The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-05
PRESIDENT TAFT is
WARMLY IN FAVOR
OF ARBITRATION OF
THE CANAL DISPUTE
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if established as our constitutional law,
relegates the United States TO the rear
rank of those which are to help ths
help the cause of universal peace.
For the proposition is that the Senate
of the United States may not consent
with the President of the United States
to a treaty that shall bind the United
States to arbitrate any general class
of questions that may arise in the
future but there must always be a
condition that the Senate may subse-
quently, when the facts arise, deter
mine whether In its discretion the
United States ought to arbitrate the
ISSUE
"Now 1 say that limitation upon the
powers of the United States as gov
ernment to bind itself to obligations,
to meet questions between nations with
arbitration, is an obstruction not only
to the progress of the United States
but to the progress of the world in the
matter of peace, for the reason that
the nations of the world look to the
United States as a leader in the after
of establishing peace, because we are
SO fortunately placed between oceans
and without troublesome neighbors
that we can go on without fear of
consequences to establish a condition
in which we shall settle every ques-
tion by reference to an arbitral trib-
unal 1t is because the nations of the
world looked to us to do that that the
announcement of the doctrine of the
Senate of the United States, that we
have no power to make an arrange
ment of that sort for the future, ex-
cept as we adopt each particular con-
tract to arbitratc each particular ques-
tion, presents to those of us who hope
for universal peace, so great an OBJ
|struction
Peace Not an Issue
Now the difficulty about arguing
peace is that when you get before an
audience, everybody Is in favor Of
peace. They are all in favor of peace.
But when it comes to an election the
issue as to international peace does
not play any part at all.
"The peace part of the political plat
form does not seem to affect anybody
but the peace societies. And when you
to members of the Senate of the United
States say You are reaching a con-
clusion in which the people do not
stand by you,' they say, We'll, what OF
that, such an issue never controlled a
single vote at the election
'.Now we ought to make it control some
in his place and says: Tho Senate has no
power to make an obligation of this
sort to bind our government to future
policy of arbitration, we shall say, your
constituents differ with you in that re-
gard, and are looking for a senator who
VIII have a different constitutional view
and who will not regard the sacredness
of the Senate of the United States
against binding itself and the nation
to future arbitration as more important
than the attribute of full national SOW
ereignty.'
England made treaty-France did,
and there was no doubt about the con-
firmation by those governments of those
treaties. il they could safely do it, Why
could not the United States? 1t remains
for the gentlemen who have exalted the
state above everything to find in tho con-
stitution something that prevents them
from doing what must be done if the
cause of universal peace is to prosper.
But they say: There may arise after
you have made contract some question
coming within the described class that
you do not want to submit, some ques-
tion in which you are likely to be beat
great national loss
Omelet and Eggs
"Well you cannot make omelet with
out breaking eggs. You cannot always
have jug-handled arrangement in in
ternational agreements. You must expect
sometimes to be beaten. A sure thing
among gentlemen who bet even is not re-