The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-09-03
BARTHOLDT'S PLAN
TO ABOLISH WAR
CONTINUED from rage one.l

which will bring the matter to a head,
and solve the entire problem, is ap-
parently Mr.. Bartholdt's hope, which
he was given ground Tor in a con-
ference on the subject with the Presi-
dent two months ago. He states
without fear of contradiction that
should President Taft propose to King
Edward of England and Kaiser Will
liam of Germany treaty in which the
United States ana the two European
powers would declare war at an end
and agree to submit all questions to
arbitration, that the matter would be
accepted at once by England and Ger
many. Beyond this Mr.. Bartholdt
states that such a step on the part of
these three powers would be imme-
diately followed by the other nations
of the world and that all war would
be ended once for ALL
In speaking on the subject to a Star
reporter Mr. Bartholdt said:
I'VE have just passed through the
era in which the selling of men has
been ended and have now come to the
era in which the killing of men will
be stopped. Through the arbitration
of all disputes between nations, war
will be ended and | feel at the present
time confident in the assertion that
the world will never again see the ter
rible sight Of one nation fighting
against the other for some cause which
could easily have been decided without
! bloodshed.
"In the first Hague conference good
! progress was made towards universal
arbitration. In the second conference
there were forty-four nations repre-
scented, comprising practically all the
powers of the world, whose positions
on the various subject to be discussed
were given by three or four of the
ablest men from each country. From
/ all those present seventeen of the most
eminent men were selected as a per
manent court, to decide all matters
which should be brought to their at
tention by the nations taking part In
the conference. A third conference
| is to be held at which still further
steps for universal peace will be taken.
"The old saying that to be prepared
for war is one of the best means OF
preserving peace is obsolete. This
is a phrase which was coined years
and years ago and which has proven
itself to be without foundation on
account of the many wars which it
has caused, rather than prevented.
Conditions are now changing for the
better continually and l can see the
day close at hand when arbitration
will take precedence in every dispute
between nations.
Arbitration is nothing new. It is
simply bringing the laws by which ma
lions govern their subjects to work
between the nations themselves. Sup
pose you and 1 have some dispute.
We cannot take the law into our own
hands, but go before a court where the
matter is decided by arbitration,
though it is not generally called by
that name. In turn when nations
have a dispute they should take the
matter before an international court
that will render it's decision which
will then be enforced by the united
power for all the nations which are re-
presented.
I'm the United States itself is the
greatest example of what can be done
in this line Suppose that one state
has dispute with another, does wal
between the two commence? Certain
ly not The matter is taken before
the United States Supreme Court
where it is decided, without recours,
to strife and blows. In exactly thu
same manner can the disputes of tn,
powers of the world be decided b,
r supreme international court, who's
5 decision shall be binding on the par
ties interested, through the mora
force which such a court represents
) But suppose one nation refuses t.
= accept the award of the court, wha
then? My idea is that there shall
r be an international feet, composed o
one battleship from each of the pow
= ers of the world. This fleet shall
} the police or patrol power which vii
3 have the force necessary to see tina
decisions are accepted. But in tnI
= relation it should be remembered tina
though there have been over two hun
bred and sixty matters arbitrated be
tween nations since 1915, there ha
not been a single case in which tn
: decision has not been accepted. Tn
greatest victory for arbitration tina
ever occurred was when an Englis
, jurist, a member of the court of de
cision on the Canadian boundary line
decided against his own country. Wit
: men of that strength and calibre o.
: the courts of arbitrator, nothing bu