Evening journal., 1893-07-13
Al COURT OF NATIONS.
A HIGH COURT OF LAST RESORT TO
DETERMINE DISPUTES.

certain popular demands for referring
questions between nations to arbitration.
We all know what arbitration is in bust
ness. It is very convenient way Of ad-
iusting certaiis questions which arise be-
tween two friends each Of whom wants
to do what is right, but who take differ
ent points of view Of the same subject.
Each of them chooses man" rs the
old New England phrase has it. These
two ''men" choose a third man. All
parties meet together and talk over the
matter and the court thus made decides.
But for practical purposes we do not
compel every person who has question
arising with another person to create a
court which is TO try that question. If
policeman catches a piollpocket in tho
street, he does not appoint one person TO
try the pickpocket and ask the pickpocket
to appoint another, while these two shall
appoint n third. If Mr.. Cheeryble in
London is not satisfied with the account
which Mr.. GoodchHd In Kansas City
sends him, If Mr. Goodchild cannot make
Mr.. Choeryble understand that account,
they do not appoint court which shall
determine how much Is due and how
much is not due. There is court ex-
listing 10 which that question can be re-
ferred and there arc processes perfectly
understood by which that court can de-
eide it.
This is a fair enough illustration Of the
necessity which now exists that the great
nations Of the world shall have a perma-
nent tribunal, before which shall be
brought the important questions which
must arise in the affairs Of nations with
each other. 1t is TO be q permanent tri-
bunal. There is not to be one tribunal
about seals and another tribunal about
boundaries and another about extradi-
ton. There is to be tribunal which
shall gradually gain the confidence Of
the whole world, and which shall decide
these questions which have been left
hitherto to a republic opinion and to
what is called the arbitration Of war.
Clearly we are approaching nearer and
nearer the creation of such tribunal
Tho greatest success was achieved
when in 1899 10 different nations, here
on the coast Of tho Atlantic, united to
gether and established the supreme court
of the United States. The thing has
worked SO perfectly and simply ever
since that we have many readers TO
whom it has never occurred that there
were might have been wars between
Massachusetts, and New York, OF war
between Missouri and Iowa, as bitter
and severe as half the wars of the middle
ages in Europe were. There might have
been suoh wars II it had not been that
the supreme court Of the United States
has determined at least hundred ques.
tions arising between different proud and
independent states and has so deter.
mined them that each of the states has
acquiesced in the decision. Nay, il has
so determined them that half the citizen,
OF those states did not know that any
suoh questions existed. Between my OWL
state Of Massachusetts, and the state OF
Rhode Island there was aquestion about
boundaries some 40 or 80 years ago which
was moro important than many of tn,
questions which have thrown European
states into war with each other. The su
preme court Of the United States deter
mined the question. and l do not believe
that half tho people now living in Mas
sachusetts who were living then eve
knew that there was any such question
at issue.
The six great powers Of the world ar
the powers who should agree on such
high court of judicature, to exist as
permanent tribunal It would be cas-.
TO arrange some system by which il
Judges should be appointed. Perhaps
F, good system would be such as is ind
Gated in the custom which has bee
I spoken of above. Each Of the six nation
might name one Of these judges, and tn
six judges might nominate six othe
Judges, to be approved by n majority q
z the high powers forming the court.
q At first tho new court would hav
r nothing 70 do. Everybody would besh
S of it, but it would exist. 1t would cor
IL sist Of men of the very highest rank VIII
}. I had distinguished themselves before III
n world by their equity and wisdom.
# At FIRST the court would meet simpl
h for it's own organization and to ava
a the reference TO it Of questions arisin
It between great nations In this period
IS leisure these jurists might well bo el
a gagged in digesting the international la
lt OF lnO Noilu as AZ eAlnts now duu pu
10 fishing from time to time their digVs
20 They might determine certain principl
on which they would rely in The jud
ments which should eventually !
brought before them. Before long, hoy
m ever, some real question would be su
or mitted TO them. There would arise
nj question whether the San Carlos riv
s was a dirty brook running from Il
e northwest TO tho southeast. or anoth
lie dirty brook running from the southwe
% to the northeast. AS things stand noN
a, two armies have TO be called out TO fig
lc- about the proper definition Of some o
nd treaty, and a thousand good fellows ha'
ge 10 be killed before we can determii
lc- which Of two dirty brooks is the S,
Carlos Edward Everett Hale in Ne
York Recorder.
in Tho Great Feat.
as- First Reporter-We got the scoop
,m you in that robbery in the street car Y
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