New-York tribune., 1909-02-27

-. an, particularly in hts private anu -
ste Ne read q message Of regret rom NJ
neeie referring 10 Mr. Root as 'i 80
-. of arbitration" After referring 10 li9
= - .cb,evarnents OF the guest MI
- Lid. And now. ladies and gentlemen
/, -. ,le very great privilege Of presenting u
=, on friend. our Secretary, our senator
Elihu Root
CHEERS FOR MR.. ROOT
Tho liners stood ,,p and greeted Mr. Root Win
- and II was 3 minute or so before ne
could sneak In opening he PAID a ulou'e -
n1r rf7oate. which made the latter pass ms
hand over his eyes suspiciously MI Oiio0.o
had gauchingIy said that Mr.. Root was tne Only
diner who had told him 10 go on when ne
said he was done. Placing his left hand a1ec-
tionately on Mr.. Choate's right shoulder anu
batting him. Mr.. Root said;
7 did not say "go on but do say go on
sVift Marathon runner, never with bated bfeatn'
never with trembling knees, always with hlsh
courage. with invincibie determination WIN q
charm and a eraca that has been the despair OF
rnv life &C on for many and many year 10 -
come. dear old friend. the pride, the JOY OF Ne"
York and of America
/ offer myself in evidence Of the truth of that
statement of the forty years OF coInpahlohsit
which y ou would hot beileNe si,S M-l a. bro11- of
upon the clear eye and the unwrlnKleo Dio" %
your chairman tonight. Forty years OF com
partnership friendship. and always OF the os most
gentle. considerate. kindly and noble 1Tlenoship
from older TO younger man
Mr.. Root seemed deeply touched as he looked
about and saw so many of his old friends 1t
was, ne said, demonstration of what peace
was worth the preservation of nobility, beauty
. and virtue. the grace and charm of life, the
family and the home.
We had passed beyond the stage where men
fought for the mere JOY Of the conflict. said Mr.
Root Nobody fought for love Of war. except
possibly the suffragettes. This sly fling caused
& loud peal Of nirth.
MR.. ROOTS ADDRESS.
Mr Choate had said that he had always
thought Of Mr Root as a Secretary Of Peace
when he was Secretary Of War. Mr. Root said
there was no Inconsistency in the two titles be-
cause so long as there were selhsllness and greed
tile country must have the international police
man, the army and navy. Mr. Root continued:
The work Of a peace society and the work OF
peace loving men and women, the work OF an
those who love home who desire that nahklha
shan be enlarged in intelligence and IN moral
vision. OF all these who desire to see science anu
art and the graces OF life and sweet charity ana
the love Of mankind for one another continue
and grow among men, their work Is 10 ald not
by great demonstration, but by that quiet, tnat
resistiess, influence when among eIt9t poute ~
OF men makes up the tendency of mankind and
il the long process Of the years moves men from
saVageFE and brutally 10 peace sld HI ~
hood. ii rests with the army and the navy 10
e make aggression and injustice Improbable and
unaItractive. 1t rests with you and WITH me
with every woman. without struggling for the
right Of suffrage. to exercise the powers that
cod has already flaced IN our hands OF every
man in the exercise of his duties. political and
social. to morally move the conceptions OF an
honorable life away from the old ideas OF saw
agery toward the new ideas Of civilization OF
humanity that IN their progress gradually ap-
I1roxifnate 10 the supreme idea OF Christianity
PEACE FOUNDED UPON JUSTICE.
Peace can never be except as it is founded
lDon Justice. And il rests with Us in our own
country To see To that the idea of justice pre-
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5enigOd against the interested eXhOrtation OF the
7olirfcian AGAINST the hot temper Of the fop
and Of the irconsiderate- If we would have
peace ii is not enough 10 cry Peace Peace.
i is essential that We should promote and in
sist upon the willingness cf our country TO do
Justice TO all countries Of the earth.
IN fhe exercise Of those duties in which the
au1bes ssadors of Great Britain. Of Brazil and Of
Japan have PLAYED :" great d part IN the IasI
few wears in Washington. the great obstacle to
the doing Of things which make for peace has
been not the wish Of the dlploTnaIlSt' not the
policy Of the government. but il has been the
inconsiderate and thoughtless unwillingness or
the great body of the people Of the respective
countries 10 stand behind the man who
willing. for the sake OF peace and justice, TO
make fair concessions
There is q peculiar situation created when
Diplomatic question arises between two coun-
sries / is the duty Of the diplomatic repre-
sentatives 10 argue each the cause Of bis own
country, he cannot turn ms back upon an op-
ponent in that friendly contest and state to his
c-olls tryHaen the weakness of his own position
and the strength Of the other sides position,
and Il Is one Of the great difficulties Of peace
making and peacekeepinE that the orators the
politicians, the stump speakers. aye, often the
clergymen. Of each country. press and insist
upon the extreme view OF their own country
and impress upon the minds Of the great masses
Of peclIe who have not studied the question
the idea that ali right is upon one side and all
wrong upon the other side.
II you would help make and keep peace
stand behind the men who are in the response
bic positions of government. ready to recognize
the fact that there is some right on the other
side.
CAUSES OF WAR TO-DAY
War comes to-day as the result either of
actual or threatened wrong by one country TO
another. or as the result OF d suspicion by
country that another intends 10 do il wrong,
and upon that suspicion instinct leads the cOun-
try that suspects the attack 10 attack first; or,
from bitterness Of feeling. dependent in de-
gree whatever upon substantial questions of
difference. and that bitterness of feeling leads
10 the suspicion and the suspicion in the minds
Of those who suspect and who entertain the bit
Ger feeling is justification for 1t is their
Justification TO themselves. The least OF these
three causes of war Is actual injustice.
There are to-day acts Of injustice being per-
petTsted by one country upon another. there are
several situations in the world to-day where
there is gross injustice being done viii not
mention tnern. because II would do more harm
than il would good. but they are few enough
BY far the greatest cause Of war is that
ricon Of INJUSTICE threatened and intended.
which comes from exasperated feeling. Now.
feeling. the feeling which makes nation willing
20 go 10 war with another. makes real causes
NJ difference Of no consequence; II the people
Of two countries want to fight, they win find
excuse. q preteXt. fnd what seems to them suffi-
cient cause in anything
Questions which cen be disposed Of without
the slightest difficulty between countries really
friendly are inscluble between countries really
unfriendly. And the feeling between the peoples
Of different countries are the products of the acts
and the words Of the peoples of the countries
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