The Columbus journal., 1910-05-11
ROOSEVELT SPEAKS BEFORE
NOBEL PRIZE COMMITTEE
Lecture on international Peace" Is Delivered
in Christiania---Ways in Which the
Cause May Be Advanced Are
Set Forth.

within that territory. and the equal,
explicit agreement that (aside from
the very rare cases where the nation
honor 10 vitality concerned) all othe
possible subjects Of controversy vii
be submitted to arbitration. Such ,
treaty should insure peace until on,
party deliberately violated It. O
course. Al yet there 10 no adequat,
safeguard against such deliberate VIC
lation. but the establishment Of I
sufficient number Of these treatie.
would 60 long way towards creating
. world opinion which would finally
ind expression in the provision Of
methods to forbid or punish any such
violation.
Work o. hague TsIbunaI.
Secondly. there 10 the further de-
velopment Of The Hague tribunal. OF
the work Of the conferences and courts
at The Hague. It has been well said
that the first Hague conference
framed q Magma Charta for the M.
tons: It set before us an ideal which
has already to some extent been real
lied. and towards the full realization
OF which We can all steadily strive.
The second conference made further
progress: the third should do yet
more. Meanwhile the American gov.
eminent has more than once tenta.
lively suggested methods for COM
pleting the court of arbitral justice.
constituted at the second Hague con.
ference. and for rendering It effective
1t is earnestly to be hoped that the
various governments of Europe. work.
ing with those of America and Of
Asia. shall set themselves seriously to
the task Of devising some method
which shall accomplish this result. II
I may venture the suggestion. it would
be we'll for the statesmen Of the
world. in planning for the erection of
this world court. to study what has
been done in the United States by the
Supreme court. / cannot help think.
ing that the Constitution Of the Uni.
ted States. notably in the establish
ment Of the Supreme court and in the
methods adopted for securing peace
and good relations among and be.
tween the different states, offers Ger.
tain valuable analogies to what should
be striven for in order to secure,
through The Hague courts and confer.
ences. q species Of world federation
for international peace and Justice.
Undue Growth Of Armaments.
In the third place. something should
be done as soon as possible to check
the growth OF ornaments. especially
naval ornaments. by international
agreement. No one power could or
should act by itself: for its Is eminent
ly undesirable. from the standpoint of
the peace of righteousness. that q
power which really does bel!eve In
peace should place itself At the mercy
Of some rival which may at bottom
have no such belief and no intention
OF acting on 1t. But. granted sin.
certify Of purpose. the great powers of
the world should find no insurmount.
able difficulty In reaching an agree
ment which would put an end to the
present costly and growing extrava-
gance Of expenditure on naval arma-
mcnts. An agreement merely to limit
the size Of the ships would have been
very useful few years ago. and would
still be Of use: but the agreement
should 90 much further.
Finally. II would be a master stroke
II those great powers honestly bent on
peace would form q league Of peace,
not only to keep the peace among
themselves. but to prevent. by force II
necessary. its being broken by others.
The supreme difficulty In connection
with developing the peace work Of
The Hague arises from the lack of any
power. Of any police power
TO enforce the decree Of the court. |
In any community Of any size the au-
OF the courts rests upon actual |
Or potential force: on the existence Of |
police. or on the knowledge that the |,
ablebodied men of the country are
both ready and willing to see that the |
DEGREES Of judicial and legislative
bodies are put into effect. In new and |
wild communities where there is vio-
ence. an honest man must protect
and until other means Of Sc
curins his safety are devised. 1t Is
both foolish and wicked to persuade
him to surrender his arms while the
men who are dangerous to the CON-
retain theirs. He should not
renouncc the right to protect himself
BY his own efforts until the commu-
nity is SD organized that it can effec-
lively relieve the individual Of the
iuty of putting Gown violence. So 1t
IS with nations. Each nation must
Keep we'll prepared to defend itself un-
ii the establishment of some form
II international police power. compe-
ent and willing to prevent violence As
nations.