The Washington herald., 1910-12-12

of n Permanent Tribunal.
OF national importance and information
al In character will be the meeting held
in Washington this week on Thursday
Friday, and Saturday of the information
al conference of the American Society
for the Judicial Settlement of Interna-
tional Disputes
This association has FOR its aim and
purpose the creation of a permanent tri-
bunai for the judicial settlement of inter
national controversies and the creation OF
public sentiment, both in this country and
abroad, calculated to induce nations ia
submit international disputes. when sus-
eeptible TO judicial settlement, to a per-
manent court. the idea being that the dis
putes between nations shall be settled by
judges acting under the judicial sense of
honorable obligation with the judicial
idea OF impartialiiy, rather than by di-
plomacy acting under the diplomatic
ideas of honorable obligation and feeling
bound to negotiate "a settlement rather
than 10 pass without fear or favor upon
questions of fact and law
Mr.. Knox. the Secretary OF State, has
proposed In a circular letter addressed 10
the powers. the establishment OF such Il
tribunal and the responses to this cir
cular note have been of such a favorable
nature as 10 justify the expectation that
this tribunal will be established and in
operation AT The Hague in the near fu-
ture.
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dent of the society which will hold its
conference here this week, and has given
his hearty approval 10 the proposed court
He will speak at the banquet which IS
10 close the sessions OF the conference
Saturday evening. The other speakers at
the banquet viii be the French Ambassa-
dor; Gen. Stewart l.. Woodford. who will
act as POSTMASTER. Gen. r. ID. Grant.
Thomas Nelson Page; Martin ". Little
ton. Of New York. who was recently
elected TO Congress- from Mr.. Roosevelt
district: ". Bourke Cochran, and Senator
r. r. Burton.
Conference Opens Thursday.
The first session Of the conference will
be held Thursday evening at O'Clock at
tho New. Willard Hotel Secretary Knox
will be the presiding officer The invoca-
ton VIII be by Cardinal Gibbons The
first speaker will be the Mexican Ambas-
sad0r. who has been specially designated
by his government 10 represent IL at the
conference. He viii be followed by Sen
win be '.The Importance % judicial set
tlement-" Following MIR. Root, Mr.. Jus
tice Riddle. of the High Court OF Canada.
viii speak on THE International rela-
tons between the United States and
Canada" Hon John W. Foster will dis
cuss the question. Were the questions
involved in the foreign wars OF the
United States of such nature that they
could have been submitted to arbitration
or settled without recourse To war;" Mr..
Fosters address viii be followed by one
from Dr. Benjamin Ide Wheeler, presi
dent OF the University of California. The
exercises of the first evening will close
With an address from Andrew Carnegie,
entitled The moral issue in war"
The second session of the conference
viii be held Friday morning at 10 o'clock.
when Theodore Marburg. of Baltimore,
president of the Maryland Peace Society.
viii preside. The programme viii be as
follows;
Mr. Justice Brown. retired-"Interua-
tionaI controversies in the Supreme Court
Of the United States.
Frederick d. McKenney-'S Some prac-
teal objections 10 the present Hague
Court"
American doctrines of Jurisdiction OF
courts over States"
Prof. Eugene Baumbaugh, Of Harvard
Whether the growth Of law is aided
by courts rather than by commissions.
II. Il. +. Macfarland-"O Obstacles in
the way of the proposed permanent
court.
Charles Noble Gregory-"Aviation as
affecting the judicial settlement of inter
national disputes"
The third session viii take place FRI
day evening at o'clock, James Brown
Scott presiding. The Minister of the
Netherlands will be the first speaker.
lie will be followed by Hon. Joseph II
Ch0ate. who viii discuss the Court of
Arbitral Justice as adopted at the sec
ond Hague conference. Former Gov.
Montague, Of Virginia, will deliver
an address on. '*The Supreme Court as a
prototype OF an international court"
Judge Simeon Z. BALDWIN, governor
elect of Connecticut, viii speak on '"The
evolution of the International court.
Francis 3. Isoomis viii discuss THE
price of peace" +. W. Hurst, editor
of the London Economist. who Is COM
ing from England for the sole purpose
of attending the conference, viii be the
next speaker. The exercises of the even
ing will close with an address by David
Starr Jordan, president of the Leland
stanford University. on The waste OF
nations"
DIR. Eliot 90 Speak.
The fourth session Of the conference
will be held on Saturday morning. and
the first sneaker will be DR.. Charles ".
whose subject is Defects of ar
bitration as a means Of settling dis
putes." Frederick NJ. Judson. of St.
Louis, viii discuss the Jurisdiction OF
the Supreme Court Of the United States
over the controversies of States
George W. Kirchwey, of Columbia Uni
versity. has for his subject THE sources
of international law" Rear Admiral
Stockton, Z. s. n, will read a paper
setting forth some of the reasons why
judicial methods for the settlement of
international disputes are superior 10
other methods. The next speaker, Harry
Pratt Judson, president OF the University
OF Chicago, has chosen for his subject
Between diplomacy and war" Edwin
CHM. of Boston, who has recently given
81, 10000 TO found peace school,
will close with an address in which
he viii point out "some of the things
that must be done in order to secure the
permanent judicial court for the settle
ment of international difficulties"