PEACE AND ARBITRATION.
UnUed Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. New; York, ;i Maroh 24. President Taft, speaking at a banquet to the Peace Arbitration League at New York, said that though in favour of universal peace and arbitration, even as 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 the utility of thejfleet and armaments were means of securing peace. Referring to the Munroe Doctrine, President Taft stated that the doctrine often provoked danger of wars, which were only averted “because tho« Lord looks after fools, drunkards, and the United States. The German Ambassador disagreed with President Taft’s dictum that matters involving national honour ought to ba submitted to arbitration.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9714, 26 March 1910, Page 5
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126PEACE AND ARBITRATION. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9714, 26 March 1910, Page 5
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