The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-01
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
JUDGE GRAY MAKES OPENING
ADDRESS AT LAKE MOHONK.
He Thinks the President Did We'll In with
drawing the Treaties Sent TO the
Senate a. the Amendments would Prac-
ticaliy Have Defeated Their Purpose.

Senate a. the Amendments would Prac-
tically Have Defeated Their Purpose
LAKE MoHoNK, N. Y, May 3l..-The an
nual Lake Mohonk conference on arpitra-
ton was begun here to-day. The open
ing address was made by the president
Judge George Gray, who said IN part
1t Ia u significant sign OF the progress that
the cause of international arbitration has
made in the ten Years daring when these
conferences have been held that. III me dis-
cussion which preceded ,hc r",.sai Ds r ,,e
ties sent to It by the President, 10 voice Mns
heard ln opposition to the pr,melr'e OF ,''i i,,
portant enough or strong enough TO gam
national hearing , ,,.
II did not say that there was pln,lsini'ii 10"
reason assigned by the majority VI the SELL
ate for ,ts refusal to ratify these lrf"'inI ~
the form IN which they were presented ~ With
out challenging the sincerity or Intelligence
of those who adhere to tins view, w. may
indulge the hope that the trends of nrGttra-
ton in the S.nat" liud We have no right T."
assume that ell It's in'nutiS ar" NOT N.'l
will find q way by witch ne 20, efhinen' 90, "i
power may loin the Other 'iNlIl/"u lh'Nhr
Of the world in binding it-"'l ,uhnI' Liner.
e feIoD S ,n be nr re- ;' OF "a,e-
existing between tn" Nv" contracting pn,t''-
and which i, may n"' ray" m""n pos,,r nv, 70
Of arbitration established e. lhr HiniEm.
without requiring tn" merely snhordiiat"
lie ratified hv two-thirl, OF the senate.
To say that this cannot I've done would
argue degree OF imbeoliity and we aN, e
in our Federal government that DO not De-
lieve exists The treaty making power. a
conferred by the Constitution on the pres,;;
dent and the Senate. i without tSpresSrn
limitation or restriction. ana ~ !, snrG, ,
broad enough to authorize covenant ny the
conduct with reference 20 future contin-
gencies. a.,
70 withdraw the treaties for the present,
without accepting tn" senate amendments.
which would practically have defeated their
purpose Here w. may leave he matter win
the rca~ona hI" assurance that the public
opinion and awnkrn'd e4n1c,h,nn' 10, ct our
country will not rest satisfied that the Gov
eminent of The United states shall continue
to he aloue among til" signatory Powers OF
the Hague convention in not RESPONDING 70
strengthen tho tribunal! thereby established.
Judge Gray was followed by DR.. Ben
tamin F. Truehlood in an address on The
Year, Progress in International Arbitra-
ton" DR.. Trieblood said
On FRIDAY morning Of our last years con
this table that an arbitration treaty had Just
been signed between Spain and lortpHai ara ana
treaties OF obligatory arbitration signed
within the preceding eight months. Since
that time tho StG Mo '1eass be Suy we
to thirty About half of these treaties have
already been ratified and are now III force
All OF the nations Of Western Europ" are
signatorics Of some - ~ul and they ar"
thus pract iCallv hound together in the bonds
worthy of note that not a single arbitration
has as vet occurred under the provisions Of
any of these treaties and the probabilities
are that the five yrnts viii pass without any
practical APPLICATION Of them. The spirit
which has brought them into existence Will
probably prevent any serious disputes from
arising or II not. VIII secure their adjust
ment ny dirnc, diplomatic methods,
The most noteworthy international pacific
settlemont of the wear was that OF the North
Sea incident between Great Britain and Rus
Ella. But for the existence of the Hague co:,-
yention aud the tribunal which il created. II
ia difficult to see how the crisis caused by
the firing Of the Russian feet on the British
bitter and disastrous var.