Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-28
FOR Stronger PACT
Premier Borden Favors Treaty
With Canada.
TOPIC OF BANQUET SPEECH
Addresses the American Society Of
International Law.
ACTION OF SENATE DISCUSSED
Senator Lodge and Representative
sulzer Among Other Speakers
of the Evening.
ACTION OF SENATE DISCUSSED

That the compact between Canada and
the United States, a matter Of exchange
merely Of notes. by which for almost one
| hundred years the border between the
two countries has remained unguarded,
although the agreement is terminable up
on six months notice from. either party
to the agreement, should be put into a
more permanent form of treaty as q fit.
ting observation Of the centennial cele-
bration Of one hundred years of peace
was the proposal advanced by the prime
minister of Canada, r. L. Borden, at the
dinner of the American Society of Inter-
national Law at the New Willard Hotel
last night.
Premier Borden also defended the right
of Canada to reject the reciprocity
treaty between the Dominion of Canada
and the United States. The political
problems Of the United States are the
same as those of Canada in the main. he
also asserted. Equal opportunity for all
men is regarded as the proper basis of
the democracy OF Canada, as of the
United States.
Frederic r. Coudert, the POSTMASTER.
in a half-serious. half-humorous vein,
limited that the Senate OF the United
States is reactionary in its attitude,
clinging to precedent and unmoved by the
social unrest and the new propaganda
for peace animating the whole world.
Senator Lodges Address.
Senator Lodge. defending the Senate
against the suspicion that it has oppos-
ed public opinion and propriety in de-
feating the arbitration treaties by
amending them against all possibility
of acceptance, said that the Senate
was acting within its wisdom, believ-
ing it best not to give unqualified ap-
ton likely to be subjected to vitiation
under any specific application of their
general provisions. He considered that
untried ways were doubtful. He ex-
pressed himself in favor of definite
progress in the cause Of the worlds
peace. He further declared that of
eighty-five treaties proposed to the
United States, eighty-three had been
approved In some form. Ten Of these.
he said. were negotiated by Secretary
Of State Hay. under the title of agree
ments, and when the word treaty"
Judge George Gray of Delaware urged
general arbitration treaties. taking issue
with Senator Lodge. Representative
Sulzer lauded Canada. and urged the APP
common
questions of international relations Chris
tan l.. LANCE of Norway paid compli-
ment to the objects and ach. evements OF
the American Society of international
Law.
Prime Minister Borden, in his address.
urged that general arbitration treaties
should not be forced upon nations before
there was public demand f1s such meas
ure. He said that the nations must be
careful lest their efforts result In pledges
that cannot be kept.
The movemant should go on, he MAIN
tanned, in order to bring public opinion
to a proper desire for international JUS
tice, 80 that the dangers Of q civilized
war will be reduced.
Treaty Of 1879.
Referring to the reciprocity treaty Of
1879, rejected by the United States Sem
eiA. he said that no one in Canada ever
- Toned the right Of the American
people to say the last word as to whether
that treaty should be put in force or re-
jected. The rejection of the last reci-
procity treaty, said Mr.. Borden. was in
no sense an expression Of luminosity
that the people Of Canada entertained no
ill-feeling toward the thought Of close re-
lations with the people OF the United
States.
For years and years, he said. the reia-
tons OF Canada and the United States
have been friendly.
Sixteen treaties made between Great
Britain and the United States, most Of
said. Included the settlement Of nearly
every question between the two coun-
tries.
Those at the Dinner.
Those attending the dinner Were:
G. p. Anderson, Luis Anderson. ex-
minister of foreign affairs Of Costa
Rica; F. w. Aymar. Thomas Willing
Balch. Director John Barrett OF the Pam
American Union. ]. H. Benton. Edwin
NJ. Borchardt. Clement L. Bouve. A. B.
Browne. C. III. Butler. Gen. C. H. Garlic
ton. w. c. Carpenter, Otis T. Cart
wright, DR.. NJ. Chirurg. ]. B. Church.
Melville Church, William Coffin. w. NJ.
Collier, Gen. George w. Davis. c. r..
Dean, Clarence w De Knight. Judge
w. II. De Lacy. Rev. Ward Dennis.
Douglass. Wade H. Ellis. A. van Hemert
Epgert. W. ]. Eynon. Charles G. Fen
wick. George A. Finch, Senator Pas
quale Fiore Of Italy. B. L. Fletcher.
Go apa HaBner Fs Tsesaore ro aena re5a
Senator w. B. Hepburn. Edwin Hood
Charles Cheney Hyde, Mitchell Innes.
Capt. J. l. jayne. Robert jerks. e. j.
Johnson. Wilbur Keblinger. Crammond
Komatsu, A. s. Lanter Robert Lansing.
John d. Lawson, A. E. L. Leckie, Thee.
| dore Marburg. Endicott Marean, F. r
McCreery, F. D. Mckinney, J.
Rear Admiral Merrill. Gen. Arson Mills
d. p. Myers. John Nelson, S. N. d
North. Marquis de Olivart of Spain. w
g. Penfieid. F. A. Pezet. George +. Porter
J: H: Raiston. J. B. Scott. Niles NJ
Capt. w. S. Smith. A. H. Snow. Rear Ad.
miral Charles H. Stockton. H. b. Temp.
kins. BENJAMIN F. Trueblood, J. L. Tryon
| Frederick Van Dyne, L. q. Van Norman
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