Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-27

dor from Japan and Joaquin Nabuco,
! Brazilian ambassador, were the speak
ers, and the guests numbered about
800.
Mr.. Choate was in his best humor.
| He had been commissioned, he said,
ito lead the orchestra and draw all
sorts of pleasant sounds from those
who had been designated to speak"
Mr.. Root, he said, had done more for
the peace of the world than any other
man in our history.
| Mr. Root was then introduced and a
remarkable demonstration enSued. He
spoke on the causes that lead to war.
II agree with Mr.. Choate," he said,
that there is no inconsistency be-
tween the work Of a secretary of war
and the work of a secretary of peace,
because as long as selfishness and
greed and a willingness to do injustice
| and brutality continue in this world,
we must have the policeman and the
international policeman, whose presence
makes the use Of his club unnecessary
is the army and the navy.
IF we would have peace it is not
enough to cry peace, peace 1t is es-
sentiaI that we should promote and in
| sist upon the Willingness of our coun-
| try to do justice to all countries of
| the earth.
"War comes today as the result Of
actual or threatened wrong by one
country to another or as the result
| of a suppoSition by a country that an
other intends to do it wrong. The
| least of these three causes of war is
actual injustice.
sIn this country we are far from
free from being guilty of ali those
| gretA causes of war. The gentlemen
who introduced into the legislatures
of California, of Montana and of Ne
vada the legislation regarding the
| .1k1
| states doubtless had no conception Of
the fact that they were doing to that
great nation of gentlemen, of soldiers,
of scholars and scientists and states
men. a nation worthy of challenging
and receiving the respect, the honor
and the homage of mankind, an injus-
tice by an insult that would bring on
private war in any private relation in
| our own country. Thank heaven the
wiser heads and the sounder hearts in
structed and enlightened upon the true
nature of the proceedings, prevailed
| and overcame the inconsiderate and
| the thoughtless.
But few days ago member of
| the house Of representatives, with no
other apparent purpose than to make
himself prominent by an attack upon
an American, charged upon the chief
magistrate of Panama fraudulent
conspiracy with regard to contract
under negotiation by that country re-
| garding the forests of Panama All
Panama was instantly alive with just
mitigation.
Insult KeenIy Felt
This insult was felt all the more
keenly because we, with our 10000, 900
| people and our great navy and army,
presented an overwhelming and irresis-
tible force with a little republic whose
bound, in honor to maintain and re-
spect.
These are the things that make for
war, and if you would make for peace,
you will frown on them and condemn
them.
"Two-thirds of the suspicion, dis
| like and diStrust with which our coun-
try was regarded by the people of
! South America was the result of ar
| rogapt and contemptuous and bearing
of Americans for these gentle, polite,
| sensitive, imaginative, delightful peo-
| pie. The government cannot reach it;
! laws cannot control it. Public opinion
public sentiment must deal with it, and
when the public opinion has risen to
that height all over the world that the
people of every country treat the peo-
| pie of every other country with that
human kindness that binds home COM
munities together, you will see an end
| of war;
Ambassador Takahira in his address
said:
TT is undeniable that as civilization
advances international interest in
commerce is gradually developed and
a general desire for peace is proper
tionately increased.
1.-The world is realizing more and
more the imperative Importance of
lasting peace and enduring prosperity
I'm the midst of these circumstances
it is a distinct feature of things that
we are very often surprised by the
rumor of war, sometimes not without
| some cause, but in most cases un-
founded, as though there was a desire
in some quarters for a bloody struggle"
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