Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-18
PUBLIC OPINION
81 NEWS.

EDITOR EVENING VIEWS:
Sir:-Apropos of your editorial In
yesterdays NEWS regarding the
proposed arbitration between the
United States, England, and France
the question naturally arises, in view
OF the fact that President Taft was
strenuous in his desire to pass the
Panama Canal Fertilization Bill, is
he sincere In his desire for an CLIFF
ance with England?
III Mr.. Taft believes in the dawn
of universal peace upon the compile
ton of his pact with Great Britain
why should he have persisted In for
tifying the Panama canal, why
should he expend go many millions
of the peoples money upon a project
apparently unnecessarily
The answer to the latter question
Is that the President does not be-
lieve that the convention with Eng
land would lead to a general disarm-
ament, for Ii there is to be universal
peace there certainly would be uni
versa1 disarmament.
Hence we must conclude that Mr..
Taft has no faith in the arbitration
treaty he IS trying to force upon the
PEIatC. AOAaOW5 tAdl LutT6 ~
some other purpose in view. Those
who are in the confidence OF the
President know that the idea of this
arbitration treaty did not originate
with him, They know that 1t origi-
mated In London. 1t was easy for
the moneyed men In England to get
their financial brothers in Wall
street to influence President Taft.
The latter became an easy victim.
But Mr.. Taft is not relieved of
the responsibility for the evils that
will flow from his British alliance.
His fortifying the Panama canal. his
adhesion to the naval programp prove
that he knows this treaty Is all
lumbug, so far as the prospects of
universal peace are concerned. To
his intimates he has said that the
understanding" would be the great
est stroke of diplomacy Of his adj
m~inistration.
1t certainly would be the crooked
est. He Is doing this merely to
"oblige" England. His acts and his
language show that he regards Eng
10 the mother country and
that the United States are after all
only a colony OF the British empire.
OF all the Presidents. secretaries of
state. and public men who have held
office Mr.. Taft Is the only real
Rritisher among them. No Ameri-
can has eve gone SO far as he has
gone in showing loyalty to the
mother country"-and, i~ncidently,
ignorance of European politics. This
latter Ia a popularity of the Ameri-
can statesman generally. It Is q
we'll known fact TO students OF his
tory, and especially diplomatic his
tory that In all, or nearly ali, our
treaty relations with European ma
lions since the foundation of our
government we generally got the
worst of the deal as events
proved.
But Is he ignorant OF European
diplomatic7 He ought not to be, for
recently he has received ample evil
denee that England's q only desire for
this treaty IL to use 1t as a club owe
Germany's head. He has been shown
that Europe Is now q slumhersnvl
volcano and that never was the crisis
IN Its politics greater or more indie
alive OF disaster that must come for
some nation or nations.
Mr.. Taft Is not sincere. Il refrain
from applying the word Hypocrisy
Mr. Roosevelt did,. He Is being
used, whether voluntarily or inYoi-
unfairly win soon be known.
Respectfully yours,
r. N. KENNEDY.
Jan. IS, 1912.