Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-09-12
MONDAY. SEPTEMBER ~, CITY. UTAH

whom questions OF international Inn.
portance have been referred for adiudl-
cation
within the last 100 years there have
been more than 200 cases iu which M.
tewatlonal differences have been adj.
iusted by the peaceful, method of lrbl.
trltlOn IN one fom on another. and
the government Of the United States
has been a party TO about 20 NJ these
arrangements The most notable trca-
~ IN which this government was con-
cerned and one which has had. perhaps
the most profound and heneicicnt re.
suits in that IL has directed ana pow.
orfully influenced public opinion was
The treaty negotiated ln Washington iu
1911 which provided tor four orbitr5-
lions. or o. M John Morley Says
JOHN MORLEY QUOTED.
The treaty OF Washington and the
Geneva arbitration stand out a- tha
most notable iutrulti0ua feature of
the nineteenth century Of the noble part
OF preventive diplomacy and the most
signal instance iu their history of SELF
command in two on three chief demo-
cratic powers Of the western world '
THE HAGUE Tribunal
"rhc active good viii of the Amed-
can people and government with re-
speci 90 an practical efforts tu gNr
Greet tu the principle Uf arbitration
was again spleudilly and sufficiently
demonstrated hy the part which tho
American delegates took iu the peace
conference. and has been stil further
shown by the untIrlug efforts of this
government 10 contribute Go the stabil.
ity permuuenyc. ana Independence Of
The Hague tribunal
~ desire to compliment the Inter.
Parliamentary union upon the deVlot-
alton which II made at It's conference
held In Holland iu 1894 I'm favor of %
permanent court of arbitration ana the
subsequent development OF its plan ior
such a court prepared by commits
sion Of six members appointed for that
purpose. The Notwithstanding
union deserves credit for practically
toreCasting FIVE years in advance what
proved 10 be- the most salient WORK of
the peace conference at The Hague.
Great results have been achieved You
have aroused, directed, and educated
public sentiment In favor Of arbitia-
ton throughout the civilized world.
The union should never cease it's ef-
forts to stimulate public Interest In
arbitration 1t is this force which we
call public opinion, or public sentiment
which IL the court Of the last resort
the power that rules the world Il
directs the actions Of men IN all COM
munities and in all forms Of society,
It's sway Is universal II sweeps the
earth and II touches the stars.
CAUSE OF ARBITRATION PRO
CROSSES.
"The cause OF international arbltra-
ton Is making notable and permanent
progress. Since your last meeting.
Great Britain and France, France and
Italy, Great Britain and Italy, Holland
and Denmark, Great Britain and Spain,
France and Spain. France and Hol-
land. and Spain and Portugal have
concluded treaties pledging themselves
during period OF five years to submit
certain classes Of cases 10 The Hague
tribunal The signing OF these treaties
marks a distinct and promising adj
vance. The Alaskan boundary dis.
pute has been amicably settled, and the
record OF the year counts among SIS
achievements, besides the. cases dealt
with IN The Hague tribunal, the ap-
pointment OF special arbitrators to set
tie