Evening star., 1915-05-13
LAUDS Mr.. WILSON
FOR PEACE EFFORTS
Henry CIeWs at World Con-
gress Pleads for Interna-
tionaI Court of Justice.
Mr.. TAFT OUTLINES PLAN
TO MAKE BODY EFFECTIVE

Noted Men Attend Cleveland Gath
ering-Judge Parker At
tacks U. S. Senate.
CLEVELAND. Ohio. MAY t$-Praise
for the peace efforts OF President Wilson.
together with pleas for interna tional J
arbitra tion court of justice, mark the
addresses at the world court congress in
session here. Prominent men from AL!
the country. including William II. Taft.
Alton B. Parker, Henry Clews and many
others. we're present. giving assurance.
MAYOR Newton D. Baker said in his well
coming address. that the movement is
NOT visionary, not impractical.
Others present are Henry Lane Wilson.
William Dudley Foulke, Or. Harry A.
Garfield, Prof jeremiah ". jerks. Prof
Samuel T Dutton, Thomas Raeburn
White. Or. John Wesley Hill and DIR. AL
bert Shaw. John Mitchell and Gen. Bal
Hngton Booth are expected later
The congress plans an international
court of Justice founded on an agreement
TO which ali the great powers would be
signatory. All signatory nations would
submit their disputes TO the court one
not so doing would he subjected to the
combined pressure of the others. Each
speaker dweit on the stable character OF
the congress plan.
Henry Clews Lauds Wilson.
Henry Clews. the principal speaker
at this mornings session. praised Presi-
dent Wilson's efforts in behalf of peace.
while yielding to none in my life
long devotion TO the principles of the
republican party" he said. due credit
must be given the present administra-
tion for its accomplishments for the
cause of peace. President Wilson has
done noble work
Mr. Clews said he believed that uni
versal peace, through the application
of an international court of justice.
would ultimately prevail.
The United States, always in the
vanguard of progress and enlighten-
ment, will lead the nations onward to
the ultimate goal.' he declared.
OF the present war Mr.. Clews said:
AFTER all is said to the causes of
the war, the fact remains that mllltar-
ism was its predominating motive. and
back of that was the personal ambi-
tion of certain rulers and their imme-
diate following"
Emerson McMillin's Address.
The address of Emerson McMillin,
New York banker and capitalist. dealt
with a tentative plan for the formation
of the proposed world court, based upon
the population and commerce of the
nations.
Mr.. McNIillin predicted that in less
than a generation after the inaugura-
tion of the international court. inter-
national law will assume a stability to
which it has not hitherto attained.
And in the court we propose, he
said, the sovereignty Of every nation
will be recognized. The smallest ma
tion will stand on a footing level with
that of the greatest.
The European war has raised the
demand for an International court to
= worldwide propaganda, orga nized
and unorsanized." said ID. ?. Myers,
Boston, a member of the board of di-
rectors of the World Peace Foundation,
in an address following Mr.. McMillin's.
1T that world cry can be resisted by
governments the judgment of many
people IS sadly at fault.
Need of International Justice.
IT cannot believe that the court of
arbftral justice as now proposed can
fail The world knows now. as II
never knew before. its need for inter-
national Justice"
This body IS not SO foolish as to
conceive that war will he made i'm
possible by such court" said John
Hays Hammond. the chairman, in his
opening address. What We hope to
do ia TO minimize the possibilities of
war.
Judge Alton r Parker made an at
tack on the United States senate. which,
he said. had uullified previous at
tempts at treaty making which would
have insured the United States against
war with Great Britain or France He
% of he RI
can people must be SO decidedly nodded
that when the time comes for an inter-
national agreement the United States
will be certain toe be a signatory, the
Senate Notwithstanding.
Mr.. Taft's Peace Court Idea.
Former President Taft last night out
lined his plan for the establishment of a
league of peace and arbitral court
with the object of settling by arbitra-
tion differences between the nations of
the world and preventing further wars
II am aware that membership in this
league would involve on the part of
the United States an obligation to take
part in European and Asistic wars
he said. and that in this respect 1t
would be departure from the tradi-
tional policy of the United States in
avoiding entangling alliances with Eu-
ropean or Asfatic countries. But
conceive that the interest Of the United
States IN the close relations il has of
q business and social character with
the other countries of the world, much
closer now than ever before, would
Justify 1t, II such a league could be
formed, running the risk that there
might be of such war In making
more probable the securing of the In
esttrnable boon Of peace OF the world
What now seems so far away"
Mr.. Taft also pointed out in suppor
OF his plan the amica BILE settlement of
Issues between the people OF the United
States ard Canada. which. because o.
their nature. might have led to war
1T 10 not too much to say" he add
ed. that the 'ha bit OF arbitration is
SO hSed that a treaty TO secure such a
settlement in future issues would not
make IL more certain than II is. ii Is
interesting to note that now have
Two permanent srbitraI English -Ameri.
can commissions settling questions.
TO constitute an effective league oi
peace we do not need all the nations
Such an agreement between eight OF