The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-25
PLATFORM OF MOHONK ARBITRATION CONFERENCE Attempt to Press DiSarma- ment Upon Hague Con-
 ference Defeated. ADVISED TO GO SLOW Attitude of John D. Long and
 President Eliot of
 Harvard.

The Hague, will contain no word on the subject of disarmament or limita- ton or armaments. This was deter mined to-day when the conference, af- ter a long debate, declined to accept an amendment to the platform proposed by Edwin D. Mead of Boston. The original draft of the platform, which had been prepared by the busi- ness committee, had ignored the sub 1ect of disarmament and limitation of armaments. It recommended that the peace conference adopt provisions for stated meetings of that body, the es- tablishment of a definite judicial tri- bunal always open for the adjudication of international questions, general arbitration treaty for the settlement of international disputes, declaration in favor of the inyiolability of private property at sea in time of war; and a declaration against armed intervention for the collection of private claims when the debtor nation is willing to submit such claims to arbitration.
 MT. Mead's amendment, which called forth the discussion, declared that the conference earnestly hopes the subject of limitation or armaments will be free- ly and fully discussed at The Hague conference. MT Mead supported his amendment earnestly, saying that limi- tatlon of armaments was the one pro- position of the Parliamentary Union under fire by the reactionares, and l despite all difficulties, 1t should be dis tinctly reaffirmed by the Lake Mohonk Conference. He said that Secretary Root had earnestly requested the makers of public opinion to keep this principle at the front.
 The contention of MT. Mead was sup ported by spirited speeches by the Rev. pr. Edward Everett Hale and pr. l Charles P. Fagnani of the Union Theo- logical Seminary. Dr. Fagnani said it was necessary for some one to stay in and recommend the impracticable things, as the practical things will take care of themselves.
 The opposition to the amendment was led by John D. Long, ex-secretary of the navy, and President Eliot of Har- ward university MT Long said the conference should recognize the fact 1 that 1t is well to make progress slowly, and to understand that public senti- ment must be educated slowly
 President Eliot said the conference should not jeopordize the real objects it has ill view by adopting recommen- dations known to be hopeless at this time.
 The amendment was finally defeated by vote of SS to 61. Some other minor changes were made in the re- concentrations as originally presented by the committed
 Tho Platform Presented.
 Dr. Samuel J. Barrows, in presenting the platform, said that in drafting il the business committee had taken the broad world view, the practical and not the academic view No provision look ing to the limitation of armaments had been made in the draft as submitted Tt is my belief, however" said he that if the five things we have re- commended to The Hague conference ill this platform could be adopted there the millennium will be pretty near at hand"
 The platform, as prepared and pre- sented to the conference, for adoption was as follows:
 The thirteenth Lake Mohonk Confer ence on International Arbitration re- cognzes with profound gratitude the development of those forces which are making for International peace through international justice. The promotion of intercourse, friendship, and amity among the nations the organization of international bodies in commerce science, and philanthropy-th demand for higher standards of international morality, are but preludes to greater harmony and unity among the peoples of the world.
 We mention with satisfaction amons the events of the last twelve month: the holding of the Pan-American Con gress the visit of Secretary Root tC the South American republics the or ganization in the United States of branch society for international concili ation, the international conference fol the revision of the Geneva convention | Of 1864, the holding at Washington o the first annual meeting of the Amer jean society of International Law or ganized in 1905, at the Mohonk confer lence, and publication of its organization in the American Journal of Information al Law, the formation of the Japan So ciety for the Cultivation of Friendl, Relations eBtween Japan and the Unit ed States, the increasing disposition o nations to assist each other In time O famine and disaster, and the holding il New York of a national arbitration an, nf fqr-rnarhinp iuf1n ence.
 The meeting of the second Hagu conference next month marks anothe epoch in the history of internationa development. We note with gratifica tion that twenty-one American repub lilies will particiapte therein We urg as the most immediate and importau action to be taken by the second Hagu eonference the following measures: , (1.) A provision for stated meeting of the Hague conference.
 (2l Such changes in the Hague cour l as may be necessary to establish def mite judicial tribunal always open fo the adjudication of international ques Itions.
 (9) A general arbitration treaty fo 1.-the settlement of international disputes
 (4) A declaration in favor of the in ] violability of private property at SC . l in time of war.
 (5.) A declaration to the effect tha there should be no armed interventio , for the collection of private claim when the debtor nation Is willing t submit such claims to arbitration. | Immediately upon the platform bein placed before the conference Edwar D. Mead of Boston offered his amend lment. declaring that the Lake Mohon conference earnestly hopes the subieC of limitation of ornaments will freely and fully discussed at the Hagu conference. The text of MT Mead amendment follows:
 The conference expresses it's grea satisfaction in the support by the Presl