Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-07
Elaborate Plan for a Positive
Peace-Making Union.
DANISH RESOLUTIONS
MEMORIAL PRESENTED TODAY
BY MRS. BELvA A. LOCKWOOD.
Keen Interest Aroused Among Dele
gates to the Peace Congress-Ie1t
of the Proposition.

taken up today at the 1nternauohai pe'o
congress was the elaborate plan OF organ
izing the nations into a positive peace max
ing union as favored In resolutions Dy the
Danish Peace Society, the universal Fefce
Union of the United States and other Or
CARNATIONS. The memorial was reau Wy
Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood of Washington.
1t aroused keen interest among the ueie-
gates.
The preamble points out That tnere 10
no concert of action proposed, or feasible
plan. whereby the machinery of The Hague
convention may be put in force to prevent
war where war is threatened, and that
the present conflict between Russia and
japan shows Enthusiastically that some
power more potent and rational than brute
force is needed to prevent the useless
sacrifice of human life and property, now
become such an object lesson to the civa-
lied and uncivilized world.
Therefore, 1t is resolved that the con-
greSS recommend that new convention
be concluded between the parties when
are parties to The Hague convention, or
so many of them as may be willing to JOIN
in such a convention establishing Pacls-
erent union on the following basis
Bound to Work Together.
"I-Whilst the high contracting powers
mutually recognize each others absolute
sovereignty and independence, they bind
themselves each for itself to work to-
gether for the furtherance of universal
peace
1.-THE high contracting powers pledge
themselves to refer to the permanent ar
bital tribunal Established by the conven-
ton for the peaceful solution of internd-
tional disputes. signed at The Hague July
%, 1880, every dispute or contention winch
may arise between them that cannot be
n1xyad NV n ip1n mr. ar
adjustment agreed upon; whatever the
cause nature object of disagreement
may be: and further pledge themselves
not to engage in any warlike action, d-
rectly indirectly. with respect to each
other.
"III-Each of the high contracting par
ties shall in turn take the presidency of
the Pacigerent union, and, with its acces
sion, the task of securing the united
method of procedure decided upon In arti-
Gle Nv below, which has for its object the
fulillment of the duty imposed by article
p of the above named convention.
Presidency to Pass Yearly.
"IV-On the 1st of January each year the
presidency passes to that one of the sig
natory powers whose name follows alpha
betically in French that of the state or
power whose presdentship had expired.
When the list of the states has been
gone through the presidency will be trans
ferred back to that state or power in the
alliance which stands first alphabetically.
Which state shall have the presidency, the
first year shall be determined by lot.
IF a power. whose turn it is to preside.
finds itself at war the turn passes over to
| the next state alphabetically.
V. I'm case an acute contention shall
| threaten to break out between two or more
| powers, the signatory powers shall imme
| diately, by a collective note, remind them
| that the permanent tribunal is open to them
Provided With Full Authority.
THE state which holds the presidency
| shall. for this purpose. be provided with
the full authority needed. It's adherence
to the alliance carries with it a binding
duty to fulfill this task.
also 1t shall be the duty of the president
| state to offer to states in mutual contention,
| If it should seem advisable to do So the
good offices of the Pacigerent alliance; or
| their mediation.
This duty shall in no wise lessen the
| right of any of the allied states
Rights of Allied States.
This duty shall in no wise lessen the
| right of any of the allied states to offer
| its own good offices or mediation to the
| states at strife, nor shall the action of the
! alliance relieve any of the allied states
| from the duty of using all means within
reach to secure peaceful or judicial solu-
| ton of the conflict.
1 W. II any OF the nlSn contracting parties
| should desire to withdraw from the present
| treaty, such withdrawal would not come
| into force until one year after it had noti-
| fed the remaining states and only then
| with respect to the powers which 1t has
| notified
'VII-This contention is open to all
| powers on sending their adhesion to the
| president state for the time being
Resolutions Adopted.
Accompanying the above resolutions was
| a long resume of the Pacigeranio move
ment.
| THE time" the memorial says. would
| therefore. seem to be ripe for the adoption
| of this resolution. So far as known there
| is opposition or objection to it, and it is
| only weighted down by the inertia of mac
tion."
| The resolutions, after a brief discussion
were adopted unanimously, with the pro-
vision inserted that the congress merely
called the attention Of the powers to the
treaty suggested in the memorial one
model for adoption by all.
The international peace congress voted
| here today to hold the conference of 1905
at Lucerne Switzerland.