The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-26
ACHIEVING BLESSING
OF PEACE IN WORLD
WI Ting-fang Talks Upon the
Question of Universal
Good Will.
HE RECENTLY CONCLUDED
TREATY WITH UNCLE SAM
Declares, However, That 1t Does
Not Go as Far as 1t
Should.
BY HAYNE DAVIS.
leased Wire to The Tribune

D liza M LAWS,
BY Leased Wire TO The Tribune.
NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-I gladly ac-
cepted the offer of The Tribune TO
| represent 1t in conference with WI
Ting fang, formerly representative Of
CHINA at Washington, in regard to peace
and the possible means of achieving its
blessing, For ] know this eminent
Chinaman TO be not only among the most
intelligent, but among the best disposed,
OF the persons sent to Washington by
foreign governments during the past two
decades. His excellency received me
most cordially, and for more than an
hour he spoke with the utmost candor
upon the question of international peace
and justice. Speaking personally and not
on behalf Of his government, he said
WI Is Glad to Talk.
l am glad to speak OF International
peace and justice upon the eve of my
succeeded In concluding n treaty OF ar
| bitration between our government and the
United States. That was d good step;
| am glad II is taken. but in my Judgment
that treaty does not go far enough
| though 1t was the best that could be done
now. II Is exactly the same as the twen-
| ty-three treaties concluded by the govern
ment OF the United States with foreign
powers during Mr.. Roosevelts last term
as president. These treaties reserve for
forcible settlement when diplomacy falls
all questions affecting the vital rights
independence or honor OF the contracting
powers.
AS to Heavily Armed Nations.
While nations that are heavily armed
| Insist upon this policy, other nations that
are not heavily armed are not sure OF
having their rights respected. My coun-
try, for instance, is not heavily armed,
and has been compelled to begin the re-
formation OF It's army and navy; China
| loves peace but other nations love not
peace enough TO keep peace. SO CHINA
| must prepare armamentS that IL really
does not want TO prepare, CHINA is re-
forming lis army and navy. for self-de-
| Tense entlrely-not for aggression at all
With international arbitration and justice
at the place it now occupies, no nation
can object TO armamewt by other nations
to protect their own rights. And while
heavier now. We should all study and
work more TO make arbitration progress
until II is possible 10 abolish war.
In Favor of Treaties.
1 know President Roosevelt. after the
existing treaties OF arbitra ton were con,
Guided in his last administration, declared
himself In favor OF a peace programme
which you proposed 10 hlm, THIS pro,
gramme calls for adequate armament and
effective arb!tra ton as correlatiVc agen-
cies for national security and FOR inter-
national peace and justice, And IL qS-
fines effective arbitration as that when
binds The nations TO respect each others
| territory and sovereignty, ana 10 aroi-
trate all other questions, That Is a spleh-
| did programme. II goes H.ucH .uI 'aSI NJ
than the treaties now in force, but am
In favor going even further am IN
| favor Of treaties as advanced as that'
and. IN addition; l am In taVor ciaa 1i an i1i al
questions that may have 10 ne arpltra teq'
and OF an international congress TO specl-
fy the laws that the court woua ,1e 0e eSes ges
| government to create a court OF lusnce
| for deciding all questions between tnea
and 10 agree that they would defend each
|
| trate differences before the court. II tne
! great governments will not consent 10
this, many small ones could 90 SO Irns n,s
| nosed something like this at the second
| fiacne conference. II ought to be done.
There could be court tor ASiat.G a ia,
| court for South American nations, court
| for North American nations. Ihese
would correspond for nations TO your CIR
cult courts OF the United states cases
| hetween nations in the same continent
would come first before the court Tor
| that continent II the judgment was not
satisfactory. there Gou!d De an appear pSlido 1o
| the case when appealed could be chosen
| from all the international circuit courts
| by the governments concerned In the
case.
Main Purpose in View.
These are details that can he worked
| out The main purpose is 10 proVide lor
| international justice and to abolish war.
In order to do all that is possible toward
| this the governments should select as
delegates to the third Hague conference
| conahlc men who are heart and soul for
! this purpose, Not being half started they
will find some way to succeed even II
| their nrst proposals arc not accepted. l ne
Governments ought 10 appoint such men
| long before the conference. so that they
can study the question thoroughly and ne
prepared IN the languages needed TOT
| making the best success in proposal Tor
| sOch n conference.
am perfectly willing to trust my
| country's interest to the Judgment OF IN
| ternational Judges, and believe the Chl-
nese imperial government VIII be Wiling
| 10 do that II other nations VIII consent
Where China Will Prove.
The proposition OF agreeing with re-
| spect TO international territory and SOW
erclgnty therein rs a basis for system
OF international Justice is good. We can
| amend and improve any system we Gre
| ate as improvements become plain from
using the system. Each nations inter
est Will be best preserved by providing
for a system OF international Justice, that
win preserve peace and abolish war
the one main purpose. Then we can go
on In that way as fast as We lind II
possible to travel. II at first we cannot
arbltrate all questions, we can create
the court of justice and arbltrath some.
Then we can agree TO arbitrate more. |
am sure that China VIII prove that she
is entitled TO be In tho first rank OF the
powers that wish to provide for pence
and Justice. and to use every means that
can promote these and abolish war.
/ think the United States VIII also
be among the first 10 propose and Ia
accent practical means for preserving
nations rights and international justice
as the path 10 permanent peace.
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