Descending from general to particular abuse, "American Exile" tries to
make out that Mr. Roosevelt denounced and. finally destroyed the proposed Anglo-American Arbitration Treaty. Mr. Roosevelt did nothing of the kind. In an article in the Outlook of May 20th, 1911, Mr. Roosevelt clearly set forth his position. His opposition to the Treaty, rightly or wrongly, was based on the ground that it was to be the model for general arbitration treaties with all the Powers. Bat lie added, as explicitly as possible, that with
Great Britain, America could enter upon a general arbitration treaty. Here are his actual words on this point :— "Between Great Britain and the United States it is now safe to have a universal arbitration treaty, because the experience of ninety-six years has shown that the two nations have achieved that point of civilization where each can be trusted not to do to the other any one of the offences which ought to preclude any self-respecting nation from appealing to arbitration. But no language should be used in the treaty whieh would tend to obscure this cardinal fact, this cardinal reason, why tho Treaty is possible and desirable."
In view of these words, what are we to say of the good faith of a writer who makes the charges that are made by
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