New-York tribune., 1910-12-18
PEACE CONFERENCE ENDS
Ali Speakers Favor Permanent
Court Of Arbitrs1 Justice.

Washington, Dee. 1--with Peace" con-
Epicuous in the decorations of the room
u which q distinguished array Of diplo-
mats. International lurists and lawyers
eethere5 end the subject Of all the
sreechss. the international conference Of
xhe American Society for Judicial Settle
saeat Of International Disputes closed to-
night with a dinner. addressed by President
6sft and e number of other speakers
General Stewart I, Nocdford, United
erstss minister 10 Spain when the Spanish
American Tar broke ont was rne tosst,,as-
yer Besides spesch by President Taft,
addresses were made by NJ Jussersnd. the
French Ambassador; Joseph H Choate.
Major General Frederick =. Grant. Richard
6srtholdt Martin ". littleton, Thomas
Nelson Page and ~. Bourke Cochran.
The dinner closed q three days pro
Eramu,e Of speeches, principally educating
the esta ablishneut Of g permanent court Of
erbitrel justice James Brown Scott. pres
tdent Of the society, declared tonight that
conference Of this character had never
before been witnessed in this or any other
rountry
French Ambassadors Address.
THAT practscal results haxe been secured
4. certain. that better ones are in store
II rre act wisely is no less sure" said NJ
kJ4lsserard the French Anlhs ssador. in dis
russing the movement for universal peace
a-'Mankind longs for less troubled days. and
moves toward this not inaccessible goal "
he seid- In closing he asserted that the
,,rnove toward trller. longer, one daE per-
ihsps definite peace" had been pTophesled
Eoy Washington. VINO ''had & rare experience
er men. Of war and Of pesce" and who
~'cnnsidered especially the influence Of trade
cn sntions.
Major General Frederick D Grant read q.
BETTER written b. President Grant in 1879
fo the Universal Peace Union in which he
Kusgested q permanent court Of arhITratlon-
Frhs letter said in part.
Tgoolz forward TO 8 day when there will be
courts established that shall be recognized
t- AL nations which viii take into consider
alton eli differences between nations ana
settle by arbitration or oeclSon CT SUCH
courts these questions.
General Grant said he believed TIE United
States army was not an instrument Of ag-
tression.' but that IT stood fer the main
.enance Of peeoe. He added that an army
sl-ays would be necessary 10 UNFOLD the
decisions of the Hague conferences as veil
es to prevent internal disorders g
Eliot OF Industrial Arhitraticn-~--
Arbitration has failed not onlv as a.
means OF settling international disputes.
but in adjusting the differences Of capital
ard labcr. according 20 Dr. Charles W
F,iot. president emeritus ef Harvard Uni
versity who spc..e 81 the morning session.
He said that each country needed court
CT justice to prevent industrial strife. and
that the world would be spared interna-
1ional warfare by the establishment of an
international tribunal. He declared thst
Industrial strife was fostered by arhitrs-
zion. because labor unions. as well as eani-
7zltsts. exaggerated their demands. know
ing that ultimately these demands would
he rruned by arbitration boards IF the
contenoins parties knew beforehand that q
court OF justice. you'd examine their elaisss-
fsn- re41ese- decision, not cs.r--
promise said DR. Eliot, I'VE would have
fewer industrial wars
J1st before the conference adjourned
there was a~asSst Of enthusiasm at Informal
remarks made by Dr. Eliot and Justice
william, Renwick Ri5dell. of the High
Court Of o1tario advocating the irnrae-
iatste abahdonn1ent Of armaments by the
United States on the Great Lakes
The discussion arose when John A. Stew
art Of Nev York. called attention TO the
ic.lebra ton planned for 1914 IN couinnenlore
!son Of the centennial anniversary Of the
TREATY Of Ghenf and one hundred years OF
,resce De- Elier suggested that the date
rs changed TO 1877. SO as 10 celebrate the
erst rsrornssl of 1917 by Canada for the re-
moral OF armsr,ents on the Great Lakes
He Tas followed by Justice Riddell, who
read z letter from the Centenary Associa-
l.aon, Of Tcrcnto. urging that the United
Ftafee might see 1T 70 edd TO the ceiebra-
zion the permanent relinouishment of arna-
-f Ser1sT TaT+
was reelected honorary president. and
JOHN Hsvs Hammond was elected presi-
dent Gowernor-elect Baldwin Of Connect
eue viee-president. Theodore Marburg. of
Baltimore, secretary, and J. O. Schr1id
laspr Of Cincinnati. treasurer. The execu-
five committee will be II. B. F. NacFar-
t1a-d Of Washington: ". ". Willoughhv
lcf Baltimore. and James Hro~n Scott, Of