The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-06

on a somewhat higher level with a
| broader spirit Of hrotherlv good viii one
for another; Peace is generally good in
| unless IL comes as the handmade OF
| righteousness; and II becomes a very OWL
| thing II it serves merely as n mask for
cownrdlce and sloth. or as an instrument
10 further the ends OF despotism or an
archy, We dcspisc and abhor the bully,
the brawler the opprcssor. whether In
private OF public lifc. but we dcspise no
less the coward and the voluptuary. No
man is worth calling man who Will not
fight rather than submit To infamy or see
those that are dear TO him suffer wrong
No nation deserves TO exist II II per
mits Itself to lose the stern and virilc
virtues: and this without regard TO
whether the loss is due To the growth OF
heartlcss and all-0bsorblng CONNER
cialism. To prolonged Indulgence in lux
ury and soft eftortless ease. or to the
dcifica,ion Of warped and twisted
sentimcntality.
When Words Count.
Moreover. and above all. let us remcm-
Der that words count only when they give
expression To deeds or arc To be trans
lated Into them. The leaders of the Red
Terror prattlcd of peace while they
stepped their hands in the blood OF the
innocent. and many tyrant has called
1t peace when he has scourged honest
protest into silence. Our words must bc
judged by our deeds: and In striving for
A. lofty ideal we must use practical
methods: and IL we cannot attain all al
one leap. we must advance towards 1t
step by step. reasonably content so long
as we do actually make some progress
in the right direction,
Now having freely admitted the limi-
tations TO our work, and the Qualiflca-
tions 10 be borne In mind, | feel that
have the right to have my words taken
seriously when ! point out where In my
judgment. great advance can be made In
the cause OF international peace. | speak
as a practical man. and whatever ! now
advocate ] actually, tried TO do when |
great nation. and keenly Jealous OF Its
honor and interest. l ask other nations
10 do only what | should be glad to soc
my own nation do.
lines. First OF all there can be treaties
OF arbitration, There are. Of course.
states so backward that n civilized COM
munity ought not to enter into an ar
bitration treaty with them. at least un-
III we have gone much further than ut
present IN securing some Kind OF inter
national police action. But all really
civilized communities should have cffec-
tive arbitration treaties among them
selves. / believe that these treaties can
cover almost all questions liable TO arise
between such nations. II they are drawn
with the explicit agreement that each
contracting party Will respect the others
territory and It's absolute sovereignty
within that territory, and the equally eX-
pliclt agreement that (aside from the
very rare cases where the nations honor
Is vitality concerned) all other possible
subjects OF controversy will be submitted
TO arbitration. Such Il treaty would in
sure peace unless one party deliberately
violated. or course, as yet there Is no
adequate safeguard against such dcllb-
crate violation, but the establishment OF
sufficient number OF these treaties
would go a long way towards creating
world opinion which would finally find
expression in the provision of methods
TO forbid or punish any such violation.
Work Of the Conference.
Secondly, there is the further develop
ment OF The Hague Tribunal, OF the work
OF the conferences and courts at The
Hague. 1t has been we'll said that the
first Hague conference framed Magma
Charta for the nations; IL set before us
an ideal which has already 10 some eX-
tent been realized. and towards the fuH
realization OF which we can all steadily
strive The second conference made FUR
ther progress: the third should do yet
more, Meanwhile the American govern
ment has more than once tentatively
suggested methods for completing the
court OF arbitral justice. constituted at
the second Hague conference. and for
rendering II effective. 1t IS earnestly TO
be hoped that the various governments or
Europe, working with those Of America
and of Asia. shall set themselves seri-
ously 10 the task of devising some meth
cd which shall accomplish this re-
suit II / may venture the suggestion.
It would be we'll 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 supreme
court. / cannot help thinking that the
constitution of the United States, notably
In the establishment OF the supreme court
and in the methods adopted for secur-
ing peace and good relations among and
between the the different states. offers
certain valuable analogies to what should
be strlven for in order to secure, through
the Hague courts and conferences a
species OF world federation for interna-
tional peace and justice. There are, OF
course. fundamental differences between
what the United States constitution does
and what we should even attempt at this
methods adopted in the American constl-
tuition to prevent hostilities between the
states. and to secure the supremacy OF
the federal court in certain classes OF
cases, are we'll worth the study OF those
who seek at The Hague 10 obtain the
same results on a world scale,
In the third place. something should be
done as soon as possible to check the
growth of armaments. especially naval
armaments. by international agreement
No one power could or should act by
Itself; for IL Is eminenty undesirable.
from the standpoint of the peace OF
righteousness, that a power which really
does believe In peace should place itself
at the mercy Of some rival which may
at bottom have no such belief and no In,
tention of acting on 1t. But. granted
sincerity of purpose. the great powers OF
the world shSlld find no insurmountable
difficulty In reaching an agreement which
and growing eXtrava gance of expenditure
on naval armaments. An agreement
merely to limit the size OF ships would
have been very useful n few years ago.
and would still be OF use, but the agree
ment should go much further
Suggests Master Stroke
Finally. 1t would be a master stroke II
those great powers honestly bent on
peace would form a League of Peace, not
only TO keep the peace among themselves.
but to prevent. by force IL necessary. Its
being broken by others. The supreme
difficulty in connection with developing
the peace work OF The Hague arises
from the lack OF any executing power OF
any police power to enforce the DEGREES
Of the court. In any community OF any
size the authority OF the courts rests up
on actual or potential force; on the ex-
istence of a police or on the knowledge
that the able-bodied men OF the country
are both ready and willing to see that
the sdecrees OF judicial and legislative
bodies are put into effect. In new and
wild communities 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
to persuade him to surrender his arms
while the men who are dangerous TO the
community retain theirs. He should not