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the coward and the voluptuary. No
man is worth calling man who VIII
not fight rather than submit to infany
or see those that are dear 20 MIN suter
wrong No nation deserves 10 exist II
IL permits itself to lose the stern and
virile virtues: and this without regard
10 = neither the loss IS due to the growth
Of a heartless and all-absOrbing com
merCialism. TO prolonged indulgence IN
luxury and soft effOrtless ease, or TO
the dedication Of = warped and twisted
Sentimentality-
Deeds Count, Not Words.
Moreover, and above al, let US re-
member that words count only when
they give expression TO deeds OF are 70
be translated into them The leaders Of
the Red Terror prattled Of peace while
they STEPPED their hands IN the blood Of
the innocent; and many q tyrant has
called 1t peace when he has scourged
honest protest into silence Our words
must be judged by our deeds; and In
striving for a lofty ideal we must use
practical methods; and II we cannot
attain all at one leap, we must advance
toward II step By step, reasonably
content so long as We do actually
make some progress in the right d.
Now, having freely admitted the
limitations 10 our work. and the quail
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/ that I have the right TO have my words
taken seriously when I point out where,
I In my judgment great advance can be
made in the cause Of international
/ peace 7 speak as a practical man,
/ and whatever now advocate l actually
tried 10 do when ] was for the time
/ being the head Of n great nation. and
/ keenly jealous OF its honor and inter
est ] ask other nations 20 do only
/ what should be glad TO see my own
ns>iOn do
/ The advance can be made along sew
/ eral lines First Of all there can be
/ treaties OF arbitration. There are, 4
4 course, States so backward that a civil
/ Ilzed community ought not 70 enter into
I an arbitration treaty with them, at
I least until We have gone much further
/ than at present in securing some kind
I Of international police action
Arbitration Effective
But all really civilized communities
should have effective arbitration treaties
I among themselves believe that these
/ treaties can cover almost all questions
{ liable TO arise between such nations, Il
/ they are drawn with the explicit agree
ment that each contracting party viii re-
/ spect the others territory and its zbso-
lutte sovereignty within that territory, and
1.-THE equally explicit agreement that aside
rom the very rare cases where the
nations honor IS vitality concerned all
& other possible subjects Of controversy
VIII be submitted TO arbitration. Such
a treaty would insure peace unless one
7 party deliberately violated IL or course
as yet there IS no adequate safeguard
against such deliberate violation but
the eSta blishrneut OF a sufficient num-
Der Of these treaties would 20 a long
way toward creating q world opinion
which would finally find expression IN
the provision Of methods 10 forbid or
punish any such violation
Develop Tribunal
. -. d.
lvclOpIuent Of The Hague Tribunal Of the
work Of the conferences and courts At
/ The Hague It has been well said thar
the first Hague Conference framed a
magma charta for the nations; IL set
/ before Us an ideal which has already
I 10 some extent been realized. and to-
{ ward the full realization Of which we
/ can all steadily strive, The second con
ference made further progress: the third
{ should do Vet more Meanwhile the
[ American Government has more than
I once tentatively suggested methods for
I completing the court Of arbICral justice
, constituted at the second Hague Con
/ ference, and for rendering 81 effective
/ II Is earnestly TO be hoped that the
] various governments Of Europe, work
iuE with those Of America and Of Asia
I SIS all set themselves seriously TO the
task Of devisinE some method which
b shall accomplish this result
Study Supreme Court
= IF I may venture the suggestion, Il
would be well for the statesmen Of tht
I world. in planning for the erection OF
this world court to study what has
l. been done in the United States by tht
Supreme Court. I cannot help thinking
. that the Constitution Of the United
States notably in the establishment Of
/ the Supreme Court and in the method;
/ adopted for securing peace and good re
fariOns among and between the diheTen
] States, offers certain valuable analOEles
- TO what should be stTiven for ia orCel
TO secure, through The Hague courts
B and conferences q species Of wOrlC
/ federation for International peace ant
e justice
There are, OF course. Fundamental
Z differences between what the United
/ States Constitution does and what We
E secure at The Hague. but the methods
Z / adopted in the American Constitution q
I prevent hOstiIities between the states
Z and to secure the supremacy Of int
I Federal court in certain classes 81
- cases, are well worth the study Of thost
I who seek at The Hague 10 obtain TIT
= same results on a world scale
In the third place, something should
= be done as soon as possible TO check th'
I growth Of ornaments. especially nava
T. ornaments, by International agreement
/ No one power could OF should act b-
I { Itself for IL is eninently undesirable
/ from the standpoint Of the peace o
- righteousness, that a power which real
| " does believe in peace should DlaC,
itself at the mercy o. some rival Svhici