The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-05

ward The FUN realy.atioI ~ whaeh We
can al steadily strive Tha second
conference maae further progreea. The
third should do yet more. Meanwhile
than once tentatively suggested meth
DDS for completing the court Of arbi-
trail Justice. constituted at the second
Hague conference. and for rendering
1t effective,
Study the United States.
It 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 devising some method which
shall accomplish this result. II may
venture the suggestion. It would be
well for the statesmen OF the world.
in planning for the erection OF this
world court. to study what has been
done In the United States by the SUI
preme court.
l cannot help thinking that the con-
stitution 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 between the different
states. offers certain valuable analogies
to what should be striven for In order
to secure. through The Hagne courts
and conferences. species of world
federation for International 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 between the
states and to secure the supremacy OF
the federal court in certain classes of
cases are well worthy the study of
|, those who seek at The Hague to oh
tain the same results on world scale.
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 itself, for Il is eminent
~ undesirable from the standpoint of
the peace OF righteousness that a pow
er which really does believe In peace
should place itself Mt the mercy OF
some rival which may at bottom have
no such belief and no intention OF act
/ ing on 1t.
| Limit si.s OF ships.
But. granted sincerity of purpose. the
| great powers Of the world should. find
no insurmountable difiiculty In reach
ing an agreement which would put an
end to the present costly and growing
extravaganza of expenditure ON naval
ornaments. An agreement merely To
| limit the size of ships would have been
very useful q few years ngo and would
! still be of use. but the agreement
should go much further.
Finally, 1t would be a master stroke
II those great powers honestly bent on
peace would form league Of peace.
| not only to keep the peace among
themselves. but to prevent. by force Il
necessary. it's being broken by others.
The supreme difficulty In connection
with developing the peace work OF The
4 Hague arises from the lack OF any ex-
ecutive power. Of my police power to
4 enforce the DEGREES of the court.
In any community OF any sire the
authority OF tue courts rests upon &C.
/ tual or potential force. on the exist.
ence Of police or on the knowledrs
| that the ablebodied men Of the coun.
/ try ore both ready and willing to zee
that the DEGREES OF Judicial and legis'
latiye bodies are put into effect. Ia
new and wild communities whore there
/ II violence an honest man must protect
himself. and until other means OF se
curing his safety are devised 1t Is bott
foolish and wicked to persuade HIN
| to surrender his arms while the meJ
/ who are dangerous to the community
| retain theirs.
He should not renounce the right e
protect himself by his own efforts until
the community is SO organized that Il
can effectively relieve the individual
Of the duty OF putting down violence.
i So 1t is with nations. Each nation
must keep well prepared to defend Il
self until the establishment Of some
form Of international police power com
I petent and willing TO prevent violencl
as between nations.
As things are now such power TO com
mand peace throughout the world could
best be assured by some combination
between thosc great nations which
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