Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-08-27
A WARM FRIEND 0F P|I'|
Lord Russell at the Ameri,,.
Bar Association. .r(
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DISTINGUISHED Al, ,Sr.,

Saratoga, N. Y, Aug. 24-o,
4,50O people assembled today to La,
to the address of Lord Russell, Of n
lowen, lord chief justice of EppI,'
on international Arbitration u bst,
the American Bar Association. hY
one of the most distinguished audarsI
ever gathered here. Lord Russell \,
greeted with hearty applause n
sides Lord Russell there was gror,.
on the platform United States Surrsr
Court Judge Rufus W. Peckb,n
United States Attorney General IA,
mon, New York Court Of ANN,
Judge Bartlett, and many other pror
nent personages.
Speaking of tho-inovement for s,H
tration, Lord Russell said in part;
I'm 1890 the senate and houa
representatives of the United Shts
adopted a concurrent resolution y
questing the president to make use
any fit occasion to enter into neOpt,
tions with other governments tO6I
end that any differences OR dispvs
which could not be adjusted by divbI
matte agency might be referred to att
tration and peacefully adjusted by sud-
means. The British house Of con
mons in 1898 responded by pas:H,
unanimously resolution expressive /
the satisfaction it felt with this actin
and with the hope that the governmer
of the queen would render ready %
operation to give it effect. The parh
ment of Denmark and Switzerland anil
the French chamber of deputies ha1
followed suit.
1T seemed eminently desirable thi
there should be an agency by whA
members of the great representatH
and executive bodies of the world il
terested in this far.reaching questia
should meet on common ground anil
discuss the basis for common action
With this object there has recently bea
founded the permanent parliamentaV
committee in favor of arbitration and
peace, or, as it is sometimes called
the interparliamentary union. lhl
union has permanent organizatim
Its officers and members are not yaii
idealists; they are men of the word
They do no claim to be regeneratOrs
mankind, nor do they promise the mi
lenium, but they are doing useful wOl
in making straighter and less dificuI
the path of intelligent progress,
Speaking in this place, need Onl
refer i'll passing to the remarkable paI
American congress held in your stat
in 1890, at the instance of the la
Mr.. Blaine, directed to the same pesc
full object.
"It is obvious, therefore, that t
sentiment for peace and in favor Of a
bitration as the alternative for war
growing apace, How has this seDt
ment told ON the direct action of \
tions! How far have they shaped The
policy according to its methods! j
answer to these question is that peacei
and encouraging experience has SNOW
that over large area information
differences may honorably, practical
and usefully be dealt with by peacei
arbitrament.
There have been since 1915 sol
sixty instances of effective internatiO
al arbitration. Thirty-two of thi
the United States has been party
and Great Britain to some twenty
them. There are many instances q
of the introduction of arbitration il
treaties. Here, too, the United Sta
appears in the van. Are we, then
conclude that the millennium of pc
has arrived, that the dove has returl
to the ark, sure sign that the wat
of International strife have subsl'
permanently?
II am not sanguine enough to
this fattering JUNCTION to my SC
Unbridled ambition, thirst for W
domain, pride of power still be
sway, although with lessened 70
and in some sort under the restrain
the healthier opinion of the wolrd.
further, friend as / am of peace
would yet affirm that there may
even greater calamities than war
dishonor Of nation, the triumph oil
unrighteous cause, the perpetuatiol
hopeless and debasing tyranny. 1t
hooves, then, all who are friends
peace and advocates of arbitration
recognize the difficulties and to
criminate between the causes in wh
friendly arbitration is and in whic
may not be practically possible.
Arbitration will not cover
whole field of international con
versy, and until the great powers
the world in league bind themselye
coerce recalcitrant member OF
family of nations, we have still to
the more than possible disregard
powerful states of the obligations
good faith and of justice. The sch
OF such combination has been at
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