The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-10
.D|TCH|nG The War
FORCES POOR MOVE
Such Action Would Not Be the
Right Step to Take for
the World Peace.
TAFT EXPLAINS METHOD
70 ARBITRATION CONGRESS NOW
in sEssioN--ENoLisH AM5As-
sApoR SAYS SUBJECT SHOULD
HAVE PusLlclTY.

Hartford, Conn, May 1O.-Letters
from President Taft and other digni-
tari<s produced great enthusiasm at
last nights session Of the New Eng
land Arbitration and Peace Congress.
Reference was made to the death OF
King Edward following the reading OF
the letter sent by Ambassador Bryce.
The letter from President Taft said
in part:
Il have on more than one occasion
expressed myself as being in favor OF
peace and In favor OF ar
bitration to secure 1t. and / also dwelt
on the subject in my inaugural ad-
dress. That does not mean, however,
that am In favor OF q country giving
up that which we now use for the
purpose OF securing peace, to wit: our
army and our navy, because believe
that the expense or armament Is work
ing toward peace.
Permanent Peace.
Il earnestly hope that your meeting
will be productive Of much good In
the promotion Of permanent peace,
and wish you every success In your
efforts in this direction.
Secretary Knox stated that he was
In sympathy with the Movement OF
the arbitration of controversies be
tween nations as means OF calming
irritation and Of preserving peace.
Referring to the proposed Hague Tri-
bunal, he said: THE court should wait
for the litigant. not the ntigant for
the court"
Ambassador James Bryce, who was
unable to attend. sent letter which
was read. as follows:
Il rejoice to know that a demon
stration Of opinion in favor Of peace
and arbitration so large and SO earn
est as that which this conference is
expected to give will proceed from
the people OF New England.
THE Importance OF the question it.
self cannot be exaggerated, and you
are right in thinking that it ought to
be constantly kept before public at
tention.
Nations Profess Desire.
"All the great nations profess to
desire peace. yet all maintain enor-
nous naval and military ornaments
| which impose an almost intolerable
burden upon the peoples. OF course,
! each nation declares that these arma'
ments are only for its own protection
intended, in fact, to secure peace, and
that it has no aggressive designs
against others. Yet each nation does
not seem to credit the others with the
1 same pacific intentions 1t processes
for itself. and so an atmosphere ol
general suspicion reigns.
/ Allegations of intended attacks By
some one nation upon another, howev
er recklessly they are made. improb
able in themselves, are CONSTANT,
scattered forth and receive an amount
of credit surprising to those who know
the real facts of the case. You doubt
less recall an instance of this kline
which occurred not long ago affecting
your own country.
Each such story, each such alarm
has the effect of increasing the de
mand for further increase in nava
and military preparations. The alarm
usually passes away after a few
months. but the result remains in tn
increased ornaments and in the slim
illus given to the latent but ever-pres
ent warlike sentiment"
Letter From Bryan.
William Jennings Bryan weighed Il
with letter of commentator Stain
he was in favor of arbitration. askin
i Endorsement of proposition he intro
, duced at the London conference fou
, years ago.
President Samuel Gompers in hi
!. letter stated:
Organized labor stands for peace
industrial as we'll as internationa
: carping critics to the contrary no
withstanding. We want internations
peace. All mankind yearns for ii
humanity demands it.
Labor will strive to persuade tn
; governments of the world to establis
! universal peace. but lest these hope
: be unrealized and efforts prove fulfil
1t must never be forgotten that In th
. last analysis the masses OF the peopl
!. lot every country have it in the
: hands to exert their own giant wi
!. and power against international va
and that II otherwise thwarted the
will not hesitate to exert It.
jackson n. Ralston. of Washingtol
D. c., spoke on .Sonfe Suppose
] causes for War;" and Rev. p. A. CT
ford, Of Brookline. Mass, spoke c
I..Three-Plank Peace Platform" The.
! planks he gave as brotherhood. = IN
! Gain from War When it is Force
Upon Us" and The Tithes."
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