The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1911-09-22

high commission is to decide wheth-
er it is justiciable or not. If it de-
cides that it is justiciable and Is
within the treaty then the matter is
to be submitted to the arbitration.
but in order to make it binding on
both parties, there must be unani-
nous vote. or by vote of five to
one, that is, two on one side or three
on the other. Now the senate is
willing to ratify or at least the ma
jority OF the committee on foreign
relations says that it is willing to
ratify the treaties II we will exclude
the third clause, that is, the one
submitting to the joint high commits
sion."
Til president here explained the
reason why the senate was at var
lance with him on the proposed
treaties, and he wished the influence
Of all people to be brought to bear
On that body to induce them to rati-
| ty the pacts. The subject Of Nation
al Honor" was touched upon and
the speaker said it would be hard to
find question arising which would
not be considered by one or the 9TH
er of the interested nations a ques-
tion involving National Honor" and
one of vital interest" and the plan
to except such questions from settle
ment by arbitration met with his dis.
approval. A clause to that effect was
being planned by the senate, said
the president, through fear that some
ofthe functions Of that body might be
delegated to some other tribunal and
according to him the senate seemed
to consider itself the sole guardian of
the National Honor"
Continuing the president said:
THE truth is, my dear friends if
We are going to use arbitration to
avoid war, If We are going to make
1t useful at all, we must make it a
real thing. We must make the
board of arbitration the real court
and we must be willing to be beaten
In an arbitration and to take our
medicine because II we are not there
is no use Of going into arbitration
at all.
THE truth is in the old days of
orthodox churches you hadto be will
ing to be damned in order that you
might bel saved and soyou have to be
willing If You are going into the ar
bitration business, to accept de-
cision against you and abide by it.
You cannot play the game of ''heads
win, tails you loose"
What am. appealing for is
an instrument to stop war and il
that instrument does not reach real
vital interests, if it does not reach
real questions which are likely to
produce war then It is not an in
strument to stop war;"
Here the president drew a homely
illustration of what war really a
mounted to, in an endeavor to show
that the arbitrament of war did not
J insure justice, and he asked his hear
ers If they did not consider it bet
ter to submit questions of national
import to board of honorable ar
bitrators, acting impartially, than to
settle them byl battle, which is most
unsatisfactory method of deciding
questions.
The fact that other nations are
adopting similar treaties and are look
ing for this country to do likewise
and, in way, act as a leader, was
taken by the president as one reason
for urging their adoption; for, said
he:
1--WE are not an aggrandizing ma
tlon We do not want their terri
tory and we do not want to mix up
In their qunrrels and they lool1 to
this great republic to lead on in the
world III the matter of peace. What
am very hopeful Of is that the SEN
ate will not take this narrow view
OF their power, because II they do. II
is to say to the world because OF the
limitation growing out of the power
of the senate wei cannot agree tc
make an arbitration treaty that shall
be effective and binding.
v 1T is a very poor trick of arbitra
kpn. that will enable the senate t6
back and say regarding any ques
This is not Justiciable. The