The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-16
FOOTBALL 10
 REPLACE WAR
Could be Substituted as Alter. native For Developing
 Manly Courage
PRES. WHEELER'S OPINION
Worst Results of Arbitration Bett T Than Best Obtained Through
 War.

Washington. Dec. 16.-That the worst results of arbitration are incal- culably better than the best efforts manent court of arbitral justice, of :, Judicial and not of diplomatic char acter, is the ideal for which humanity should strive in it's moral task of abOltshing war was the prevailing sentiment of the opening session last night of an international conference under auspices of the American socie- ty for Judicial Settlement of Inter- national Disputes.
 War. itself as we'll as extensive preparations for it by immense pub- lie expenditures was generally deplor- ed. Andrew Carnegie, the princlpal speaker of the evening. declaring that 70 per cent. of the taxes collected by this country was spent on war or pensions connected with it.
 From Cardinal Gibbons, who pro- nounced the invocation, on through the Mexican ambassador. James Brown Scott. the president of the so- ciety; Senator Elihu Root, of New York; William Renwick Riddle, of the high court fof justice, Ontario; President Benjamin Ide Wheeler, of the University of California, and John W. Foster. former secretary of state, there was a concord of expression against war and in favor of judicial arbitration.
 Mir. carnegie's gift of $11.5oo. 900 for peace foundation. which shsl attempt to abolish war between na- tions. was mentioned frequently, and the large audience of diplomats, iTl- ternational lawyers. former ambassa- dors and educators who gathered for the evenings session, applauded the donor many times.
 Senator Elihu Root. who was se- lected to head the new peace founda : ton, referred to the gift in present. ing the various stag ges of thought and definite inquiry which has occurred sible along more extensive lines. He extolled the high Judicial conscience of the supreme court of the United States and said he believed the difH- cu1ty of arbitration in the past ha | not been an unwillingness on the part of nations to submit to arbitration but to a doubt of securing impartial decisions He said arbitration com missions were selected from among diplomats. trained in different coun- tries where conceptions of law We're various. and too much recourse u,ti- mately was had to diplomatic nego- tiations
 Justice Riddle laid particular stress on the number of successful arbitra. tions that had been effected between the United States and Canada.
 President Benjamin Ide Wheeler of the University of California develop ed Senator Roots suggestion that war was stupid and childish by giving some humorous references to ancient times when. he declared. war was "tl1e chief sport" He suggested that if the abolition of war removed from the country one of it's chief in- struments of developing manly, cour- age. "the American people might sub stitute football as an exciting alter native"
 John W. Foster questioned whether the foreign wars of the U. s. in the past could have been settled by ar- Reviewing events which led up to the war of 1872. the Mexi- can war, the Spanish war, he cited records to show that invaria- bly the disputed points were within the province of international law and within the fold of arbitration.
 Andrew Carnegie. who made the final speech of the evening was giv- en an enthusiastic ovation. He said in preface to the paper which he had 
 we must get a code of interna. tional law and it pleases me greatly that have placed within reach some money that may contribute to the success of that work"