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Show ROOSEVELT PATRIOTIC BUTERRATIC : So Declares Former Secretary Secre-tary Foster in Peace Con-. Con-. ference Address. MOHOXK "LAKE. V.. Y, Kay 25. i Sever criticism of Theodore Koose-velt's Koose-velt's resnt public utterances regarding regard-ing , international arbitration marked th speech of Joha W. Foster, forme? secretary of state, today before th seventeenth annual meeting of th Lake Mohonk 'conference on international interna-tional arbitration. At .the. same time, aid Mr. Footer, "notwithstanding Mr. Booeevelt 'a . arly declaration ; in opposition op-position to arbitration in general, a has don more than any other liviag man to advene thitjcaus. " Th Anglo-American treaty of arbi; tration, Mr. Foater aaid, would hav bo appreciable effect 0a th armaments f th world, aad that at preaent Germany Ger-many eould hardly be xpeeted to become be-come a party to a like treaty. ' Nvr-thelees, Nvr-thelees, "as limited arbitration is extended ex-tended among the nations its beneficial effect must become more and more apparent ap-parent and even the German govern meat must eventually find a modus Vivendi Vi-vendi with the peaceful nations which will enable it to restrict its armament and cease to be a menace to th. world. ETt Teddy's TJtteranos. . . "I had concluded th preps ration of my eddreea at this point waes th nt-tcraae nt-tcraae of Theodora Booeevelt appeared ap-peared ia the public pros. Whil I regret re-gret its appearaae as tending to embarrass em-barrass th action of th eenate. 1 recall re-call th fact that no man ia pnblie life today . ha enow a aucb an erratic and inconsistent eours in relation to the subject of international . arbitration. Hi arly eareer was marked by a strong hostility to arbitration In general. gen-eral. Ia a magasine article as late a 1895 be attacked President Harrison for submitting th Bering sea question to arbitration. "But when he assumed th responsibility responsi-bility of th presidency it was he who sent th first ease' to The Hagu court of arbitration and . invited the nations in hostile array against Tenesuela.to resort to th same court. Ooan Wot OotislstaBt, " "In th first instance he proposed to settle the Alaskan boundary dispute by sending the American army t occupy and hold th territory by force, but Anally yielded to the pacific advice of Secretary Hay and in 1903 submitted ine question to the London commission. 'Notwithstanding his early declaration declara-tion ia oppoeition toarbttrauon in general, gen-eral, ho has done more thaa aay other living maa to advaace this cans aad has well earned the Nobel peace prise. "Judging the future by the past, we my expect this erratic bat patriotic eitixeawo fall ia line with the onward mareh toward international peace aad giv hi support to th grass measure which most ennoble th administration of his accessor." . |