The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-12-22
J|NG0|SM ABSURD,
:. SAYS. JOURNALIST
ENGLlSHMAN THINKS ARMAMENT
CONTRACTORS CAUSE OF
INTERNATIONAL scAREs.
LAUGHS At 3RAZIL'S ACTIVITIES
Declares Rivalry Between U. s. and
Japan Is Crushing Japs.-Congrat.
uIates America on Work for
feaCSs

Washington, Dec. 17.-"That wal
scares are largely inspired by arma
ment contractors who ultimately
would drag various countries into the
bankruptcy court" was charged by
Francis w. Hirst, editor of the Lon
don Economist, in an address before
the International Conference of the
American Society of Judicial Settle
ment of International Disputes.
He characterized as absurd the pur
chase of dreadnaughts by Brazil tic
protect itself against Argentina" and
declared that the rivalry between ia
pan and the United States was crush
ing the people of Japan under load
of taxes, while armament expenditures
also were wrecking the finances OF
Great Britain and Germany.
That the supreme court of the Unit,
ed States is analogous to the proposed
arbitral court was often cited in the
discussions of the conference. Dean
Charles Noble Gregory of Iowa State
university deprecated war.
He said aviation was a new means
of destroying man by overhead at,
tacks, inland cities now being no
more immune from invasion than the
coast points.
The permanent court of arbitral
justice the purposes Of which the So
ciety hopes ultimately to put into eff
feet, received favorable and unfavor-
able treatment by various speakers of
the day.
Mr.. Hirst, English representative at
the conference commented on the dan
ger of having the court 'too judicial"
urging that diplomacy be mingled with
justice for the general satisfaction
of all.
Lord Lorehurn Interested.
Mr.. Hirst read letter from Lord
Loreburn, lord high chancellor of Eng
land, saying:
Il need not tell you how deep and
sincere is my sympathy with any
tlement of international disputes. It
is the hope of the future and will be
realized sooner or later. And when it
comes, the world will, with gratitude,
remember the sustained efforts of the
American government in this good
cause, and will treasure them among
the Hottest endeavors of great ma
tions."
Referring to the analogy between
the supreme court of the United
States and a permanent court of ar
bitral justice, he said:
''The analogy between international
and national law, is not and never
can be complete, because one of the
functions of international law must be
to adjust and reconcile, not to over
ride conflicting systems. When once
a convention has been passed, the diff
ficulty ends, and the convention or
statute can be strictly interpreted, but
even then a true international court
of jurists will have an international
mode of Interpretation, blend per-
haps of the civil law and the common
law, or of oriental and western rules"
Armament Increasing Burden.
'The favorite reply of armament
HOuScIS Is IItdC dIIllduucuIS are Lu0
only security. If you are unarmed,
they say, you are unsafe; that laws
and conventions may be broken and
that there is no international force
behind an international award, no
army or navy behind an international
tribunal, no means of arresting an ip.
ternational tribunal. But, as Mr.. AS
quith pointed out the other day, the
growth of ornaments is becoming
such financial burden upon even the
richest states that the taxation it in.
wolves arouses dangerous internal dis
contents which may at any time pro-
woke outbursts destructive of the
worlds peace. &c. ......
"The diversion of capital from fruit
full enterprises into forts and battle
ships, of men from productive employ
ment to armies and fleets, where they
have to live upon the taxes, is perhaps
the most obvious of the great econom-
ic mischiefs of our time.
ut is the good fortune of the
United States to be so rich, populous
and powerful, and SO far removed from
panicky contact with armed neighbors,
that she is free to play the part of
mediator in this international feud"
Alleged Girl Slayer Freed.
Sturgis, S. D., Dec. 17.-Oscar
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