The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-08
Taft TALKS PEACE
AVID ARBITRATION
Thousands Listen to President S
Address to the Christian En-
deavor Convention.

ATLANTIC CITY. \. j.. Judy In
a speech to the International Christian
Endcavor convention here tonight Pres
idcut Taft declared that the ncgotia,
tions for the arbitration treaty between
Great Britain and the United States
have reached y point where there is no
doubt as to the signing of the agree
'ment
81 am glad 10 say said the presl-
dent. THAT today we have reached
such point In the negotiations for a
treaty OF universal arbitration with one
of the great European powers, that we
can confidently predict the signing OF
satisfactory treaty. The arbitration
treaty heretofore in force with Great
Britain and other countries has eX-
ceptcd from the causes which may be
arbitrated those which involved the vi
tai interests of either party or ITS
honor.
''Tho treaty which we arc now clos
ing with England eliminated these cX'
ceptions and provides that all questions
Of international concern Of a lustihable
character shall be submitted to the ar
bitration of an impartial tribunal.
The president expressed the hope that
eventually SIN bulopSdn 'oupi'ico "eN
make similar treaties. Such action, he
said. will not abolish war. but would
furnish "A forcible instrument i'll pre-
venting it.
The president left for Washington
amid the closing freaks of a thunder
storm. HIS private ear was 20 degrees
cooler than il was early IN the week
when he iourneycd through Ohio, In
diana and Pennsylvania with tempera-
turc indoors of 100 degrees.
Thousands Herr Speech.
The president spoke from n platform
on the miIIion.dolar pier Several
Thousand persons heard him and chccred
as he entered and left the pier.
The first par, of the president s
speech was devoted to n brief review
Of the work of the Christian EndeavoI
societies.
From praise of the society the presi
dent turned to peace and arbitration
which he said could be expedited by the
! influence Of such an organization. He
said in part;
ON the last twenty-five years We
have made great progress toward an
| international condition In which wal
is less likely than heretofore, II IL
| true that i'm thar time We have had sew
! eral freak wars--thc war between
China and Japan, the war between Rus
sia and Japan. the war between tho
| United States and Spain. the war be
tween England and the Boers and per
haps some others.
" Nevertheless, as between the great
countries IN Europe, which have armed
themselves to tho teeth since the Ger
man aud French war of 1870 peace has
been maintained; and under the inspira
| tion of p common desire for peace
treaties have been made with reference
to arbitration and for the establishment
of court ut The Hague for the settle
ment of International disputes,
we have amcliorsted the ancient
cruelties of war by redress agreements
| Now we are agreeing upon what Is
called the declaration of London, which
if confirmed, as it seems likely to be
will take away from war on the sea
those principles of lawful piracy that
have always characterized the dealing
with private property of the citizen:
of enemies.
Seal Treaty Signed.
.sJust today four great powers, Eng
land. Russia, Japan and the United
| States, signed a fur seals treaty by
which we agreed in effect, TO banisf
the shooting of seals nj sea, in order
tn preserve the valuable herds on the
land, and to allow them to propagat,
in such "a way as to maintain the fun
seals industry and secure for human
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