The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-05
ROOSEVELT GIVES PLAN
FOR PEACE OF WORLD
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well worth the study of those who
seek AT The Hague to obtain the same
results on world scale"
The right kind of fighting held as
much place In the address of Col.
Roosevelt as Gid the right kind Of
peace making.
Roosevelt doesn't like and he told
the committee SO
Peace is generally good in itself 4"
he said, but IL Is never best unless IL
comes as the handmade OF righteous.
ness, and II becomes an evil thing II
IT serves merely AS n mask for COW
ardice and sloth, or as an instrument
to further the ends of despotism or
anarchy
we despse and abhor the bully,
the brawler and the oppressor,
whether in private or public life and
we despise no less the coward and the
vouptuary.
No man is worth calling man
who Will not fight rather than sub
nit to infamy or see those that are
dear to him suffer wrong. No nation
deserves To exist if IL permits itself
to lose the stern and virile virtues;
and this without regard to whether
the loss Is due TO the growth of a
heartless and all-absorbing CONNER
cialism TO prolonged indulgence in lux
ury and soft, effortess ease or to the
dedication of a warped and twisted
sentlmehtality
1 feel that have the right to have
my words taken seriously when |
point ont where. in my Judgment,
great advance can he made in the
cause of international peace.
First of all. there can be treaties
OF arbitration. There are, OF course,
states SO backward that civilized
nation ought not To enter into an ar
bitration treaty with them, at least
until we have gone much further in
securing some kind of international
police action. But all really civilized
communities should have effective ar
bitration treaties among themselves.
believe that these treaties can cover
almost all questions liable TO arise
between such nations, If they are
drawn with the explicit agreement
that eacn contracting party will re.
spect the others territory and its adj
solute sovereignty within that terri
tory and the equally explicit agree
ment that aside from the very rare
cases where the nations honor is
vitally concerned all other possible
subjects Of controversy will be sub
mitted TO arbitration
Mr. Roosevelt advocated a further
development Of The Hague tribunal
,f -, q Il, T..
and courts az The Hague
Something should be done to check
The growth OF ornaments, especially
OF naval ornaments. by international
agreement" said Col Roosevelt NO
one power could or should act by it,
self. for II is eminently undesirable.
from the standpoint Of the peace OF
righteousness. that a power which
really does believe In peace should
place itself at the mercy Of some rival
which may. al bottom. have no such
belief and no intention of acting on It,,
But, granted sincerity of purpose.
the great powers Of the world should
find no insurmountable difficulty in
reaching an agreement which would
put an end 10 the present costly and
growing extravaganza of expenditure
on naval ornaments. An agreement
merely to limit the size OF ships would
have been very useful a few years
ago. and would still be OF use; but
the agreement should go much
further"
However. he concluded each ma
ton must keep well prepared to de-
fend itself until the establishment Of
some form OF international police
power, competent and willing 10 pre-
vent violence as between nations.