Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-08
TAFT AT G.. f.
CONVENTION
twenty thousand Chser Him
at Atlantic City.

Atlantic City, N. j., July s.-Mof
than 5000 persons were unable to fin
room on the Million Dollar pier to heal
President Taft's address before tn,
international Christian Endeavor con
vention.
The pier, which seats 1900, wa.
packed, and the overflow gathered IL
a hall at the end of it, where they
were addressed by Booker I. Wash
ington until the president had finished
his address.
When Mr.. Taft appeared the crowt
cheered him as enthusiastically as the
bigger audience had greeted him two
hours earlier.
The Christian Endeayors held a song
service and asked the president to ad
dress them. He seemed to like this
idea and was introduced by President
Clark of the convention as the great.
est worker In the world for universal
peace.
1--WE have ameliorated In many ways
the ancient crueltIes Of war by Red
Cross agreements, by the immunity of
private property on land from destruc-
tion," said President Taft. Now W.
are agreeing upon what is called the
declaration of London, which II con
frmed, al 1t seems likely to be, will
take away from war on the sea those
principles of lawful piracy that have
always characterized in a naval war
the dealing with the private property
of the citizens to our enemies.
Just today four great powers-Eng-
land, Russia, Japan and the United
States-signed a fur seal treaty, by
which we agreed In effect to Danish
the shooting Of seals at sea in order
to preserve the valuable herds on the
land and to maintain the fur seal in
dustry and secur for human use the
valuable furs hat such seals furnish.
ut Is the beginning. 1 hope, OF the
adoption of useful game laws for the
open ocean, which heretofore has been
subject to the wanton and irresponsi-
BILE use Of men of every nation.
at is a settlement by treaty of a
controversy that has troubled these
four nations for several generations,
and 1t ought to be the cause of great
-eongratulation
by negotiation and mediation and
the formation of arbitration agree
ments, wars in the last decade have
been stopped in Central and South
America in a most gratifying number
of instances.
Il am glad to say that we have
reached such a point in the negotia-
tons for a treaty of universal arbitra-
ton with one of the great European
powers that we can confidently pre-
diet the signing of a satisfactory
treaty.
1.-The arbitration treaty heretofore
with Great Britain and other countries
has excepted from the causes which
may be arbitrated hosseeL in
volved the vital in-sts of either par
ty or its hQD9r. The treaty we are
Closing with Great Britain eliminates
those exceptions and provides that all
questions Of international concern Of
a Justffiable character shall be submit
ted to the arbitration of an impartial
tribunal.
81 am exceedingly hopeful tha$ other
countries beside Great Britain will &C
cept the form of this treaty, or one
like 1t, and that we may have half a
dozen treaties with the European
countries, looking toward arbitration
of international differences.
This will not abolish war, but 1t
will nrAuf1a n most nHTnar4uo n-I y,,o
lble instrument for avoiding 1t in
many cases.
"Of course, war between Great Brit
min and the United States, between
France and the United States and be-
tween Germany and the United States
Is quite remote. but the adoption by
other great countries of arbitration
and mediation as a means of meeting
all controversies must have the most
healthy moral effect upon the world
at large and must assist all the friends
OF peace In their effort to make It per
manent.
ITO this audience and this great So
ciety, with its world wide influence, l
do not hesitate to appeal to give the
tremendous might Of It's support to
such a cause"
Afterward the president hurried to
Philadelphia, where he began a two
days cruise on the Mayfower, accom-
panied by Senators Penrose of Penn
s%ylvania, Root of New York. Briggs of
New Jersey and Brown of Nebraska,
Republicans; Taylor Of Tennessee,
Foster of Louisiana, Bacon of Georgia
an[operman OF North Carolina, Dem
Ocrats.
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