Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1909-05-06

IattT 10 l0e EXPERIMENTATION IN MS pdTlOT
in New York OF the first Peace Society
In the world There had then been
no arhitrations between nations In our
modern sense Of the word nations In
the 100 years since 1903 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 interna
tional differences have been disposed
OF by this means. or between five aud
six year for the whole 20 years
The Hague Court.
"The irst Hague conference, ten
years agOgaye us the Permanent In
ternational court OF arbitration, which
has now been in successful operation
for about eight years and disposed ut
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 10
It, has become the arbitration court
not OF the g powers that gathered Al
The Hague In 1899. but Of the entire
world This tribunal is now taking
practically all the international dine
ences not adjustable by diplomacy
within less than six years. more
than so treaties OF obligatory arb.
tration, STIMULATING reference TO The
Hague court OF all questions Of y
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.Secretsry
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 aC
complshed must be taken into ac
count II is still the habit Of some per
sons TO speak disparag!ngly OF thos,
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 the abolition OF
war to fail Othere do 1t purely from
ignorance,
The first Hague conference gave MS
the permanent international court Ct
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 II 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 IS powers. but Of all
/ the nations Of the world
THE high water mark OF the work
Of the second Hague conference Was
| reached In It's action in regard to III.
/ 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 ". p. Rogers Of the Cincinnati
Law school brought this session to a
close with an eloquent talk on The
| Dawn OF Universal Peace"