The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-04-03
NO MORE WAR.

for a permanent international Court
of Arbitration for the settlement OF
all disputes between oil civilized
nations. I is perfectly feasible
plan andso far as submitted to diplom-
attic aihorities, has been received
with Universal commentator. The
plan tits proposed, shall be submitted
to President Cleveland in a memorial
frm the Arbitration Committee"
So spoke Mr.. Walter S. Logan,
who, with w. Martin Jones, acted
( as subcommittee of the New York
State Bar Associations Committee
hppointed at the annual meeting in
January last to devise a plan for in
ternational arbitration.
The full committee, which is COM
posed of eight prominent lawyers
from all over the State, held
an executive session this afternoon ut
the offices of Edward G. Whitaker,
the president of the State Bar As
sociation, to consider this repor t.
The personnel Of the committee is as
follows: William ID. Vecder. chair.
man, Brooklyn; Walter s. Logan.
New York; w. Martin Jones, Rock
ester; Sherman S. Rogers, Buffalo;
John l. Gilbert, Malone; Charles H.
Deshon, New York; William IL.
Robertson, Katonab; Frank G.,
Smith, secretary, Northport.
This arbitration movement clearly
resulted originally from the general
recognition by lawyers of the advan-
tage of having court to settle such
cases as that which caused the dis
astrous "Venezuela war scare" but
it was the direct issue of an eloquent
address by Hon. Chauncy Nj. Depew
before the association and in compli-
ment to him he was made al advisory
member of the committee. Professor
John B. Moore of Columbia Law
School is also, an advisory member.
The committee met at 2 o'clock. 1t
is the second meeting and the general
outlines and leading features of the
plan having been already discussed
nS ny Eiey EAgy 56mmim: Ere is very
little doubt that the report will be
adopted and recommended to the
civilized world.
President Whitaker was seen by
a reporter of the Commercial Adver-
tiser before the meeting, and spoke
with the greatest confidence of the
success of the movement. "The
committee was appointed he said,
'to get an expression ofthe views OF
all the bar associations in. this country
England and Canada-of all the
English-spcaking world, in fact.
We have received communications
from large number of them. and
the responses were so uniformly
favorable that we decided to so
ahead and prepare plan for a per-
manent court. The bar associations
in Great Britain are in full sympathy
with the movement, and we are en-
couraged to believe that the court
will surely be established; not perhaps
this year or even next, but that il
will be the great court of the world
in the next century.
"It always remains for the Anglo
Saxon race to take the lead in any
great peaceful reform. L has in
the past and it will continue to lead
the world. And the lawyers lead
the Anglo-Saxon People"
"What are the features of tho
plan?'
1t provides for the naming by the
United States government and Great
Britain of some of the ighest judcia
officers, who shall institute cour
for the adjudication of all diplomatic
differences that sh Ill arise between
the two nations. This court is tt
be always in session in IA legal sense
That is, it will always be ready tt
meet whenever called upon by the
Joint action of the two governments
"Thc American members of the
court arc to be taken from the Fed
eral judiciary. The English will, o
course, make their Chancellor ;
member. 1t is possible than we may
recommend that Germany and France
shall be represented. That vii
depend to some extent on the attitud'
of these countries and also Of Grea
Britain.