THE PEACE BANQUET.
* I. Ui EXCITEMENT f’RTiV AILED. "HE PkL.-sIDE.xT '• ■ t Afi 1 >ED. (Received 2. 11.45 a.m.) New lurk. rJttiu I. The Prcsideni, speaking at the Pea< f Banquet. answered to the chaigr- of ineonsistfiicy in the 1 nited Stale'.' refusil to arbitrate in ( .he present: difference with Russia. President Taft declared that the treaty which was suitable to 1832 was no longer suitable to the present conditions, The best way was to abrogate the treaty anil contract a new one. If ever anything ought to be submitted to arbitration, it should be the questions affectinsr personal and national honour. Referring to the l nited States’ refusal to arbitrate on the Monroe doctrine. President Taft defended the attitude on the ground that the doctrine was not a justifiable question under (lie tmms <.f ih- Anglo-American u cut v.
Hundreds <,f ( ~-,l;<-cim n guarded the President. Great excitement prevailed at the banquet* in view of President Tarr's attitude, but. everything j-.ar.si d off successfully.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 16, 2 January 1912, Page 5
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164THE PEACE BANQUET. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 16, 2 January 1912, Page 5
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