The Forrest City times., 1910-05-06
ROOSEVELT SPEAKS BEFORE
 NOBEL PRIZE COMMITTEE
Lecture on international Peace" Is Delivered in Christiania---W Ways in Which the Cause May Be Advanced Are
 Set Forth.

-'lnternational Peace" was the fitting topic selected by Col Theodore Roosevelt for his lecture be fore the Nobel prize committee, which was delivered here Thursday A large and distinguished audience listened to the man to whom was awarded the Nobel peace prize for bringing about peace between Japan and Russia. MT. Roosevelt said:
 IL is with peculiar pleasure that I stand here today to express the deep appreciation 1 feel of the high honor conferred upon me by the presenta- ton of the Nobel peace prize. The gold medal which formed part of the prize shall always keep, and I shall hand it on to my children as precious heirloom. The sum of money provided as part of the prize by the wise gen erosity of the illustrious founder of this world-famous prize system. did not. under the peculiar circumstances of fhe case, feel at liberty to keep. think 1t eminently just and proper that Tn most cases the recipient of the prize should keep for his own use the prize in it's entirety But In this ease, while I did not act officially as president of the United States. 1t was nevertheless only because l was pres ident that l was enabled 10 act at all. and l felt that the money must be considered as having been given me Tn trust for the United States. I there fore used It as a nucleus for founda- ton to forward the cause of indus trial peace, as being well within the general purpose of your committee: for in our complex industrial ciyiiza- ton of today the peace of righteous ness and justice. the only kind of peace worth having, is at least as necessary in the industrial world as t Is among nations. There is at least as much need to curb the cruel greed and arrogance of part of the world of capital, to curb the cruel greed and violence of part of the world Of labor, as to check a cruel and unhealthy militarism in interna- tonal relationships
 When Peace May Be Evil.
 Ne must ever bear in mind that the great end in view Is righteousness, justice as between man and man, ma ton and nation. the chance to lead our lives on somewhat higher level with a broader spirit of brotherly good will one for another Peace is gen orally good in itself, but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid of righteousness, and it becomes a very evil thing if it serves merely as a mask for cowardice and sloth. or as an instrument to further the ends of despotism or anarchy. We despise and abhor the bully. the braWler, the oppressor. whether in private or public life; but we despise no less the coward and the voluptu- ary No man is worth calling man who will not fight rather than submit to infaIy or see those that are dear 10 him suffer wrong. No nation de serves 10 exist if 1t permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of heart less and all-absorbing commercialism. To prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft efortless ease, or to the deifca- lion of warped and twisted senti- mentality.
 Moreover, and above all, let us re- member that words count only when they give expression to deeds or are To be translated into them.
 Now, having freely admitted the limitations to our work. and the qual- lhcations to be borne in mind, feel hat l have the right to have my words taken seriously when l point out where, in my judgment great ad- vance can be made in the cause of ln- ternational peace. 1 speak as a prac- teal man, and whatever l now advo- cate l actually tried to do when l was Tor the time being the head of great nation, and keenly jealous of it's hon or and interest I ask other nations to do only what l should be glad to see my own nation do.
 Treaties of Arbitration.
 The advance can be made along several lines. First of all there eaa te treaties of arbitration. There are. CT course. states so backward that a civilized community ought not to en- Ter into an arbitration treaty with them, al least until We have gone much farther than at present in SC curing some kind of international po- ice action. But all really civilized communities should have effective ar pitratlon treaties among themselves. believe that these treaties can cover almost all questions liable to arise be- tween such nations. if they are drawn With the explicit agreement that each contracting party will respect the oth- Sr tprrifnry and ahcnlnta snNaraip rf V