Page:Speeches, correspondence and political papers of Carl Schurz, Volume 6.djvu/20

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To Robert Erskine Ely, January 22d	427
Desires further information before becoming a member of the New York Society of the Friends of Russian Freedom.
To Moorfield Storey, May 28th	428
Regrets inability to address the Massachusetts Reform Club—Glad Storey has accepted the presidency of the Anti-Imperialist League—The two things that Roosevelt has really at heart—Expects a Republican split on the tariff.
To Charles Sprague Smith, June 29th	429
Sympathy with the popular uprising against ring-rule in Philadelphia.
To Edward Atkinson, July 31st	430
Atkinson's and Schurz's activities—What Roosevelt prefers to do rather than reform the tariff—The evil of protectionism—“I have pretty much given up public speaking.”
To President Roosevelt, September 6th	431
Congratulations on the Portsmouth peace conference—Suggestions as to how Roosevelt could help in the gradual diminution of the oppressive burdens imposed upon the nations of the world by armed peace—Roosevelt's wonderful opportunity—“The ardent wish still to witness in my day at least a hopeful beginning of so great and beneficent a work.”
From President Roosevelt, September 8th	434
“I am not clear either what can be done or what ought to be done”—Advantages of large armaments—No analogy between international law and private or municipal law—Disarmament not a hopeless cause—Doubtful about the increase of war navies—“Peace second to righteousness.”
To President Roosevelt, September 14th	436
Schurz explains his precise meaning—Admits that there may be just and beneficial wars—The armed Powers did nothing to prevent the Armenian atrocities—The mad race in building war-ships—To change this is not easy, but possible—A perfect plan not a prerequisite of an attempt to bring about a change—The grandest opportunity of the age.