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ment along lines advocated by Mr.. Roose-

ment along lines advocated by Mr.. Rose
Welt Ills letter continued:
After reading your letter carefully l
took exception to the object or the peace
banquet in so far as the ratification OF
the general arbitration treaties with Great
Britain and Frames is concerned ana thc
form OF invitation submitted does not IN
Clude that specific purpose.
Ii never was my understanding or the
understanding Of the citizens peace ban
quet committee that thr purpose or TINS
gathering at the proposed banquet Is Tor
anything but a demonstration on the part
OF the citizens OF this city i express
themselves as being IN favor OF broad,
honest peace movement and the INVITA-
lions do not allude to the treaties
| shall. however, think seriously over the
contents OF your letter, and II md that
1 am expected to act in any way IN tne
management Of this undertaking contrary
to my conviction | shall certainly resign
from the very arduous work for the ban
uuet, provided that. in so doing al TINS
late hour, | do not seriously emDarrass
the President or interfere with the honest
workers associated with me for genuine
I appreciate every word of your letter
and thank you exceedingly for offering to
give me more light on an all-important
question.
Then Mr. Bloomer explained that shortly
after the receipt of this letter he put the
matter before the committee and asked the
members point blank if the dinner was for
the purpose OF indorsng the treaties Of
President Taft. The committee disavowcd
any intention Of such thing. But later,
however said Mr.. Boomer letters were
sent out by the committee saying that the
purpose Of the dinner was TO indorse the
unamended treaties. Bloomer said he
would have resigned, only It would have
interfered seriously with the dinner.
In answer to Boomers letter, quoted
above. Mr. Roosevelt wrote:
My Dear Mr.. Bloomer: ! thank you for
YOUR most frank and manly letter, and
deeply appreciate IL. AS you state and UNI
derstand the movement, / am entirely IN
sympathy with II. That Is. | am in favor
of a broad honest peace movement IN line
with the traditional policy of this country,
of good will and fair treatment for all the
nations OF mankind.
This, said Bloomer, showed that former
President Roosevelt would surely have at
tended the dinner II the letters sent out by
the committee saying It was for the pur-
nose of jndorsing the treaties had not been
sent out
In repIy TO this letter from Mr.. Roose-
volt RIoon,er said he had again put II
I'm IN the committee as to whether the din
nor was 10 indorse the treaties, and had
boor assured that 1t was not. Certain
transactions between persons associated
with the committee he said, would embar-
rass innocent people, and owing to his
n,oro,se to Mr.. Carnegie and others the
e,,ccess of the dinner might be threatened
sborld he withdraw. He then Informed Mr..
Roosevelt that the committee had voted to
invite him as a guest OF honor.
How do you feel about 1t. colonel ne
wrote Are you in favor Of real peace,
and are we big enough to demonstrate 1t
in an object lesson at the banquet board
and sav TO the world, Follow our exam
ple?"
To this plea Mr.. Roosevelt answered that
ne was not accepting any dinner invita-
,,ors and II would be impossible for him
IN come Meanwhile, Stephen NJ. Griswoid'
another member OF the committee had sent
a personal invitation to Mr.. Roosevelt
renlv was received yesterday, hnally put
ting AT rest any further talk that ne might
stuI no led TO reconsider and attend.
RIoomer said, despite the denials OF the
members of the committee, 1t had been the
original intention TO make MI carnegie
.ooo,master. He said that on the day foi-
,o,,,,ng the dinner he would have some
$50 things to reveal about the Internal
'.arfore in this most peaceful of all din
,1ors n show that things were even more
warIike than had been SO Tar announced