Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-15
ROOSEVELT LAUDS
PEACE ADVOCATES
Former President Delivers Har-
ward Nobel Lecture Before
Gathering at Cambridge
URGES CANAL FORTIFICATl0N
UpbuiIding of Navy Declared to
Be Essential to ProteC-
ton of Interests
URGES CANAL F0RTIFICATION

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Dec. A.-In
speaking on applied Ethics" as the
Nobel lecturer in Sanders theater to-
night Col. Theodore Roosevelt touched
briefly on the building of the Panama
canal, the program on conservation and
the movement toward universal peace,
as typified by the recent fisheries de-
cision at The Hague.
The Nobel lecture at Harvard Is pros
vided by a fund given by Mrs. VIII
liam B. Nobel in memory of her nus
band, an Episcopal clergyman, and Is
for the benefit of students and the
faculty.
Col. Roosevelts visit to Massachu-
setts was expressly for the lecture, al
though he attended a meeting of the
Harvard overseers at the office in Bos-
ton. He was elected a member of the
board last June.
Just before going on the lecture plat
form Col. Roosevelt learned of the
Carnegie peace foundation fund. He
hailed the announcement with delight
and was especially pleased with the
selection of Senator Root as permanent
representative of the United States at
The Hague.
ACCORDs PRAISE TO CARNEGIE
Toward the end Of his lecture he
referred to the gift as providing the
means of making a real presentation"
in bringing about the results which
Mr.. Carnegie desires to achieve.
He is entitled to the hearty praise
of all good citizens here" said Col.
Roosevelt, land of all patriots in all
countries.
"But remember he said warningly,
"that the ultimate worth depends on
the good, practical sense, the judgment
and ability of the men who, admins
tering the fund, succeed in translating
- the theory into action"
This translation of the moral theories
of government into practice, or what he
termed applied morality" he sought
to illustrate by the Panama canal, un-
der the direction of Col Goethals; con-
iservation, as eXemplifed by the labors
of Garfield and Pinchot, and the peace
movement, as furthered by John Hay
and Elihu Root He favored the forti-
fication of the canal, and a larger navy,
as the best guarantees of peace. In his
address the colonel said in part:
1T is the easiest thing in the world
to sketch out in the closet a system of
government; and 1t is one of the most
difficult things in the world to make
government really functional. In just
the same way it is proVerbially easy TO
preach morality, and still easier to ap-
plaud when preached; but it is difficult
to do the only thing that counts which
is to apply the morality in practice.
EUROPE ADuRES CANAL WORK
Last spring when in Europe 1 was
struck by the fact that every statesman
met deemed two acts of the American
people during the past decade pre-
eminently worth notice-these two be-
ing the voyage Of the battleship fleet
around the world, and the businesslike
efficiency with which we were doing the
work of the Panama canal.
Now, our own people have largely
been ignorant of the really wonderful
work that has been done on that canal.
No men in our history, save only some
of the men engaged in the great wars
which founded and perpetuated this
nation, have such claim on the graft
tude of the nation as those who have
done such efficient work on the Panama
canal.
THAT work represents one Of our
greatest national assets, one of the
greatest feats to be credited to our ma
ton throughout our entire history.
Enormous sums of money have been
spent, and yet there is practically no
taint of corruption in connection with
spending them.
"Take the question Of conservation
of our natural resources, of preserV-
ing our forests, our water supply, our
soil and not only Of preserving them,
but of seeing that they are preserved
for the use of our people as a whole
and not exploited merely for the BEN
eft of a few people of great wealth.
1t is by no means difficult to make
speeches and deliver lectures on that
subject, nor to head conventions in
its favor and applaud declarations in
favor of conservation.
LAUDs GARFIELD AND PINCHOT
"Those who actually do the work Of
conservation have, therefore, peculiar
claim upon us. While l was presi-
dent there were no two men to whom
I felt I owed more, from the stand
point Of the public service, than
Messrs. Garfield and Pnchot for the
work they did in connection with con-
servation."
Toward the end Of his lecture Col
onel Roosevelt deWated from the topic
of "Peace" and spoke about the Car
negie fund, announcement Of which
was made today.
"a great and notable gift to the
cause Of international peace has just
been announced today MIR. Carnegie
has done many things for the cause
of peace, but none quite 50 important
as that announced today. He has
provided means which will enable very
real DIbSItGS 70 nc llleluc III VI llElitB
about the results which he desires TO
achieve"
Returning TO his lecture, Colonel
Roosevelt said that peace must come,
If 1t is to be Of the slightest good,
as the child Of Justice and not Of
weakness. The efficiency Of the United
States navy and its ability to guar
antee the neutrality Of the Panama
canal would. he said. add immensely
to our practical efficiency as people
in working for peace.
"The surest way 90 render our con-
duct In seeking peace subject of de-
rision and contempt among the ma
tions Of maukind.' colonel Roosevelt
declared. "would he m abandon the
work of uphuldine tha United states
navy and to refrain from fortifying
the Panama canal"