Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-22

claim to the gratitude of my countrymen
than to have secured such treaties. bu'
II cannot permit myself in the enthus1-
astic desire to secure universal peace to
blind myself to the possibilities OF war
We have not reached the time when we
can count on the settlement of all inter.
national controversies by the arbitration
| Of tribunal.
| Must Face the Facts.
| IT welcome most highly the rapidly in
creasing ranks OF the advocates Of peace
They help to form a public opinion OF
the world that is. with appreciable prog
| ress, forcing nations to a settlement OF
quarrels by negotiation or peace tribunals
When adjudication by arbitral court shall
be accepted the motive for armament
will disappear. But we cannot hope to
bring about such condition for decades
Meantime we must face the facts and see
conditions as they are. Some earnest
advocates Of peace weaken their advocacy
by failing to do this. War is still a
possibility, and President. senator or
congressman who ignores it as something
against which proper precautions should
be taken subjects himself in time OF
peace to the just criticism or all rea-
sonable men. and when war comes and
finds the nation unprepared. to the unani-
low-countrymen."
Medal for Mr.. Carnegie.
The Pennsylvania dinner also was
notable for the presentation to Andrew
Carnegie OF the society's gold medal,
awarded annually for distinguished
achievement" In acknowledgment Mr..
Carnegie said. in part:
History records that the Constitution
of the United States was born on Penn
sylvania soil. A great deal depends upon
where you are born. 1t is said that some
men are born great, some achieve great
ness, some have greatness thrust upon
them. and some are born In ONO.
This sore point with us Pennsyi-
vanians, but properly considered It is
one Of the finest upon which the Pennsyi-
vanian can dwell because 1t 1fnpresses
upon all other states the high and I'M
for which she has long been distinguish
ed. Thus as the needle to the pole Is
Pennsylvania to the political party or IT'S
choice. Yet no presidential candidate mas
chance who comes from the heystotie
state. No national convention under able
political management would ever dream
of nominating a Pennsylvania because
the one party would be sure to carry
Pennsylvania with any kind OF a candl-
date, and the other party would never
dream Of carrying it with any kind Of a
candidate whatever.
"Such is the unique standard Of virtue
Of the keystone state. In this respect
we challenge comparison with any state
in the Union. We must. however, recon-
cile ourselves to the inscrutable DEGREES
of Providence. Meanwhile, as Ohio is our
next door neighbor, Pennsylvania shall
not forget the good old adage. That is
not lost which a neighbOr GETS"
Choate and Dix Speak.
Other speakers were Joseph Choate.
Gov. Dix.
were DR.. Henry S. Drinker. president
Of Iehigh University; Capt Robert E.
Peary, John Wanamaker, Senator Boies
Penrose, Attorney General Wickersham.
Gov. Tener Of Pennsylvania; Secretary
Knox and Charles D. Norton, secretary
to the President.
Twelve Hundred at Banquet.
The Pennsylvania dinner was the
largest ever given by a New York pa
triotic sopinty. Twelve hundred sat at
the tables 4nd 500 more filed the boxes
to look on. Each guest was given .
photograph Of the President,
At the Martinique the President re-
manned only few minutes, but spoke
with q frank optimism, commented on
by all who remembered his appearance
at the Press Club not long before the
November elections.
II talked tonight at a Pennsylvania So
ciety dinner he said. ''in an atmosphere
breathed into by Andrew Carnegie and
Joseph Choate, advocates Of distilled
peace. At my either hand were the chairs
of two handsome governors. the Governor
Of New York and the Governor of PENN
sylvania. There came into my soul q
feeling of sympathy for both.
THE Lord tempers the wind to the
shorn lamb and thickens the hide Of
those charged with responsibility. IL you
can live to establish q status through the
first two years OF an administration
believe you can survive through the
four"
-Four Years More"
-Four years more!' shouted several