The San Francisco call., 1905-06-03
SEE THE DAWN
Of PEACE ERA
Members of the MOhOnk Con-
ference Believe Day of
War Has All but Passed

LAKE MOHONK. N Y, June "A
platform of principles. setting forth the
achievements and purposes of the in,
ternationaf arbitration movement, was
adopted to-day by the Conference on
International Arbitration The plat
form follows:
The eleventh annual meeting of the
Lake Mohonk Conference on Interna-
tional Arbitration expresses it's graft
fication over the advance made in the
cause of the pacific settlement Of dis
putes between nations during the past
year. Numerous special treaties of
arbitration have been concluded and
are now in force. The Hague conven-
ton commands increasing confidence
among civilized peoples; its purposes
and scope are. better understood; it's
provisions have been resorted to with
success in cases of great difficulty as
in the settlement of the North Sea in
cident, and we now have confident as
surance that the tribunal which it has
established will become of increasing
importance in maintaining the peace of
the world. t5
THE interests that contribute to the
promotion of the cause are ever broad
ening. Those of the wage-earners are
finding emphatic expression; commerce
is keenly sensitive to disastrous inter-
ruptions by war, whether near or re-
mote: the promoters of religion and
philanthropy are alarmed at the hind
rance of their work by every disturb
ance of International peace and the
sense of human brotherhood is increas-
ingly felt and appreciated throughout
the world. These signs of promise show
that the long darkness of barbarism is
passing away and that the bright day
of universal peace is dawning indeed
PRAISE FOR PRESIDENT.
I'VE are highly gratified at the ef-
forts of President Roosevelt in promot-
ing the cause of international peace and
Justice and we rejoice in his call for
second conference at The Hague. We.
confidently expect that any questions OF
international law that are now vague
or undetermined will there find wise
solution. We also hope that the con-
ference will frame a general treaty of
arbitration that may more effectively
meet the requirements of the situation
than any special treaties yet proposed
have done, and we will be grati1ed if
the indefinite and elastic exceptions OF
matters of national honor and of vital
interests shall be substantially modi-
fed.
we earnestly hope that If such a
treaty is proposed. the treaty making
authorities of our Government will
speedily effect its enactment for this
country. We view the treaty now in
force between the kingdoms of Den
mark and The Netherlands to submit all
their differences to arbitration as pre-
senting the ideal toward which we
are moving.
eThe evolution of the movement for
universal peace clearly points to the
early establishment of an International
parliament with at least advisory pow
ers as necessary agency in its full
fllment and we renew our declarations
of last year in reference to this. We
feel that 1t is not expedient for this
conference to pass any Judgment upon
the plan of organization of such a
parliament beyond the necessity for
the representation of all civilized ma
tions therein.
MESSAGE FROM WHITE.
1--WE heartily commend the work of
the Interparliamentary Union and
rejoice in the zeal and efficiency of
the American group of it's membership.
We rejoice that some strength has been
given to the cause of international ar
bitration by the fact that no country
has ever yet repudiated an arbitral
award We believe that the DEGREES OF
the international Court will be best en-
forced by the power of public senti-
ment and by the fear OF the loss of
world respect on the part of any ma
tion against whom any award may be
made. The formation of public opin-
ion is an important means for the pro-
motion of every good cause and we de-
sire to encourage all agencies that will
further the interests of International
arbitration. Especially do we COM
mend the awakening of the students
of our universities and colleges In this