The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-05-13

welt former president OF the United
states. lDcturod on international
Peace" Thursday. May 8. before the
Nobel prize committee which award.
ell him the peace prize for his sue.
ccssful efforts In ending the war be-.
tween Russia and Japan. The great
hall where the lecture was delivered
was filled TO the doors. many distin.
gulshcd persons being In the audience.
and Colonel Roosevclrs words were
heartily applauded His lecture fol
lows.
Need Of Industrial Peace.
II is with peculiar pleasure that l
stand here today to express the deep
appreciation ! feel of the high honor
conferred upon mo by the prcscnta.
ton Of the Nobel peace prize. Tho
| gold medal which formed part Of the
| prize | shall always keep. aud | shall
hand It on TO my children as precious
heirloom The sum Of money provided
ns part Of the prize by the wise gen.
orosity Of the illustrlous founder "
/ this vorld'famous prize system. did
| not. under the peculiar circumstances
of the case. feel at liberty to keep.
think II emincntly Just and proper
! that In most eases the recipient Of the
prize should keep for his own use the
/ prize In It's entirety. But IN this
case. while I did not act officially us
| president Of the United States. II was
/ nevertheless only because ! was pres.
I ldont that I was enabled 10 act az all
and I felt that the money must be
considered as having been given me
In trust for the United States. ! there.
/ fore used II as n nucleus for a 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 clviliza.
| ton Of today the peace NJ righteous.
ness and Justice. the only kind Of
peace worth having. IL at least az
/ necessary In the Industrial world as
II Ia among nations There IL at
least az 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, ns TO check n cruel
and unhealthy milltarism In intorna.
tlonal relationships.
when Peace May Be Evil.
We must ever bear IN mind that the
/ great end In view IL Righteousness.
| Justice as between man and man. ma.
tion and nation. the chance TO lead
our lives on somewhat higher level,
with broader spirit of brotherly good
Will one for another. Peace IL gen.
| orally good In itself. but II Is never
the highest good unless II comes ns
/ the handmade OF righteousness. and II
| becomes a very evil thing II II serves
merely as mask for cowarilce and
sloth, or as an instrument 10 further
| the ends Of dcspotism or anarchy.
We despise and abhor the bully. the
/ brawlcr the oppressor. whether In
I private or public life: but we dcspise
no less the coward and the yoluptu.
| airy. No man II worth calling man
/ who viii not fight rather than submit
| to inlamy or see those that are dear
to him suffer wrong No nation de.
serves to exist II II permits itself to
lose the stern and vlrilc vlrtdcs: and
this without regard to whether the
loss is due to the growth Of n heart.
/ less and allabsorhing commoTciallsm
/ to prolonged Indulgence In luxury and
soft onortless ease. or TO the deifica.
ton Of n warped and twisted sonti.
mentality.
Moreover. and above ali, let us re-.
member that words count only when
they give expression TO deeds or are
to be translated into them The lead.
ers Of the Rel Terror prattled Of
peace while they stepped their hands
I'm the blood Of the innocent: and
many tyrant has called II peace
when he has scourged honest protest
into silence Our words must he
Judged by our deeds and In striving
for a lofty ideal we must use prac.
teal methods and II we cannot at.
tain all at one leap, we must advance
towards II step by step, reasonably
content so long as we do actually
make some progress in the right d.
rectlon.
Now, having freely admitted the
limitations TO our work, and the quail
lncatlons TO be borne In mind. feel
that | have the right to have my
words taken seriously when point
out where in my Judgment great nd'
vance can be made In the cause of In.
ternational peace speak as a prac.
teal man. and whatever now adyo.
cate actually tried to do when was
for the time being the head of great
nation. and keenly Jealous Of It's hon
or and interest ask other nations
to do only what should be glad to
see my own nation do,
Treaties Of Arbitration.
The advance can be made along
several lines. First Of all there can
be treaties Of arbitration There are,
OF course. states so backward that a
civilized community ought not TO en-
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