Arizona republican., 1911-07-04
'PREST. TAFT
TALKS PEACE
A Day Of Speech Making
In Two States
DESPITE TEMPERATURE
Sometimes He Speaks of
the Latter En- Route to
Indianapolis Where He
Will Be the Chief Figure
in Celebration Day.
DESPITE TEMPERATURE

Marion, Ind, July 3-Wlth the tenn
lperature in his private car above the
100 mark for hours today President
Taft hurried through Ohio and Indiana.
lie began speaking from the rear
platform at Cleveland after breakfast
and did not get through until o'clock.
He ended with two addresses 1T the
national home for disabled volunteers
here
To the bankers and editors of the
Eleventh congressional district he
talked about the Aldrich plan for sur
ircncy reform. At indianapolis tomor-
row he expects to talk for the third
most important measure Of the ad-
Iministration, reciprocity with Cana
da On the way over from Cleveland
1 the president made rear platform talks.
Some times he talked about the heat
and other times he argued for a safe
and sane Fourth occasionally turn
I ing To Canadian reciprocity which ne
said would bring prosperity.
In the speech to the old soldiers the
president declared that all of the for
eign wars waged by this country eX-
cept the war of the revolution and pos
sibly even the civil war. could have
been settled without bloodshed. No
less than five times. said the president,
has the United States interviewed be-
tween South and Central American
countries and by peaceful persuasion
averted war.
Il am not wild enthusiast or a
blind optimist." said the president. Il
do not look forward to peace which
cannot be disturbed in the world even
liz these treaties are adopted.
Morality of nations improves only
step by step and so the making and
confirming Of these treaties must be
regarded only as a step, but long step
toward the securing Of world peace
Il am far from saying that war has
not at times past accomplished much
in the progress of the world. Whether
the same progress might have been
achieved in n more peaceful way, ii is
unnecessary 10 discuss. probably not.
II was by war that this country gained
its independence of Great Britain. If
England had been better advised prob
we might now be. as in the case of
Canada, cherishing an attachment to
the mother country without exercising
complete independence
Certain il is that the lesson we
taught she took to heart ard in her
colonial policy she continued to light
en- the bonds which she had laid upon
her colonies. until sow they have no
weight and are merely nerves of an
affection of a mother to her children.
The war Of 1872 might certainly have
been avoided by arbitration. The
questions these presented were uues-
tions all of which have been settled bv
the judgment of mankind in favor OF
our side of the controversy.
The war with Mexico. though there
is some dispute over this, was one
of the questions capable of solution
by an impartial tribunal. Whether
the civil war could have beer avoided
= very difficult question to answer.
When slavery has become embedded
in the social fibre of the country.
1t Is possible that only an excision
by a war knife can relieve the cancer.
Nor shall l attempt to answer a
similar question as to the Spanish
war. Yet | believe the submission
of the issues to a tribunal might
have affected Spain's treatment of
\ Cuba in such a way that we could
have avoided a resort to arms.
The irresponsibiIity of men claiming
to be patriots and desiring to over
turn existing governments where law
and order are not well established
has led to a great deal of guerilla
warfare and to the the suffering of
innocent people who find no real
principle involved except that of am
bition for power. Much of this
kind of work has occurred i'm South
and Central America and in the de-
gree Of guardianship which the I'm
tied States must feel over the re-
publics of this hemisphere in main
timing their integrity against Euro
pean invasion we ought to welcome
every opportunity which gives us n
legitimate instrument by which we
can make less probable such inter
necine strife. In the assertion of that
sort Of guardianship we have to be
careful to avoid the charge which
is always made by the suspicious,
that we are seeking our aggrandiZe-
ment II is an unfounded charge for
I'VE are seeking no part of Us terri
tory. We have enough but we have
been able to fend off war in five or
more instances of recent date be-