The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1910-05-06

ilized community ought not to enter
into an arbitration treaty with them
at least until we have gone much fur
ther than at present in securing some
kind Of international police action.
But all really civilized communities
should have effective arbitration trea-
ties among themselves.
I believe that these treaties can COZ
er almost all questions liable to arise
between such nations If they are !
drawn with the explicit agreement
that each contracting party will re-
spect the others territory and its alb |
solute sovereignty within that terrific |
ry and the equally explicit agreement |
that, aside from the very rare cases
where the nations honor Is vitally con-
cerned, all other possible subjects of
controversy will be submitted to arbi-
tration. Such a treaty would insure
peace unless one party deliberately
violated it.
OF course as yet there is no ade
quate safeguard against such deliber-
ate violation, but the establishment of
a sufficient number of these treaties
would go a long way toward creating
a world opinion which would finally
find expression in the provision of
methods to forbid or punish any such
violation.
Secondly, there is the further devel-
opment Of The Hague tribunal, Of the
work Of the conferences and courts at
The Hague. It has been we'll said that
the first Hague conference framed
magma charta for the nations. 1t SET
before us an ideal which has already
to some extent been realized and to-
ward the full realization of which we
can all steadily strive. The second
conference made further progress. The
third should do yet more. Meanwhile
the American government has more
than once tentatively suggested meth
DDS for completing the court Of arbi-
tral justice, constituted at the second
Hague conference, and for rendering
, 1t effective.
Study tho United States.
1t is earnestly to be hoped that the
: various governments Of Europe, work
ing with those of America and Of Asia.
/ shall set themselves seriously to the
task OF devfsing some method which
shall accomplish this result. If may
: venture the suggestion, 1t would be
We'll the Stdt0SIucA VI tAc WO1Iu
In planning for the erection of this
3 world court, to study what has been
done In the United States by the su
preme court.
I cannot help thinking that the con
b stitution Of the United States, notabl!
I In the establishment of the supreme
i court and in the methods adopted fol
/ securing peace and good relations
among and between the differen
states, offers certain valuable analogue:
e to what should be striven for in orde
}. to secure, through The Hague cOurt
! and conferences, a species of worlt
r federation for international peace ant
b justice.
H There are, Of course, Fundamental
differences between what the Unite'
It States constitution does and what w
It should even attempt at this time t
j. secure at The Hague, but the method
G adopted in the American constitution
? to prevent hostilities between tn
It states and to secure the supremacy Q
'r the federal court in certain classes Q
cases are well worthy the study o
le those who seek at The Hague to OF
L tain the same results on world scale
'e In the third place, something shoul
J. be done as soon as possible to chec
n the growth Of armaments, especial
It naval armaments, by internations
II agreement. No one power could c
should act by itself, for it is eminen
+ ly undesirable from the standpoint {
ie the peace Of righteousness that pov
70 er which really does believe in peae
"a should place itself at the mercy {
Ys3u xUfi Qf q Y
LII no such belief and no intention Of &C
70 ing on 1T.
Limit Size Of Ships.
- But, granted sincerity of purpose, tt
~ great powers Of the world should f1r
70 no insurmountable difficulty in reacl
=. ing an agreement which would put g
40 end to the present costly and GROWN
no extEavagance Of expenditure on nav
a armaments. An agreement merely
as limit the size of ships would have bee
very useful few years ago and wou
,,r still be of use, but the agreemel
al should go much further.
"A Finally, it would be master stroll
an if those great powers honestly bent {
IN peace would form a league of peac
"a not only to keep the peace amor
hA themselves, but to prevent, by force
necessary, its being broken by other
M The supreme difficulty in cOnnectit
%. with developing the peace work Of II
) Hague arises from the lack Of any e
an ecutive power. OF any police power
al enforce the DEGREES of the court.
he In any community Of any size t
,o1 authority OF the courts rests upon 8
tual or potential force. on the exi
nd ence OF police or on the knowled
iv that the ablebodied men Of the cou
mo try are both ready and willing to s
nd that the DEGREES OF judicial and leg
a.. lative bodies are put into effect
ally new ana Wiz ~