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Show I PRESS PARAGRAPHS I Arbitration la hailed on all sides as good. Denver Republican: "An arbitration treaty may not aJways prevent a resort to hostilities, but It will at least he a barrier against war. It wilt jttve more time for negotiation, and whatever does that tends toward the preservation of peace. A spirit of peace will be iron nth -ened among tha powers. They will learn to joek io- tha daoUlona -of m iataraa-tional iataraa-tional tribunal for the aattlement of disputes, dis-putes, and then will come tha much to be desired disarmament." Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Humanlta-rlanlsm "Humanlta-rlanlsm ts the stronceet motive of those who oppciee war. The wholesale slaving I of men In International quarrels has come J to seem barbarous and brutal rather than heroic. Trial by combat tn Individual dHputes lias Ions: since alven plmre to Judicial arbitration, and the time ia n"t far dlatant when International trial by combat will have ceased to be." ndlanapolla Newe: "If the United Ftates enters into such treaties with Great Britain and fermanv, certainly the way Is open for Germany and Ureal Britain to negotiate a similar treaty. And thus the endless chain of mutual agreements mlfcht Im. continued until such pacta are practically universal. It would then remain to be seen what would be the erect of pmnoaala for disarmament. The argument for reduction would at least be atrengthened." New Tork World: "Th menace of war lhat now affront rtvllUaiton ta due to old time hat rods and wronfci. All th forcva of the present and all the prostata of the future promise peace. America Is fortunately free frum the an-tlnt an-tlnt hatreds of et or rare or nation. We, therefore, must take the lead for peece. What President Taft haa done In this reepert will count anion the high-rat high-rat services he haa rendered the republic. re-public. And the good will of the world Is with htm." Chlcaao Record-Hrakl: "Aa nothing Is more 'practical' than the great world wide demand for social reform, the d-nu d-nu nd for arhlt ration a nd peace whlrh vrowa out of this movement also as-sumea as-sumea a most practical and urgent character. char-acter. The 'aentlmentallets' are those who talk ahout 'honor and preatlge; the practical men are the advocates of horse aense and fair dealing In International relations, of security end economy through unlimited arbitration." Philadelphia Leda-er: "Most of the objection ob-jection to this great Ideal haa come from the military habit of mind or else haa been mere Jugglery of words. The really essential thing Is Just what the word jugglers profess to object to. They say that we ought not to promise to arbitrate arbi-trate all our disputes, because we know that If they Involved our 'honor or our vital interests' we would Insist on fight-log fight-log ." Washing-ton Post: "The fact remains that the stand of Prsfr1nt Taft, advocating ad-vocating tha rlrnra of all such dla- Rutae to a court of arbitration, will lift Im out of tha rurk nf fea( presidents.' Although h la fit h tine for paar-a, th hold atend ha rras tskn la IlkHy to emus his nnma to h written among those of th war praaldenta.' In seeking to brlna about International arbitration, Tia has already mada hlmaetf a world figure." Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: "It Is lo be feared that tha world haa not aeen the lat of Ita great wars: but despite de-spite the lurid rlourls atlll visible and threatening there la reason to believe that the dawn of a new day haa begun, a day when International dlnputea will be settled In the court of raasnn and justice jus-tice rather than upon the field of carnage car-nage and death." . Houston Poat : "Arbitration treaties wisely drawn will at least have tha effect ef-fect of holding the hot paaalona of nations na-tions in check until the matter In controversy con-troversy between them can h passed uoon by the courts of arbitration. To thus pause and reason means to lessen tha possibility of rash action. |