Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-22
FINAL SESSION At MOHONk
PLATFORM SETTING FORTH
PEACE VIEWS ADOPTED.
Commends Work of The Hague Con-
ference and Activity Of Education
Institutions Against War.

LAKE MOHONk. N. Y. May 90
Gratefully recognizing the development of
| the forces which make for international
peace, the Lake Mohonk conference on
| international arbitration today adopted a
| platform setting forth its views on the
! peace movement The platform COM
meends the work of The Hague confer
ence. notes the existence of fifty or more
international arbitration treaties conclud-
ed within the last five years, commends
the activity of educational institutions
and business, professional and labor or
CARNATIONS toward the prevention of
war and rejoices in the tnal act of The
Hague conference for future meeting.
When the conference convened for its
| final sessions today 1t was expected that
the business committee would be prepared
| to report. through its chairman. Judge
John H. Stiness of Providence the pro-
SEQ platfrom for adoption by the con-,
| ference
The morning session opened with the
| University of Georgia. followed by Presi-
dent Joseph Swain of Sw: Fillmore Col
| lege, w. P. Rogers. dean of the Univer-
| sity of Cincinnati. and Minister Takahira
The following platform was adopted:
The Platform.
| The fourteenth Lake Mohonk confer
encc of international arbitration recog-
nizes with profound gratitude the contin-
uous and conscious development of the
| forces which make for international peace
| through international justice
| 1t especially approves and commends
| the work of the second Hague conference
which revised and perfected the various
conventions of the conference of 1899. as
| follows:
Restricting the use Of force in the col
lection of contract debts; proclaiming
| unanimously the principle of obligatory
arbltrat1on: establishing an international
court OF prize. and declaring in favor of
| the est a hlishment of permanent court of
arbitral justice.
THESE measures are great and well
come advance toward the regulation of
| international relations upon the basis of
| justice, reason and respect for for law.
Treaties Already Concluded.
| The fourteenth Lake Mohonk conference
on international arbitration notes with
pleasure the existence of fifty or more
| treaties of arbitration concluded within
the past five years. and more especially
| the arbitration treaties concluded be-
tween the United States and France.
Great Britain. Italy. Japan. Mexico
Switzerland. Holland, Norway. Sweden.
Portugal and Spain.
The conference therefore expresses the
Iopc lHdl tH6 pedCeIul ana judicial settle
ment of International difficulties by re-
sort to courts Of arbitration and of JUS
tice bids fair to become the rule of the
future. as it has been, in a measure the
enlightened practice of the immediate
past.
Activity of Friends Commended.
The fourteenth Lake Mohonk confer
ence on international arbitration further
commends the activity of our schools, COL
leges. universities and the various pro-
fessional. business and labor organizations
of the country by which and through
which popular sentiment is created
trained and directed, not merely to the
maintenance of peace. but also by the
elimination of the ostensible causes of
war by peaceful settlement. to the pre-
vention Of war itself.
conference on international arbitration re-
joices in the fact that the representation
of all the civilized nations of the world
in the second Hague conference and the
recommendation, in its final act for flu
a conference Of an international and
permanent character capable Of correct
ing the inequalities Of international prac-
tice and of enacting a code of interna-
tional law based upon justice and equity.
The address Of Minister Takahira will
be found elsewhere in The Star.
BISHOP GAMBLER TALKS.