UNIVERSAL PEACE
NEW YORK, March 24. ' Presi ient Taft, speaking at a banquet given by the Arbitration League of New York, said that though he was in favour of universal peace and arbitration, even as regards a matter involving the national honour, there was nothing inconsistent in urging Congress to build two battleships annually until the Panama Canal was. completed. Doubtless the utility of the fleet and armaments was a means of securing peace. ..Referring to the Monroe Doctrine, President Taft stated that the doctrine often provoked danger of wars, which were only avoided because the Lord looked after" fools, drunkards, and the United States.
The German Ambassador disagreed with President Taft's dictum that matters involving the national honour ought to he submitted to arbitration.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2924, 30 March 1910, Page 26
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125UNIVERSAL PEACE Otago Witness, Issue 2924, 30 March 1910, Page 26
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