Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-04-27
OVER
CANAL SHOULD CO
To THE HAGUE
Experts in International Law
Agree Differences Between
United States and Great
Britain Need Arbitration,
cBy Morning Journal Special Leased wIre)

(By Morning journal Special Leased Nirel
Washington, April 26.-Both in set
speeches and discussion. speakers at
today's meeting of the American So
ciety Of International Law, maintain
ed that the United States was under
"A moral as well as international OBJ
legation TO submit the Panama canal
tolls controversy to arbitration. IT
also was held boy several Of the speak
ers that congress should at once re-
peal the tolls exemption act and sub
NIT the subject to diplomatic nego-
as.i5a.
Amos 5. Hershey. professor OF In
ternational law at the University Of
Indiana. desired TO see the question
submitted TO arbitration He said
that unless congress sees fit TO re-
peal that part of the Panama canal
act regarding the exemption of coast
wise tolls the United States is under
an undoubted international obligation
to enter into agreement with Great
Britain to arbitrate the controversy.
IN view of the long and honorable
history Of the United States, declared
Thomas Raeburn White, of Philadel-
phia. "as a leader In the movement
for the substitution of a system of in
ternational Indication for the present
unsatisfactory methods Of settling in
ternational disputes, it is particularly
appropriate that the opportunity
should have presented itself to es-
tablish such precedent. It
would be unworthy of the United
states to rely upon what must be
deemed technical reason for declin-
ing to arbitrate, and II is to be hoped
that the state department viii not
persist in the attitude which has been
assumed and VIII embrace the oppor-
tunity Of creating "a precedent sus
tanning the proposition that it IS not
necessary in international law that
injury should actually be suffered be-
fore a justifiable action arises.
A letter of similar tenor from the
late Professor John Westlake, of Lon
don was read. but he maintained
that it was necessary that an injury
be actually sustained before Justi-
fable action arises.
The discussion that followed was
participated in by Edmund +. Ira
nus, OF Louisville, KY. Professor \.
d. Harris, Of Chicago, and General
Peter Haynes, L. 5. A., retired.
Following the addresses and discus
sion, these officers foI next year we're
elected.
President-Elihu Root, New York.
Vice presidents Chief Justice
White, Justice William r. Day Phil
ander c. Knox. Andrew Carnegie. JOS
eph II. Choate John ". Foster,
George Gray, William II. Taft, VIII
liam w. Marrow, Richard olney, Os-
car $. Strauss, Jacob NJ Dickinson,
William j Bryan and Horace Porter
James Brown Scott was reelected
secretary and Chandler p. Anderson,
treasurer
Tonight a banquet was held, which
closed the meeting.
The creation of permanent court
Of international law at The Hague,
in place Of the present Hague tribun-
al, was discussed tonight By Minister
Loudon, of the Netherlands. at the
banquet "A court of this kind had
been advocated, he said, but the diff
ficulty heretofore had been the selec-
tion Of the judges to form it.
From this he entered upon the es-
tablishment Of an academy Of inter-
national law, the first session of which
Is to be held this summer 1T The
Hague. Should this first session be
success an endowment of more than
q million dollars has been promised
by Andrew Carnegie for a building
and the necessary chairs on interna-
tional subjects.
Gregers w. w. Gram, minister Of
state Of Norway. made an address of F
felicitation upon the excellent rela-
tions existing between the United
States and Norway
Professor Albert y. Hart Of Har-
ward university deprecated the mod
ern tendency to violate international
treaty obligations upon the slightest
pretext.