The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-15
MILITARISTS HAVE
FAILED, SAYS STRAUS
Must Be No Limit on Justice,
lie Tells Peace COni
fcrccS.
WANTS UNION OF NATIONS

CHARLESTON, s. c., Dec. 14.--Oscar
s. Stratus Of New York told the southern
Commercial Congress to-day that W
must develop n new conscience which
will put no geographical limits upon
rlght and Justice" In an address which
was one of the features OF the conven-
tons peace day.
I'VE owe 1t 10 ourselves" Mr.. Straus
said. ito humanity to the worid
to lend our best Ell FORTS and to make u
fullest contribution to that reconstruction
which must come.
"ciyilization has been undermined {;
the temples of the false gods have fallen
into ruin. The most barbaric and CO.
lossal war has not put God on trial. but
man on trial. II has put international
relationship on trial. Ii has put ex-
pediency and the doctrine OF might on
trial. II has revealed the fact that we
cannot have one standard OF morals
within a nation and "A lower standaru
between nations. All the machinery that
has been devised in the past Tor the
maintenance of peace has been LETT 70
volunteer EFFORT. The resort 10 treaties
OF arbitration. to the Hague bum 10
the commissions OF inquiry. were all
voluntary, " iAF ~ '.' 49,
| much compelling force for the preserva-
| tion OF peace as heretofore has been put
| forth in preparations for war
ar the many schemes devised. MT.
| Strauss said. none IN his opinion, more
| n,erited dcep consideration than the
League 10 Enforce Peace. The scheme
to prevent wars. he explained, was =,
First, all justiciable questions shall
he subject to an international court
second, all questions that are not subJec'
TO judicial determination snail Do SUI
mitted to a council OF conclllatioh io'
be, ring. consideration and recommenda
ton. and, third. the Powers shall use
their Joint forces, economic and military
against any one of their number VINO
goes to war without submitting its dii'
ferences as provided In the provisions.
Such a scheme was submitted by oil
Edward Grey to Germany on July so
1914, Mr.. Straus said. in an enort 10 pre-
vent the war, but too late. he Quotee
the despatch OF the British Premier II
which IL was promised that Great Britain
would work for ZONE agreement with I'M
other lowers Of the Entente to guaran'
tee NO hostile policAagainst Germany.
1--WE must educSe IA new conscienc'
which will put no geographical iim'ta
tons upon rightSeind justice" he said
10 UNLOCK TIC poiN"'o
peace and happiness OF the nations w
must use other instruments thar tn
blood rusted keys of the past Vim othel
words, civilized man must recognize ina
there is something more important thai
the individual, that that Is tho nation
and that there Is something more I'm
portant than the nation. and that Is IN
world. Bluntschli was perhaps right II
his opinion that the federation OF EuToD'
would be easier to bring about than wa
that of the German Empire.
1T Is quito the to REFER VIII
ridicule to the two Hague convention
and 10 the efforts of the paciists L
avert the catastrophe toward which Eu
rope WAS so rapidly drifting. The ten
denotes were I'm two Numerically oppo
site directions. which have peer graph
cally described as Utopia and Hell. 1
the pacifsts who animated n encour
aged their Governments to participate Il
the Peace Conference at Tho Hague u
1899 and 1907 and who looked with som
hopafulness upon the results have me
with disappointment, certainly they hav
rot fallen further away from their Ideal
than the m~illtarists in the condition o
hopelessness and. the remOteness OF tn
results they aimed speedily to attain b,
the war which 10Y engulfs the world"
Gov. Manning was elected chairman q
the House of Governors and DR.. Clarenc
j. Owens secretary.
Resolutions were adopted by the Gov
ernors indorsing the position of Presl
dent Wilson In his address to Congress.