Arizona republican., 1907-12-04
HE STATt OF THE UNION
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We do not intend to be imposed upon.
 TLe Hague.

We do not intend to be imposed upon.
 Tie Hague.
 "The Second International Peace Conference was convened at The Hague on the 18th of June last and re- mained in session until the 18th of October For the first time the rep resentatives of practically all the civ ilized countries of the world united in a temperate and kindly discussion of the methods by which the causes of war might be narrowed and it's injur- ious effects reduced.
 Although the agreements reached in the Conference did not in any direc- ton go to the length hoped for by the more sanguine. yet in many directions important steps were taken, and upon every subject on the program there was such full and considerate discus sion as to justify the belief that sub stantial progress has been made to- ward further agreements in the future. Thirteen conventions were agreed upon embOyding the definite conclusions which had been reached, and resolu- tions were adopted marking the pro- gress made in matters upon which agreement was not yet sufficiently complete to make conventions practi- cable.
 The delegates of the United States were instructed to favor an agreement for obligatory arbitration, the estab1 lishment of a permanent court of arbi- tration to proceed judicially in the hearing and decision of international causes. the prohibition of force for the collection of contract debts alleged to be due from governments to citizens of other countries until after arbi- tration as to the justice and amount of the debt and the time and man. ner of payment, the immunity of pri- vate property at sea. the better defin- ition of the rights of neutrals, and. in case any measure to that end should be introduced, the limitation of arma- ments.
 Tn the field of peaceful disposal of international differences several i'm portant advances were made. First, as to obligatory arbitration. Although the Conference failed to secure a un- animous agreement upon the details of a convention for obligatory arbitra- tratiOn, it did resolve as follows:
 Ut is unanimous: CD In accepting the principle for obligatory arbitra- tion; @ In declaring that certain diff ferences, and notably those, relating to the interpretation and application of international conventional stipulations are susceptible of being submitted to obligatory arbitration without any res friction
 Tn view of the fact that as a result of the discussion the vote upon the definite treaty of obligatory arbitra- ton, which was proposed. stood 32 in favor to against the adoption of the treaty. there can be little doubt that the great majority of the countries of the world have reached a point where they are now ready to apply practically the principles thus unani- mOusly agreed upon by the Confer ence.
 The second advance, and a very great one, is the agreement which re- lates to the use of force for the col lection of contract debts Your atten- tion is invited to the paragraphs upon this subject in my Message of Decem- Der, 1906, and to the resolution of the Third American Conference at Rio in the summer of 1906. The convention upon this subject adopted by the Con ference substantially as proposed by the American delegates is as follows:
 Tn order to avoid between nations armed conflicts of a purely pecuniary origin arising from contractual debts claimed of the government of one country by the government Of another