The Washington herald., 1912-12-22
PEACE BANQUET
STORMIER THAN
NAME IMPLIES


can have self-respecting peace We must
form a union of armed nations and then
make provision for settling their dis
lputes by peaceful means. The antitoxin
for war is the fleet to be taken in this
country in doses Of four battleships an
lnually."
There was hush when the trend of
the rear admirars remarks were first un-
derstood, and then his supporters ap-
plauded as loudly as had those siding
with the sentiments for universal peace.
The forces at the banquet seemed TO be
about equally divided.
Representative Mann Speaks.
| Mr.. Mann had been spoken Of by Gov.
Baldwin as having occupied both the
position of majority and the minority
leader. When Mr.. Mann took the floor,
he said:
while I have never enjoyed the dis
tinction OF being the floor leader of the
majority, / am enjoying the extinction of
being the floor leader OF the minority
| Mr.. Mann depiored the popular criti-
cism Of the Supreme Court and the other
courts OF the United States, and said
that a court OF nations could not be
| hoped for until the courts were given
their need of respect by the people.
| while cannot agree with Ad-
miral Wainwright on the toxic prop
critics OF the ode of four batleshtps a
year. l do agree with him that there can
never be an impartial court OF the ma
tions that is not backed up by a power
| fuI executive. I believe that the time is
coming when we can do better than
squander our men and money on equip
ment for war and figure on how we can
dispense with disease. crime, and pow
erty, and on how we can prevent the
idle rich from taking the place of the
ever. that he doubted not that there
would some time be a tribunal that would
have the power to enforce peaceful set
Element of the disputes OF the world. The
question of the arbitration OF Panama
Canal tolls drew some pointed remarks
from Mr.. Mann. He said:
There can be no impartial arbitration
of the Panama tolls question. The world
is against US Their interests are op-
posed to ours I would as soon submit
to arbitration the question whether the
United States Navy shall be used to de-
fend the canal as l would submit the
canal toll question to arbitration"
This statement drew from the diners
hearty round OF applause.
Prof George McKinnOn Wrong. OF the
Toronto University was the next speaker.
He prophesied that within three weeks
Canada will Join Great Britain in her na-
val preparations and place three great
Dreadnoughts In the North Sea. He re-
GREETED this in part, but said that Canada
by so doing and relieving the mother
country OF part OF the burden placed
on her shoulders by the complicated sit
uation in Europe at the present time.
Canada would be helping to draw Great
Britain out of the dangerous crisis Prof.
Wrong paid a tribute to the justice of
both the United States and Great Britain
to the first for her attitude toward
Cuba and to the latter for her gov
ernment OF India and South Africa
The last speaker OF the evening was
Frederic r. Coudert. an International
lawyer OF New York. His talk was IN
a humorous vein for the most part but
was in defense OF the lawyer class.
Among the guests at the banquet were |
the following:
William D. B. Ainry. Thomas Fl. Anderson. Gen
Z p AndrPwN
TbomaI W, BaIch. Prot J. NJ Baldwin. Ge'.
Simeon Z. Baldwin. NJ. John Barrett RepreSsniA-
fiT, Richard BarthoIdt George T. Becker, MrA /
Becker George r. Bedford. Judge J. H. Blount
Mis-, Blount AIdH C. Browne. Senator Then. D.
Burton John w ButtErheld.
! B. CaIvo. Mr.. Cartwright. c f. Castle Mel
viii. Church Mrs. Church. G. L. Cole. Fredeic
r. CoudeTt, Hon. Cos l. Crawford. Gen. William
Crnzief.
] J. Darlington, Mis-, DarlinEtOu. Miss Annie
Darlington Rufus $ Day. \. L. r Dennis. w. q
Dennis William Henry Dennis. William \. Dicke'
Charles Earle John JOY EdSnu
A. B. FarVuhar, Henry Faruuhai MlLIarn
Rishter FIsher Harriet Frcebcy. Miss Charlotte
Frrrbcy II. X. Fulton. Mr. Fulton.
Gen Edwin S. Greeley. J. B. Gncene. Charles y.
ESEard A Hartman Mr. Edward 4. Hartman
Arthur H. HerS-hsl. Mrs Herschcl. q. 7. Hershct
Philip ,ra HsnFI ~ e L. HeiIm't an,llT Frank v,i !!
Hurley William Hull.
Frederick y. Ind-on. Dr. IsnicSon-
Crammond Kennedy Mrs Ksnnody. Judgs NJ 4.
r Enk-s Nc
Robert G Lansing, Mn. Lansing. Mrs. Bella
lockwood.
H. b F. Macfarland Commander Naaarland
Hon J. n Mann MrS Mann. Iulan MAnSui.
IOui' {. Marblrs. Gen. AnsOu Mills. Gen. Nelson
sotsr, t.r Nicholson Er1es, Fo1 Nichols. Juds, A
s Nile. Rev EdT. Niles Henry {. Niles.
Mr.. ~ Patter.on as'li Walter s PcuaeId. Panaman
Minister: Hon Frank Plumley. Il. L. Plunkett.
Gcorr. 7. Porter Mr% Portcr
Jackson H. RaIs,ou. Mrs. Ralston, Luis Munoz
Rivera, Prof Rrinsch
James L. Schaadt Mrs. schaadt James Brown
Scott Mrs Scott Miles VI Shand. George W.
Sherman, Thomas W SidwcII. Mrs SidWen Hon.
]. L. Slaydeu Mrs. Slayden. Representative Smith.
TNnstaII Smith MrS. Smith, A. Il. Snow Justice
Hsnnis Taylos. benjamin p. Trucblood
Prot. WamhHnGh, Richard R. Watruus MrN
WatrOuS. Hugo c. Wendall Thomas RaebsIrn
White, MrA White, Prui. Wrung.
ChoRte Elected President.
Joseph II. Choate, former Ambassador
to England, and leader OF the bar of
New York. was elected president of the
Society yesterday afternoon.
Charles W. Eliot, former president of
Harvard, was chosen vice president; DR..
James Brown Scott secretary. and J. G.
Schmidlapp. of Cincinnati, Ohio, treas
urer. The executive committee comprises
the above named and Gov. Simeon f.
Baldwin of Connecticut, the retiring pres
ident: Theodore Marburg. w. W. Will
oughby, Henry B. F. mcfarland, and
John Hays Hammond.
The meeting was opened with an ad-
dress by Mr.. MaCfarland who urged that
a Supreme Court OF the World be es-
tablished in preference to the present
form of arbitration. :
Prof. Henry W. Rogers, dean of the
Yale law school, in urging the essentials
Of law which he declared should be ap-
piled to the proposed international court,
said that such a court should be given the
functions of the present Hague tribunal.
Thomas Raeburn White, declared that
II an international court existed this ma
tion would not face the possibility of vio-
lating the Hay-Pauncefote treaty with 4.
Great Britain. William c. Dennis, former
" of the State Department, urged the es-
of an International code OF
law for the proposed court. and Prof. Paul
5 Reinsch of the University of Wiscon- |