New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-17
WARFARE AMONG THE sAvAGEs.

.rha r,gh, NJ private war was another right
claimed ana exercised in private society. The risnt
10 kill was the common. confessed right Oh every
1t grew out Of the nscess Isd OF ryery mans
hand was against every other mans hani IL mxs
Of ,bn ssyaaes 0y man was
measured in his man.lness by me huIioe , 81
ssn sn fS fs sn r .aSage
our We disguise the facs S, hsgs asi
Mronsed had the right to issue formal declarations
OF war against the offender and tnen 10 ip in, ~
up with such measures as he saw NJ The rigne o.
private war was imbeided in Teutonic INSTITUTIONS,
As in the Of the right to steal 1t held over tss
disnised on the sea by the name OF reprisals
THE right OF private war cohtihusd csn1mrv
Rv that time the anclen, commandment had come
into power so far least as 10 limit the htner re
freely exercised privilege Of every gentleman 10 XIII
THE 1s right OF war thus denied the individual
has continued to oe claimed. however ny most
Christian States and most pious sovereigns down 70
our day They claim the untran n; b 's sartS
Christian nations armed 10 the teeth stand IN per,
t. fly From s'fh the Year 3 to
England has had upon her hands either IN ae'ua ao
or s@a or IN rhe sfeat
Europe during that anne period mad over I~ wa !.
the TYPICAL soldier: ali the sharp hard schooling OF
the sternest qualities OF the mannooa wn as our
country produced ;han the heroes OF our great STRIFE
no sharper sSho9ns han hf In that great erc
service which we call the Civil War. When war
comes OF necessity OF cearest right then but tnen
alone IL the sol Ter the hero and Is schooling OF
strife a discipline OF character
FOR COURT OF ARBITRATION
Has the time not come for Christian nation
TO deny the right of public war save in the last
resort, In times past 1t has denied the right Oh
private war save for absolute necessity? Here
in the movement OF mankind OF all tIie great
Powers ours has been the most peaceful IL IS
open for us then to lead the world toward inc
recognition OF the law of God ana man over sia'es
come about? History points us 10 the answer
The right of private in Europe was brougnt
TO an end largely through the influence OF courts
OF arbitration. the substitution OF law Tor lorce;
for courts OF arbitration for all disputes between
those cities. The right OF public war must %
brought to end IN the same way IL seems 70
me that the method lies not in waiting for the
disputes by the establishment of permanent IN,
ternational courts OF arbitration. The suggestion
comes alike from England and our own country
that as the outcome of our late lamentaoe quarrei
all such possibilities In the future by the creation
OF high court OF international arbitration, court
which stands in dignity above the supreme courts
OF either country. on which our greatest Jurists
cepted by the nations entering into the league
unhesitatingly. -.
For one | canno, but hope that the two great
English spea king nations of the world may DE the
FIRST TO limit the right of public war or shal TINS
Republic turn 10 her sister republics. France.
Switzerland and South America, and ask that the
nations ruled by the sovereign people snall De tHe
first limit the free right claimed by rrespohsi-
bic sovereigns in the past and submit an interna-
tional disputes the arbitrament not Of the sword
Of la