The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-05
SUBSCRIPTIONS RATES:
ARMED FORCE TO COMPEL PEACE

Of all the world peace plans thal
have had their inception in America
there is none that gives greater prom
Use of ultimate success than that put
forward for the new League of Peace
which was born the other day in In
dependence Hall In Philadelphia. says
the Tulsa Democrat
This league differs from most peace
bodies in that it recognizes humanity
as It is today. and doesn't try to graft
Utopian scheme on sinful and war
q like race In aiming at the pacifich-
tion Of the world. it recognizes that In
the present imperfect state of ciyiliza-
tion the only dependable basis OF right
conduct is force.
We need not hesitate to admit this
truth. All government as yet, is sup
ported by armed force. The city has
its policemen to preserve order among
81 citizens. The state has its sheriffs and
militia The fedora government has
its marshals. and back Of all these law
enforcers OF limited power stands the
United States army ready to put down
insurrection and uphold The decisions
of the supreme court and the laws of
d congress.
The proposal now is simply to extend
this method to international relations.
The nations are to hand together, like
the citizens OF community or the
y constituent states of federated gov
ernment, agreeing not merely to keep
the peace among themselves, but to
use their armies and .nayles TO compel
any troublesome member to keep the
peace
= Says President Lowell of Harvard
university. one of the organizers cf
the league. The difficulty so far with
our arbitration efforts has been that
we have had court but no sheriff, q
trial but no police. There must be
power to enforce the dictates of arbi
tration. and power to act prompt,
when necessary
We thus propose that the countries
in the League of Peace shall enforce
peace by arms If necessary. upon any
nation in the league which attempts
TO fly to arms before it has taken ant
pie time to think it over"
The plan. however, only goes half
way in assuming for the leagued ma
tions such authority as each exercises
in domestic affairs AS the former
minister to Belgium Theodore Marburg
of Baltimore, explains, 1T stops at
having the league act as an interna-
tional grand jury to hale the nation
law breaker into court, using the unit
ed forces OF the league, il necessary,
to bring it there, and insisting that
there shall be an investigation before
any member of the league is allowed
to go to war. 1t does net contemplate
the enforcing OF the verdict" That
presumably. would come later If the !
plan were found to work successfully |
with the powers already given It.
An effort is to be made to persuade
majority Of the powers to join such
union All would be better, Of
course, but majority would answer
the purpose at the beginning If the
resources, financial and military, Of
the signatory nations were greater
than those remaining outside. These
member nations would hold confer
ences from time to time to formulate
and codify international law. There
would be a regular judicial tribunal,
modelled on The Hague tribunal, tal
hear and judge all "justicibIe aues-l
y tons between members. Such mat
tcrs as could be settled BY this court
would be submitted to arbitration
councils.
It is here that the peculiar merit of
The new league comes in. Suppose
nation refuses to submit dispute OF
any kind to arbitration, and proceeds
to make war on the country against
{ which it has grievance The plan
provides that
1.-The signatory powers shall Jointly
use forthwith, their member that goes
TO war, or commits acts OF hostility
against another or the signatories. 'be
lore an question arising shah be sui
mitted asapro,ided in the foregoing |
II All the important powers joined |
such leaene he firse noticeable els |