Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-22

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signatories acting together. t. COM
ply with International law as IL shall
then exist. The whole purpose. he said.
- 10 entorc" practical procedure
Tor IN" hearing Of questions at issue.
which would take up year or cilh-
teen months. &c such league had
been in force at tho time. he said the
question a, issue between Austria and
Serbia could not have set all Europe
aNsmc.
This is not noStrum or . panacea.''
II" continued. but a reasonable meth.
pd. They say IL involves force. and
people called pacinsts oppose tho
idea. MI 80 do Is TO organic. the
world 10 suppress the viciou*ness of
the fc". Force is wrong or right. ac-
r"rdin: - tn" use To which YOU put
H. When YOU have the whole worli
surprising force you viii not need it.
CoNCnESS W.T. 81 ENLARGE
INTERN ATIONAI. LAW
Tho fourth proposition * TO have
Congress rniarg" international law.
codify ii and mako it more definite.
Then Mr.. TAT, took up. in turn. the
objections which nave been raised
aga!ns, the pan. lie denied that i.
was unconscious in that IL robs
Congress Of its pr.roEativc of declar-
ing war, saying that the forms OF tho
treaty wouid be executed by the
thority which gave it sanction. which
would be Congress. An army would
not he needed any more for the league
than for national defense. and il would
not be in violation of the Monroe Doc
trino. since the conditions in force
the time Of it's PRONUNCIATION have dis
appeared In later day. The United
states, he explained. is no longer an
isolated power. since day IL is in
voivcd in all tho interests of the world.
Distance has been shortened by sci
cnce. and the Philippines. the Panama
Canal. tho Alaskan domain. Cuba and
Porto Rico have brought to this ma
ton responsibility and intimate touch
and connection with the other powers.
Then there is Mexico" he said.
she ~ an International nuisance. She
Is in our back Na-h. just over the
fence. and Zimmerman wants 10 move
her over and take in Texas. This is
the contrast between now and then.
between tho day of Washington and
ours. To-day we are a world power
in having interests all over the world.
We have great many tliinEs-and
others would like TO have them
which We didn't have in Washington's
day. President Wilson lid that in the
next WAT there would he no neutral
There will be no rot.l for neutral.
He might as we'll have said the same
thing in regard 20 this war Though
he has tried 10 keen us out Of war We
have been forced into it, But under
our plan wc viii make the danger of
another war most remote.
we have TO take our share Of the
worlds responsibilities. Isn't il right
when we have this great trusteeship
placed on US Are we going TO neglect
ii" | say no..
MIR Taft sat down amid tumult Of
applause.
IMMINENCE OF WAR IS
ARGUMENT FOR LEAGUE
Earlier in tho day Mr.. Taft made the
following oficia! statement:
The break with Germany and the
;nlminence Of war furnish the strong
es, arg uments for the League TO En-
force Peace. and all who support the
plan should realize that they can now
do NOR" effective work even than they
have hitherto.
preparedness is one OF the watch
words Of the hour. Our executive
committee has pronounced more than
once in favor OF nationa! prepared
ness 10 meet all emergencies. and
pointed out the fact that the plan ii
puts forward makes preparedness
necessity
The duty 10 support the President
! IN his foreign policy is plain The
league has declared thousand times
that II is not n stop-ihe-war move
ment. and has pledged It's support in
rights Of our citizens.
The reason we have protested
against Germany's ruthless submarine
warfare and broken off relations with
her is because her conduct is subver-
sive OF any peace that is worth having.
''.AS We are forced into the war, our
sole purpose must he TO secure the
right kind OF q peace after the war
for ourselves and for the whole world.
a permanent and righteous peace.
CONTENDING FOR RIGHTEOUS
AND PERMANENT PEACE
This fact is fundamental TO the
whole situation. and ought TO be kept
constantly before the minds OF all our
people: we contendinG for a
righteous and permanent peace and
for nothing else Whatsoever. Prepare
ton for such peace is tho most inn
portant part OF preparedness. The
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