The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-06

- vitality cOncerned) all other possible
! subjects Ut controversy will bo submitted
TO arbitration. such + treaty would in
SURF peace unless on" party deliberately
violated t. % cOuT - ~ yet there n ne
adequate safeguard against such do
hberate violation, hat the establishment
~ a sufficient number of Theses treaties
would 60 = long way toward creating
world opinion. which would finally find
expression In the provision of methods
/ IA fOrhld NJ punish any such violation,
tina HAGUE Tribunal
secondly. there il the further develop
u~nt ~ the Hague Tribunal. at the work
~ the conferences and courts 40 The
I haRie u has been we'll said that the
nrst Hague conference framed a Magma
Iharta for tho nations. Il set lefOre NJ
sn ideai which has alrrady 10 some extent
bcen realilrIl. and toward the full rcaliza-
| uOn VI which We can ell steadily strive.
The second conference made further
| progress; the third should do yet more.
Meanwhile the American Government
has more than onCe tentatively suggested
methods for completing the Court ~
/ Arbitral Justice, constituted az the eecOnd
Hague Conference. and for rendering Il
effective. IL h earnestly To be hoped
that the various Governments Of Europe,
working with thOse Of America and u
Asia. shall set themselves seriously 10 the
task ~ devising some method which shall
accomplish this result. u ] may venture
the suggestion, IL would be- well for the
statesmen u the world. in planning for the
erection Of this world court, " study what
has been done In the United States by the
supreme Court. ! cannot help thinking
that the Constitution Of the United States.
notably In the establishment ~ the Su-
pretne Court and In the methods adopted
Tor SECURING peace and good relations
among and between the different States
Offers certain valuable analogies 90 what
should be striven for In order TO secure
through the Hague courts and confer
ences, Species u world federation for
International peace and Justice. There
are. 10 course fundamental differences
between what the l'nited States COnstitu-
ton does and what We should even attempt
az this time Ia secure at The Hague; but
the methods adopted in the American
Constitution 10 prevent hustilities he
tween the States and Ia secure the SUI
prrmacy ~ the Federal Court In certain
classes ~ cases are well worth the study
II Those who seek al The Hague Ia Ohtain
the same results ~ a world scale.
CURR ARNANENTs.
In the third place. something should he
done a. soon a. possible 90 check the
growth 81 ornaments. especially naval ar
maments. by Internal iOnal Agreement. No
Que Power could OF should act by itself
Tor 10 10 eminently undesirable. from the
standpoint of the peacr Of righteousness
that a Power which really does believe Va
peace should place itself az tho mercy Of
some rival which may AZ bottom have no
such belief and no intention Of acting on
u. But. granted sincerity of purpose. the
great Powers Of tho wOr IA should find no
insurmOuntabls dificulty in reaching an
agreement which would put an end to
the present costly and growing extrava-
gance Of expenditure on naval aTmaments
An agreement merely To limit the size Of
ships would have been very useful few
wears ago. and would still he Of use; but
the AGREEMENT should 90 much further.
Finally. II would he a master stroke IL
those great Powers honestly bent on peace
would form a League Of Peace. not only
10 keep the peace among themselves, but
10 prevent. by force u neceasary. ito
being broken by others. The supreme
difiiculty in connection with developing
the peace work Of The Hague arises from
the lack 10 any executive power. OF any
pOlics power TO enforce the DEGREES Of the
court. In any community % any size the
authority Of the courts rests upon actual
OF potential force: on the existence Of a
police. or on the knoW e that the able
bodied men Of ths country are 10th ready
and willing To SEE that the DEGREES Of
Judicial and legislative bodies are put into
effect
sELP-PROrEcTION
In new and Wild communities where
there ~ violence an honest man must
protect himself. and until other means Of
securing his safety are devised Il IL both
foolish and wicked 70 persuade him 10
surrender his arms while the men who are
dangerous 10 the community retain theirs
He should not renounce the right 10 DrO-
tect himself by his own Efforts until the
community b 10 organized that n eau
effectively relieve the individual Of the
duty Of putting down violence No Il h
with nations. Zach ~ ton must keep
Well prepared TO defend itself until the
esta blishment Of some form u intrrna-
tiOnal police power. competent and will
ing 10 prevent violence a. between ma
tons A. things are now. such power
20 command peace throughout the world
CO'ild hest be assured by some comhina
ton between those great nations which
sincerely desire peace and have no thought
themselves oi committing agGressions
The combination might az first he only
~ s~curs peace within certain definite
limits and certain definite conditions hut
the ruler NJ statesman who should hring
about such a combination would have
earned hls place In history for all time and
his title 10 the gratitude o. ell mankind