Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-08

drDlLratlOu, W WHICH "a pOWeFS uudlly
became parties by ratification of the
This court has now for
years been in 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 of Is 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.
ing a perfect substitute for force in
the settlement of international differ.
ences. It voted without a dissenting
delegation for the principle Of an in
with Judges always in service and
ternational 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 flu.
ture meetings Of the conference. The
principle of periodic meetings of the
conference hereafter vas approved
without a dissenting voice. The date
even Of the third conference was fixed
and the governments urged to appoint
at least two years n 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 over by
DR.. Hirsch. The addresses we're 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. T. Healing of
Nashville, Tenn; and "The Biology 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 we're Joseph B. Burt
OF Chicago, On "Fraternal Orders and
Peace" Prof. Graham Taylor of Chi
.cago Commons, on 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. Y, 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 E.
Roberts, president of the Commercial
National bank of Chicago, and the
other on Women and Peace" with
Mrs. Ellen M. Henrotin of Chicago as
chairman. The former session a ad.
dressed by Bolton Gilreath of Birming.
ham, Ala, w. A. Mahoney of Column
bus, O., James Arbuckle, consul of
Spain and Colombia, st. Louis, and
Marcus M. 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 l. Hull of Swarthmore college, dis.
cussed the advances registered by the
two Hague conferences, and James
Brown 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 q learned
paper by Prof. Charles Cheney Hyde
of Chicago.
Special Collegiate Session.
In Mandei hall, at the University of
Chicago, q special session was held
for universities and colleges, a fea.
ture Of which was an oratorical con.
test participated in by students. Louis
P. Lochner Of Madison, Wis, spoke on
1.-The Cosmopolitan Clubs"
The general session of Tuesday
evening was perhaps the most inter.
esting Of the congress. Next Steps In
-Peacemaking" was the topic. The audi
eAce was aroused to great enthusiasm
by an eloquent and spirited address by
Congressman Richard Bartholdt OF
Missouri, president OF the American
Group, Interparliamentary union. An
other paper that met with deserved
applause was that Of Edwin D. Mead
of Boston on THE Arrest in Compel.
tive Aiming in Fidelity to The
Hague Movement"
The special collegiate session was
continued Tuesday evening in Music
hall, with President Nollen Of Lake
Forest university in the chair. Presi.
dent s. P. Brooks of Baylor university,
Texas, spoke, and a stereopticon lee
ture on the Federation OF the World
was given by Hamilton Holt Of the
Independent.
Among the diplomats who came te
Chicago to attend the Peace congress
were: Ambassador Count Johann
Heinrich Won Bernstorff of Germany;