New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-04
TAFT TALKS To SOLDIERS
Continued from first pnRe.

discuss. Probably not. II was Dy war that
| this country gained its independence OF
| Great Britain.
| II England had been better advised prob
! ably would not have followed the
| Declaration Of Independence. and we might
! now he. as In the case Of Canada, cherlsh-
4 ing attachment 10 the mother country
| without exercising complete independence.
| Certain n is that the lesson which we
| taught England she took 10 heart. ana IN
| her colonial policy she continued 10 lBnten
the burdens which she had laid upon nor
| colonies until now they have no weight
| and are mer ~ nerves of affection from d
| mother to cildren. cvncng an authorlty
| that. however great IN form. is In fact II
! the wisdom ~ the mother country one OF
| only nomina; restrictions
| Tho War II 1872 certainly might have
| been avoided by arbitration. The Questlohs
| there presented have all been settled py
! the Judgment OF mankind In favor OF our
side Of the controversy.
| The war with Mexico. though there IS
soma dispute over this. was one OF the
questions capable Of solution by an Impair
Wbetber the Civil War could have been
| avoided IS a very difficult question 10 an
| swer When slavery has become embedded
| in the social fibre OF country ~ IS pos
| sible that only an excelsior by war kniIe
can remove the cancer. a.,
| 7 Nor shall ! attempt TO answer similar
question as 10 the Spanish War. t IS one
| Of those instances or Internal dlssension,
| IKE the Civil War: and vet J. believe that
| the submission OF the issues 10 a tribunal
might have affected SPANS treatment OF
| cuba In such a way that We could nave
| avoided a resort TO arms.
Awful Consequences Of War
The awful consequences to two heavily
/ armed countries under modern cOnqltl"hS
az war have been a great deterrent OF war,
| but the responsibility Of men claiming 70
! be patriots and desiring TO overturn eXlst-
! ing governments. where law and order are
| a
| deal Of guerilla warfare and to the suIlel,
| ing Of innocent people who ma no To- a
principle involved in the Two cohteIIulr.s
] parties except that Of ambition tor power
! Much OF this kind Of work has occuIIeu
/ in South America and I'm Central America,
| and I'm the degree of guardianship Mu!.4
| the United States must feel over the re
publcs in this hemisphere, in maintdlIttlt5
| their integrity against European INV asID l
we ought 10 welcome every olpoIIuhl,.y
| which gives rs a legitimate instrument DS
| which we can make less propaoIe 5u'h u"
! ternecne strife. ...,,,.,
In the assertion Of that sort Of guardian;
| shin We have 10 be very caretul 10 a. olN
| the charge which is always made by Jhe
! suspicious that we are seeking our own
! ACKNOWLEDGMENT in our interference WIN
1 the affairs Of other countries OF TINS ntHu-
| sphere. II is an unfounded charge, lot We
| envy no power its territory. We nav
| enough But we have been anle 20 Iehu
| off war in five or more instances or recent
date. because Of our attitude as an oluer
| brother Of these smaller governments.
| Thus IN Cuba. after the Platt amend
ment we were able 90 intervene ana pre-
| vent a bloody war Of revolution, and TINS
/ after twenty thousand rebels aga INST the
! constituted government were In arms inn
mediately outside Havana, ready To take
part 100
| ment we made with Santo Domingo 20
help her collect her revenues and hquldd,e
I and satisfy her legitimate debts, by puI-
ting our agents In charge az the custom.
Ia oh
the revolution. which is the acquisition ol
the custom houses In order TO collect taxes.
/ And BY rpa son Of our intervention between
I Havti and Santo Domingo We nave hetn
HE 10 prevent a war between those Two
countries growing out Of q dispute over
! a boundary line, which rs now III Co"I 80
. Of re-reference 70 The Hague.
So. too, as between Peru ana tcuduQl
We were able. with the assistance 81 lts
great South American republics brtH.
Argentina and Chilli. n stop 4 war "a.
was on the eve Of breaking out. a war MAJ
involved chiefly question OF non2r, alt -
both coUn tries became willing 70 submit il
70 negotiation and arbitration
We have been able 10 rirg the heads on
two c0rterdn- factions IN ci"l wa. pm
Honduras ON ~ the deck Of an Amer oth
vessel and there negotiate terms WhlcH
have led o. permanent Itac".
America as a Peace Agent
Now Honduras and Nicaragua ask as TO
assist them in paying their debts pE age
]
| Sponsihiliry fCr rho collection Of the rev
enues and 20 make settlements I'M accord
I ance with the contracts ot Indebtedness
! These two treaties arc PENDING IN tle
senate I sincerely hope mat they may
be confirmed. because do not know any
other power that Is 90 useful ~ the pre-
ventiou Of war as that which enables lue
United States government to collect reN-
! enues of bankrupt and unstable govern
| ments and 20 apply them as law ana lIe
contracts may require, and tnu- 10 pun the
governments on their feet firmly.
For the further securing OF peace ana
! as an example 20 all the world OF tine pos
/ sibilities of he use OF arbltIauou. we nave
invited England and France ana GERMANY
. 10 make treaties for the arhitrament OF al
/ differences Of an international character
. that In their nature can be adludl'ated'
and We have left ont IN this treaty those
/ exceptions which have heretofore AWAY
been excluded from arbltraD.e conirover-
/ sizes 10 wit. questions IL a nation honor
and OF ite vital interest.
OF course I cannot say with pOSitlVeneSs
! hat these treaties will all he made and
I confirmed. can only say that the pros
peCt Of an agreement with the executive
OF one Of the countries is reaSOna bly, sure,
and We have every hope "a 10 the other
I two and that these three treaties viii be-
/ followed by many Of the same tenor with
other countries. If the original three are
/ agreed upon and confirmed.
objection has been made that an agree
I ment 10 arhitrato question or national
/ honor ought not 10 he entered into for the
! one viii never consent 10 nave tne qu.r
ton arbitrated. and therefore that 10 agr.
. 70 do so iu advance is 10 agree 70 SOM
/ thing that one will not be willing 20
I and that one does not intend 20 90
/ therefore 10 ~ayOrs of hypocrisy ana '.
[ not 10 be adopted a. q national ponct
/ I cannot conceie the premises OF
/ argument 7 look upon a treaty
/ sort as a self-deuyng ordinance as
/ restricting obligation 4 williE-U'..
| great countries Ike England. Franc
/ many and the United states, however .o
submit an their differences, even honor. 20
/ an impartial tribunal viii be step for
ward In the cause of peace for the world
/ that can hardly be OVereStlmdted.
Mr.. Taft to the Bankers.
The President told the bankers that
the Aldrich plan could not be regarded
as a political measure. and should have
the support Of men of all parties. He
said in part.
/ / have said that upon three ISSUES 1 can
appeal 10 all political parties With re-
spect 10 arbitration, certainly mat has not
/ become a party question. All are in favor
| Of peace and all are IN favor OF those in
strumentalitles by which peace may be
/ honOrably secured. IN respect ~ reel
/ rrocity with Canada, l am sure chat il
can be reconciled 10 the most orthodox
! Republican tariff views and / am eqaa!'
| convinced that no Democrat ought On. OPP
! nose e. because. according % his view.
/ the reduction Of duties must be step no
/ the right direction.
| so with respect 20 the proposed new sys-
tenn Of banking and currency. Ihere D.
nothing IN it that boz It's nature IS par
/ tIsau The commission from which II
comes IS composed almost equally 0t Dem
oCrdts and Republicans. II involves moth
| ing of the partisan discussions over me
| coinage of monetary standards which have
T..s.