FLEETS AND ARMAMENTS.
• 4. AS A MEANS OF SECURING PEACE. SPEECH BTIIR. TAFT. By Telegraph.— Press Association.- Copyright. NEW YORK, 24th March. President Taft, speaking at a banquet gif«n by the Peaco and Arbitration League of New York, stated that, though he was in favour of universal peace and arbitration, even an regards a matter of national honour, there was nothing inconsistent in urging Congress to build two battleships annually until the Panama Canal was completed. Doubtless fleets and armaments were a ■means of securing peace. Referring to the Monroe Doctrine, Mr. Taft stated that this doctrine often provoked the danger of war, which was only avoided because the Lord looks after fools, drunkards, and the United States. The German Ambassador stated that he disagreed with Mr. Taft's dictum that matters involving national honour ought to be submitted to arbitration.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 71, 26 March 1910, Page 5
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