The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-05-06

later to the organization In his parlor
in New York OF the first Peace society
In the world. There had then been
no urhtrations between nations In our
modern sense Of the word nations In
tho 100 years since 1909 more
than $50 important controversies have
been settled by this means, not to
mention an even greater number Of
less important cases. the settlement
OF which involved the principle Of ar
bItration Within the past 20 years so
rapid has been the triumph Of arbl-
tration that more than 100 intorna.
tIonal differences have been disposed
Of by this means. or between Ave and
six year for the whole 20 years.
The Hague Court
THE first Hague conference. ten
years aguGayc MS the Permanent In
tcrnational court of arbitration, which
has now been IN successful operation
tor about eight years and disposed OF
several important controversies. This
court was strengthened and improved
by the second Hague conference two
years ago, and, by the admission of the
South and Central American states to
It, has become the arbitration court,
not OF the &c powers that gathered at
The Hague In 1899, but Of the entire
world This tribunal is now taking
practically all the international differ
ences not adjustable by diplomacy
within less than six years, more
than 80 treaties OF obligatory arbi.
tration, STIMULATING reference 10 The
Hague court OF all questions OF a
judicial order and those arising In the
Interpretation of treaties have been
concluded between nations In pairs
% of which were negotiated the past
year by our distinguished eXSeCretary
OF State Root, and ratified by both
the president and the senate
The Hague Conferences.
iii In order to determine further
the advanced position which the
peace movement has attained on its
practical side, the two Hague confer
ences and what they have &C
complished must be taken into ac.
count. 1t is still the habit OF some per
sons to speak disparagingly OF these
great gatherings and their results
Some do II because they are satisfied
with nothing short OF immediate per.
lection; others because they wish the
whole movement for tho abolition Of
war to fail Othcre do II purely from
ignorance.
THE first Hague conference gave us
the permanent international court Of
| arbitration, to which a powers finally
became parties by ratification Of the
| convention. This court has now for
eight years been In successful opera
ton, and not less than four contro.
yorsics have been referred TO II dur
| ing the past Year Tho second Hague
conference enlarged and strengthened
| the convention under which this court
was set up. and made the court the
| tribunal, not OF % powers, but Of all
the nations Of the world
Tho high water mark Of the work
Of tn" second Hague conference was
reached in It's action in regard to N
! turr meetings Of the conference. The
priucipl" of periodic meetings Of the
conference hereafter was approved
without dissenting voice The date
oven Of the third conference was f,ed
and the governments urged to appoint
at least two years in advance an in.
tcrnational commission to prepare the
! program Of the meeting"
Dean W = Rogers OF the Cincinnati
Law school brought this session 10 a
close with an eloquent talk on The
Dawn of Universal Peace"