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Show iTMCOT NECESSARILY . AlllUAIICE Sir Edward Grey Corrects Wrong Impressions, of His Arbitration Speech. I.ONDON. March It iir kdward Oray further developed hie weae an In t area -tlooal arbttraUon laat sight at the annual banquet of the International Arbitration ' irarue. and corrected mleapprebenelonp regarding hie apaerb la tha howaa of cere-. cere-. mona la which be gave pupport to tha anggeetlen af Pre.ld.nl Taft tor an Aa-glo-Amerlcaa treaty tor tha aettlemeat by arbitration of any queattoa that might artee between tba two (overn-. (overn-. mentA . -I abarrve." he aald Mat evening, "that aorae af the worda I uaed tha ether day are being construed aa If a general ar-bltrallon ar-bltrallon treaty between two great aa. ' tlnna would he tantamount to a sefeaalva alliance betwa them. "If a general arbitration treaty ware made between two great nallone and became firmly rooted in tha feellnp of the people of both countries, and If ana of th.ra waa In Ilia omiree af lima made the object of an attack In a dlapute with a thud power, la which arbitration had been off red and relueed by the third power, certainly 1 think there would be a .irnnp aympalhy between the two - pnw.ri who bed miMe the general arbitration ar-bitration treaty. Hut that la a mattet ahlrh der-emle upon public opinion and In whirh pubilo opinion will Una oara ol ' ''"To Introduce any puch condition or ptlpiilellon would Itnpalr the ehanoea of It h.re or el.ewr.ere. It might even lead other oountrl.e to euppoee that' tha ar-bilretlon ar-bilretlon between the two powera ti riirH-ted egNlnet one or more of the ether powere. Ttiet would completely apoll Ita poe.lMe effeit In mlilKnllng the general epnllturee on armamenla "If an arbltretlan treety la made between be-tween two great cnuntrtea on the llnee m-l.hed out a. pnealhle by tha preel-dent preel-dent nf Ilia I'nltod Htetee. let It ha done .eiwen ine two powere concerned With, cut 'errlere peneee' by purpoae), but d.n't let them eet n.rrow bounrte to their Lome nf tlie henertrtent reaulta which r,,., develop from It In tha eetiree of time reenln hl-h, I think, muat e-tend e-tend fr beyond the two countries orlal- ne'lr coni-erned. "the effect on tha World at large of the e pertinent would be bound to have benefli-ient conseuuencee. To set a good " etample le to hope that others will follow fol-low it. and If others of the great powers dd follow there would eventually be something like e leeeue Of pee re. "These IhMips must, however, make their aev hr their own welettl. They cn n not he forced. There nv ' be a be-slinit.r. be-slinit.r. before there can he t,.,tf progreee. sot after a bealnnlna the rale of fur liter proare.p must depend on clrciim-etnn-ea and upon that shhina and flow-Ion flow-Ion In men's reclines and Mens which es- ies analyals ett.1 whh'h mekea poeel-l. poeel-l. i et one time thinga that are not pua. S'l'lft at snolher. "I do not alsh ta cumber the Idea of rreeideni Taft bv too much speculation noon all Ihet ntlnht follow from It. but me tm.ur.lit of the future poealblltlee le no tn. .Hiiapement wltU'h abould not be gnt'lacU or denied." The International arbitration board at Ita n eellna eftng pecena rn Praia. ft Pn-aident Taft s anssestloa for an tin. o.ia'lh.'d Aiialn-American arbitration It. air and Mr Kdward tlrey'a speech la s.ti iK.rt of the same. 1 mil ('rmnoellor Lorehum, who pre. citte.t. ite.-lired that when a men who h-:i an offlre su.-li aa the presidency of .! I':itieu Hiaies said what President '! e't had said he raised the hopes of ell ntenxin.l. He expressed the hope thai li-e .tevnt aould pnrve the turning point In tn.tnry. If the great statesmen of the continent added their efforla lo toe movement It wo.il.1 he a great atep lu the pmsreee of clvlllsitton. |