The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-03
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speakers at Mohonk Lake Arc
Full of Suggestions as TO
the Worlds Peace.

MOHONIC LAKE, N. Y limo .
The second days session of the arbi-
tration conference was opened wifi, an
address by District Commissioner n
II. f. MacFarland, of Washington an
the subject of an arbitration treaty.
with Great Britain and also with other
nations.
Prof. John Bassett Moore. of Column
bia university, said he hoped that orr
arbitration treaties with other coun-
tries would be more comprehensive
IMAM the one recently concluded he
tween France and Great Britain. Such
treaty between the United States
and Great Britain would be, in his
judgment, step backward. He
strongly objected to an exception be-
ing made of questions of national hon
or as questions not coming within the
scope Of arbitration. Referring to the
decision Of The Hague court in the
Venezuela case, the speaker said that
as lawyer and in view of the evil
dence submitted, he was unable to see
now any other decision could have
peen rendered. The great need. he
SAID, was for the creation of a sys-
tenn whereby force might be applied
III such cases without resort to war
Penalties and Police.
Two methods were suggested for the
accomplishment of this purpose. Bv
international agreement it might be
provided that certain penalties should
De incurred by a nation perpetrating
some wrong or injustice upon another.
A stlll better method would be the or
gan1zation of a body akin to an inter-
national police force acting under the
direction of a permanent international
council. This idea was dimly fore
shadoWed in what is known as the
concert of Europe, which, in spite of
the rldlcule heaped upon it, had been
an agency making for peace 1t had
prevented tWenty-fi five wars where it
had caused one. The idea Of an inter-
national council to enforce the laws of
nations might seem like a dream. the
speaker said, but all great agencies for
the betterment of humanity had exist
ed first as dreams.
Rev. DR.. Philip Moxom said that one
Of the chief forces making for the
abandonment of war was the growing
sense of national kinship between all
men Of all races, the recognition of a
worldwide human brotherhood.
Rubukes Christian Nations.
Baron Kentaro Kaneka, former
cabinet minister of Japan, reviewed the
attitude Of that country toward the
principle of arbitration, holding that
Japan had consistently stood for peace.
The baron said he could not forbear
mildly rebuking the territorial agrees
sion of so-called Christian nations.
quoting the Christian text, blessed are
the meek, for they shall inherit the
earth" and suggesting a doubt Of the
accuracy of the translation. WAS il
not written disinherit?' he asked.
Judge Simeon E. Baldwin, of the SUI
prerne court of Connecticut, made an
interesting suggestion regarding the
use Of The Hague tribunal by Eng
land and the United States. Each
country has four distinguished juristS
as its representatives in that country.
Let King Edward, he said, choose one
of the Americans and our president Sc
lect one of the English representatives,
and let these decide which shall be
chief justice of court Of five to which,
for five years, all disputes between the
United States and England shall be
referred. King Edward will choose
two more American jurists and the
United States will choose two more
English judges. Thus we shall have a
permanent and definite tribunal, Sc
lected in absence of all controversies.
John V. l.. Findlay of Baltimore,
discussed the question what would
happen If country refused to abide
by an adverse decision of an interna-
pate a necessary war? 1t would be
more bitter than war Waged before
an arbitration. The speaker believed
no such alternative necessary, but
thought that the highest conscience Of
civilized nation would always en-
force the decree of the tribunal and
that there would never be need for
war.
Interest of Business Men.
The evening session was devoted
wholly to the consideration Of arbi-
tration from a business point of view.
Clinton Rogers Woodruff, of PhiladeI-
phia, delivered an address embodying
the report of a special committee APP
pointed to bring the question of inter-
national arbitration before the BUSH
ness organizations OF the country. He
said:
1t is alike a matter of significance and
encouragement that the business men or
the business bodies Of this country have
unqualifedly Endorsed the great principle
of settling international disputes through
arbitration. Thirty-Seven business organ
izations in a little over one year have
unqualifiedly placed themselves on record
in favor of the principle, and at least
four-the Boston Chamber of Commerce,
The Philadelphia Trades league. the Lit
tie Rock Board of Trade and the Business
Mems association, of Springfield, Ill.
have appointed permanent and active
committees on International arbitration.
Opposes War Preparations.
Mahlon n. Kline, Of the Philadelphia
Chamber of Commerce, began the gem
eral discussion with a five-minute adj
dress on the growth of the arbitra-
ton sentiment among business men
which, he said, had been highly en-
couraging during the past year.
A. B. Farquhar, of the National As
ISOLATION of Manufacturers. spoke
strongly against further war prepare
tions, saying:
But the worst Of these war preparations
is not their cost, though $3.50, 100000 q
year by a country needing no such de-
Tense is no small sum to Squander, nor
even the worthleSSneSS of the product
when procured; it is the evidence they
give that our proteStationS of peaceful
disposition are not to be taken at face
value Many weaker nations share our
continent with us. and how can we pre-
forts and men -of-war for which the
United States is spending so much money?
There is no power so mad as to dream
of attacking them, so it is absurd to sup
pose that all this preparation is for de-
Tense. For what purpose can it be, then,
but to aid or cover aggressive warfare?
What object could it have but to Cypress
or at least to intimidate uS?'
BY cutting down navy. army and fortl-
fication expenses the country could bet
ter develop its resources and discharge
its debts and at the same time give evil
dence of it's peaceful intentions toward all
the world. while proving that it does not
merely favor international arbitration