The great blot upon European international morality in the closing decade of this century has been not a war, but the infamous peace kept by the joint action of the great powers, while Turkey inflicted the last horrors of butchery, torture, and outrage upon the men, women, and children of despairing Armenia.
Roosevelt condemns the European powers for their inaction during the Armenian massacres, labeling their "peace" as infamous.
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