Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 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 arbtrations between nations In our
modern sense OF the word nations In
the 100 years since 1893 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 arbi.
tration that more than 100 interaa-
tional differences have been disposed
of by this means, or between five and
six year for the whole 20 years.
The Hague Court.
"The first Hague conference, ten
years ago.gave us the Permanent In.
ternational court of arbitration, which
has now been In successful operation
for 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
IL, has become the arbitration court,
not of the 26 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 to The
Hague court OF all questions of q
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 ex-Secretary
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 it's
practical side, the two Hague confer
ences and what they have &C.
complished must be taken into &C
count 1t is still the habit of some per-
sons to speak disparagingly of these
great gatherings and their results
Some do 1t because they are satisfied
with nothing short of immediate per.
lection; others because they wish the
whole movement for the abolition OF
war to fail. Othere 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.
versies have been referred to il dur.
Ing the past year. The second Hague
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.
The high water mark of the work
OF the second Hague conference was
reached in its action in regard to fu.
ture meetings OF the conference. The
principle OF periodic meetings OF the
hereafter was approved
without dissenting voice. The date
even OF the third conference was fixed
and the governments urged to appoint
Mt least two years in advance an I'm.
ternational commission to prepare the
program of the meeting"
Dean w. p. Rogers OF the Cincinnati |
hrr la
close with an eloquent talk on THE |
Dawn OF Universal Peace"
Addresses Monday Evenfnq.
Monday evenings meeting was de.
voted to The Drawing Together of
he Nations" and was presided over
by Dr. Hirsch The addresses were
IN Independence Versus Interdepend. |
ence of Nations by Prof. Paul s. |
ieinsch OF the University OF Wiscon
I'm; Racial Progress Towards Univer.
'al Peace" by Rev. II. r. Healing OF
Tenn; and The Biology of
Var, by President David Starr .Jor.
Ian OF Leland Stanford, Jr.. Uniyer.
MY. AT the same time another meet.
ne was In session in Music hall. with
Mss Jane Adams in the chair. The
peakers there were Joseph B. Burt
4 Chicago, on "Fraternal Orders and
'eace;" Prof. Graham Taylor of Chi.
ago Commons, on Victims OF War
nd Industry" Samuel Gompers, presi.
ent OF the American Federation OF
.sbor. on organized Labor and
'eace." and John Spargo of Yonkers.
!. Y. on international Socialism as
Peace Factor"
Commercial and Legal Views.
Two big meetings were held Tues
ay morning. one on commerce and in.
ustry, presided over by George T.
'oberts, president of the Commercial
RATIONAL bank OF Chicago, and the
Their on Women and Peace" with
lrs. Ellen NJ Henrotin OF Chicago as
hartman. The former session was
ddressed by Bolton Gilreath of Bir.
bingham, Ala, w. A. Mahoney OF Col.
mbus, o., James Arbucklc. consul OF
pain and Colombia, ST. Louis. and
iarcus M. Marks, president of tho
'stional Association OF Clothiers. New
ork city. The women heard inter.
sting speeches by Mrs. Philip N.