Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-05-13
ROOSEVELT URGES
PEACE OF WORLD
IN NOBEL GRAFTON
Declares That There Are Times
When It Would Be Dishon-
orable to Shirk
Conflict.

Christiania, Norway, May Former
President Roosevelt today discussed
the subject Of international Peace"
before the Nobel Prize committee,
members Of royalty and other person
ages distinguished in the political. edu-
cational, commercial n social life OF
Norway.
1t was the Nobel prize committee, the
members Of which are elected by the
Norwegian storthing, that in 1906 con-
ferred on the then president of the
United States its medal n money
award in recognition of his services In
bringing to a conclusion the Russo
Japanese war.
The occasion was the feature of Mr..
Roosevelt's visit to Norway and n
Of the most notable of his European
tour. Copies of the address had been
distributed in advance mons the press,
and this afternoon and tomorrow
morning the views of the former presi-
dent will be published in every country
of Europe.
Mr.. Roosevelt said in part:
1t is with peculiar pleasure that I stand
here today to express the deep appreC.a.
ton l feel Of the high honor conferred
upon me by the presentation of the Noble
peace prize. The gold medal which
formed part of the prize | shall always
keep, and / shall hand it on to my chill.
dren as a precious heirloom. The sum OF
money provided as part of the prize by
the wise generosity of the illustriOus
tenn, | did not, under the peculiar circum-
stances OF the case, feel at liberty to keep
| think it eminently just and proper that
in most cases the recipient OF the prize
money should keep for his own use tbs
prize in it's entirety. But in this case
while ! did not act officially as president
Of the United States, it was nevertheless
only because l was president that I was
enabled to act at all; and felt that the
money must be considered as having beer
given me in trust for the United States. ]
therefore used II as a nucleus for a fOun.
dation to forWard the cause Of industrial
peace as being well within the general
purpose OF your committee; for in our
complex industrial civilization Of today the
peace of righteousness and justice, the
only kind of peace worth having, IS at
least as necessary in the industrial world
as 1t 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 greed and violence OF part OF
the world Of labor, as to check a cruel
relationships.
Justice the Chief End.
We must ever bear in mind that the
great end in view is righteousness, justice
as between man and man, nation and ma
somewhat higher level, with a broader
spirit of b~rotherly good will for one an
other. Peace is generally good in itself,
DuL 1t Is never the nigIeSt good unless II
comes as the handmade of righteousness;
and IT becomes a very evil thing If Il
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 Op-
pressor, whether in private or public life:
but we despise no less the coward and the
voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man
who VIII not fRht rather than submit TO
infamy or see those that are dear to him
suffer wrong. No nation deserves to eZ-
list if IT 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 luxury
ton Of a warped and twisted sentiment
tally.
Moreover, and above all, let us remem-
Der that words count only when they
give expression to deeds or are to be
translated into them. The leaders OF the
red terror p~rattled of peace while they
stepped their hands in the blood Of the
peace when he has sCOurged honest pro-
test into silence. Our words must be
judged by our deeds; and in striving for a
lofty ideal we must use practical methods,
and IL we cannot attain all at one leap,
we must advance towards it step by step,
reasonably content so long as we do actu-
ally make some progress in the right d.
rection.
Now, having freely admitted the limita-
lions of our work, and the qualifications
10 De DOTne III NINA, / feel tnat i nave the
right to have my words taken seriously
when I point out where in my Judgment,
great advance can be made in the cause
of international peace l speak as a prac-
teal man, and whatever I now advocate
/ actually tried to do when I was for the
time being the head Of a great nation, and
keenly jealous of It's honor and interest. I
ask other nations to do only what l should
be glad TO see my own nation do.
Colonel Roosevelt suggested three
methods of promoting the peace OF
the world. The first was the making
of arbitration treaties between nations.
The second was the development of
The Hague tribunal, and the third was
the forming of peace leagues between
nations, not only to keep the peace
themselves, but to compel other ma
tions by force, if necessary, to MAIN
tain it and to settle their differences
nv arbitration