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TREATIES OF ARBITRATION.

] should be glad TO see my own nation
do
TREATIES OF ARBITRATION.
The advance can be made along sew
eral lines. First Of all there can be
treaties OF arbitration There are OF
course, states so backward that a civil
lied community ought not - enter into
an arbitration treaty with them. nc
least until we have gone much further
than al prerent go securing some kind
Of International police action. But all
really civilized communities should
have effective arbitration treaties
among themselves. 1 believe that these
treaties can cover almost an questions
liable 10 arise between such nations
10 they are drawn with the explicit
agreement that each contracting party
will respect the others territory AMI
its absolute sovereignty within that
territory. and the equally explicit
agreement that taside from the very
rare cases where the nations honor is
vitality concerned) an other possible
subjects Of controversy viii be sub
mitted to arbitration Such a treaty
would insure peace unless one party
deliberately violated III. OF course, ss
yet there is no adequate safcguoid
against such deliberate violation, bus
the establishment OF a sufficient num-
way towards creating a world opinion
which would finally find expression In
the provision Of methods 20 forbid or
punish any such violation.
THE HAGUE TRIBUNAL.
Secondly there is the further de-
velopment Of the Hague tribunal, OF
the work Of the conferences and
courts at the Hague II has been well
framed a magma charta for the ma
tions H. set before us an ideal which
has already to some extent been
realized, and towards the fun realiza-
tiou 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 ten
tatiVely suggested methods for COM
pletinr the court OF arbitral Justice,
constituted at the second Hague con-
ference, and for rendering Il ehec-
tive. u Is earnestly 90 be hoped that
the various governments Of Europe,
working with those Of America and OF
Asia shall set themselves seriously
TO the task Of devising some method
which shall accomplish this result. lt
] may venture the suggestion, il would
be well for the statesmen OF the world,
in manning for the erection or this
world court. 10 study what has been
done IN the United States by the
supreme court 7 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
and good relations among and be-
tween the different states, Of
fers certain valuable analogies
to what should be striVen
for i'm order 20 secure, through the
Hague courts and conferences,
species of world federation for in
ternational peace and justice. There
are. OF course, fundamental differences
between what the United states Con-
sutution does and what we should
even attempt at this time 10 secure az
me Hague. but the methods adopted
in the American Constitution TO pre-
vent hostilities between the states.
and TO secure the supremacy OF the
federal court i'm certain classes OF
cases. are we'll worth the study OF
those who seek az the Hague TO OBJ
tain the same results on world soale'
cRowTH OF ARMAMENTs.
In the third place something should
he done as soon as possible TO check
the growth Of ornaments. especially
naval ornaments, by international
agreements No one power could or
should act by itself; for II is eminently
undesirable. from the standpoint or the
peace OF Righteousness, that power
which really does believe IN peace
should pIaCc itself at the mercy Of some
,.ival which may at bottom have no such
belief and no intention OF acting on II.
amt granted sincerity Of purpose, tho
great mowers Of the world should ma
no insurmountable difficulty In reach
ing an agreement which would put an
end 10 the present costly and growing
extravaganza or expenditure ON naNal
ornaments An agreement merely to
limit the size Of ships would have been
very useful few years ago and would
SIN be OF use. but the agreement
should go much further
LEAGUE or PEACE.
Finally it would be a master stroke
II those great powers honestly bent on
pcace would form a league Of peace,
not only 60 keep the peace among
themselves, but to prevent. by force II
necessary. lbs being broken by others.
The supreme difficulty in connection
with developing the peace work or the
Hague arises from the lack OF any eN-
ccutive power. Of any police power
To enforce the DEGREES OF the court. In
any community Of any size the au-
thority 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 10 see that the DEGREES
Of judicial and legislative bodies are put
into effect In new and wild communi-
ties where there is violence, an honest
man must protect himself, and until
other means OF securing his safety are
devised it Is both foolish and wicked 10
persuade him TO surrender his arms
while the men who are dangerous 70
the community retain theirs, He should
not renounce the right To protect him
self by his own efforts until the COM
munlty H. ~ organized that IL can et-
fectively relieve the individual OF the
duty OF putting down violence. So II Is
with nations Each nation must keep
well prepared To defend itself until the
establishment OF some form Of interna-
tional police power competent and
willing to prevent violence as between
nations As things are now such pow
er TO command peace throughout tho
world could best be assured by some
combination between those great ma
tions which sincerely desire peace and
have no thought themselves Of commit
ting aggrcssions The combination
might at first be only 20 secure peace
within certain definite limits and Ger
tain definite conditions; but the ruler
or statesman who should bring about
such combination would have earned
his place In history for all time and his
title TO the gratitude OF all mankind.