The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-05-13

the very rare cases WUeIe NuN h"bo"
honor is vitality concerned all other
possible subjects Of controversy VIII
bee submitted to arbitration. Such
treaty should insure peace until one
party deliberately violated It, or
course. as yet there Is no adequate
safeguard against such deliberate VIC
iation. but the establishment OF
sufficient number Of these treaties
would 20 q long way towards creating
world opinion which would finally
find expression In the provision ot
methods to forbid or punish any such
violation
Work Of Hague Tribunal.
Secondly. there is the further dc.
vclopmont Of The Hague tribunal. OF
the work Of the conferences and courts
at The Hague It has been well said
that the first Hague conference
framed Magma Charta for the ma
lions: It set before us ap ideal which
has already to some extent been real
lied. and towards the full realization
Of which We can all steadily strive
progress. the third should do yet
more Meanwhile the American gov
eminent has more than once tcnta
lively suggested methods for CON
plotting the court OF arbitral justice,
constituted at the second Hague con.
ference. and for rendering II effective
II is earnestly to be hoped that the
various governments Of Europe. work.
Ing with those OF America and Of
Asia shall set themselves seriously 10
the task of dcyising some method
which shall accomplish this result. II
/ may venture the suggestion, II would
be- well for the statesmen OF the
world, In planning for the erection OF
this world court. to study what has
been done In the United States by the
Supreme court I cannot help think.
Ing that the Constitution OF the United
States, notably In the establishment
OF the Supreme court and In the
methods adopted for securing peace
aud good relations among and be
tween the different states. offers Ger.
tain valuable analogios to what should
be striyon for In order to secure.
through The Hague courts and confer
ences. a species OF world federation
for international peace and justice.
There are. Of course, fundamental dit
fcrences between what the United
States Constitution does and what We
should ever attempt ut this time 10
secure at The Hague: but the meth
DDS adopted In the American Constltu
ton TO prevent hostilitlos between III,
states. and to secure the supremacy OF
the federal court In certain classes OF
cases, are well worth the study OF
those who seek at The Hague to OBJ
tain the same result on n world scale.
Undue Growth Of Armaments.
In the third place. something should
be done as soon as possible TO check
the growth of ornaments, especially
naval ornaments, by international
agreement No one power could or
should act by itself. for II Is eminent.
ly undesirable, from the standpoint OF
the peace Of righteousness. that a
power which really does believe In
peace should place Itself at the mercy
OF some rival which may at bottom
have no such belief and no intention
of acting on II. But. granted sin.
certify Of purpose. the great powers OF
the world should find no lnsurmount.
able difficulty In reaching an agree.
ment which would put an end 10 the
present costly and growing oXtrayn.
gance OF expenditure on naval arma.
ments. An agreement merely to limit
the size Of the ships would have been
very useful few years ago. and would
still be OF use: but the agreement
should 30 much further.
Finally. It would be master stroke
" those great powers honestly bent ON
peace would form league Of peace.
not only to keep the peace among
themselves. but to prevent. by force II
necessary, Its being broken by others.
The supreme difficulty IN connection
with developing the peace work Of
The Hague arises from the lack OF any
executive power. OF any police power
TO enforce the decree of the court.
In any community Of any size the au'
thofity OF the courts rests upon actual
or potential force; on the existence OF
a police. or ON the knowledge that the
able'bodied men OF the country are
both ready and willing to see that the
DEGREES OF judicial and legislative
bodies are put into effect. IN new and
wild communities where there Is VIC.
lence, an honest man must protect
himself; and until other means of Be-
curing his safety are devised, It is
both foolish aud wicked TO persuade
him to surrender his arms while the
men who are dangerous TO the com.
munity retain theirs. He should not
renounce the right TO protect himself
by his own efforts until the commu.
nifty Is so organized that Il can cffec.
lively relieve the individual Of tho
duty OF putting down violence So II
Is with nations. Each nation must
keep well prepared to defend itself un.
I'll the establishment Of some form
OF international police power. compe
tent and willing to prevent violence as
between nations. As things are now,
such power to command peace