The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-01-22
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ENDORSE STEPS
TOWARD PEACE
President Asked to Submit to
Next international Congress
Resolutions for Disarma-
ment and World Police.

Buffalo. n. ". Jan. 2a-Rannlu-
tons ursink President Wilson 90 con-
slider and submit 10 the nekt lntoruu-
tional congress the ~propoaiffbn ~
limitation Of armaments. both On
land aud on sea. and the establish
ment 81 en- International polite force.
were submitted 80 the New York
State Bar association today by the
committee on International arhilra-
ton. disarmament and international
pslicc.
After revie~ u Tho Hague conver-
tons the committcea fcpori reada'
IA thus appears that. 20 far a.
mutual agreements esnaodied IN
treaties are concerned. the principal
nations Of the world have agreed 70
settle their differences By peaceful
means. yet. during the year 1914. IN
spite Of an these treaties and othcf
% which We need not nov particular
~ refer, We lind many 81 these same
nations Involved in the most bloody
and destructive war hat has iop-
pened aince the beginning Of The
world. II j. not 10 be supposed that
these nations vert not ninecre "a
their mutual declarations On the
contrary. we are hound 20 assume
taht they we're. but that they were
carried away by the beat 81 passion
when questions arose which might
have been submitted TO an impartial
tribunal for its decision. Thfa lam
ger was greatly Increased by the fact
that u had berome The policy II
some OF the nations 10 make every
atle-bodied citizen q soldier, aud
arm and equip him In such fashion
that he could be called lnto thu Held
or. AZ the phrase -. mobilize at a
moments notice. Hence. we have q
war In which literally millions ~ n.en
are engaged on each aide. IN which
all the resources Of science and an
the Ingenuity Of mechanism are en-
ployed for mutual destruction.
For the enforcement Of agree
ments and OF statutes. which hear the
same relation 10 civil law that treat
les do to International law. each na-
ton has provided an Internal police.
which mny. In case of need. be sup
ported BY the national army. since
the nations have been able To agree
upon the formation Of an internatio-
al court OF arbitration. should they
! not he willing 20 fellow the nnaloey Of
this institution existing In each and
provide an international police7 In
such case. the independent army II
each nation should be strictly iimlfed.
, As a result each nation would be
Without the power to begin war ON
q great scale. An international po-
lice could check any turbulence and
Invasion OF n nation by another.
Just as the police ~ a particular ma
ton. seconded. n need be. BY the
army OF that nation. puts down a
mob or suppresses an i~naurrection
In the year 1917 y treaty wns
made between the United states and
Great britain limiting the naval FORCE
to be maintained upon the American
lakes by Great Britain ard the gov
erment Of the United states 90 one
vessel each on Lake OntarIo and
Lake champlain and two vessels ON
each OF the upper laksa IL was FUR
ther agreed that AN other armed
yesseln on these lakes 1hnll be forth
with dismantled and that no other
Vessels Of war shall be there built or
armed This treaty has remained IN
force and been observed ever since,
and with one or two trifling modlfi-
cations ~occaEIoned by special clrcum-
stances which were approved hy both
parties. II IN probably due 10 this
treaty more than any single cause
that there has been no wal between
this country and Great Britain for
over one hundred years,