Evening star., 1911-08-16
PLEA FOR TREATIES
Taft Asks Ocean Grove Au-
dience to Urge Arbitration.
HAS NO FEAR OF DELAY
If Senate Fails to Act Question Will
Be Referred.
GREETING AT SEASIDE RESORT
Twelve Thousand Crowd Big Audi
torium to Hear President Speak.
Gov. Wilson Present.
HAS NO FEAR OF DELAY
AT SEASIDE RESORT


1s.-President Taft addressed twelve
thousand camp meeting folk here yes
terday evening. He continued his cam
paisn before the people in behalf Of
the British and French general arbitra
tion treaties. The President reviewed
In comprehensive terms the meaning
Of the pacts. urged the people to use
their influence to press their adoption
and declared that he did not fear the
effect of delay. The longer the Senate
holds these treaties-and he does not
expect action upon them at the special
session-the President said, the greater
would be his opportunity to preach the
gospel OF peace and arbitration and the
greater would be the growth of public
sentiment In favor of them.
The President reached town in a spe
cial train from Washington shortly
after 6 o'clock. toward the end of q
miniature cloudburst. in which several
fagpoles were struck by lightning and
the streets were covered ankle deep
with rain.
President Taft is the fourth President
OF the United States who has addressed
the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting AS
ISOLATION in the forty-two years during
which 1T has been holding it's summer
meetings. Grant, Mckinley and Roose-
welt made addresses here, and Garfield
had accepted an invitation to address
the campers just before he was shot.
Mr.. Taft was met at the station by A.
E. Ballard, president OF the Camp Meet
ing Association; ex-Gov. d. c. Stokes,
Postmaster James l.. Hayes of Newark
and Representative John E. Andrus. He
was taken in closed automobile in the
midst of a downpour OF rain to the house
of A. II. De Haven, a member of the as
sociation, on Ocean Parkway. where he
dined with members of his travelling
party. ex-Govs. Murphy and Stokes, and
a dozen camp meeting officials before be-
ing taken to the biggest Protestant audi
and equipped with the famous forty-thou-
sand-dollar Hope Jones organ, supposed
to be the largest in America. to make his
speech. The President also paid brief
koenig of New York at Bradley Beach.
Gov. Wilson's Absence Explained.
Representative Andrus, who was in
in arranging President Taft's
visit, presided at the meeting. Mr.. An
drus has been an enthusiastic member Of
the association for fifteen years.
Gov Wilson was not at the dinner at
Mr. De Haven's house. but President Bal
lard of the association and other men,
bers hastened to explain that no slight to
him was intended. Mr.. Ballard said that
all important meetings Of the association
were presided over by members, and that
had Gov. Wilson been a member he
would surely have presided at the meet
ing.
Gov. Wilson and his entire staff arrived
early and occupied seats on the platform,
the governor sitting beside the President,
whom he greeted in a friendly manner.
The governor did not appear to be In
the least degree disgruntled. Mr.. Taft
and DR.. Wilson chatted together from
time to time. The campers greeted the
President with cheers and made small
er demonstration when the governor ar
rived.
On the platform before making his
speech, President Taft sat in the same
plain. yellow vanished. cane bottomed
armchair in which Grant, Mckinley and
Roosevelt sat during their visits.
A chorus of 300 voices was massed on
the rear of the platform. and an elabor-
ate musical program was given before
the President arrived. On the platform
Senator John Kean of Elizabeth, Adjt.
Gen. Sadler. Col. Libbey and Col Alex
ander.
The President read his speech and
started out by saving how glad he was to
have met Gov. Wilson. Your distin
guished governor" was President Tafts
phrase.
People Themselves Must Decide.
The President said in the course of his
speech:
.If the Senate or any members Of it
should think that its powers are greater
or less than they are. and the limitations
they insist upon interfere with progress
toward peace or any other great national
or international policy. the question
whether they are right or not must ulti-
mately be referred back to the people.
whose representatives the members of the
Senate are, for we all, as / say, have
derived our power from the people, as the
ultimate source of power, and in such
case of disagreement the proper place for
a discussion of such an issue is before
the people. The cause is sufficiently
great to warrant the straining of efforts
to secure treaties like these.
IF l am wrong in my Judgment and
do not claim infalnbility. and know that
the enthusiasm of the cause may some
times warp judgment, I am quite willing
to abide the ultimate judgment of the
people: but ] deem it my duty. until I
shall receive an adverse decision, to urge
the attention of the people to these. Ques-
tions and such expressions of opinion
from them as shall influence a ratifica-
tion of the treaties as they were signed
IF we are afraid to submit to an i'm
partial tribunal. lest we may lose our
case. then we would better go back to
war as the only means of settling inter
national controversies when negotiat tior
fails. When we enter into an arbitra.
ton. or an agreement to submit our diff
ference to an impartial tribunal, We
must play the game.
ut Is generally quite impossible for q
court to decide u case so that both sides
shall like the decision. and court tC
decide between nations cannot find II any
more easy 10 do this than q domesti,
court does.
I'VE cannot make omelets withou
breaking eggs; we cannot submit inter
national questions to arbitration withou
the prospect of losing, and II arbitration
| is TO be effected. and Is to cover tn,
ground that shall really promote tn,
| cause Of peace and prevent war, it mus
| cover questions of the utmost interest I,
both countries and therefore the loss o
one country in the contest must be, o
| course, a serious matter to that country
and when IL comes into an agreement 70
arbitration 1t must be willing to face tn
| disappointment that comes from seriou
| loss thus imposed by an arbitral decision
III the subject of arbitration is merel,
| for discussion in peace societies and
i only for the purpose of furnishing A tex
| for an address-like I am delivering L
| you-and IL the result is not to mean rea
victory for one party and real defeat TO
the other. certainly the time OF diplo
| matte officers, who have many othe
| things to do, ought not to be wasted on II
| IT am very serious In my advocacy o
/ arbitration as means OF settling In
/ ternational disputes, and ] believe tha
you are. ! am willing to abide an ad
| verse decision in court of arbitration
| for my own country. even though 1t ma.
| system Of arbitration is to be made per
il n,aronf and the court iS nf gllch a char