Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-06
WORLD peace IS NOT
An IMAGINARY THING
PRES, TAFT AND OTHER STATES
MEN AGREE ARBITRATION MAY
YET STAY WAR GODS HAND,

New York, Sept, 5,--Prcsldent TAFT
and number OF others prominent In
public and ciyIl NE contribute arti-
! clcs on the subject of peace which
| the Christian Herald VIII issue the
coming week. President Taft says;
- yield to no one in my love Of
! peace, In my hatred of war and In my
earnest desire 10 avoid war. | believe
that We have made great strides to-
ward peace within the last decade
! No one that | know of goes further
In favor Of settling international con-
troverses by arbitration than / do
and II | have my way and am able
10 secure assent Of other powers, |
shall submit 70 the Senate arbitration
treaties broader in their terms than
any that body has hitherto ratified
and broader than any that now exist
between the nations, In laying down
my office | could leave no greater
claim 10 the gratitude Of my country
men than that | have secured such
! treaties"
Extracts from some Of the other
contributors are as follows;
Simeon +. Baldwin governor OF
| Connecticut: II think II is fair
question whether the Judgment of an
international court when It is set up,
should be made enforceable through
methods of preventing commercial in
tercourse, or by seizures of territory,
or left To the effect of public opinion.
| should incline In favor Of trying
the latter than the first"
Woodrow Wilson, governor of New
Jersey: II consider the present agl-
thtion for international arbitration
and world peace a deep-seated and
permanent thing representing the
fixed and universal desire Of the hui
man heart"
Joseph NJ. Carey, governor of wy
oming: II scarcely think that we are
now in the beginning Of the era Of
world peace, hut do believe that we
are in the beginning Of an era when
wars will be less frequent than they
have been heretofore"
Chase s Osborn. governor Of Mich
igan' III an international court were
able to enforce its judgments 10y the
guarantee of the signatory powers to
an international treaty, the effect
would be of great practical good. We
are possibly nearing peace in the
Christial world"
Herbert s Hadley governor of Mis-
souri: The time will come, possibly,
within the lifetime OF those now liv-
| Ing, when II will seem inexplicahle
that nations should 20 to war over
questions that could he settled with
honor by submitting the same to an
international court Of arbitration"
John Sharp Williams. senator from
Mississippi: mo greater folly was
ever INDUCED in than the tremendous
armament OF the leading nations, 1t
would be better for the mass of man
kind to have a general war and be
! done with II and find out who Is the
strongest and let the strongest power
exert its tremendous power by dis
arming everybody else. Quick death
in universal war would he prefer
able to a slow death by universal tax
alton"
Richard Wainwright, rear admiral,
L. S n. AT this period of the
worlds history to reduce our army or
navy would be in advance Of its pres
ent stage of evolution. The President
Is now showing the best course to
take in the interest of furthering in
ternational peace"