The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-05-04
PRESIDENT TAFT ASSERTS WE
DO NOT CARE TO ENLARGE
OUR DOMAIN.
WORLD PEACE is WANTED
Third National Peace Conference
Opens Sessions in Baltimore in Pres
encc Of Prominent Advocates Of tbs
Abolition Of War--katonal Execu.
tive Talks to Southern Republics.

Baltimore. May 3-Presldent Taft.
In his speech at the opening Of the
third national peace conference here
today said the United States would
keep hands off and not seek to ex-
tend its domain or to acquire foreign
territory.
He made no mention of Mexico, but
to those who heard him, ii was evil
dent the trouble there and the sus-
picion In the South American republics
as 10 the intention of this country in
regard to it's southern neighbors had
inspired him.
"One of the difficulties the United
States finds is the natural suspicion
that the countries engaged have of the
motives of United States has in ten
dering It's good Offices" continued tile
president.
"Asseyeration OF good faith helps
but little where the suspicion is real.
and yet | like to avail myself of an
opportunity In such presence as this
TO assert that there is not in the
whole length and breadth OF the
United States among iis people any
desire for territorial ACKNOWLEDGMENT
and that its people as whole will
not permit It's government, II 1t would,
to take any steps in respect to for
eign peoples, looking to a forcible ex-
tension of our political power.
Know What Wars Are.
we have had wars and we know
what they are. We know what re-
sponsibilities they entail, the burdens
and losses and horrors, and we would
have none of them. We have mag
nifieent domain of our own In which
we arc attempting to work out and
show to the world success In popular
government, and we need no more
territory In which to show this.
But we have attained great pros
perity and great power. We bave be-
come a powerful member Of the ma
tions in which we live and there is.
therefore, thrust upon us necessarily
a care, and responsibility for the peace
OF the world in our neighborhood. and
burden of helping those nations that
cannot help themselves. if we may do
that peacefully and effectively
The president spoke TO several thou
sand persons in the Lyric theater.
Cardinal Gibbons, Secretary of War
Dickinson, Senator Gore and Andrew
Carnegie and more than dozen
leaders In the movement for world
peace sat on the platform with the
president.
Cardinal Gibbons and Hamilton
Holt. president OF the conference, who
spoke before the president, voiced the
opinion that the negotiation of the
proposed arbitration treaty between
the United States and Great Britain
viii mark the greatest step toward
universal peace that the world has
ever seen.
"An arbitration treaty between two
great nations" said the president.
would be a step In securing the peace
of the World"
III such an arbitration treaty can
be concluded. have no doubt an im-
portant step will have been taken, but
II will not bring an end of war. II Is
step only; and we must not defeat
our purposes by enlarging the expec-
tation of the world as to what Is TO
happen and then dlsappoint 1t.
I'VE must realize that we are deal
ing with world that is fallible and