The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-06-01

" Hits ne Advocates 1eeAFr
He Declared That "Uur1ghseou~
Peace Was n Greater Evil Than
War
New York. May 20-Theodore
Roosevelt stood beside General Dan
lei II. Sickles. the only surviving d.
vision comma oder Of the Civil War
at Grants Tomb this afternoon and
aroused a Memorial Day throng 10
long applause BY a denunciation OF
false apostles Of peace" He stirred
the gathering TO tumultuous cheers
with the declaration that unrlghteous
peace was a greater evil than war.
Il believe in national and interna-
tional peace" he said. but | stand
for IL only as the hand maiden OF
justice. Do not be misled by the ap-
peals of men who want peace. You
men recall that In the days OF 81
there were cries for peace, but there
was no peace. There was a man who
said that war was the greatest OF all
evils, but | believe that unrighteous
peace Is a greater evil. You are not
to be led by the false apostles OF
peace, you who defed the lie told In
81. when that lie was told in the
name Of peace.
Il stand for social and industrial
peace, when it is right, but not when
men riot and use dynamite. Those
men who pursue riOtOus methods and
the dynamite in their effort to win
a nd ri a1 ctr
be tolerated, and they should be
made to obey the law.
Il want peace with every nation,
and do not see any reason of any sort
why we should not have it for an in
definite period as long as other ma
tions behave themselves and act in
such manner as not to rob us of our
self-respect. l don't want to ask
stronger nations to be good to us be-
cause | fear being hurt by them, but
I do ask that big nations be good to
us for fear we may hurt them.
Il want to have the navy kept up.
A powerful navy is no provocation
for war, but is a provocation for
peace. All nations will keep peace
with us if we keep up a frst-class
navy and men who know how to han
die the ships.
"You may think because 7 talk
thus | talk against the interest Of
peace. That is not so. ! am talk
ing profoundly in the interest of
peace. l believe that every honor
able method should be used to avoid
war, but I will do nothing dishonor-
abel to avert it, nor will I enter into
any agreement that people Of the
country would repudiate, should
cause rise for participating in war.
$50 far as my voice has weight
will protest against this countrys
making an agreement to arbitrate
anything of any kind which the coun-
try would not stand for when a test
came. For instance, this country
would not stand for arbitration over
the Monroe Doctrine nor would they
consent to an agreement permitting
Asiatic peoples to come into this
country in unlimited numbers. If
you don't think so, go out on the
Pacific Coast and talk to the people
| there
Il do not believe that this country
should enter into any agreement un-
less it is prepared to keep it in good
faith. Beware of any other course.
"Arbitration is all right under fa-
vorable conditions. If | had trouble
with one Of you men, we could read
| lily settle it by appointing an outside
| party to arbitrate, because we know
| that man won't slap either of our
faces. If he does, We won't arbi-
trate. It is just the same with inter
national arbitration. 1 believe in ar
bitration only on the understanding
that international slapping Of faces
is not included. That is genuine
peace talk