The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-21
The Question
of Arbitration.
This Means of Settling Political
Difficulties Has Been Practiced
from Time Immemorial.
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The word arbitration, although proper
deuNAL.ou from enc Lain, derives is
Importance in the language of all ma
tions as a term OF modern diplomacy.
Arbitration, so called, has no theological
Significance When we speak of Christ as
an advocate Of universal peace we mean
that If the followers of Christ would fol-
low the greatest OF His commands,
Love thy neishboy as myself" there
would be no warfare, no International
complications, no family quarrels, none
OF the ills which have made the descend
ants OF Adam unhappy, In the Testaments
we find no evidence Of what ds now called
arbitration in the political sense.
The words OF the Redeemer, as trans
mitted to US by His loving followers,
show lis that His mission on earth re-
lated entirely to spiritual affairs and
not TO those Of TEMPORAL import. He
nealed the sick. comtorted the sorrow
ful, ana for the first time in the history
OF mankind preached the doctrine of
universal brotherhood. His arbitra-
ton was entirely confined to things OF
the soul, as in the instance of the sinful
woman who was condemned to be stoned
ana IN the other example Of the people
VINO wished to know il 1t was lawful to
pay tax to Caesar To the first He made
that reply which is an eternal answer
10 the hypocrites who endeavor to make
STOCK OF the sins of other people in order
TO hide their own--"Let him who is with
out sin cast the first stone" To the SEQ
ond He made that reply which embodied
Wdhin few simple words more phi
iosophy than all the sages OF the world
IN al the ages of the world have com
plied IN their ponderous volumes-"Ren-
uer unio Caesar the things that are Cae-
sar g. and unto God the things that are
Gods" '""' are
rms sentence has been considered nv
me me doctors OF the canon and civil law
they nave written learned treatlses about
ene rights or man, the duties of the citf
anu Inc obligations OF the State, but
-, 80 ~, has surpassed the simple directness
VI Vhls command, Its yery simnlieItv is
us merit 1t is impossible TO enhance ,ts
meaning by explanation. The savIour
ssys' render first ca. patrR tic duty and
e,h' oeing good citizen, discharge vour
o.isatlon TO God. Man can not be a lover
.ae divine goodness unless he is true
~ N.s civil obligations. This sentence is
'nu srestest incentive to patriotism.
49, "oitrauon of the conflicting inter-
80 Oh mankind were based upon This
n,nSaa VI rlght and justice the horrors OF
| tbnnsa- Warfare; now daily sorrow to
'nrTpSsanas, would be impossible.
me Doctrine OF universal brotberhooa
psesupposes arbitration as the metho1
sc llins disputed interests in ten, .
ponai analrs. The doctrine OF Chris. wa .
am, uoe.rine of brotherhood and Included
Of bunni as the highest ameliorst ION
"a nun human conditions. s''on
ipes "ofa arbitration has many mean
cos'r. guy the term used as The final rs
brosSo OF nations to avoid conflicts Il m.
sI,S and most important. 'D'
N.rhough the term. as stated ho,oro ..
bstre,9 pression of modern diplomacv or 20
has sS ION IN regard to political difficu,tIss
rial. from time immemo-
pOosar as the Middle Ages the Ron.n
worSa s were the srbitrators in atya,rs -,
wSra Importance. II is tr,,a - y,
he ~ me ne, aiways successful in prsrsn,lpy
prevs neosins of blood. but their ,nsnsncs
s,s pssen ssyagery in warfare ana ,Ss
pr rssss Of Cod which thew conss u sns
otssn imed as duty upon ali Chrisaisns
sornsels % prevail, ior cooier
ardep, ssssent poatiu. Leo XIII. q a.,
have ,. sSsssosts Of arbatrataon' n. w.,, ~
~hiasly ACTED a. umns.s ~ o ssa