Evening star., 1913-12-05
Enforcement MakNc Ubiuui.
tous Policeman of United
States, Speaker Says. 4
WILLIAM |. HULL'S VIEWS
EXPRESSED IN ADDRESS
Other Speakers Heard by Society for
Judicial Settlement of World
Disputes. r

Characterization of the Monroe doc
trine as ''the bette noir, or the Franken-
stein OF this republic" was made by
William I. Hull OF Swarthmore. In his
address this morning before the dele
gates OF the American Society for the
judicial Settlement OF international
Disputes. in session at the Shoreham
Hotel
Mr. Hull. whose speech. scheduled for
last evening, had to be held over until
today, went on to say that it bore this
character not only to the United States,
but to the old world as well.
In enumerating some OF the undesirable
results OF adherence to the Monroe doc
trine. Mr.. Huh cited our increased navy
and i'll will on the part OF Japan and
Germany and other nations. and said that
it makes this nation the ubiquitous po
liceman of the western world. That the
solution of the problem was the place
ment of the problems and principles re-
sulting therefrom under the aegis OF an
international court of justice, formed
the conclusion OF Mr.. Hull's remarks.
General Survey Of Proposals.
James l.. Tryon of Boston. in a general
survey of the proposals to establish an
international court said that the only
schemes of any feasibility whatever were
those brought forward since the begin
ming Of the nineteenth century. and that
that of William Ladd is the only one
that can be said to be famous.
Frederic r. Coudert of New York read
paper on the question OF whether na
tions, as such, should be represented in
the court or whether judges should be
appointed without reference to nation
nd ais nn ad
of the establishment of A special court
for selected number OF nations, or
general court by universal agreement.
The speaker cited the success of the
present postal union as an indication OF
the probable success of the proposed
judicial union.
The question of whether in composing
the court, the population of nations.
their commercial Importance, their vari-
Gus systems of Jurisprudence. their
languages and their geographic location
| should be taken into consideration. was
very thoroughly gone over in addresses
by George 7. Porter of this city and
DenyS +. Myers of Boston.
Defines Jurisdiction.
Walter S. Penfield of Washington. coun-
selor OF the Panama legation. in a
speech on the definition of the jurisdc-
ton of the proposed court eaid that, In
his opinion. the draft Of the convention OF
| 1907 establishing the Central American
| court of justice is the most liberal and up
| to-date. inasmuch as the settlement of all
questions is provided for. and those OF
vital interest or honor not excluded.
\ paper in discussion of A method az
constituting permanent court OF justice
| was read by Otto Schoenrich, president
| of the Nicaraguan mixed claims commits
| sion, and the methods of procedure in re-
ferring cases to the proposed court and
| the methods of trial of such cases
| formed the subject Of an address by Jack
son II. Ralston of Washington, who pre-
sided over the session this morning.
Topics Discussed Last Evening.
| At last evenings meeting Joseph ii.
| Choate, former ambassador to England
| and presiding officer for the occasion, in
an address arraigned the Panama canal
act as a violation of the Hay-Pauncefote
| treaty. Mr.. Choate Endorsed President
Wilson's Mexican policy, which also re-
ceived commendation at the hands of
| Joseph r. Wheless of ST. Louis.
| Other speakers included w. Renwick
Riddell of Toronto. Robert c. Smith.
K c., of Montreal; James De Witt An
drews of New York and Edwin NJ.
Borchard, assistant solicitor of the De-
partment Of State.
Tonights meeting is to convene at :
o'clock. with Gov. Simeon L. Bald win
of Connecticut in the chair as pre-