Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-06-10
NEWS FROM
WASHINGTON


WASHINGTON
The President Is aRain absent from
the capitol on q three or four days
.unt, addressIng seminaries and nm
iverseties ct their commencement
exercises. Il is no small thing fos
opo Of thsse institutions 20 have the
President Of the United States on the
platform. He win make Monroe,
Michigan. the limit Of his tour,
where he will deliver an address nt
AZ Inauguration Of an equestrian stat
ne 0f General Custer. No Presideni
has travelled as much and made as
many speschos on 50 many different
subjects as haa Presl1cnt Tsfe. He
L 40, what is called : great orator
and 3 ~ always . happy speaker.
II 'lG trlI ~ 1haf lnaE
eiegnnes. althuush trey cAnnot be
clsssed as low OF coaFSs, bua he is al.
ways gOod.humored, never bitter or
vindlctive, and the audience is In.
vanAbly Impressed with his good
faith, aud that be is She very anti
thesis Of Cassius In that he hath no
clean and hungry look" aud ls not
Dangerous.
Il Is reported thss Il Il the Inten.
ttiOn Of the President 10 appoint OK
President Roosevelt as she head Of
Peace Commission which some mem.
bers Of Congress IN the Senate are dis
posed to authorize By an sppropris
ton bin for shat purpose. The idea
Is that the Peace Commission shall
tour the world In an endosvor to
have the sOverelgns and ehancollar-
les Of the great powers agree 10 .
Limitation Of aTmies and armaments
with a view to limiting the stagger.
ing expense Of military and naval es.
tablIshments and In the interests Of
peace. II ls said that Russia Is on
the eve Of expending 81. 900, ,000, 600
for the army and navy. This will
necessarily arouse japan 10 . like ef
fort. Germany, Notwithstanding her
colossal military and naval establish
ments will certainly not quietly sIt
by while Russia Is organizing suoh .
prepondersnt force, and Austria,
France and England will also bestir
themselves until, as someone has
said, every laborer oT Europe will
have Q soldier or sailor on his back. {"
An army is productive Of nothing
bus destruction. Every soldier and
sailor l. 30 much taken from the
field OF productive work and made 10
swell the ranks. not only Of eonsump
ton, but Of destruction. If the mil
lions Of soldiers not In armies thru
out the world could only be convert
cd &c workers In the field, in the fac
tories, and the mines, the cost Of liv.
ing would be greatly decreased and
that question would cease to agItatG
Congresses and bread-Winnera. Thinh
Of what RuSaia might do with that
ono billion In the way Of railroad
building. That country hAs millions
Of sqaare miles Of - Eine aBriCulturA
land a. can be found anywhere, and
cheap transportation would quickly
qnsdrupls their value and bring pros-
perIty to hundred million Of very
PO0r people. But Russia Is under
She Immediate necessity Of exPond
ling her millions In preparation to do
sttoy instead Of to produce. II th'
great powers Of she aorld-th'
United States. Great Britain. Japan
Germany. Italy, Russia and Frano'
would agree TO settle the sxacs Fatl'
ns to military establishments, the,
could reduce expenditures pFobabl,
seventy ave per cent and ssill be Of
the same relative basis that they ar
now, and these millions could b
turned to the material development
Of the unimprOved parts Of the world
SO that thrift and prosperity nigh
gladden. the continents aud the is
lands.