TO PREVENT WAR.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1079, 18 March 1911, Page 5

TO PREVENT WAR.

UNLIMITED ARBITRATION. MR. TAFT'S PROPOSALS FAVOURABLY RECEIVED. AN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrtelit ' Washlnßton, March IG. President Taft will probably submit his proposal for an unlimited arbitration treaty between Great Britain and tho United States to Congress during tho session commencing in December next. An informal exchange of views botween tho two Governments i« bow taking place. "A PIOUS WISH." ASSISTANCE IN CASE OF ATTACK. London, March 16. Divergent opinions are expressed regarding the passage in tho speech mado by Sir E. Grey (Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) in which lie suggested that Mr, Taft's proposal for an arbitra- . tion treaty would probably lead to a further agreement for mutual help in' case ono of tho signatories had a quarrel with a third who refused to submit the issuo to arbitration. The ■ Washington correspondent of , "Tho Times" declares that tho latter suggestion is academic and a pious wish. Had it been less obviously so it' would have prejudiced the trans-Atlan-tic prospccts of Mr. Taft's original proposal. As tho matter stands, tho speech tended to inako tho situation brighter. A GREAT ADVANCE. LORD CHARLES BERESFORD'S VIEW. London, March 16. Lord Reay, interviewed, said an arbitration agreement between Britain and the United States would be a great advanco in the interests of tho world's pcace, and lead to an important extension of arbitration in international disputes. He favours Sir E. Grey's suggestions. Lord Charles Bercsford, also interviewed, said the time had arrived when tho English-speaking countries should combino to prevent war. "Peace," ho said, "is absolutely essential to us."THE WASTE OF WAR. FREE CHURCH LEADERS WEL- . COME THE PROPOSAL. London, March 16. . 1 The Rev. Robert Horton (Congregational), the Rev, C. Silvester Homo (Congregational), tho Rev. J. 11. Shakespeare (secretary of the Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland), and ; ■other Free Church leaders, in a letter to "Tho Times," say that they audi thousands whom thoy represent aro' ready to follow Sir Edward Grey. Mankind was becoming sick and impatientwith tho ineptitude that was driving a great nation to waste its resources om War armaments, that were threatening ; an .outbreak of war from tho mer.e tension of an intolerable strain.