Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-13
IN FAVOR OF ARBITRATION
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Petition to the Senate to Ratify the Treaty
Of The Hague.
Many DistInsufshefl Names Signed to
Eject to THE Peace Congress.

a petition has been sent to the Senate
In favor OF the adoption of the treaty of
The Hague relative to international arbi.
tration and will shortly be laid before that
body. 1t is signed by a large number of
prominent advocates OF arbitration. among
them being leading diplomats statesmen
lawyers and educators
The petition recites the circumstances I'M
Ger which the United States government
accepted the invitation of the Emperor of
Russia Tor a conference las to the most
effective means of securing to all peoples
the benefits of real and durable peace
Inc treaty favors a peaceful settlement
or all difficulties between nations that or
dinarily might lead to war, yet it leaves
every nation absolutely free to follow its
own judgment of what its interest and
honor demand.
For more than a hundred years. the
petitioners continue, "the United States has
feen foremost among the nations in the
means of arbitration
therefore we trust that the pending
treaty. the provisions of which We have
carefully examined, may receive your IA
Vorable consideration"
The petition is signed by James r. Angel,
president of the University of Michigan:
simeon p. Baldwin, president Of the Inter-
national Law Association; Cornelius N.
h''."' SA.oeSieldiS VI the Interior, john Il.
CadWalader, ex-assistant secretary OF state;
John 6. Carlisle, ex-Secretary of the Treas
ury; James c. Carter, president Of the Bar
Association of New York: Leander Il.
Chamberlain. New York: Grover Cleveland.
ex-President of the United States; Thomas
J: Conaty. president of the Catholic Univer-
s!ty of America, Washington, d. c.; J. l..
NJ. Curry, Washington, D. c.: William II.
Day, eX-secretary of State; William E.
Dodge, New York; Charles W. Eliot pres-
dent Of Harvard University: William NJ.
EVarts. ex-Secretary Of State; Charles S.
Fairchild. ex-secretary of the Treasury;
John w. Foster, ex-Secretary of
State: Daniel c. Gilman, President
of Johns Hopkins University: George
Gray, ex-senator of the United States;
Arthur T. Hadley, president of Yale Uni
verstty; William r. Harper, president of
the University of Chicago; Abram S. Hew-
lit, New York; Henry Hitchcock, St. Louis;
NJ. E. ingalls,, Cincinnati; David Starr Jor-
dan, president of the Leland Stanford, jr.,
University; George E. Leighton, St. Louis;
Cyrus H. Mccormick, Chicago; John b.
Moore, eX-assistant secretary Of state, pro-
fessor of international law and diplomacy,
Columbia University, New York; Levi p
Morton, eXVice President of the United
State: G. Stuart Patterson, Philadelphia;
Robert h. Pattison. ex-governor of Penn
sylVania; Francis l.. Patton, president of
Princeton University; Whjtelaw Reid, New
York; George l.. RIves. eX-assistant secre-
tHry of state; John NJ. Schofield, lieutenant
general. United States army, retired; ]. c.
Schurman, president of Cornell University;
William l.. Wilson. ex-Postmaster General:
Benjamin Ice Wheeler, president Of the
University of California; William c. Whit
ney, eX-Secretary of the Navy.