New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-16

another nation to obtain votes for enor-
isious expenditures for the so-called honor
Of the country. Our country, right OF
wrong, is still potent cry. Its honor
4 sacred call Well do the den1agogues nn-
slerStand tllIS- Such patriotism is truly
said to be the last refuge of scoundre's-
We must lock above the mere money cosI
OF war to effect its abandonment. As. long
as the yearly increase of The national
wealth OF the nations is so enormous that
means viii always be forthcoming for war.
Mr.. Carnegie deplored the crime OF KILL
Ing. which. he said. is the moral wrong for
which war should be abolished. He added
that il was the wish OF Washington, Lin
coin. Grant and Sherman that war might
cease forever, and he commended the Ger
man Emperor for his efforts to restrict pri
yate war duelling'-in the army and
navy. 4.
IN all this he continued. we note the
supreme Importance attached to the moral
equation, the outstanding question of right
to wrong-tfe religious and moral issues,
the appeal TO conscience. not to the pocket,
is the paramount issue. That war is cost
" is trne, but this loss might be endured;
that it is crime. a heinous crime, for men
to kill each other, is the truth that insures
it's speedy abolition"
He closed with an appeal 10 the society
to cooperate with the Peace Foundation
and all other peace organizations as
fellow-workers. privileged to labor in the
grandest of ali causes, that war he aoof-
ished from the face of the earth.
Purposes Of Society Defined.
James Brown Scott, solicitor of the state
Department and president of the society,"
opened the conference with an explanation
of the purposes of the organization He
said:
The American Society for Judicial Se,ti -
STRENGTHEN sentiment where existing aiio
ia create sentiment where 1t does not M
in favor of judicial settlement II Si SUI oS
for a permanent court AZ; hlslihs u'sleA
from temporary tribunal. a court c"Ni =
posed Of Judges by profession. not
tribunal COMPOSED o. 4oogf s+,dicisl decision
ac~ordine to principles of law, not 1or
co711nromise according to tt,e stahdaIo "
diplomacy It believes 1h ;1Eyterra f law.
az irdicisl decision has developed the com
mon law. and that an inusrnaflonal cour !
viii do for the family OF nations VIA "a
We are not opposed 70 srbitration On
tho contrary. we faror Il individually, put
arhifrstfou as such falls beyond the SCOPE
Of our laburs Many would re,olce 10 Sc
q limitation of arniaments' lernapS ". Jis-
armaments, but the society as SUCH taxes !
M roeitior1 on these wefghty ana alI-iIh-
portant questions Our aim ana puIpose
is to secure truly peTIlaneil, Io.1t !; .
under q sense of Judicial responsibility
ready 10 receive and decide case WheI
it arises before passion ma raTe ered
tho foreign relations Of the contendIls
countries We believe that the Nero eA-
istence of such q court VIII attract cases
tI,ot +6e DELAY incident to the constitution
of Temporary tribunal will DC AVOIDED
that public opinion will compel the supralls.
fiat The Judgment of the court. based
1non law will meet with ready ana UNI
versaI acceptance: that the acute e,;do5 o M
2 controversy will be largely avolded ano
that each decision win add to the iaW OF
nations and develop 1t along 1uoiclai iiie'
A Canadian Jurist Heard.
1,,s.;oe William Renwicl Rtddell, of the
Kings Bench Division Hish court U.
.;.e for Ontario, spoke on 'Internauoha'
polo4;o,r between the United States and
canada We have determined to remain
l-,,,.zia,s and 10 remain British he said,
arA he expressed his conviction that me
,r,er7can peonle never would try to force
,hair citizenship on a nation OF freemeh-
There is indeed. a species Of war going
ar, IN tariffs. he declared. but a war of the
other and worse kind, such as England and
America fought a hundred years ago. never
shouId have been. and II was 10 be hopeo
that the reign OF common sense and good
feeling would continue in the future
He reviewed the settlement of various dis
nl1tes between the United States and Cana
da. and said that on the whole arbitration
had worked satisfactorily, although it was
felt that in the last boundary arbitration
Canada did not get justice.
In conclusion he pointed out that the
main objection to a general and absolute
treaty of arbitration was the want o. an
authoritative code of laws governing states
and he asked whether It would be too much
to hope that The Hague conference or the
permanent Board OF Arbitration might
be able to draw I'D such q code.
Senior de Ia Barra, the Mexican Ambas-
sador, declared that his government was a
sranch supporter of efforts toward aiding
in the establishment of permanent court
of arbitration