Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-09
PEACE. PLAN LETTER SENT HERE
President Taft Addresses Norwich Civic BodesLetter to Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce Has Proposition to Insure Peace After Close of the Present War

Ex-President Taft's efforts to create
 sentiment among business men in faVor
 of rational plan for world peace, to be worked out through international
 agreement after peace has been de-
 clared in Europe, are evidenced by personal letter which has just been made public, written by him to the 1 heads of the following commercial or ganizations in Norwich: The Board of Trade and the Chamber of Commerce Arguing that the recurrence of such a conflict as now rageS in Europe ought, if possible, to be prevented MT.
 Taft in his letter urges the members of the organizations to cooperate in an effort to mould public opinion both in this country and abroad in favor or league of the great powers who shall agree not to go to war in any case un- tii the question has been passed upon judicially, the nations agreeing also to use their joint military and economic forces against any nation refusing to keep the pact.
 MT Taft refers particularly to the referendum of the Chamber of Com
 merce of the United States of Amer ica on the report of that body's special
 committee on Economic Results of the
 War and American Business. This referendum will come up shortly for
 consideration on the part of the busi- ness men here who are members of tIe Board of Trade and the Chamber Of Commerce.
 Mir. Taft's Letter.
 MT. Tafts request is made at this time, it is explained in view of the fact that the referendum in question outlines a plan for world peace almost identical with that contained in the proposals of the league to enforce peace which was organized by MT. Tof% T,-ar A T T r-all yNH Harvard university and other men of nation wide prominence at Philadel- phia, in Independence ha1l last June. MT. Taft. who is the president of the
 league, writes as follows:
 The friendly reference made to the platform of the league to enforce
 peace on page 4 of referendum No. II of the Chamber of Commerce of the
 United States of America seems to the
 officers Of the league to create a nat
 ural occasion for calling it to your
 personal attention, and to that of your mem bers.
 At the same time I want to extend a very cordial invitation to you, and through you to the members of your organization, to join the league and to
 Cooperate with it as actively as you are ale in the organization that is about to be undertaken in your state ''The irremediable injury that would result to the whole world in case a
 way should not be found. at the close Of the European conflict, to make war l less threatening, and to render 1t less frequent, has induced a considerable number of leaders in the realms both of statesman and of business to com bine in an effort to create sentiment l in our own and other countries in fa- ror of the proposals that were put | forward at the Philadelphia confer ence.
 The obvious and urgent need that 1 lc the committee of the chamber tc | draw up it's admirable report, and the l board of directors to authorize it's sub- 1 mission. is an eloquent argument ir 1 favor of a combined effort to do al | which human ingenuity and devotion | can to prevent the recurrence of sucf
 a catastrophe as the world is now ex. i per.encing."
 1 League of Nations. | The proposals of the league to en. ! force peace, referred to in Mr. Taft's | communication, which were adopted a
 the Independence hall meeting, are: