Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-11
EXTENDS ITS WORK
American Peace Society Plans
for a Federation.
REQUESTS OTHERS TO JOIN
Additional Members of Board Of Di.
rectors to Come From Similar
Organizations.

| At the eighty-fourth annual meeting of
the American Peace Society at the Raj
eigh Hotel yesterday afternoon plans were
adopted for a federation of all the peace
societies of the United States. This is to
be brought about through the appointment
Of members of well known peace societies
of the country as additional members of
the board of directors of the American
Peace Society. The board of directors
will then he in effect a national council
of peace and arbitration.
| revised constitution was adopted by
| the society permitting these changes in
| its board of directors, and the society was
| reorganized on a representative basis, the
various societies in different states and
| cities becoming constituent organizations
The Carnegie Endowment for Interna-
tional Peace, the Mohonk Arbitration
Conference. the World Peace Foundation,
| the American Society for the Judicial Set
| Element of International Disputes and
| other peace organizations not on a MEM
bership basis were asked to cooperate.
Senator Burton President.
Senator Theodore E. Burton was chosen
president and Dr. Benjamin F. Trueblood
secretary. Twelve directors were elected
at large and twelve others admitted from
the following constituent societies: New
York Peace League. the Massachusetts,
Peace Society, the Pennsylvania Arbitra-
ton and Peace Society, the New Hamp
shire Peace Society, the American Peace
Society, the Chicago Peace Society, the
Peace Society, each of which retains it's
independence in its own field of work.
An informal conference of some of the
members of the board of directors will be
hnv a Lob AIahh IL
The chief objects of the federation are
closer cooperation among the various
units. clearing house of information,
and more adequate executive facilities.
The following resolutions were adopted
Regrets Defeat of Treaties.
THE American Peace Society regrets
the defeat in the United States Senate OF
the arbitration treaties with Great Britain
and France in the form which they were
proposed by President Taft. and 50 ear
nestly championed by him; but expresses
the hope that new treaties of similar
character will be presented for adoption.
1t believes in an arbitration system by
which the United States government
may refer to The Hague court or other
arbitral tribunes all international diff
ferences of a justiciable nature with all
governments in the family of nations, in
accord with the popular conscience, as
well as In harmony with resolutions
adopted by the Senate in previous years.
THE society will support by active CO.
operation all well directed efforts by the
President and the Department of State
in the promotion of the judicial settle
ment Of International disputes, and ex-
presses the hope that the Senate will
consider such measures in that broad
spirit which is characteristic of modern
International fraternity"
Society Host at Dinner.
the Raleigh Hotel last night, Senator
Burton, the new president. presiding.
There were no after-dinner speeches. but
during the affair there was an informal
discussion of the best methods to be
adopted by the federation.
Those who attended the dinner were
Senator Burton, Representative Bar
tholdt. Representative Samuel Mccall
OF Massachusetts,. Judge r. 7. Ray
mond of the Massachusetts superior
court, Augustin Jones of Massachusetts,,
w. w. Thayer of New Hampshire. w.
c. Allen of California, Stanley r. YarnaH
Chicago. James H. Van Sickle, superin-
tendent Of schools in Springfield, Mass;
the Rev. Samuel c. Bushnell of Airing
ton, Mass: Arthur ID. Call, superinten-
dent of schools of Hartford. Conn.,: DIR.
]. L. Tryon, secretary Of the Massachu-
Buffalo. n. Y; Prof. w. !. Hull of
Swarthmore College. T. r. White of Phil
adelphia; w. c. Dennis, former assistant
solicitor of the State Department; w. Ii.
Short. secretary Of the New York Peace
Society; Prof. 5. ID. DuttOn of Columbia
University; DR.. George w. Kirchwey of
Columbia University, and DR.. B. F. True
blood, secretary OF the American Peace