New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-17
Congress Will Be Held IN
Cleveland to Plan for
international Body.
WILL NOT DISCUSS
PRESENT CONFLICT
John Hays Hammond to Preside
Former President Taft One
of First Speakers.

A World Court Congress ~ 10 DC
held in Cleveland on May IL, IL and H.
The object Of this organization when
will be under the auspices OF the Com-
militia of One Hundred. and has JUST
bcen perfected by the World Court
Committee. Is TO formulate a practical
plan for the judicial settlement OF IN
ternational disputes.
Although peace is the ultimate aim
Of the proposed Congress, the dele-
gates will restrict themselves entirely
70 deyising means to establish a ou-
nroma Court Of the World, and Will not
deal at sll with the present war situa-
tjon II Ia their aim to establish IN
ternational judicial machinery whlch
thew believe Is the only way to prevent
future wars.
John HAYS Hammond was selected as
chairman of the World Court Com
,,,ittoo on account of his business aoli-
;tv dinlomatic experience and his per-
soroI acouaintance with most OF the
rulers Of the world. His associates
are representatives Of peace societies,
Educational institutions, chambers OF
commerce and civic organizations
Taft to Address Congress.
Iading advocates of the judicial set
Element Of international controversies
have had the plan of a World Con
eress under advisement for many
weeks. and the present committee Is
the result Of their frequent consuila-
tions. ..;,I
The first session of the congress VIII
be held in the vast auditorium OF the
Cleveland Hippodrome on the AFTER
noon of May II. Frank b. Wills Gov
ernor of Ohio; the Mayor OF CLEVELAND
and the president of the Chamber OF
Commerce will deliver addresses OF
welcome. Mr.. Hammond, as chairman
will respond, nd the work OF organ
ization will begin at once.
Former President Taft and Alton b.
Parker will be among the first SPEAK
ers. Others will be Senator l.
Sherman, Of Illinois; Bishop Luther b.
Wilson. Jeremiah w. jerks, cambridge
Colby, Rabbi Joseph Silverman, Dr.
Frederick Lynch, Theodore Hsrburg'
Henry Clews. :. i. Albert Shaw: OnarIes
B. Warren, of Detroit; Samuel L. Out
ton, Emerson McMillin and James
Brown Scott.
Delegates to the convention will be
composed of the appointees of various
governors, the mayors OF leading cities
college presidents, presidents OF cham
bers of commerce and representatives
Of patriotic, civic and peace societies.
They will devote themselves to the
method Endorsed by the last hague
conference and reaffirmed by the Com
mittee Of One Hundred-the judicial
settlement of international disputes.
which necessitates the organization OF
a World Court.
In announcing the congress the gen
eral committee makes the following
statement:
THE project OF true international
Court of Justice has been sufficiently
examined. 1t was adopted in principle
by the forty-four states composing the
second Hague Conference in 1907, was
Endorsed by the Institute of lnterna-
tional Law in 1912, and since 1907 has
received the hearty support of all the
leading powers, including Great Britain
and Germany. II has been exclusively
studied at four annual conferences of
the American Society for Judicial Set
Element Of International Disputes and
by foreign governments and publicists.
The suggestion has also met with the
approval of state legislatures in the
United States, Of leading chambers of
commerce and of representative re-
ligious bodies.
Realization Demanded.
practical men dislike to 60 on talk
ing about projects when their desir-
ability and practicability have been
demonstrated. They insist upon seeing
them realized. The project of the
court is a mature project. The time
has come to take positive action look
ing toward its prompt establishment at
the right moment. That it will be a
powerful additional factor for the fut-
ure peace of the world is not doubted.
That it will build up international law,
so essential to peaceful relations among
men, is equally accepted.
THE present unspeakable conflict
abroad has brought with it a vivid con-
ception Of how unintelligent our pres
ent methods are, Of how pitifully we
lack in the international field the sim
plest machinery for the avoidance of
conflict such rs is provided in the in
ternal organization of the state.
with a view to rousing the Ameri-
can public to consciousness of the
possibilities that lie in the creation of
true court of justice for the nations.
and developing an insistent demand for
It, thus strengthening the hands of the
United States government in its appeal
for its early establishment, a congress
has been planned for May ~, 10 and IA
at Cleveland. The speakers will be re-
quested TO avoid any references when
will give the impression that this is a
-thewarmovement or concerns it.
self with the question Of national de-
fence. The programme will be limited