The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1909-05-08

modern sense OF the word nations In
the 100 years since 1909 moro
than ESQ 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 interna.
tional differences have been disposed
OF by this means. or between five and
six = year for the whole 20 years.
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 &C.
count. 1t is still the habit OF some per.
sons to speak disparaginsly Of these
great gatherings and their results.
Some do it 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 1t 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
conference enlarged and strengthened
the convention under which this court
was set up, and made the court the
tribunal. not Of 25 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
conference hereafter. was approved
without a dissenting voice. The date
even OF the third conference was fixed
and the governments urged to appoint
At least two years In advance an in.
ternational commission to prepare the
program OF the meeting"
Dean W.P. Rogers NJ tho c,,,,r,.,,
Law school brought this session to a
close with an eloquent talk en- The
Dawn OF Universal Peace"
Addresses Monday Evening.
Monday evenings meeting was de.
voted to THE Drawing Together of
the Nations" and was presided over
by DR.. Hirsch. The addresses were
on Independence Versus Interdepend.
ence OF Nations" by Prof Paul q
Reinsch Of the University of Wiscon
sin: Racial Progress Towards Upiyer.
sal Peace" by Rev. II. T. Healing OF
Nashville. Tenn: and THE Biology OF
War" by President David Starr Jor.
dan Ut Leland Stanford. Jr.. Uniyer.
sity. At the same time another meet.
ing was In session in Music hall. with
Miss Jane Adams in the chair. The
speakers there were Joseph b. Burt
Of Chicago. on "Fraternal Orders and
Peace" Prof. Graham Taylor NJ chi.
cago Commons. on "y,c,im. -, W..
and Industry" Samuel Gompcrs. presi.
dent OF the American Federation of
Labor. on Organized Labor and
Peace" and John sparso Of Yonkers,
N. Y. on international Socialism ~
. Peace Factor"
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