The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-23

| locomotives. rails and other things In the
| United States. California aud Chill send 80
called Bordeaux wine to the French exhibit
| tons japan sends us by it's own steamers silk
and cotton goods umbrellas. toys. matches
| articles de Paris. az well as Vienna and Berlin
| goods and even condensed Swiss milk. The
| Argentine Republic and Australia sell us not
| only the wool but also the meat OF their sheep.
The Cape sends us fruit. We get potatoes.
| butter. &c. from Canada All that Is n mere
| beginning. The inexhaustible reserve OF Chi
| nese production IL not yet open. Hence-
| forth. therefore. Europe must reckon not
| only with herself but with the world.
| She must base her action no longer on
| antiuuated traditions, but on the progress OF
her privileged competitors She must At all
costs follow them IN their headlong course and
| consequently emnncipate herself from the
burdens with which she Ia handicapped. II
Europe remains pnraly2ed. divided. crushed
with taxation. she will he beaten in advance.
Her population will see the price OF their
labor diminish from day to day until
II falls to the level OF the lowest market.
They will get tired of working more and more
10 gain less and less. for they only resigned
themselves to the enormous sacrifices which
they are making so long as they should
be necessary. But their illusion will dis
appear in presence OF their sense OF self
preservation. They are gaining knowledge
and are beginning to find that they are losing
10 NO purpose their money. their time and
their trouble the only result being that they
are threatening instead OF supporting one an
other. Their revolt Is near at hand and I'M
avoidable. especially in monarchical coun-
tries where armies. degeneratine into runous
0nrdes du corps. will apparently soon serve to
maintain the authority OF the Government
rather than national interests. They will be-
come. In the eyes OF indignant public opinion.
the very emblem and measure Of an evident
antagonsm between that authority and those
interests
THE energy which Europe displays in des-
rerate efforts to keep up immense armies
should he largely transferred TO her economic
struggles That change Is all the more urgent.
as every right minded man Is compelled to
knowledge not only the barharism and alb
surdity hut also the impossibilty OF modern
warfare A European war would now be the
end OF Furope We should he lost at home and
abroad. While interrupting our production it
would defnitvelv make over our distant mar
kets to our rivals. Our working classes
would have difficulty in finding employment
after peace was concluded and would
hold their ruined masters responsible The
sequel Of war would be general stagnation:
that is TO say. revolution or another kind OF
war. namely. social war and anarchy. II the
next war at least implied the humiliation OF
the vanQuished. the risk incurred. although
the idea is abominable. might tempt an ad-
venturous policy But history is there to re-
mind us that nation cannot be annihilated
any more after Sedan than after Jena. Austerlitz
or Waterloo. The next war will no more bring
n solution than did those which preceded II.
Whoever the victor NAV be- II will have to be
fought over again. The States Of Europe must.
therefore, make up their minds to face the
truth and tho future with view TO settling
honorahly and reasonably among themselves
the basis OF durable peace All Of them can
and must remain faithful to their past. their
traditions and their hopes. but at the same
time they must make allowances for the inter-
est and duty OF others. The welfare OF Europe
is at stake. Circumstances press us to effect
this tardy Cancellation. Let us make haste.
In a spirit Of mutual sacrifice LEI us prepare
with good grace the new work which is i'm
posed on us by the brusQue surprises OF
progress Let us endeavor to reconcile two
lines OF policy which can no longer be opposed
to one another-namely. national policy and
European policy"
Following is the text Of that portion ~ the
arbitration scheme referring to the perma-
nent Court OF Arbitration. which has been
adopted by the Third Commission OF the Peace
Conference and will probably be included In
tn. final report:
80. With the object OF facilitating immedi-
ate recourse to arbitration for international
differences not settled by diplomatic methods.
the high contracting parties engaged to organ
izo in the following manner a permanent Court
Of Arbitration. accessible at all times and ex-
crcising its functions. in the absence OF con-
trary stipulation. by the parties in dispute. in
v ~ bp pf In in cart.
ell in the present convention.
"2l. This court will be competent to deal
with all cases Of arbitration. unless the dis
putting parties agree to establish a special jur-
isdiction OF arbitration.
"22. An international bureau established at
The Hague. and placed under the direction OF
n permanent Secretary General will serve as a
record office for the court. II will be the in
termediary Of all communications relating to
It's meetings. 1t has charge OF the archives
and controls the administration.
%. Each siRnatory power will designate in
the three months following the ratification OF
the present act not more than four persons,
recognized as competent in dealing with ques-
tions Of International law. Of the highest per-
sonal integrity. who are ready TO accept the
office OF arbitrators. The persons thus des-
ignated will be inscribed under the title Of
| members Of the court upon a list. and the bu-
reau will be charged to notify this list to all the
signatory powers. The bureau will also be
charged to report to the signatory powers
every modification In the list OF arbtrators.
Two or more powers can agree to designate In
common one or more members. Tho same
person can be nominated by different powers.
Members OF the court are nominated for a
term OF six years. They are eligible for re-
| nomination. In case Of death or retirement OF
member Of tho tribunal he shall be replaced
in the same way that he was nominated.
"24. The signatory powers who desire to APP
peal to the court for settlement Of the differ
ences arising among them. will choose from
the general list the number of arbitrators
mutually agreed upon They will notify to the
bureau their intention to appeal to the court.
aud the names of the arbtrators whom they
have chosen. In the absence Of agreement
TO the contrary. the arbitral tribunal is con-
situted after the rules fixed by the thirty
first article Of the present convention. The
arbtrators thus named will form atribunal for
III" case in question. They will meet on the
| date fixed by the disruting parties.
"D5 Tho tribunal will usuallv oft AT Tho