The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-05-20
Made by International Confer
ences Declares lanes
Brown Scott.
EXPERIMENT. SUCCESSFUL
History and Effect Of the Move
ment is Told About at the
Lake Mohonk Meeting.

LAKE MoHoNK, N. Y, May 2o
The Lake Mohunlx Conference was in
session here today.
James Brown Scott, who was one
of the American delegates to the
Hague, addressed the conference on
THE Second Hague Peace Confer
ence" and told Of the results OF It's
deliberations.
He said In part; Tho conference
met ut the Hague -on June is, 1907
and sat until October Is. Resembling
Its predecessor, 1t was yet strlkingly
different For example, In theN con-
ference OF 1893 but 90 states of the
civilized world were represented, OF
which only two, Mexico and the
United Statas,~were from the Western
Hemisphere. Through the efforts Of
Mr. Root Latin America way invited
and was represented at the. second
conference with the exception of
Costa Rica and Honduras. The ma
tions of Europe looked forward 20
the presence of Latin America with
foreboding, but Latin America justI-
fed itsef and there can be no doubt
that the attendance of Latin Amer
ia was fAt7N fhtAh NtNeA
from any standpoint, 1t showed Eii-
rope what manner OF people sinhabIts
Centra and soHth America and en-
abled 1t to appreciate the young
republics. The conference OF 1907
was a distict, success. considered by
actual results OF its deliberations. In
Of practical experience the convention
A.N Ql4el l.
solution OF international disputes, the
Gepesfa coByentipf -ft Substitution ~
Filtration for the use Of force IN the
collection of contract debts. In the
next place II continued the work Of
the conference OF 1899 by regulating
the rights and duties OF neutrals and
neutral states in land warfare. It
forbade the opening OF hostillties
without a declaration both in the in
terest of belligerents and neutral
powers. It regulated the transfor-
nation of merchant ships into men of
war, It sought to define the statues
of enemy merchant ships at the outf
break OF war. 1t regulated the lay
ing OF mines. 1t forbade the bonn
bardment of undefended ports, 1t
freed mall on the high seas from
capture, and It exempted certain
forms of enemy property, namely,
coastal fishing VESSELS and other such
craft, from capture. II organized an
international prize court. 1t adopted
an elaborate convention concerning
the rights and duties Of neutral pOo@-
ers in naval warfare in which the
three rules Of Washington were i'm
corporated It forbade until the end
OF the next conference the discharge
of proiectils from balloons.
"In addition the conference recog-
nized by a unanimous vote the prin-
cipal OF obligatory arbitration and
the fact that certain subjects
may be arbitrated without the re-
serves Of Independence, vital inter-
ests and honor 1t renewed the dec1
laratIon of 1889 concerning. the ne
cessity of a Elimination of armaments.
It laid the broad foundations for
court OF arbltral justice and It finally
declared that third conference
should meet In or about 1915. II
provided that two years before the
probable meeting of the conference a
committee OF the powers should mr.
range a program and provide for
the organization OF the conference.
In other words the experiment has
been successful. Not only has the
world declared in favor OF the com
ference, but the conference Itself was
convinced by the result Of four monhs
deliberation that It should be a per-
manent institution The preparatory
committee win r. nit In having a
carefully devised program including
all subjects ripc for early settle
mont. and the provision for the orr
ganization c.ln only mean that 1t IS
henceforth to be n control OF Itself
not under tho exclusive domination
Of any one power
"sueh In brief was the work of the
second conference. II wos worthy Of
It's predecessor II viii have sue
cessor, and IA course Of time It viii
undoubtedly. although a diplomatic
body. resemble parliament which
recommends to the represented pow
ers. but does not legisfnte directly for
them. When the court Of 1rbltral
justice IS established. and IN opera
ton, the world viii have two great
international institutions, the one
making or commenting the law. the
other interrf ling 1t, and the first
great stsp .lH have been taken to-
ward the judicial organization Of tbs
world"