Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1909 — UNITED STATES FOR PEACE, SAYS TAFT [ARTICLE]

UNITED STATES FOR PEACE, SAYS TAFT

Letter From President Read al Ciiicago Congress. Chicagb, May 4. —The United States favors peace not only between it and other countries, but between all the nations of the globe. The pledge was given in the opening of the national peace congress in a letter from President Taft. In extending greetings and congratulations, he pledged himself and his administration to the exertion of every legitimate influence for the permanent abolition of war. The session was opened by Robert Treat Paine and he was given a rousing ovation as he took the gavel to preside over one of the largest and most Important peace gatherings that has ever been known.