The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-02
NEW PRESTIGE FOR ARBITRATION.


NEW PRESTIGE FOR ARBITRATION
Now that President Roosevelt has used his great in
fuence give vitality and international prestige to
The Hague Court CT Arbitration, there will be revival
hopeful interest in the whole movement toward world
wide enduring peace which begun by the car
in 1893 thinks the Cleveland Leader. That memorable
effort lessen the danger Of and the weight Of
the burdens borne b. the civilized nations of the world
because their fear Of being found unprepared if
should come much scoffed by cynical statesmen
and others, and when developed into the Peace
Conference at The Hague, which opened in the
spring CT 1899 little expected in the of tangi
bic results except by the sanguine believers in the
upward progress CT humanity.
The Leader continues: The Peace Conference itself
proved abortsve in direction, and not much was
gained another but the third point arbitration.
and there great gain made for civilization and the
orderly government of the world The cars hope that
agreement might be reached for the limitation Of
ornaments and the restriction Of ali military equipment
the weapons already in use with view to the
gradual dimnution Of armies and naves, seen,
early the conference, be wholly impossible Of real
zaion Germany and several other refused to be
hampered in the development of the national means Of
dfeEse that object of the cars undertaking
there utter failure.
AS the amelioration of itself, progress
made but nothing of great Importance was accom-
plshed The general feeling in favor of enlarging
rights of neutrais no-combatants
impossible to accomplish much in the of lessening
suffering on battefelds and among the wounded. Nor
indeed there any logical why such efforts
should have succeeded. long the very of
the destruction OF the power of the enemy the
weapons used naturally be those which will most
surely and swiftly put his armies out of action
The real work of the Peace Conference at The Hague
fwenysix nations signed articles provid
ing for the creation of tribunal of arbtra
ton, with Offices at The Hague and thereby accepted
the theory international pass upon issues
which might otherwise result in The foremost
military and naval of the world joined in that
convention with ancient Asatic countries like China
and Persia, and the small states of Europe acted in
harmony with the United States of America All agreed
to the principle that international tribunal should
be created by the sgnatory and that from among
its members should be selected the arbtrators who
should decide questions issue between nations when
ever the countries odds might such pro-
cedure
This agreemtn was reached in the summer of 1899
and in the three years and since then only two
have been submitted the Court of Arbra
ton. One was old question of money and property
rights between the United States Mexico coming
from annexation of California this republic
The court decided in favor of the American contention
Another which has been prepared for The Hague
tribunal is dispute between Japan and several Euro
nations involving the taxation of property
pied by foreigners in the Japanese empire Neither of
these threatened or serious international
difficulties both together Of little importance
by comparison with the Venezuelan affair, which has
already brought armed forces of great European
nations into action against republic Of South America
To settle this last through the medium of the Court
of Arbitration will far toward making arbitration the
and proper of procedure for other
tries whatever their quarrels may be-
In the whole scheme of promoting international peace
and essenng the burdens the logical
OF progress is being worked out Arbitration be-
settled and easy method Of determining nterna
tiona rights and deciding disputes between nations be
great powers be expected hamper themselves
by signing treaties restricting their armaments and
diminishing their ability protect their interests When
shall made honorable resort arbi-
traton ard dshonorabe to fight, before arbitration
failed that the position of nations will be much the
that Of in civilized countries, who
always expected to let the courts settle their disputes
instead using weapons in personal encounters then it
down military and naval burdens and gradually lifting
the backs of the producers OF wealth share
of load carried in the form of enormously
pensve fighting machinery.
near future that President Roosevelt great
the progress of mankind in the highest
by giving prestige and dignity the international
Court OF Arbitration The Hague