The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-11
AMERICA | FADING
IN PEACE CRUSADE
WIDER JURISDICTION SOUGHT
AS FATHER OF SECOND
HAGUE CONFERENCE.
Minimize WAR CAUSES
Us HOPE Of the Celenates From the
y. s, Who VIII Urge Speech
Making Changes IN ths tn
ternationaI Laws.

|
Wa hington, June I0.-On the eve
| % the second Hague confere1cs !,
which assemblies next Saturday, the
part played b. America in bringing
about the great international gathe.
( ing and the nature Of Instructions
lunder which our delegates are to pa,.
jticipafe in the congress BECOME mai.
ters of great interest.
Frequent postponements Of the
second meeting and prolonged diplo-
matte wrangIes over the subjects to
be Included In the program llrllcr
which the conference viii be con-
Quoted have Hi a measure obscure
the beginnings of the movement for
he reassembling of the conference.
70 that there Is not perhaps. general
apprec alton Of the important part
played by the Washington govern
ment initiating the movement.
For the fact Is that America really
caused The invitation to the secoad
Hague conference to he extendel to
the world though the document ws
actually issued later hy the Russian
government.
The germ of the idea was foun In
the Meeting Of the Intarpafllamenfary
Union at ST. Louis two years ago,
The resolutions there adopted. IA llrg-
ing an extension of the priniples III
settling international disputes by an
bitration, were laid before President
Roosevelt, who prepared a neta MI
dressed TO our principal representa-
tiyes abroad, directing them 10 s9urd
he government 10 which thev weYn
accredited as to The desirabilIfy of
eeconvening the international confer.
eace at The Hague.
HooseveIt's Efforts.
The presidents ovaftures were re.
ceived with apathy at first. ami II was
not unil the Russian emnefnr e7mr
70 the rescue fthe president naean-
Mile practically desisting froyl fur
ther movenient) and issued his own
specific invitation. that the SUI cess
~ the second conference was a snred.
Naturally having In way fathcreI
the second conference, the Washing
ION government has shown the deep
est interest IN every detail OF the
program Of important subjects to he
by that conference.
The first order Of Importance, ac-
,ording to the American view. Is the
proposal that Improvements be made
n he provisions of the existing con
sention relative TO peaceful settle
nent Of international disputes as re-
yards the Court of Arbitration and
ne International Commission Of In
luiry. Instructions of the American
delegates on this point are known to
be explicit They are TO do every
hing in their power 70 influence the
conference 10 enlarge the powers Of
he permanent Hague tribunal in deal
ng with arbitration cases; above all,
he effort Is to be made to bring more
business before the tribunal, 10 in
luce nations 10 have more frequent
-ecourse to this tribunal for the. set
.lement Of their disputes.
Did Little So Far.
The fact is that the president and
Secretary Root are disappointed at
he very small issue from the Aug st
Since It's creation Il has
-assed upon just four eases First was
he rius case involving the dsposi-
ion Of the fund set apart hy MeVlco
q satisfy the Catholic church n Cali.
ornia for church property taken over
" the state: second there was the
wtlement Of the question growing
nj of the blockade Of the vcnezue'sn
lorts by the allied Powers. third. was
he Alaskan boundary question b.
ween America and Great Britain:
outh. was a decision of a question
hat had arisen between Japan anA
treat Eritain as 70 the exemuicn
rom taxation of foreign dweuers In
apan All but the last OF these cas-
rere of American origin
10 other words although serious in-
crnaiicnai dispues have arisen AMI
cen adjusted automatically or bT
)rce OF arms since the creation Of
he Hague tribunal. Aue.ica and
treat Britain have been the only par
les 20 resort 10 arbitration
That Is 10 saw with fun te,ief in
be efficiency and humanity and com
lon sense of that method Of settling
quaTrels. The Washing
On government. seconded by Great
-rftain. has instructed ifs delegates
q trv 10 enlarge ne scope Of the ar
ffraticn principle