The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-27
TELLS HOW HE WOULD PUT
 END TO WAR President Claims Arbitra- tion Will Surely Come to
 Settle International
 Disputes B Believes This Country . Should Take First Step by Forming Treaty with Great Britain.

Copyright 1911, By The United Press ? Associations.)
 Washington, March 27.-The abolition of war is not the dream, of theorists but the practical end of a practical plan. which, according to President Taft, today, promises ito mark one of the greatest steps in the history of the world to the medium of arbitration. The President has taken the lead in toward the realization of a hope which found it's inception years ago.
 In a special interview granted by the President, the United Press is able to print, for the first time, his views on this project. Under the unwritten law of the White. House the President is not directly quoted but in the fol- lowing an earnest effort is made to re- produce his opinions, as he expressed them.
 Arbitration will surely come as the means of setting international disputes. Disarmament is incidental It will fol- low as a matter of course and has no part in the present movement. The realization of arbitration will make armament useless and when it is use less it will disappear. The failure to
  means of setting international disputes without the use of armament. When that is accomplished it will be time enough to think of disarmament.
 The first step is the formation of an arbitration treaty with Great Britain. The. TfaVorable manner in which the suggestion has been received in Eng land speaks well for its ultimate ac- complishment.
 The favorable endorsement in France is another indication that the time is ripe. When several big nations get together with such treaties then the others will observe how the new sys- matter will be taken up immediate ly.
 Secretary of State Knox and Ambas- sador Bryce probably will exchange ideas and the treaty will be. worked out so that it may be submitted ; to time compatible with careful prepara- ton. s- It is right that the United States should take the first step in this move ment The hearty response with which the plan has been received has been an indication of this. While the exact details are 5as yet in a fOrma- out.
 The arbitration treaty must not be confused with an alliance. It distinct ysis not an alliance. It is an agree ment between two nations to settle disputes arising between them and would have no bearing whatever upon a dispute between one of the parties and third power.
 The present prize court is the first evidence given of the movement of the world toward arbitration. The settlement of the New Foundland fish cries dispute between the United States and England at The Hague, was one of the most prominent evil dences of the times This dispute had been standing for 100 years.
 The prize court will be developed in- to an arbitration court. It will repre- sent the modern method Of dealing with international affairs. The inn mediate need of the present, the all- important step, however, is the ac- complishment of an arbitration treaty with England An effort will be made to have it ratified at the coming ses- sion of Congress. Then will come sim liar treaties with other nations as rap- idly as circumstances permit.
 With such treaties in effect between England, France and the United States the great purpose would be near ac- complshment and the rest would come as matter of course. It Is an actual, practical proposition that promises realization