The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-30
Strong Arm Squad In
Dress Suits to Prevent
Row at Peace Dinner
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feet pure and simple.
Colonel Roosevelt's correspondence
with Captain Bloomer, secretary of the
committee, was made public, today.
In it, the Colonel emphatically set
forth his reasons for declining to par
ticipate in the banquet. In part, he
said:
II am sorry to say that 1 cannot
permit the use of my name for that
Citizens Peace Banquet simply be-
cause do not know what the ban
quet is for. If it is meant to overawe
the Senate and for that body against
its conscience to support the un-
amended treaties which the Senate
committee on foreign relations has
shown by unanswerable argument to
be hostile to the honor and interest
of the American people then / am
not in sympa thy with you. For in
stance, If you propose to support the
arbitration treaties unamended, then
| think that you are not merely wrong
but that you are engaged in what is
essentially an unworthy, and, how
ever unconsciouSly, hypocritical
move against the interest of peace
and against the honor and interest of
the United States and of civilization.
If you intend to support these trea-
ties, however, with the amendments
introduced by Senators Root and
Lodge, then you are all right, because
you are supporting what is not very
important but still sincere effort to
make things little better. Hypo-
clisy never pays and to announce in
treaties that we intend to arbitrate
everything when no human being in
his senses in1agines that this country
would arbitrate everything, Is to put
US in position Of revolving dupli-
city. The use Of the word .justifiable'
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treaty the word is meaningless, for
it can be defined in any way that
either party chooses.
''Upho1ders of unamended treaties
have occupied positions utterly incom-
patible. They first of all announced
that we would arbitrate everything,
even questions of national honor and
national credit, then, Immediately the
practical question came up, they an
nounced that. Of course, they did not
intend to arbitrate such matters as
the Monroe doctrine or the 1mmigra-
state bonds and so forth. Now these
two attitudes made their position
nonsensical as well as hypocritical.
Either we, the American people.
mean what we say or We don't !, If
we do not mean what we say in the
to be passed. And, if we do mean
what we say in that treaty. then still
less ought it to be passed. If we mean
what is now said, for instance. by the
supporters of the unamended treaties,
namely, that we do not intend to ar
liar questions of government policy,
then we should make the assertion
clear in the treaty and not put on
an appearance of shuffling and dou-
BILE dealing. As nation, we should
not make a promise which we have
C1iCht6St intention knQn-
ing
Roosevelt then reiterates that he
has always favored peace and re-
peats his argument regarding hypo-
crisy made public in his editorial in
the Outlook, yesterday. He then con-
tinues:
Admiral Mahan claims. undoubted,
ly truthfully. that the Monroe doc |
trine is 'justifiable' and would have
to be arbitrated under the treaty. Of
course it is exactly as justifia BILE as
any other position which we might be
asked to arbitrate and under the un-
amended treaties any nation would be
within it's right if it demanded that
we should arbitrate the Monroe doc
trine.
"Of course. if you do believe in ar
bitrating all questions of national
roe doctrine. the Jewish passport ques- |
ton. the immigration of Asiatic and
the question of the state bonds, then
you are justified in wishing to pass
the unamended treaties, although I /
think that in such case you will oc- |
position. But, if you do not believe |
IN arbitrating these and similar mat |
ters. then you occupy wholly indie
fensible position in asking that we
pass in unanimous form treaties
which unquestionably pledge us, as a |
ior n arbitrafa them -
In reply, Bloomer wrote Roosevelt |
that the executive committee had |
made it very plain that the dinner |
was to aid a general and not a speci-
fic world peace movement.
Emphatic denial was made today |
by the committee arranging for to- |
nights peace banquet that there is |
a serious break between Andrew Car |!
negie and President Taft because the
latter refused to take the advice of /,
the ironmaster and remain away from |
the banquet.
The committee asserted that the |
presence of more than 100 policemen |
in and about the hotel during the din
ner was not to keep the diners from |
fighting, but adequately to guard !
President Taft |
Regarding the Carnegie-Taft rumor,
Dr. John F. Crowell, secretary of the !
executive committee. who came here |
today, from Washington, said:
1.-The statement purporting to have !
come from certain members of the .
committee to the effect that Carnegfu
has fought against the President at
tending tonight's banquet IL an error
and unfounded. Carnegie, since he |
found that the dinner was under prop
er auspices. has been working in full
accord with the committee and it is
untrue that Mr.. Taft has been delug-
ed with kilograms from Carnegie de-
that he stay away from to-
nights dinner
The publicity given the controversy
has frightened many of the expected
guests.
HOYT-LA BARR.
Homer T. Hoyt, carpenter of Long
Hill and Miss IneZ La Barr, a. tele-
phone operator of Long Hill, were