The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-10
Dickinson Reviews
PrOg ess of Peace

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by far no NEST potahie event III sle
Ihtstory IS Tire worid witch was
tended by an sovernments os,,ine
diplomatic represe htatives Iasst. PS
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from the conference, expressed m.
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letter to me queen 81 Netherlands
TFenty-six nations participated. rep-
resented by 100 members. THE first
convention was sgot the pedceful s 8.
Jnstmept of internatt onal adherence
TIE signatpsy powers e the cony ~
tlon agreed TO use their best efforts
70 insure the pacific settlement Of I'M
fternatiohals differences
IAN the powers Represented at the
conference, !" he said, signed Il, They
govern nine-tenths of the world. reps
resenting population of j ,4co, oOo.-
900 out OF the total OF 1900, 900, 900
of the earth's inhabitants.
AS Americans, whose government
has always been in the, advance guard
Icontending for humanftarlan prinel-
pies" continued the secretary, I've
take laudable pride in the fast
that the United States proposedsto our
sister Republic of Mexico to submit;
to the Hague Tribunal the Pions Find
controversy. the first case brought nm
der Its authority That Japan AMI
Russia. two of the signatory powers,
plunged into war without resorting to
the Hague Tribunal, gives no ground
for serious concern as to the future
Of. arbitration. No one but dreamer
ever expected all war to be abolished.
It was manifest that there was no
place for arbitration between Russia
and JAPAN
First Worlds Conference. ia
Speaking of the Hague conference
Of 1907 which was called by the Car
Of Russia upon the initiative Of Pres
ident Roosevelt, the secretary OF war
said it was participated in by "a soys
ereigns, and was the first general
conference. of practically all the pow
ers of the world. At this confer
ence thirteen conventions, four decIar-
atoms and three wishes were adopted.
Mr.. Dickinson discussed the reeent
conventions, one of which was that
signed in February, 1903. at London.
By delegates of ten of the principal
maritime powers of the world which
was. for the regulating of warfare at
sea. A distinct triumph for the cause
of International arbitration, continued
the war secretary, was gained when
France and Germany agreed to sub
Init to the Hague the questions aYIs-
ing out of the Casablanca affair. Tho
questions Involved were more or less
OF what is termed national honor"
A special agreement was signed by
the United States and Great Britain
on January az 1909. submitting to ar
bitratlon to the Hague the contyover-
sy as to the North Atlantic Coast Tor
Norheastern) Fisheries.
There can be no. disarmament nm.
It'll the greater powers agree upon a
system of concurrent action" said
Secretary Dickinson, In concluding.
The tide Of public sentiment all over
the world is setting strongly in this
direction. Looking to the progress in
peace measures of the last hundred.
and especially the last twenty years,
the hope may well be entertained that
disarmament VIII become reality,
and that the people may enjoy not
only the blessings Of peace. but the
blessings of peace without the crush
ing burden OF preparedness for war"