The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-05-12
'RU0SEYEu uRGES
PEACE Of WORLD
h nnlTI0nI
LIZ NUUEE UlltlIlUl
Declares That There Are T9mo1
When II WouldBe Dishon
orab1e to Shirk
Conflict.

Christiania. Norway, Nj ys7.-Forme1
President Roosevelt today discussed
the subject of international Peace,,s
before the Nobel Prize committee
ages distinguished In the political, edu.
c~ational, commercial and social life q
Norway.
It was the Nobel prize committee, the
members OF which are elected bv
Norwegian 5stortfing, that III 1906 ccs-7
United States its medal and money
award In recognition Of his service In
bringing to q conclusion the Russo
Japanese wal.
The occasion was the feature OF Mr..
Roossvelt's visit to Norway and or,e
tour. Copies OF the address had been
distributed In advance among h press,
and this afternoon n tomorrow
morning the yieWs8of h former presi-
dent Will be published In every country
OF Europe.
Mr.. Roosevelt said IN part:
1t Is with peculiar pleasure that r stand
here today to exprass the deep apprecia.
ton feel OF the i honors. s6nfssrTTeff
peace prize. The gold medal which
formed part OF the prize 7 shall alway3
keen. and I shal! hand i on t. n chill
money mo provided e. pert 81 the prize by
4 IOuuueT OF THIS world famous prize SyHs
tenn, I did not, under the peculiar %circura-
stances OF the case, feel at liberty to keep
I think It eminently just and proper that
money should keep for his own use the
prize in its entirety. But In this cas-
while did not act officis NY as president
only because / was. president thai / wal
enabled to net at all; and I felt that The
money must be considered as having been
therefore used 1t as q nucleus for q foun,
dation to forward the cause of Industrial
p psaeess as u pe, nn;,r well snn v ,tfin. The in, general e a,i
complex Industrial civilization Of today Tho
peace Of Righteousness and justice, the
least as necessary In the Industrial world
as 1t Is among nations. There Is at least
as much need to curl the cruel greed and
to cur the greed ana violence Of part 81
tho world OF labor, as to check a cruel
md unhealthy militarism in internationai
relationships.
Justice the Chief End.
We must ever bear in mind that this
great end In view is rig iteousfisss Justice
as between man and man, nation and ma
somewhat higher level. with a broader
spirit Of brotherly good will for one an
other Peace is generally good in itself,
but 1t is never the highest good unless II
comes as the handmade OF righteousness;
and 1t becomes a very evil thing II II
ss5HsS or 'ae as an ~ inst maaa ntr to e0w Surther a ths
ends of despotism or anarchy. We despise
and abhor the bully, the brawler. the ops
but we desplse no less the coward and tho
voluptuary. No man is worth calling q man
who will not fight rather than submit to
infarny or see those that are dear to him
suffer wrong. No nation deserves to ex-
list II It permits Itself 70 lose the stern
and yiriie virtues: and this without regard
to whether the loss is due to the growth
OF d f1eartie5s% and assii-a55sorbbiins r0ITiIIisr-
cialism. to prolonged Indulgence In luxury
and soft effortless ease, or to the deihca-
ton of a warped and twisted sentiment
tally.
Moreover, and above. all. let us remem-
Der that words count only when they
give expression to deeds or are to be
translated into them. The leaders of the
stepped their hands in the blood OF the
innocent; and many tyrant has called Il
peace when he has scourged honest pro-
judged by our deeds; and in striving for q
lofty ideal we must use practical methods,
and IL we cannot attain all at one leap.
reasonably content so long as we do actu-
ally make some rogres in the right d.
%rection.
Now, having freely admitted the lirnita,
tons of our work, and the qualifications
to be borne In MIND ! feel that | have the
when I point out where in my Judgment,
great advance can be made in the cause
Of international peace speak as a prac-
| actually tried to do when / was for the
time being the head of a great nation, and
keenly Jealous Of its honor and interest. /
ask other nations to do only what / should
be glad TO see my w nation do.
Colonel Roosevelt suggested three
methods of promoting the peace of
the world. The first was the making
Of arbitration treaties between nations.
The second was the development of
The Hague tribunal. and the third was
the forming Of peace leagues between
nations, not only to keep the peace
themselves, but to compel other ma
tain 1t n to settle their differences
by arbitration.