The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-05-19
TO DECLARE
WAR MUST Be
RESTRICTED
New idea Of international
Control and National Nor
atty Necessary to. Safety
Says John Bassett Moore.


Mohonk Lake. N. r., May H.
Jonn bansett Moore. president OF the
Lake Mohonk conference on Internal
uonal arbitration. made Information
ai co-operation' the subject Of the
address which he delivered to the
conference today. He was given
close attention In view OF the fact
that as former counsellor OF the de-
partment OF state Mr.. Moore has had
much practical experience In interna-
ti0nRl affairs.
Mr.. Moore referred 10 the fact that
the address he delivered before ehe
] conference last year had been re-
| ported aa having y pesaimsstic tone
In regard to the value OF present arr
bitration treaties.
Upon this interpretation said
Mr.. Moore. perhaps no IL
necessary beyond that which II fur
nished by the tragic events that nave
! since occurred"
Pointing out hat although a world
court had been established at The
Hague sixteen years ago the spirit OF
cooperation has been lacking to
make q effective, Mr.. Moore dis
cussed some OF The necessary stems
TO obtain International cooperation.
ut IL evident that the nrst consider
alton In the regulation OF the concep-
tion OF nationality he said. "Exag-
gerated To the point where IL either
a~nbordinatcs human rights TO sup
posed national interests. or regards
h Interests Of humanity az being
capable of realization only through
"A particular agency. there ran be no
doubt that this conception directly
incites TO the transgression OF laws
and Justice.
Nevertheless. when we come 10
analyze the conception OF nationality.
as expoundcd by philosophers. W. fr :
itH principal ingredients are largely
imaginary"
The principle that every ~indepemd-
ent nation has the right 10 declare
war, and. having declared Il. to as
sumo the rights Of conquest. Mr..
Moore said. would nave to be re-
stricted before there was anything
like a reign OF law among nations.
Far more difficult than the state
ment of the object TO be attained "
the formation M application OF
measures to carry Il into effect. Dur
ing the past ten years we have. for
instance, often been assured that
what the world needs In an adbitrR-
tional tribunal and AN international
police 10 enforce It's awards. This
statement seems TO disclose both a
misconccption OF fact and an incom-
plete grasp Of conditions. The mis-
conception of fact is the supposition
that the evil from which the world
today suffers iu the disregard Of arr
bitral awards. In reality, arbitral
awards have been remarkably well
observed. The actual problem with
which the world Is confronted Is how
to induce nations Ia accept not tho
results but the process OF arbitration.
The underlying idea OF an inter-
national police appears q be that OF
"A force to compel all states without
regard To their strength or weakness
to observe International law: and,
when so extended, the proposal Ia at
once seen TO be closely connected
with the question of the limitation or
OF the development. az the case may
be, Of national ornaments. How
large a force, Il may be asked, would
have To be maintained in order ef-
f~ectually 60 hold In check any Of the
great powers Of Europe. II their nm
tional ornaments were continued on
the scale of the past 20 years.
1.-THE fact cannot be too often os
too strongly stated that, for the pres
ervRtion of order. national or inter-
national. we cannot rely upon force
alone. We must not forget that,
back of all effort. moral or physical,
lie the feelings. the sentiments. the
aspirations Of humanity: that Il II
only by the organization Of forces,
moral and physical, In such manner
as to assure justice and contentment
through corporation, that wide
spread outbreaks OF violence can be
avoided"