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Show PRESIDENT CONTINUES CAHPAIGN BEFORE . PEOPLE ON BEHALF OF ARBITRATION TREATIES ... . OCEAN GROVE, N. J.. Aug. It. President Tsft continued his campaign before the people in -behalf' of tha British and France general' arbitration arbitra-tion treaties hers last night. Speaking befors the Ocesta Grove Camp MeeW ing asaoriation, the president reviewed the terms sad meaning of tha pacts; urged the people to use their influence lo preas the treaties, and declared that he did not fear the effect of delay. The longer the aenate holds these treaties snd hs does not expect ae tion upon them st ths special session the president argued, Ihe greater wiH be tne opportunity for him to preach (he gospel of pesee ssd arbitration, and ths greater will grow ths sentiments senti-ments for ths sgreements. - "Ths senate"' he ssid, "or any members of it, thinks thst its powers are greater or less thsn they ars, snd the limitations they insist upon inter-fers inter-fers with progress toward peace, or any other great national or international interna-tional policy; the question whether they are right or not mast ultimately be referred back to the people whose representatives the members of ths senate are. "If I am wrong in my judgment, snd I do not claim infallibility, I am ?uite willing to abide by the ultimate udgment of the people, but I deem it my duty until I shall receive an adverse ad-verse decision to nrge my views upon the sensls snd to inroks ths sttention of ths people to these questions snd such expressions of opinion from them ss shsll influence a ratification of tha trsaties ss they were signed." Thousands Hear Address. Tboussnds of people stood around the auditorium in ths downpour to estes a glimpse of the president. Ths hall is ssid to hold 8000 people, and hundreds were stsnding whsn ths president presi-dent gross to spesk. The president left Oeeaa Grove late tonight for Washington. In his address hs said, ia part: "If ws srs afrsid to submit to an impartial tribunal, lest ws may loae our esse, then we wonld better go bsck to war a. the only mesns of settling the internstionsl controversies when aego-tistions aego-tistions fail. When we eater into as arbitration, or an agreement,, to submit sub-mit oar differences to ss impsrtial tribunal, ws must 'play ths game.' "It is generally quite impossibls for s court to decide a ease so that both shall like that decision, and a court to decide between nstions cannot Snd it any mors easy thsa a domestic court to do this. "If ws ars going into ths arbitration game, if I may call it such, ws must play it through to the end, snd we must tsks our hard knocks with equanimity, aa we expect others to tsks theirs, with ths hops and- knowledge knowl-edge thst the disadvantages thst, may accrue to sack .party eaa neves equal the horrible losses, the cruelty and the wickedness of war." t Joist Commission. Decides. . ' j , Personally ths president ssid hs would hsve been willing to provide thst all differences of opinion of inter-national inter-national matters should be submitted to a court of arbitration for decision, but since public opinion perhsps was not so sdvsnced as this, hs plan was deviaed by which the question of the srbitrable character of the controversy was left to a joint commission, consisting consist-ing of three representatives of saeh psrtr. ' ' Now,-1 freely eoneede that it Is wjthin the power of the senats ia Its function of advising snd consenting to ths treaties, either to reject them or to amend them. They do not amsnd ths trsatisa, strictly speaking; thry merely, continue the negotiations by suggesting another form to be submitted sub-mitted to the other party to ths treaty, and that, I understand, is what ths foreign committee of the senate has done, to wit: It has stricken out the third elasae, vesting the commission of six eommissionsrs, three from eaeh sids, with ths power - ta determine whether differences ars - arbitrable within the meaning of thetlrst section, and -to bind both countries whsn ths vote is flvs ont of six in the commission commis-sion to the acceptance of a judgment by nrbitrstion upon sack issus. "I think this a very important part of the treaty. I think it is one of these pledgee of good fsith in entering enter-ing into the treaty that is essential to make it a atep forward ia the adjustment adjust-ment of internstionsl controversies. When we sgres that ws will submit all justieeable controversies to ths judgment judg-ment of aa arbitration tribunal and decline to allow anybody to decide what is justieeable except eoreelvee, we give little aanetion or pledge ia advance of our willingness and anxiety to settle sll possible controversies by arbitration." ,. Executive Has Prerogatives, -- Regarding the argumsat that the senate, in ratifying the treatise, would abdicate aoms of ita flartiona, the president said ha had very little arm- fa'thy for this claim, as the powers of hs senate in making treatiea remain nnehanged. He added: "When the prerogatives of the sen-sts sen-sts sre spoken of. ths term 'prerogative' 'preroga-tive' doee not msks the power which it Intends ths senate has say mors sacred than the power of the executive execu-tive in respect to the ssms subject matter. If ths sonata ssd executive, acting together, msy make a contract of submission to arbitration, there is very little liinitatioa npon ths Iseane of the queationa which the havs potior to submit. - "I hoped thst ths treaties, when submitted to ' the. sensts. would meet with early ratification Anc concurrence. In this I have been disappointed, but 1 do not with to be put in an attitude of expressing -imDaticaee st a proper deliberation bv the senate on matters of so great importance as this. On the contrary, I nrge such delsy sad deliberation, de-liberation, because am eonriaeed thai longer consideration will sstiafy . the members of the senats thsl ths chief objection which seems to be saada -to the third clause of ths treaty has ae weight whstever. " Tsks s bstk st 8sltsir. It 's great! NKW YORK. Aug. K. 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