Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-05
RoossYslt La Norway.

Ohristiauia, May 5.-At the palace of
King Haskon Hhers the Roose7elta sre
stopping, there is cot vestige OF formal
ity bst8een guetts and hosts.
This is holiday in Christina in honor
of Roosevelt. All the stores are closed
and the streets are filled with merry
makers. a local charity resped rich
harvest by having dcz,us OF girls sell
small American silk flags on the streets.
At noon Mr.. Roosevelt went 10 the
American Embassy for luncheon. he
remained there until o'clock, when ne
was driven to the National Thestre to
deliver his address an International
Peace" before the Nobel Prize com.
mittee.
Tonight there lhsre will be big pub
lie bsDquet given by the Nobel Prize
committee.
Ohristiauia, Norway, May 5 Form
or President Roosevelt delivered an sd-
dress before the Noble prizs committee
here today. Among ether thiogs ne
said:
ut is With peculiar pleasure that |
stand here today to express the deep
| apprecis ton I ieel of the high honor
conferred upon zoe by the presentation
of the Nobel Peace prize. The gold
medal which formed palt OF the prize
1 shall always keep, and l shall hand
il on to my children as q precious heir.
loom The cum of money provided as
part of the prizs BY the wise generosity
Of the illu,trious founder of this world
| famous prlzs system, did not, under
the peculiar circumstances Of the case,
feel at liberty to keep l think 1t
eminently just and proper that in most
cases the recipient of the prizs should
keep for bis own h'e the prize Ia its
entirety. But In THE case, while | did
not act officially as president of the
Uaited S;t tea, 1t was nevertheless only
oecause I was president that | vas en-
sbled 10 act at all; and felt that the
money must be considered as having
been given me In trust for the Uaited
States. | therefore used 1t as rucltu'
for a foundation to forward tho cEuss
Of industrial peace, as being we'll within
he general purpose OF Jour committee;
TOR ia our complex industrial civilization
Of today The peace of righteousness and
Justice, the only kind OF peace worth
having, is at least IS necessary 10
the industrial world as 1t ia among ma
tons.
"Our words must be judged By our
deeds, aud 10 striving for lofty ideal,
ne must use practical methods; and ii
se cauuot attain all at one leap, We
| must advance towards 1t sttp by stap,
reasonably content 81 long ss w do
sctuslIy make some Er>gtess in The riggs
direction"
The former president then suggested
how advances could be made along
certsin lines, aud In concluding said:
"Finslly, 1t wtu'd be a msster stroke
If those CREST powers honesty best 90
peace wiu'd form lesgu, of peace,
not only to keep the peace among taem'
selves, tut t,ssprevent, BY force, if nee
cessary, its being broken by others.
The supreme difficulty in connection
With devel, ping the peace work OF The
Hague arises from the lack of any exec
u!ive power, of any police PoSer to
enforce the DEGREES of the court, : :
Each nation NUT keep we'll prepared
to defend itself uYtl the establishment
Of some form of International police
power COMPETENT and willing to prevent
violence Is between nations. As thlpga
are now, such power to commend peace
! throughout the world ccu'd best be a.
sured by rome combination between
those great nEtions which sincerely de-
sre peace aud have no thought them
selves of committing aggressiors