The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-10-19
NORLDGOVERNNENT NEXT
Walter S. Logan'S Plan to Put
an End to Wars.
MUST BE HONEST
The Hague Tribunal to Be the BASS
Of 1.-THE Day Coming When
There viii Be Only One Army to
Keep the Peace of Nations

fHCIt W'll DC onlJ Ollt Army 10
Keep the Peace Of Nations.
I'VE are getting civilized enough 10
have a world government" said Wal
ter S. Logan, president of the New
York state Bar Association, to a New
York Sun reporter
by world government, | don't
mean any consolidation of nations or
anything that would involve the aboli-
ton of nationality. The seat of au-
thority in matters which involve daily
life must remain in each country
Il mean simply that with the ad-
vance of civilization the nations of the
world must consent to yield enough Of
their sovereignty to allow of the estab-
lishment of legislative and judicial
authority which shall act for all ua-
tions in those particulars in which
they come in contact with one another.
a higher power than any one nation
must have jurisdiction in matters Of
dispute between nations.
Modern transportation has unified
the world to such an extent that this
principle has got to become interna-
tional. Individual nations can no long
eh be allowed to make war when they
choose, any more than private persons
The advance of civilization has meant
primarily. the taking of this power to
make war away from private persons
the protection of life and property
THE practice of civilized nations in
their relations with each other stih re-
mains barbarous. The next move in
civilization is to extend our private
practice in this regard to international
relations.
Few realize how very recently the
condition of private war died out
Down to the eighteenth century a large
part of England north of Trent was in
a state of barbarism. The parishes
were required to keep bloodhound to
hunt down the bands of freebooters
who lived by cattle stealing.
mo traveller ventured into thai
country without making his will The
judges on circuit, with the whole body
of barristers, attorneys and clerks, rode
under an armed escort.
How has this state of private war
been done away with? Simply by the
increasing influence and power of the
court
I'VE are Judge governed people In
no part of the world, in no scheme Of
human government does the judge play
SO important part as among the Eng
lish speaking people, especially in the
United States AS people we have
the judicial spirit.
1T is this general judicial spirit
which has made possible the installa-
tion and perfection of the courts OF
justice, which are the predominant fea-
ture of our civilization. There is peace
and order throughout the world in pro-
portion as the judicial spirit is deyel-
oped among the people, at its highest
where the English language is spoken;
at its lowest perhaps, in Russia.
The establishment of a complete
law of nations for the determination
of international difficulties is the only
way to prevent war in the world But
this is not enough. There must be a
world congress behind the court to Leg
iSldlt ann llillNt law lOl llt WI III
The court must have the worlds
armies at its command to enforce its
| DEGREES.
I'VE must have a channel through
which the public opinion of the world
can make itself felt in cases between
nations; a world court to which the
smaller and weaker nations can APP
! And ipt al aI III q -
established must be administered upon
! the same basis as other courts-that OF
securing the just rights of all parties
Nations have got TO learn to be hon
| est. And the individual attitude Of
thinking persons must change in this
! regard. We must learn to reprobats
national sin, even when it is our own
"The attitude of the supposed intelli-
! gent person who would condemn theft
| in his best friend but excuse it in his
| government under the name of patri-
otism, is, illogical and absurd. The
| public opinion of the civilized world
must begin to demand and enforce
common honesty on the part of ma
tions.
This is no more visionary or i'm
| possible than has been the growth OF
the judicial system in the nations The
Hague tribunal, imperfect as it is, is
the germ of a world government
When that tribunal has the same juris-
diction over the globe as the supreme
court has wherever the stars and
stripes float there will be no more
war"