The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-05

will, as is universally conceded, bring
the general peace of the world and
final relief from the ruin0us burdens
| Of 'bloated armaments,' because 1t will
establish the. reign of law among the
nations as it now prevails among in:
dividuals throughout the civilized
] world? ~.
What They Have Done.
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 I'm successful opera.
ton. and not less than four contro-
versies have been referred to it 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 CT 25 powers. but of all
the nations of the world.
Another step of still greater mo-
ment was taken BY the second Hague
conference in the direction of provid.
the settlement of international differ
ences. 1t voted without a dissenting
allegation for the principle OF an IN.
with Judges always in service and
ternaticnal court of arbitral justice,
holding regular sessions.
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 10 appoint
at least two years in advance an in.
ternatiOnal commission to prepare the
program of the meeting"
Dean w. p. Rogers of the Cincinnati
Law school brought this session to a
close with an eloquent talk on The
Dawn of Universal Peace"
Addresses Monday Evening.
Monday evenings meeting was de,
voted to THE drawing together of the
Nations" and was presided sover by
DR.. Hirsch. The addresses were on
Independence Versus Interdepend.
ence of Nations" by Prof. Paul S.
Reinsch of the University of Wiscon
sin: Racial Progress Towards Univer.
sal Peace" by Rev. H. r. Healing OF
Nashville. Tenn: and The Llology OF
War;" by President David Starr Jor.
dan of Leland Stanford, Jr, univer.
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 of Chi
cagO Commons. Oh Victims of War
and Industry" Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, on .'OrganiZed Labor and
Peace and John Spargo of Yonkers,
n. ". on international Socialism as
a Peace Factor"
Commercial and Legal Views.
Two big meetings were held Tues
day morning. one on commerce and
industry. presided over by George f.
Roberts. president of the Commercial
National bank of Chicago. and the
other on Women and Peace" with
Mrs. Ellen N. Henrotin of Chicago as
chairman. The former session was ad- |
dressed by Bolton Gilreath of Birming-
ham, Ala. ". A. Mahoney OF Column
bus. O., James Arbuckle. consul of |
Spain and Colombia, st. Louis, and
Marcus NJ. Marks. president of the Ma
tiOnal Association of Clothiers, New |
York city. The women heard interest
ing speeches by Mrs. Philip n Moore,
president of the General Federation
of Women's Clubs: Miss Jane Adams |
and Mrs. Lucia Ames Mead of Boston |
Some Legal Aspects of the Peace |
Movement was the general topic of |
the Orchestra hall meeting Tuesday |
afternoon. and the chairman was Will |
lam J. Calhoun of Chicago Prof Will
lam I. Hull Of Swarthmore college. dis.
cusSed the advances registered by the
TWO Hague conferences. and James |
Hown Scott. solicitor of the state de- |
partment, talked about some questions
which the third Hague conference
probably will consider Legal Prob
lens Capable of Settlement by Arbi.
tration," was the subject of learned
paper by Prof Charles Cheney HYDE
of Chicago.
Special Collegiate Session.
In Mandel hall. at the University of
Chicago. a special session was held
for universities and colleges. a fea-
ture OF which was an uratoricai con-
test participated in by students Louis
2. Lochner of Madison. Mis-. spoke Oh
The Cosmopolitan Clubs
The general session of TUESDAY
evening was perhaps the fucst inter
esting Of the congress. Next Steps in
Peacemaking was the topic. The audi
ence WAS aroused to great enthusiasm
By an eloquent and spirited address 0y
Congressman Richard Bartholdt OF
Missouri, president of the American
Group. lntcrparliamcntary union. An
other paper that met with deserved
applause was that Of Edwin u. Mead
Of Boston on The Arrest in Compel
tive Aiming in Fidelity to The
Hague Movement l
The special collegiate session was
continued Tuesday evening in Music
hall. with President Nollen of Lake
Forest university in the chair. Presi-
lent s. p. Brooks Of Baylor university.
Texas. spoke. and a stsreop.icon lee
Il