New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-08


ment Of the tribunal as to a particular
issue
The treaty making power under the
Constitution. IL has been decided by the
Supreme Court. hardly knows definition
or limit. II is one Of the broadcast pow
ers conferred by the Constitution. and II
is conferred upon the Executive and the
Senate. Certainly it is not in the in
tereSt of the cause Of peace that that
power should be limited in such a way
that other governments may make
treaties Of this kind and We may not.
T have stated frankly how remarkable
seems 10 me the reasoning by which the
majority Of the committee arrive at the
conclusion that the Constitution pre-
cludes their making a treaty Of arbltTa-
tion in which the question where the
difference arising is within the treaty IS
80 be settled by the board of arbitration
itself
Calls Majority View Narrow.
l cannot exaggerate The Importance Of
escaping from the limited and mario"
view the majority Of the Senate COM
mittea take of the power of the senate
in this regard and of securing action by
The Senate sustaining the minority view.
The ideal toward which We are all work
ing with these treaties is the ultimate
which we shall submit our international
controversies with the same freedom and
the same dependence on the judgment
as in case of domestic courts. II the
Senate cannot bind itself 10 submit
questions of jurisdiction arising under
the treaty as Norway and Sweden have
done. for instance, then the prospect OF
real and substantial progress is most us
CouTaging.
[ call your attention to the unfortu-
nate consequences not only 10 ourselves
but 10 the whole civilized world. not
only for to-day but for ages 20 come. il
the final adoption of this reasoning ny
the Senate committee IS 10 prevail
Steadily throughout the world the Dur
d-1 of the creation Of armies ana meets
has grown heavier and heavier; steadHF
the connection has grown more herce
that is crushing the life and the hopes or
the peoples But steadily. too ana "I
late even more rapidly. has grown lht
none that al escape from these burdens
may be- found. that i'm some measure. Al
least. the peaceful methods OF SellilH-
disputes among individual men may o'-
tain among me nations, do some meas
rIro. I sav-let US not be too eNtraNaEahl
I'm orr dreams and our propnecles- anu
vet who can say what the end of such
movement. of such aspirations. may De
Now. wherever good men and women
tho world over are longing and praying
for the dawn of this great day OF peace
their eyes turn first with nope ana con
fdence ~ the great Republic or th' =" eSl
10 tho land whose ideals are of peace ana
sucticc Industry and freedom. 10 the
land which more than any olh'I idN
ueed the peaceful method OF armualioh
for the settlement OF It's differences VIZ
other. nations I'm this great movement
Inn col
hone by the proposed narrow constru'-
.,fo. at the Scnatc's power 20 make
treaty We are now g. strike down. ID
Tho mon and women who are struggling
and longing we say. LOOK not 10 ~ IOi
leadership We cannot even loilo"-
7 Of other nations arhitrate. let 'lI''
.,.er CT mn "a high court Of nations ana
niedge their faith that they VIII resort
no more o. the dread arb'rdHArHl o.
,-sr INIT will abide bv tn" Nerul'l OBJ
..boi,. chosen Judges. The great Ameil-
can nation is unable 10y rs CONSTITUTION
IN holm forward the great movement ~
l,D.bL. 10 bind itself TO any lhluIe .i Vdu
commission of its case 10 an aTbiO.a
court though the whoi" ""Tiu I'''r"
+I,is light Of civilization ana 'ed''' '5
--,..,,,,,,,I,ar if the Senate cannot now mho
orido the Judgment of an arbrai
.ourt AS % whether question rs Jus
,.fsIre II can never bind us. ana u me
cc,.to cannot bind as the nation cannot
tt-I .s and this peace loving people ~
t,ro,er iucapahle of taking "A s'tp d''iS
tho great path which all tho Worn
,,.fsbes to tread and along which an me
world thinks America best ht'eo 10 ''"''
Speaks Briefly at Luncheon
,y-,1o in Hartford the President
,,.ss tho guest of Governor BALDWIN.
nrcboon was served by the Governor
in the new state Library for the Prcsi-
dent and about one hundred guests. IN
ending ATTORNEY General Wickersham'
= i,,,+erari Governor Dennis a. H.akes-
Ice Senator stiles Judson. of Stratord.
the majority leader of the Senate sen
,tor BRYAN J.. Nahau. of Ne" LONDON
tho minority leader. Representative
Banks. Of Fairfield and Representative
rtDgicr. OF Vernon, The majority ana
minority leaders respectively Of the
House of Representatives. and th" Gov
ern0rs STAFF.
Al its end Governor Baldwin intro
du,cd the President, who spoke briefly.
In presenting Mr. Taft the Governor ro-
forced to him as the first son of Yale To
occrpv the Presidential chair and SAID
that no man since the time of John
opincv Adams had entered upon the
or1ce with So good a training for il.
brfliar array of military organiza-
,iope escorted the President in his trips
..r,,- In. city lie was seated in an
automobile with Governor Baldwin. and
mn either side Of the machine were auto
mobiles filed with policemen and d.
..crvas a Secret Service man was in
,bo Presidents automobile. After the
luncheon at the state Library the Presi-
.,e,t MAS escorted TO Charter Oak Park,
,,.bora Gfty thousand or more persons
,ad assembled TO greet him. and upon
i,is entrance to the park pandemonium
of noises broke loose
,ftar his speech and a. short tour Of
the fair grounds he was driven PACK 10
- Union station and departed on his
,,i,..t.. car for Boston at - CLOCK.
postop sept president Taft arrived
d., BOSTON on his way 20 Beverly shortly
. f,er O'Clock tonight ON The way rom
Hartford The President iiidue - r., -
80 -n.ecbes al Wil.imanuc ana Iulii"In
=, NJ ~. nd was received with enthusiasm
"a each place.
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