Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-05-05
COL. ROOSEyELT'S APPEAL
FOR PEACE OF THE WORLD

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all at one leap. we must advance to-
wards it step by step, reasonably
content so long as we do actually
make some progress in the right d.
rection.
Now, having freely admitted the
limitations to our work, and the
qualifications to be borne in mind.
feel that have the right to have
my words taken seriously when l
point out where, In my judgment.
great advance can be made in the
cause Of international peace. /
speak as a practical man, and what
ever ! now advocate / actually tried
to do when 1 was for the time being
the head Of great nation, and
keenly Jealous Of It's honor and in
terest. ask other nations to do only
what should be- glad to see my own
nation do.
Arbitrate international Disputes.
The advance can be made along
several lines. First OF all there can
be treaties Of arbitration. There are,
of course, states SO backward that a
civilized community ought not to en-
ter into an arbitration treaty with
them, at least until we have gone
much further than at present in Sc
curing some kind OF international
police action. But all really cIvillz-
ed communities should have effective
arbitration treaties among them
selves. / believe that these treaties
can cover almost all questions liable
to arise between such nations, If they
are drawn with the explicit agree
ment that each contracting party will
respect the others territory and its
absolute sovereignty within that ter
ritory, and the equally explicit agree
ment that (aside from the very rare
cases where the nations honor is VI
tally conceFned) all other possible
subjects Of controversy will be sub
jected to arbitration. Such a treaty
would insure peace unless one party
deliberately violated it. OF course,
as yet there is no adequate safeguard
against such deliberate violation, but
the establishment Of a sufficient num-
Der of these treaties would go a long
way towards creating world opinion
which would finally find expression
in the provision of methods to forbid
pr punish any such violation.
Establish World Court.
Secondly, there is the further de-
Felopment of the Hague Tribunal, of
he work of the conferences and
courts at The Hague. 1t has been
well said that the first Hague Confer
ence framed a Magma Charta for the
nations; it set before us an ideal
which has already to some extent
been realized, and towards the full
realization of which we can all stead |
ly strive. The second Conference
made further progress; the third
Should do yet more. Meanwhile the
american government has more than |
pnce tentatively suggested methods |
or completing the Court of Arbitral
Justice, constituted at the second |
Hague Conference. and for rendering
effective. 1t is earnestly to be
hoped that the various governments
pr Europe. working with those Of
America and of Asia, shall set them
selves seriously to the task OF devils
ing some method which will accom-
plish this result. If / may venture
he suggestion, 1t would be well for
he statesmen OF the world. in plan
hing for the erection of thig world
ourt, to study what has been done
b the United States by the supreme
ourt. ! cannot help thinking that
be constitution Of the United States
ptably in the establishment of the
hpreme court and in the methods
opted for securing peace, and good
lations among and between the diff
rent states, offers certain valuable
alogies to what should be striyeu
n in order to secure. through the
ague courts and conferences. a spe-
es of world federation for interna-
onal peace and justice. There are.
course. fundamental differences be-
Teen what the United States consti-
tion does and what we should even
tempt at this time to secure at The
Ague; but the methods adopted in
E American constitution to prevent
pstihtles between the states. and
secure the supremacy Of the fed
ri court in certain classes of cases,
2 well worth the study OF those
70 seek at The Hague to obtain
same results on a world scale.
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