Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-02

glance, not to any one power, but to
the same supreme international au~
thority which has adopted the inter
national conventions which the court
Is destined to expound and enforce.
"The term Hague tribunal Is a
broad one. and includes two institu-
tons which have already been estab-
lished. one which is projected. and
at least one which Is dreamed of for
the future The institutions already
established are. first. the interna
t;onal prize court. which was agreed
upon in the Hague conference of
1897. by the Representatives Of thirty
one out Of forty-four powers. and
which has been ratified by twelve of
these thirty-one powers. and second,
the permanent court Of arbitration.
which was agreed upon in the Hague
conference Of 1899. and which has
been ratified by every member Of the
family of nations.
This soealled permanent court Of
arbitration consists Of a list of judges
appointed by the various powers, not
more than four judges to be ap-
pointed by each power. Tt is provided
with a permanent administrative
council. composed of the diplomatic
representatives accredited TO the
Hague. and an international bureau,
both of which are destined to facili-
tate a resort to the court. Thirteen
of these arbitral tribunals have been
formed since 1902. and have given
their decisions on twelve disputes
All of the great powers except
Austria Hungary, have submitted one
or more disputes TO these tribunals,
and the decision has been acquiesced
In without difficulty in every case.
'Tt is urged that the permanent
court of arbitration is defective in
various particulars, and that side by
side with It there should be estao-
lished the court of arbitral justice,
which was agreed upon at the Hague
conference of 1907. but which has not
been constituted because Of the de-
mand that each Of forty-flve nations
shall appoint enc judge to a bench
which. 1t is universally admitted, !
should not have more than fifteen
Judges. This court, it is claimed, can |
be composed of judges who shall re-
side in or near the Hague, and be
always ready to try a case, instead
of disbanding. as IS the case with the
arbitral tribunals of the socalled |
permanent court. as soon as the one |
case assigned to them is tried. This
permanency, it is also claimed, will
give rise to greater dignity, consist
ency and the force Of precedent.
I'VE have caught vision beyond |
the permanent court of arbitration |
and the court of arbitral justice. Of |
still a third Hague tribunal which |
shall possess all the strength and |
none of the weaknesses of its prede- |
This supreme court of the |
United States of the world shall |
have all the permanence, all the |
power and prestige of precedent, and |
all the judicially representative char
acter which have made the supreme
court of the United States OF
America so illustrious. To attain
this destiny its Judges must cease o
be representative of the nations who
are the suitors before the court, and
must become truly representative Of
the family of nations. by whom the
court is created and for whose life
liberty and pursuit Of happiness it is
destined to labor"
The chief social event of the peace
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