New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-31
TAFT LEADS u. 5.
IN PEACE PLAN
TO RIVAL HAGUE
Proposes Tribunal Backed
by Appellate Body and
Use of Force.
INTERNATIONAL LAW
RULES 10 BE CODIFiED
Former President VIII Preside
al National Conference In
Philadelphia, June II.

IN international peace league sur
passing the old arrangement whereby
nations met at The Hague to settle
G.r-. crces vii nc considered 81 a con-
ference. over which former Pres.tet:
ToCt will preside 20 be held in indie
incidence Hall. Philadelphia, on
i.1e II.
The ideas for Tho formation Of such
league, or union. are primarily those
Of Mr.. Taft. 4 committee Of one hun
dred prominent men Of the country
has issued the call FOX the meeting.
Proposals to be made at The confer
ence are regarded by persons associ-
ated with the ex-President as vastly
more important and ambitious than any
scheme ever undertaken by advocates
Of international peace. The announce
ment of the meeting says;
at is desirable for the United States
to Join a league of al the great nations
binding the signatories % the follow
| ing:
"First All justiciable questions
arising between the siEnatory powers
not settled by negotiation shall be sub
mitted 20 a judicial tribunal for hear
ing and judgment, both upon the merits
and upon any issue as 70 its jurisdic-
ton Of the question.
'Second-AN -justiciable que'
tons arising between the slgnatorles
and not settled by negotiations shall
be submitted to a council OF concil'a-
ton for hearing, consideration and rec
/ ommendation. =,
! ".Tb;rd-The signatory powers shall
! Jointly use their military forces 20 pre-
vent anv one of their number rom
going 10 war. or committing acts or
hostility. against another OF the sigma
tories before any question arising .haH
be submitted as provided IN the iore-
going. . Lo...oor tho
sicna+ory powers shall be held from
zinc 10 time 70 formulate and codify
rules Of international law, when, I'M
less some signatory snail signNy us
dissent within stated perod' ShaI
/ thereafter govern n the decision 81
Gle J. .L
Plans for the establishment Of such
q tribunal we're discussed privately al
Tho Century Club last winter. The irst
nubljc announcement o. The PhladeI-
ybia conference was made yesterday.
/ On the committee arc William II. iail'
John Gricr Hibben, president OF Prince
ton University; Lawrence Lowell, pres
,dent Of Harvard University; David
Starr Jordan, chancellor Of Leland
Stanford University; judge George
GRAY. John Bassett Moore, Alton Is.
/ Parker. Darwin ?. Kingsley, president
Of the New York Life Insurance Com
many: Oscar $. Straus, Cardinal Gl0-
/ hons. Edwin 4. Alderman, president or
the I-niversitv OF Virginia; Alexander
Graham Bell. Gu'1on Borglum, Elmer
! brown. chancellor of New York I'M
versitv: Winston Churchill, Frederic i.
Coudert, Z. Fulton Cutting, JACOB ".
! Dickinson, former Secretary of War;
Professor jeremiah ". jerks, John
Mitchell, Bishop Luther j. wilson
Thomas u. Whitehead, Talcott VIII
Jams, Jacob H. Schih. Victor II. Met
calfe. former Secretary Of the Navy;
Hamilton Holt. John Hays Hammond
and Professor Irving Fisher, of Yale.
Tho conference has not been called.
il was said yesterday, merely Tor the
purpose Of discussing abstract queS-
'icrs relative 90 international peace
and arbitration, but 90 put squarely
before the conlerrecs the proposition
that the United States join such
league of nations, the most important
power Of which would be the exercise
Of the right to block war among the
members by the use OF the joint mill
tary forces.
II the complete plan which Mr.. Taft
has drawn up Is adopted it will contain
certain IDEAS presented by British
peace advocates and Endorsed by Wis
count Bryce. The plan is known TO
President Wilson and is said to have
his unofficial Endorsement