The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-05-24

DN 2aoHNAitA'hAt 4 'Hfrt
Lake Mohonk, n. y. May 24--A
galaxy of notables addressed the III
ternational Arbitration conference
here this morning. the session being
by far the mos interesting of the en-
tire programme Foremost among the
speakers were Senor Don Enrique
c. Creel. the Mexican Ambassador TO
the United States; Senor Don lgnacio
Calderron, The minister from Bolivia,
and Hon Francis b. Loomis, former
assistant secretary of state.
Ambassador Creel spoke. in part as
follows:
War still subsists a a relic of past
ages. The organ may have suffered a
modification. but the function still lies
latent, q terrible menace.
The peoples who came before us
needed war. as they did not know 9th
er means of attaining justice, since
the geography OF The world has not
been determined. and war was the
only means to satisfy the rights Of
conquest and their ambitious for pow
er and wealth
"This does not apply to the pres
eni times. As opposed to the ola civil
lizations. which wre essentially artis-
tic, scorning manual labor, frugal and
poor; moG N civilization Is industc-
Gus, rich full of necessities. based
principally on the extent of scientific
knowledge and habits Of labor, order
an economy.
therefore, war which brings with
II stagnation of capital, DESTROYS nu-
man life-valuablc as any other labor
producing factOr--suspends circua-
ton. decreases consumption. is in our
modern life illogical and everything
tends to its. disappearance. In the
meanwhile The tendency is to reduce
the Efforts of dispute to minimize the
dangers of armed conflicts and to SET
tie, by means of arbitration. the large
majority OF the difficulties that may
arise between the nations of the
world
"As for Mexico / have to reiterate
the statement that she has always up
held the principles of international ar
bitration We do not believe. in Mex
leo, that the time is ripe for unre-
stricted arbitration as a means for the
settlement OF disputes, but we believe
that certain limitations should be es-
tablished in such cases as those in
yolving territorial integrity and ma
taonal honor. OF course, il must be
understood that our aim is to arrive
at the specification, In unmistakable
terms OF those cases affecting national
honor, By avoiding ambiguous gem
eral and metaphorical PHRASES such
as matters of vital Importance, sub
jects involving questions of special
nature. and other similar express
sioas which. in the majority of cases
las is well known--are nothing but a
mask behind which bad faith and a
quafrelsome spirit lurk
Later on. when the number of ad
judged cases, the methods establish
ed and the results accomplished a per
feet knowledge of The system is OBJ
tanned It may seem prudent then 70
continue the wor's until the high and
noble ideal OF justice has been attain
ed
In my country also-and In saying
that ! am confident that ! am rightly
interpreting the general opinion the
desire exists to see the doctrine of the
distinguished secretary Of state. the
Honorable Elihu Root prevail, that Is
that the armies and nayies OF the
world must not be used to exact. hy
force. the payment of dents contracted
by the claimant powers leaving such
extreme methods for cases OF denia
OF Justice and evident notorious bad