The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-03
|lDsEVELT WRITES
|lV PEACE TREATIES
..rn,er President Says Turko-
',,Iian War Proves lnettl-
cheney of Agreement.
oOD FAITH is LACKING
'uuiiy and Folly of Making
When There Is No
Intention Keeping Them.

xfT YORK, Nov. 2.-Theodore
/. ..erelt has an article on "Arbitra-
I, pretense and Reality iu the
I'M number Of The Outlook. 1t
|siu part;
|.sorelv tbe real friends Of peace IN
so,,ntry ought to be able TO pFotit
sbs events that have happened in
:,s and in the mediterranean dur
I, tbese very fail months, since the
.;frotiou treaty was considered in the
''fh,r;nr these months we have seen
-;dcsrrrsd revolt in China with nj.
dIsorgsoizatiou of the empire aud
have seer war unexpectedly break
betseen Italy and Turkey, In
Ia fhcrc has doubtless been much
'',sc for the revolt because Of tyr
q and uisgoveTnmcut and this tyr
"a and niisgovernmcut have been
-4pr than in anv really civilized
IAN. although the Chinese arc far
"a urwarlike than any civilized Da-
f. ard bave IN army very much less
|.ient than that Of any civilized
i. AZ for the war between Italy and
Zen. I am not nov concerned with
<fhicRl Justification. Personally. |
|'eyc thai il is in the interest OF
utnity tha. Tripoli should fail under
|,onoan control. lust rs 1t is in the
|<cst nj humanity That Morocco
A so fall: lust as it has been Of
spss,rshin benefit to mankind. aud
|rfisIy TO Algerian sad Egyptian
nkiud. that Algeria and Egypt
hid fall under the control Of France
i Of England.
Calls 1t Folly.
1BEt bis IL not the point. The
nd is That this war proves the utter
|6ricncv Of paper treaties when
n arc urbacked bv force; the utter
|r Of those who boileye that these
1tr treaties accomplish any useful
|pesr IN the present stage of the
Ids Development whcu there is 20
ft behind then; and finally, moi
fely the folIv, but TIC tuiquity Of
ing treaties which there is 10 rca!
'nfion of putting INTO effect.
'Turkcy'S treaties with Tarious Eu
ran power; explicitly guarantee ber
{Qrity and on the mere technical la,
||fies Of ihe cast no court of arpI-
ion 10 the world could ossibl Y de.
n in auy other way than as against
ID and for Turkey if tho case at
"A between them we're brought TO
6i5stiop.
ID would bc not merely foolish. but
'sed, for us az a nation TO agree to
|[aic anv dispute that Affects our
+ interest or our independence or
eonor. because such an agreement
y amount on our part 10 a cove
10 abandon our duty. To IN agree
a to surrender the rights Of the
mean people about unknown mat
~ mkoowu times in the future.
|sncb an agreement would he wicked
|Ppt and yet Ia break lt-as it uu-
fedly would be broken If the oc-
w would be only less
|pcful than keeping it \ self exc
|pg arbitration treaty nI such q
cannot be devised, simply because
2eb treaty that can he devised will
ne itself ar will ny ough, TO h"
7fcd nv the Datlou in time of
What Should Be Done.
~ as a people We wish 20 make a
'9'ne advance, we should agree def
~ TO submi, to arbitration an dis.
3 that don I involve the vital in
-. the independence OF honor of
uaiIon and should 1T the same time
q PROVISIONS which will tend 10
about pacinc solution of all
1tes not covered by the treaty.
20 THIS end provision should he
tSq IN such treaty that ii every
q 'o'i' claims that dispute in.
IT'S vital interest, its ipdepeu
or It's honor, then (aIways pro
thht neither party takes posi-
tnat neressltates immediate action
~ o,her). on the request Of either
all questions of fact and al
<'lohs OF law involved in the dis.
a sueii be referred to arbitrators
snHll nave no power TO decide tho
e' out shall be authorized {,
VIZ the controversy as TO questions
ast and of law, and to recommend
punishment Of the dispute as they
utem Iust and honorable TO botl
-vntractlDg nations