New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-06

! for the United States. 7 therefore used
/ il as q nucleus for u foundation to for
ward the cause of industrial peace as
Being we'll within the general purpose OF
your committee, for in our complex in
dustrial civilization Of to-day the peace
of righteousness and justice, the only
| kind OF peace worth having. is at least
as necessary in the industrial world as
| it is among nations. There is at least as
much need TO curb the cruel greed and
arrogance OF part OF the world of capi-
| tai, to curb the cruel greed and violence
Of part OF the world Of labor, as to check
cruel and unhealthy militarism in IN
ternationel relationships.
| The Meaning OF Peace.
| We must ever bear in mind that the
great end in view is craftsmanship
j tice as between man and man, nation
and nation: the chance to lead OUR lives
on a somewhat higher level, with q
broader spirit OF brotheriy good viii one
| for another. Peace is generally good in
! itself but it is never the highest good
unless it comes as the handmade or
righteousness and it becomes a very
evil thing If IL serves merely as a mask
for cowardice and siotk, or rs an in
stHument 60 further the ends OF despot-
| ism or anarchy. We despise and abhor
the bully. the braWler. the oppfessor
whether in private or public life; but we
despise no less the coward and the
1
man who will not fight rather than sub
nit to infamy or see those that are dear
| TO him suffer wrong. No nation deserves
| to exist il 1t permits itself to lose the
stern and virile virtues, and this with
out regard 10 whether the Ioss is due TO
the growth Of ii fleartle6S and all alb
sorbing commercialism, to prolonged in
/ diligence in luxury and soft, effortless
ease, or to the dedication of q warped
and twisted sentimentality.
Deeds, Not Words, Count.
| Moreover, and above all, let us re-
member that words count only when
/ they give expression to deeds or are TO
be translated into them. The leaders OF
| the Red Terror prattled OF peace WnlIe
! Ihey STEPPED their hands in the blood OF
! the innocent: and many tyraut has
called ii peace when he has scOurged
! honest protests into silence. Our words
must be judged by our deeds, ana IN
striving for a lofty ideal we must use
practical methods: and if we cannot at
| tain all at one leap we must advance
/ toward it step by step, reasonably con-
| tent so long az we 90 actually make
some progress in the right direction.
Now, having freely admitted the liTni-
l tationS TO our work and the quallllca-
/ lions to be borne in mind, / feel that
| have the right to have my words taken
seriously when point out where, in my
! judgment. great advance can be made in
| the cause Of International peace
speak as q practical man, and whatever
I now advocate I actually tried to 90
when ] was for the time being the head
Of a great nation. and keenly jealous OF
| its honor and interest L ask other
nations to do only what I should be
/ glad to see my own nation do.
The Outlook for Arbitration.
! TIE advance can be made along sew
raj of there
! treaties of arbitration. There are, Of
! course. states so backward that civil
| lied community ought not 10 enter INTO
an arbitration treaty with then1-aI least
until we have gone much further than at
present Ia securing some kind Of inter-
national police action. But all really
J civilized communities should have ct
| feCIive arbitration treaties among them
! selves. j believe that these treaties can
cover almost all questions liable to arise
between such nations If they are drawn
! with the explicit agreement that each
| contracting party will respect the other 8
| territory and its absolute sovereignty
within that territory and the equally
explicit agreement that aside from the
! very rare cases where the nations honor
| is vitality eGncprnedl all other possible
subjects Of controversy will be sub
mitted to arbitration. Such treaty
would insure peace unless one party de-
| liberateIy violated 1t. OF course, as yet
J there is no aueQudlc SaleS udIu d6dihSI
such deliberate violation. but the eStab-
! lishnaefat Of a sufficient nun, Der of these
! treaties would go a long way toward
creating world opinion which would
t finally find expression in the provision OF
methods to forbid or punish any such
violation.
! Development OF the Hague Court.
Secondly, there is the further develop
n.ent of the Hague tribunal, of the work
I Il ~
| Hague. It has been well said that the
| first Hague conference framed a magma
! charta for the nations; it set before US
an ideal which has already to some ex-
/ tent been realized, and toward the full
! realization of which we can all steadily
strive. The second conference made fur
| Their progress: the third should do yet
more. Meanwhile the American govern
rnent has more than once tentatively
| suggested methods for completing the
| court of arbitral justice, constituted at
| the second Hague conference, and for
rendering Il effective. 1t is earnestly TO
| be hoped that the various governments
| Of Europe. working with those of Amer
lea and OF Asia, shall set themselves serf-
! ously to the task OF deVisng some
method which shall accomplish this re
| suit If | may venture the suggestion, 1t
would be we'll for the statesmen OF the
world, in planning for the erection OF
! this world court, 20 study what has been
| done IL the United States by the SD
! preme Court.
u. S. Supreme Court IS Model
cannot help thinking that the Consti-
! tuition of the United states, notably in
| the establishment of the Supreme Court
| and in the methods adopted for securing
| peace and good relations among and be-
tween the different states, offers certain
valuable analOgies to what should be
| striven for in order 20 secure. through
F, the Hague courts and conferences, q
| species of world federation for interna-
tional peace and justice. There are, OF
course fundamental differences between
what the United States Constitution
does and what we should even attempt
at this time to secure at The Hague: but
! the methods adopted In the American
Constitution to prevent hostilities be-
! tween the states. and to secure the SUI
premacy 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 results on a world scale.
Agreement on 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 it
I self: for il is eminentiy undesirable, from
the standpoint of the peace Of righteous
ness, that power which really does be-
| lieve in peace should place itself at the
mercy Of some rival which may at bot
tom have no such belief and no intention