The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-05-31
SCORES TEDDY
Ez-pfesidenst Roosevelt Sharply cids,=
ed for His Speeches
SHOWN UP IN BAD LIGHT
Former Secretary OF s.ate Foster
Says Teddy Is Inconsistent and
Shows That When He Was Presi-
dent he Sent Cases to the Hague
and Invited Array Venezuela.

and Invited Array Venezuela.
Severe criticism of Theodore Roos-;:
eTelt's recent public utterances re-:
garding international arbitration
marked the speech of John W. Fos-
ter, former secretary Of state, before
the 18th annual meeting Of the Lake.
Mohonk, N. Y, conference on inter-
national arbitration. at the same
time, said.Mr. Foster, notwithstand-
ing Mr.. Rooseyelt's early declara-$
ton in opposition to arbitration In.
general, he has done more than any;
other living man to advance thiss,
cause.
Speaking of the .Anglo-AmerIcans
treaty of arbitration now being me-
gotiated, Mr. Foster declared that
opposition to it in the senate ought
not to be entertained as a serious
possibility. The treaty, he said.s
would place the two governments on
the same footing as each Of them has
placed its citizens and would result In
similar treaties between other ma:
tions. ~.
It was plain, he added, that
would have no appreciable effect ON.
the ornaments from the world and
that at present Germany can hardly
be expected to become party to az
like treaty. Nevertheless, "as un-s
limited arbitration is extended among
the nations its beneficial effect must
become more and more apparent, and
even the German government must
eventually find modus vivenM with
the peaceful nations which viii enc
able it to restrict its armament and
cease to be a menace to the world.n;55
Mr.. Fosters subject was ttUnlimit-s
ed Anglo-American arbitration" The:
portion Of his address relating to-
Mr.. Rooseelt follows:
t'I had concluded the preparation
of my address at this point Wneu the
illumination. of Theodore Roosevelt
in the public press. While
l regret its appearance as tending to-
embarrass the action of the senate,
recall the fact that no man In public
life today has shown such an erratics
and inconsistent course in relation to-
the subject OF international arbitra-a
ton. His early public career was
marked by a strong hostility to arbi-&
tration in general. In a magazine ar;
ticle as late as 1895 he attacked
President Harrison for submitting
the Bering Sea question to arbitra-
ton.
s+But when he assumed the respon-
sibility of the presidency it was he !;
who sent the first case to the Hague
court Of arbitration and invited the
nations in hostile array against Vene-
zuela to resort to the same court. In {
the first instance he proposed to Set
tie the Alaskan boundary dispute by
sending the American army to OCCUPY
and hold the territory by force, but 8
finally yielded to- the pacific advice
of Secretary Hay and in 1908 submit
ted the question to the London COM
"In 1904 he sent number of arbi-
tration treaties to the senate and
yet, because the body saw fit to in-,ss
sist upon the exercise of its con-
stitutional view he denounced thtsx
action as a Sham" and subterfuge
and in petulent manner refused to-
put the treaties with the senate's
amendment to that body and upon It's !:
approval put them into operation.
Notwithstanding his early decla-~
ration in opposition to arbitration in
general, he has done more than any
other living man to advance this
cause and has well earned the Nobel
peace prize.
Judging the future by the past,
in the course of time, after he has
played to his hearts content with his
favorite terms, hypocrisy, coward
ice bad faith ETC., we may expect
this erratic but patriotic citizen to
fall in line with the onward march
towards international peace, and give
his support to the great measure
which most ennobles the administra-
ton Of his successor"