Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-09
President Taft's Remarks.

try Will be prepared to enter INTO IL
President Taft's Remarks.
President Taft, who spoke immediately
after the japanese parllamentarl3n. asked
ii this country ought 10 defeat MI. Sni-
mazda amolt.on and the ambition of the
people whom he represents by saying that
there is some constitutional obJec.Ion TO
the perfection of the treaties with Great
Britan and France.
You have just listened TO a most in
terestin5 speech. recountlnS the number
of reasons why thc tmltd states anu
bonds OF amitH, said the i'ieSIuent.
''N e heard from Inc distinguished gen
tIcman. VINO represents JAPAN Inc state
4nent OF has ambition that the day was
not d.stan, Wnen japan should be unIted
with the otner natIonS IN such peace
vbi-Sdtion as that we axe now trying 40
make complete between England ana the
United States. an the one aand. and be
tween France and the Uni ed States on
the other. L ask you whether we ought
10 defeat his ambition and the dmbl ton
OF the people WnOm ne repl esents Dy So
inS Ihdt there Is some constitutional Oh
Jecuon % the PERFECTION of Inose treaties >
are We goluS To take the ndVor out OF
TINS movement by some narrow reading
al the powers of one OF the branches OF
this government? Are we solng to cause
Il MATT to Il movement that now seems 10
nave an impetus, which Will bc world
WIDE, because there Is some quirk in ne
construction of the powers of one of the
legislative branches of tins government :!
on nave got to aunt around to and IT,
at any rate. " hat is the use OF discover
ing something that is Of no USE
Criticises the Senate.
President Taft criticised the United
ifc RI
constitutional objections in the path of
The proposed conventions with Great
Britain and France, and referred to the
friendly course which Japan has pursued
With respect to these conventions He
said:
To recur again to the speech of the
distinguished gentleman whom we have
just heard. While Japan is not now one
I'll the teatymaklng powers with whom
we are hoping to come into cioser union
by ietson of these treaties, she has mani
lested her deep interest in these treaties
and her sympathy in making them pos
Slbie by waving altogether one of the
terms OF q treaty she made with Grea [
Britain. which might have interfered with
cioslng the treaty between the United
states and Great 81 itain We are in
debted TO her for that, and if she can
make that concession. having no interes [
or at least no direct interest-why can
d similar concession"
In addition to the President and Mr.
shinada, whose speech was delivered
through an Interpreter, the other speak
ers included Senator Theodore f. Bur-
ton, David j. Foster, former chairrnan
Of the House committee on foreign at
fairs; Representative Richard Bartholdt
and Dean George w. kirchwey of the
Columbia University School of Law Sen
ator Burton presided
exDpcted
Sharp Williams would participate in the
program, but injuries sustained i'll d re
cent accident made II impossible for him
to attend He sent IL letter however
rotary of the American Peace Society in
which he stated that the Senate, in his
opinion, should ratify the treaties with
Great Britain and France without amend
ing them.
All OF the speakers ndorScd the treaties
and declared that too much praise cannot
be gwen President Taft for his efforts il
the cause of humanity.
Corner Stone of World Peace"
Mr.. Foster predicted that the treatie;
will be ratified by the Senate.
when. in a few weeks, the treaties are
ratified, as they will be- said Mr.. Eos
ter, Great Britain, France and th'
United States, under the leadership .
| President aft will have laid the las
corner stone OF the great and noble edi
| flee of world peace"
| The pending treaties should be rattle,
at once. urged Representative Bartholdt
| To amend them means to kill them, h.
| declared
| 1T is not the cause of the President %
| the government or the people OF America
| but II Is the cause of humanity sal,
| Dean kirchwey. in summing up tn
| meaning OF the effort to bring about tn
| estabi shment OF the arbitration treaties.
| In IN. address, Mr.. Shimada enulncrat
| ed the reasons Japan has for countin
| the United States as her best friend. III
! referred to the United States having re
; turned TO }span an indemnity that ha'
been paid and said that the money hat
been used in hui ding a breakwater be
fore the haroor of Yokohama.
| There it stands today he said g
monument for al nations TO see of til
peaceful relations existing between thes
two countries,
Mr.. Shimada said that, because of iine'
utt-~ances, there has sprung between
Tn" tw~ nations feeling ~ ,1isLnder
standing. but that he believed this wouI,
diSappear when the Japanese people NOR
fully appreciated the fact that the re
ports We're the expressions Cs individual
and in no wise represented the attitUl
of this government.
Mrs. Taft in Audience.
President Taft entered the hall accom-
panied by Mrs. Taft and Mai - cnibaI,