El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-25
w. Fl. Burgess Addresses
Lawyers of Missouri and
Pleads for international
Arbitration:

Kansas City, Mo-, May 25--W- H.
Burges. of Ell Paso, addressed the Mis-
souri, Bankers association here today
on International Commerce" Mr..
Burgess advocated more commercial
treaties with foreign countries and
urged bankers to pc careful in backing
enterprises that might not be of the
right sort. He made a strong plea
for international arbitration. and in
conclusion said:
.Tn YOUR own great case Of Missouri
VS. Illinois. instituted 10 prevent the
pollution of the waters of the Missis-
sippi river by emptying into them the
sewage of the city of Chicago the
supreme court of the United States
said. speaking through Justice Holmes:
Tt may be imagined that a nuisance
might be created by state upon
nayigable river like the Danube, which
would amount to a casus belh for
state lower down, unless removed. If
such a nuisance were created upon
the Mississippi, the controversy would
be settled Dy the more -pedCeAh means
of a suit in this court
How infinitely better is the Ameri-
can way! The court has spoken. An
infinitesimal part Of the cost of
war is spent in establishing a purifica-
ton plant Science lays its restraining
hand on contamination and consequent
disease. There is no waste, no blood
shed. no suffering. The contending
states, side by side. in undisturbed
friendship and in the security of per-
feet peace are working out their
splendid destinies, as the mighty river
flows unvexed TO the sea
Ell Paso's Case.
"As 1 speak an international court
oe arbitration sits in the city of Ell
Paso to decide the dispute between
the United States and Mexico as to
the location of the boundary line be-
tween them, in the city of FL PaSC.
Immense property rights and titles 10
the homes Of thousands Of people viii
be eonclusiEely decided by that award
but we know it will be honestly and
intelligently made and all concerned,
the high contracting parties and their
citizens whose interests depend on It,
will accept the result and carry out
the judgment without question and
without appeal
ITO The Hague. To The Hague!
The longest guns are too short. The
substitution of judicial proceedings
among nations for the arbitrament
of the sword will be the great achieve
ment OF the century in whose early
morning light we are. standing.
Financing Revolutions.
May 1 be permitted to suggest that
American lawyers have offered the
remedy and with every effort of heart
and brain are working to bring about
the result? May 1 be permitted to
suggest that it's accomplishment lies
largely in the hands of the American
bankers? Do you ask me how?
will tell you: Do not finance war
between foreign countries. Let but
a few of the great nations of the
world adopt this rule and the long
struggle for peace has been won. An
army. like a snake, travels on it's
stomach. It cannot fight and feed
itself Withdraw your credit, let the
American billions is available TO a
IA ton with an army in the field ex-
cept in the execution Of the judgment
arbitration and the billion of dollars
spent annually in the maintenance of
military establishments Of the grPaf
nations will reach the worlds banks
for use in developing the material re-
sources of the nations, educating the
people and alleviating the suffering
that centuries of war and its conse-
quences have left upon US.
Not one word of this is meant to
| apply to our own country, should war