GOLDEN GATES OF PEACE

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 216, 19 September 1911, Page 6

GOLDEN GATES OF PEACE

A New York correspondent, writing apropos of the signing of the Anglo-American arbitration treaty, says:—"Like most American states^ men, Mr Taffc ia^a practical man as well as an idealist. He does not believe, to quote hie own words, that one can "open the golden gates of peace within one year with one key,'' out he believes that the time i& rip© for a start. In a time not far distant he believes that sanguinary duels between, nations will go the way of duels between private individuals. It is because England and America are so strong tbat they are able to take the lead in this matter without risking charges of pusillanimity and peace at any price, and, despite their strength, they are really B«3S military in their ideals than the conscript Powers. Nobody here, of course, believes that these treatiesJ mean immediate, disarmament, , but, they, #ili constitute a moral-ban ier of ihateasmg strength. against, ..all ■: ■ ,:..wafs,;and, #s regards' the 'contracting parties, will at least prevent' all wars iii haste."