New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-02
TAFT RECEIVES LOTT
AND DISCUSSES PEACE
President Hears Authors Sug.
gestion That U. S. End the
Turc0-ItaIian War,

Iron STAFF Correspondent Of The Tyibun.y
Beverly, Mass. Oct. 1.-Pierre Lott, III.
French author, called on the Presiden.
to-day. Though MI, Lott is a captain IN
the French navy and led the French naval
troops in the siege Of Picking, be is pro.
foundly interested In international peace
and discussed the subject at length with
the President. He expressed himself a.
deeply interested in the fate OF the gen.
eral arbitration treaties which the Pres!.
dent negotiated with Great Britain and
France and which were so amended By
the Senate as to initiate seriously against
their usefulness;
In conversation with Mr.. Lott the Prea.
dent expressed the view that after the
return OF Secretary Knox and of the
British and French ambassadors the uues.
ton would be taken up 20 see whether
there was enough saved I'm the treaties 10
warrant an effort 10 reach an agreement.
Mr.. Lott also referred 10 the var be-
tween Turkey and Italy and the sugges-
ton which has been made that the
United States exercise It's good offices to
the end that peace may be effected. Mr..
Lott expressed the view that steps should
be taken to bring this unfortunate con-
Hict to ar end, and that President Taft,
because OF his consistent and notable
record as an advocate Of UNIVERSAL peace,
was pre-eminently fitted TO take the In
itiative. Mr.. Lofts idea vas that the
freedom of the United states from er"
tangling European alliances would pre-
clude any suspicion OF any motive other
than the purely altruistic desire 10 check
bloodshed and promote peace.
Walter z. Edge. chairman Of the New
Jersey state convention, wired the Presis
dent from Trenton to-day az follows;
The Republican party Of New Jersey, n
state convention at Trenton. to-day unanl.
mously placed In nomination Tart ana
Sherman electors, thereby. unanimously
lndorsing your candidacy for the Pres'-
dency.
Roy o. West, National Committeeman
from Illinois, writes the President:
II Is too early 70 forecast accurately
the results in Illinois, but all reports
agree thus far that you are gaining,
Colonel Roosevelt Is losing and Mr.. VIII
son cannot hold the Democrats Our
campaign Is We'll organized. We are
working very hard and we are confiden.
that We are going ahead.
The President was much amused to-day
at the recent OF a telegram from tho
brother Of Representative Littleton, 81
New York, which read as follows
Chattanooga. Tenn. Sept. 60, 1919.
The President, Beverly, Mass.
Colonel Cecil Lyon. OF Texas, accom-.
panied by Colonel Roosevelt. arrived to-
day. They are playing a one-act farce
at the Auditorium. They complain that
you took something away from them IN
June In Chicago. They Will leave for
Knoxville to-day. They declare they are
honest and seem very much aSltated aeocS
a. JAMES VI. LITTLETON
This afternoon the President canned
seven or eight political speeches. deliver
ing them to a monograph. In order that
records can be made. By this means, al
though the PRESIDENT viii not take the
stump. thousands Will have on oppor-
tunity to hear the Presidents political
views in his own voice, If not strictly
from his own lips.