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Show PRESS PARAGRAPHS The peopneltlon for an arbitration pact la universally aporeved. fhlraeo Tribune: "America ahould take the lead, ar keep the lead. In the world movement for tha establishment of International relatione on a basin of law and adjudication. Europeaa rondltlone are far moss difficult to modify In this direction, but the Totted atatee sheuld ao aa (ar aa possible dorward toward tha coming era, of In tcrpaUoaai. pesos " Buffalo ' Commercial: "The ' great speech ef Sir Edward Orey, the British minister of forelan sffalrs. In fsvor of a permaneet Analo-American treaty of arbitration has made much more of a sensation In Kurope then on thia aide, thnuah It la hlshly eratlfyln to many Americana. The waaoa of the English spesklng pennies Is now hitched to star, ssya air Henry Norman Jubilantly. Jubilant-ly. The rest may eome alewlv, hut It will coma and It will data from 1U-' " Baltimore American: The Tailed Statee. tbroueh the poorer of the market, baa already clone much for Ita own peace. It would fulfill the ends desired by the Rnaltsh snd American peoole If It could sea Its wsv to adopt the course proposed by Lord Beresford snd enter Into an en-secernent en-secernent with Enaland that would not be a treaty of offense and defense, but eimplv an aareement npon a course ia common ta fetter aellUterent Bowers." Phtlsderphla Record: The propoeitton to neeotlate an Anelo-Amertran treaty for tho refer ace of all future International Interna-tional disputes to arbitration Instead of armlea haa been received with remarkable remarka-ble favor In Knaland. The Liberals. I'ntonlsts and Irish facttona. which ao-oear ao-oear unable to aaree upon anything else, are a unit la support of the Taft plan of arbitration. It armeere to meet with equal favor In the British eolonlse." Weahlnnten Herald: Should any two natlona really aet together and make such an agreement they almost will compel com-pel a lasttna peace, for the pioneer contra-tine Dowers , would be followed by other nations, one after another. Tba neoplee of the whole world would alraolr drive their Kovemmenta Inta such agreo-menta. agreo-menta. What would be the result? The entente would be so powerful that It could easily cut. down Its own armament and yet have mea and ahina enough te hold fretful powers la check." . MlnneaoeH Tribune: "afore than IS permanent, treaties ef arbllratloa have been sianed between the natlona of Europe Eu-rope and America elnce tho flrat peace conference at The Hsaue. It ta true that many of those sre limited to particular dlsputea and that only a few of them pledse both nan lea to arbitrate any and all difficulties thst msy ariae between them. The latter form of a roll ration treaty ta that contemplated by the president presi-dent and the forelan aecreurv bet wee a tha United States and Oreat Britain." New Tork World: "Faverlng oolnlon In the I'nited Stares should be equally free from nil thouaht of partisanship. No party can make capital by opposing a policy ao stmn with thlnkimr people. An unconditional arbitration treatv aa aareement so strong aa to make war Impossible Im-possible between the two natlona haa nothing political about It. It Is not a political po-litical oueetloa. It Is not a asntlmentat pronneal. It la plain business common sense." Rochester rtemocrst and Chronicler Tt ta something to know thst ths controtrtn sentiment In both the lTnlted Ststes and Oreat Britain haa reached a point where a taboo haa bees placed ueoa all ware of aeareeelon and conquest. But It Is sometimes difficult to distinguish between thee and srare Instituted for self defease de-fease and the maintenance of national honor. |