN Prussia the privilege OF summoning the dele
srs+as hut that the course Of the Car was pur-
.zIant to the initial move Of Mr.. Roosevelt was
clearly recognized and made q matter OF record
by the conference So portentous were the re-
suits Of that conference that it would be I'M
-osEsble TO deal with them here but there may
he cited as chief among them the fact that the
limited States had negotiated and the Senate
ratified eleven treaties having for their purpose
MITIGATION OF l1S uJE4OIS "a HoA e--~ N1O
-rn+ecttou Of ron-combatants, and twenty-four
srtitrzsion treaties. Another highly important
result Of that conference was the PRONUNCIATION
az the proposition that there must be created
re--r,aueut international erb3tral tribunal, COM
possd of the ablest iurists of the several powers
,-ttch court could be relied upon to settle inter
national disputes II accordance with the Facts
sud by the strict principles Of jurisprudence In
stead Of by that method Of compromise which
has proved the greatest deterrent to the general
acceptance OF the principle Of Arbitration Thls
rrppostfdon was 30 far developed at the second
Tsz-,e conference that it remains only for the
several nations to appoint their respective 5uriss
To render the permanent court al accomplished
fact
TEE PEACE OF PORTSMOUTH
During the interim between the FIRST invita-
tioa 20 the second Hague conference and It's
,ns.stnr the Russo-Japanese war was fought
,1st, terrible destruction OF life and treasure.
President Roosevelt enjoying the respect ana
friendship OF both belngerents. watched intently
for tie proper moment when his good ondces
x-1uId prove eflcacious TO the restoration OF
peace, and by their exercise he succeeded In
bringing about the Portsmouth peace confer
.noe IN the late summer OF 1903 Nor did he