The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-19
ARBITRATION IDEA
G RIO w S POPULAR
President Taft's Spirited Initia
tive Gets Widespread Response
From British Pcoplc-All
Parties to Join in Move
lnent to Help Cause Of
International Peace.
BY WILLIAM II. STEAD.

5000 y 49, 10 nc .ltlI1cs- pISpatCh.l
London. March iS.-Sir EDWARD
1rcy's remarkable speech in favor or
disarmament ana arbitration has been
thc one tonic OF the week No one
hcard II with moro surprise thar, tho
permanent stan OF the Foreign Oflce
LOT. Ike wife man. the Foreign Sec
Ietary kept his counsel. Tho Rritish
torclgn Office is tile last place In Eng
land which welcomes anything idcalts-
Lie. enthusiastic or human
Sir Edward Grey IS man OF gen
erous impulses. Tie Foreign once
Us place Of dead traditions, This IL
not tho first time he has thrilled the
nation By Ills generous uttcrance in
favor Of international pcace, but when
me time zones for putting his anpira-
tions into practice. WITH politics the
permanent staff behind him crippcs
him and mal.cs lin forswesr in Irac-
ticc what nc profcsses IN theory
The permanent s,an did this 1T The
Hague Conference. and VIII do ii again
unless checked. The inportan, thing
to note is that the constitutional weak
mesa Of Sir Edward anu tho logged
tenacity OF ihc permanent officials are
both so we'll known ~ this time that
steps arc bein; taken 70 back NJ the
Foreign Scti'ctary against the malign
1ntlucncc OF his own officials By
great national demonstration To sun
~ v.
y NotnbIc DEMONSTRATION.
have JUST frotu :, a.nall COM
nittoo meeting in which tle foilowiny
plan OF campaign was skctchod out
and approved:
a national peace council, 4 body
constituted by dcieeutions from All
the peace organizaticrs IN the king
dom. to hold a small conference next
week to set ;lfoot Il national demon
ftratio- To support Sir Cdward tircy's
policy. NJ outlined in Ills speech In
tho naval debate This policy Is Two
fold--one American. The other Euro
rcan. The urSt is 10 demand accept
ancc OF MI. 1aft's proposal for an
Anglo mcrtcan arbitration treaty
providing Tor the settlement OF all
disputes, including those relating to
tho national honor and territory. BY
arbitration.
This. second is ,o approve OF Sir Ed
wards overturcs for Il rarproche-
mcnt with Germany.
The peace council viii. It was ex-
pccted recommend that At the earii-
est possible date. great meeting
should be held in Albert Han, the
largest meeting place liz London. which
Should be addressed by !, Cabinet min
lister. possibly Winston Churchill. who
Is american on his mothers side: the
Archbishop OF Canterbury. the Cath
olic Archbishop bourne. Mr.. Ealfour.
who has always been an cnt!Imsias site
Anglo Amcrican Lord Charles Bore;
ford the icy. Sylvester Horne. the
chairman OF tho abor party ana other
rcprescn tativo mon.
Tho Society OF i5rionds wiil mean
while. at tic request of the peace
council. organize the preparation OF a
memorial from all The churches in
favor OF tho double headed policy. An
address, to The crown iii tina: senee
will be forwarded 70 every minister or
religion in the eountry. witt, a re-
quest to help bring the matter before
the attention Of his congregation. and,
II possible. sacur" their signatures.
4 General Demand for Peace.
The trades union. associatcd Cham
bers of Commerce and multifarious
women's socicties Will all te approach
cd In like manner by their own leaders
in order TO secure tho greatest number
of signatures to d memorial The prop
eration Of this national memorial VAL
take some weeks. ana when 1t is com
pleted it Will be presented by repra-
sentative dcrutation to the Premier
before the kaiscr's visit to this coun-
try next May.
All parties will join in this move
ment. excepting the Irish Nationalist.
They will hold aloot. not because they
are not individually heartily III favor
OF interna tional peace. but boca ;ise
Il until homo rule is granted, they Will
abstain on principle from participa-
tion III slch movements.
President Taft may We'll be con-
graduated upon the response which his
spirited initiative has secured from the
British people.
There is danger that unanimity o;
favorable response may be destroy ed
b. one remark made BY Sir Edward
Grey as to the possible corollary OF
an Anglo-Amcrican arbitration treaty.
Thinking aloud he hazardcd the specu-
lation that tho treaty might lead UP
10 mutual agreement on The part Of
America and Britain to take UP arms
In support Of each other iii any war
brought about by tho refusal OF a
third power TO refer a dispute to ar !.
bltration. Any such agreement is
secuted on all sides. and by none more
energeticai]y than ythose who desire
firm alliance between tie two Eng
lsh- speaking nations. for any such
agreement as Grey sketched out would
operate as a direct premium in pick
ing fall with other nations on ques-
lions which 1t was known in advance
they would not submit to arbitration
Danger in Ono Drcamliltc Idea
H. is easy 10 see why Sir Edward
Grey was leu into this train OF thought.
JIG was approaching the subject from
the point of view of one whose chi.r
object was reduction Of naval ana
military expenditure. An Ang. 10
American arbitration treaty would not
In Itself enable either government IS
L reduce the war by single red cent.
other, and d treaty assuring perpetu-
# Al peace between Great Britain and
\ America would not justify the laying
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