The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-15
Nonintercourse the
Sufficient Compulsion
nY JUSTICE DAVID J. BREwr.p.

IT is sometimes objected that there
IL provided no power 10 compel obcdi-
cncc TO the awards Of tho international
tribunal. VIII IL be possible ever TO
make tho nations agree that force shall
stand behind the award OF arbitrators
and compel the nations 10 yield obe-
hicncc: | notice that In the program
which is being prepared for the coming
In tcrparl!amcntary conference there
occurs this provision, as something
which II Is hcpcd to see adopted: The
armed forces OF all the nations repre-
scnted TO be at the service OF tho CON
gross for the enforcement Of any de-
cree rendered by The Hague court, &C
cording to the treaties OF arbitration"
Well II may he that this Will DO So
cured. There is one precedent for some
thinE OF tho kind When the various
diplomatic representatives, were In dan
ger in Picking, You know. the English,
the Americans. the Russians. the Jap
ancsc and the Germans combined their
military forces and sent them to tho
rescue SO Il is possible that some pro
vision VIII be made by which there can
be union OF the forces Of the differ
ent nations TO compel two d!sputiug
nations first 10 submit their contro-
versy 10 arbitration, and then to abide
by that arbitration.
But suppose that this ia not done
Tor certainly II is not TO be expected
that the nations will agree that am
one nation shall be sort of intcrn:-
,iohai sherin or marshal 10 execute
the process OF any court; the indcpen-
dence and equality OF the nations for
b!d such an expectation. At least for =
generation. II would be very diricult
To create scheme by which the min
gied forces OF the various nations could
be brought together whenever an cmcr
Gency OF the Kind that I suggest arises
But is II not possible that there rlav
he compulsion which the nations can
not resist. which will he potent enough
10 compel every nation TO submit rs
disputes with other nations TO arb,tra-
ton. and Ia abide by the award? our
good friend, DIR. Edward Everett Hale
told us years ago, In that story which
rang through all the country OF the
terrible position OF man without a
country. Now, II the nations In tho
coming conferences at The Hague shall
agree that any nation which refuses ~
enter into arbitration with a nation
with which 1t has dispute. or which
refuses 10 abide by the award OF tha
arbitrators selected I'm accordance win
inc provisions of The Hague conven
tion. or some other convention. shall
be isolated from all intercourse w,th
ana recognition by any other nation on
the face of the earth, can YOU inaptpn
any compuls!on which would be moro
reai ana peremptory than that? II
all the other civilized nations would
say 10 such nation: From this timo
forward. until you submit this d,sputc
10 arbitration. we will Withdraw all
our diplomatic representatives we will
nave no official communication with
you, we VIII forbid our citizens from
having any business transactions with
your citizens, we will forbid your Ctr
"chs from coming into our territory
we VIII make you Robinson Crusoe
on desolate island" there IS no ma
tloh' however mighty, that could en-
cure such an isolation, such an out
iawfy' as that would be. The business
interests OF the nation would compel
tnc government to recede from its no
sition and not longer remain an outlaw
on the face Of the globe.
such procedure would involve M
military force. no bloodshed on the
part of the other nations. The oniv
military force. the only bloodshed maj
might follow. would be in case the ma
tlon thus outlawed attempted to at
tack some Of the other nations, when
they would all unite In resisting It,
The very fact that II was outlawed
puision, as real as compulsion OF n
would place IL in Il position where "
would have to submis: Il would be com
marshal with Il writ in his hands. In
some such way as this the force which
stands back of the court within a ra-
tion might possibly be exercised nv
the nations upon any nation that re-
fused to enter into arbitration OR abide
by Its decisions.-From an address at
Mohonk Conference on International
Arbitration, May 81. 1905.