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Show PRESS PARAGRAPHS Thc arbitration acntlment ,. aeema Jp meet general approval. Omaha Bee: "Backed by the combined Influence of tha leading natlona. arbitration arbi-tration la bound to gu forward, particularly partic-ularly aince It haa been placed aa largely upon the material ground of monetary consideration lnatead of tha moral or eentlmental. Experience haa taught the futility of attempting to ahollah war by moral Influence, much aa that may reflect re-flect tha Innate aeifiahneea of mankind." Cleveland Plain iJealer: "Japan's unofficial un-official expreealon of wllllngneea to enter Into a general arbitration treaty with the t'nlted State a ahould lead to atlll more cordial relatione between theae two peoplea who have much In common, ft will tend to dtaarm Jlngo-a on both aldea of the Pacific. Thoughtful Thought-ful people in both natlona will welcome the incident aa auguring an ara uf good fellowahlp." Ft. Paul Triapatch: "The proa pec t of world wide pea la p reas-d by the statement that Japan la ready to Join ua tn a pact aim lla r to that propoeed with Kn gland and France. Germany of all the great natlona aems to hold aloof. That, however, la her own doing and can be only a temporary attitude. The German people will not long be real re-al rained from joining the people of other countries In a movement that la so certain cer-tain to be a bleaalng to all." Minneapolis Tribune: "There will be no Anglo-American alliance outside the heated dreama of young naval office ra flown with wine. It la agatnat our traditions tra-ditions and their. It would harm both of ua more than It would help In any imagined emergency. We ara making treaty for peace, not for war. If the Brltlah government expecte that (which we do not believe) the negotlatora are waatlng time." Hartford Timea; "Universal peace will some time cent, but the pace of evolution evo-lution cannot be overhaatened with permanent per-manent reaulta, and until man' a paa-alona paa-alona are under far better control than they are In the present age. more will be secured by making war alow of starting start-ing than by paper agreement to abolish U. Chlragn Record -Hera Id: "The Tart ad-mlnlairatlon. ad-mlnlairatlon. and the friend a of arbitration arbitra-tion generally, inducing the ohamhers of commerce of New Vork. Boston. I London Lon-don and other dtlee. do not ahare Colonel Colo-nel Rooaevelt'a feara. They think It Is aafe and wlae to provide for the arbitration arbitra-tion of any and all quest tone, or rather to recognise or aaamne that any quea-tlon quea-tlon la arbitrable." Troy Times: "The temper ahown In the exceedingly animated dlacuasion that has been going on In thla country and In Knglaial ror aome time leavea no doubt aa to the prevailing sentiment a to the principle Involved. And n agreement agree-ment by the two great Anglo-Saxon natlona na-tlona to arhltrat all difference will hav powerful effect In atimulating a alml-lar alml-lar dlapoaltlon on tha part of other powara." Baltimore Kewa: "The proper end of an arbitration treaty la not to wipe the name of war off the slate, but to make war a laat lnatead of a ready reaource. And everything which nhaM give sober second thonght a chance obviates by Jut so much the risk of war." |