Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-23
TAFT ADVOCATES
WORLDS PEACE
FAVORS ARBITRATION BUT NOT
DISARMAMENT
Men and Makes Indirect
Apology for Attack
on Press
ASSOCIATED Pressl

NEW YORK, March 22.-The presi-
dent of the United States spoke in
the cause Of world peace tonight be-
fore such brilliant assemblage at the
Hotel Astor that he described it as
"superatiye.'
He was the honor guest at ban
quet of the Peace and Arbitration
league and the principal speaker. In
the main, international peace was the
keynote of every address, but no
speaker advocated the immediate dis
armament of nations. All agreed
armies and navics were necessary until
a more utopian universe shall have
come about
ON this point, President Taft said:
Because we are in favor of universal
peace and in favor of arbitration to
secure it, we are not in favor of one
country giving UP that which We now
use for the purpose of securing peace,
or the withdrawal of our armament
our army and our navy
Tremendous applause greeted his de-
clarations and he continued:
Il do not want to seem inconsistent
in speaking so emphatically here in
favor of peace by arbitration and i'm
using every effort I can bring 10 bear
on congress to have two more battle
/ ,
continue with that policy until the
Panama canal is constructed, so that
then our naval force shall be doubled
by the connection between the two
coasts Then We can stop and think
whether we wish to go further"
Leaving the question of peace, the
president touched upon the violation OF
rights Of aliens i'm this country, recon-
mending the chief executive and the
] al ~ hon @
pass upon such violations committed in
the several states.
lie did not refer to the Japanese, but
he spoke Of the inadeQuacy OF having
treaty violations passed upon by gov
ernors or local district attorneys.
Two ambassadors. Count Won Berns-
tOrff of Germany and SignOr de Id Bar
re of Mexico, were among the speakers
OF the evening, as were Charles w
Fairbanks, former vice president; J. b
McCreary, formerly senator from Ken
lucky, and president of the league
Mayor Gaypor of New York and Henry
CleWs, the banker
Facing d crowd of 500 newspaper mer
and editors at the New York Press
club this afternoon, the president indi-
rectly apologized for his remarks con-
cerning the press, made in a recent
speech in Chicago He explained his
attitude after John A. Hennessy presi-
dent Of the club had remarked i'm a
speech that he did not agree with the
presidents views.
Tt was a strenuous day the president
spent in New York. He was pursued
for Il mile through Central park by "A
bicycle policeman seeking speed limit
violators; his automobile led the fast
est race through Fifth avenue and con-
gested Broadway that the natives have
witnessed In many a day; he lectured
an assCmblage Of editors at the lunch
con at the residence Of Henry CleWs,
the New York banker; he discussed
the Far Eastern situation with former
Vice President Fairbanks; conferred
With county political Ieaders-all this
besides the Press club reception and the
/ two banquets which he attended to-
night
The luncheon at the Clews residence
was private and was attended by near
| ly every prominent newspaper editor in
| New York.
II was said later at the CleWs home
that the president had given a "heart
to heart talk" to the editors, that he
had mentioned the recent criticism in
the public press ON the administration,
and had endeaVored to show where the
newspapers coulyd be Of material as
sistance, not to the administration but
to the government at large.