In the field of work toward the ideals of peace this Government negotiated, but to my regret was unable to consummate, two arbitration treaties which set the highest mark of the aspiration of nations toward the substitution of arbitration and reason for war in the settlement of international disputes.
Taft discusses the U.S. government's efforts to promote peace through arbitration treaties, reflecting his aspirations for international conflict resolution.
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