The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-23
Establishment of Inter
national Tribunal to
Be Discussed
TOHOLD CONGRESS
IN CLEVELAND
List of Speakers In
cludes Chas. B. War
rem, of Detroit

Charles B. Warren. president Of
the Detroit Board OF Commerce. win
be one OF the speakers at q con
gress TO advocate the establishment
of world court. to be held In Cleve-
land. May 1914 Mr.. warren's ad.
tNess viii be given May IA. on the
TOPIC. Growth OF the judicial ele-
ment in international arbitration"
The congress has been called by
the Committee OF One Hundred. OF
which John Hays Hammond 10 chair
man. It's object viii be TO formulate
practical plan for the judicial es-
Enlistment Of International dis
putes. II viii have no connection
with any peace movement, and the
speakers have been asked to avoid
saying anything that may give the
Impression that the congress aims
20 stop the war. or to take up the
question OF national defense.
Gov. Willis. OF Ohio. viii open the
congress, which win be held In the
Hippodrome He will be followed
By Mayor Baker and the president
OF the Cleveland Chamber OF Com
nlerce The speakers win be Sen
ator Sherman. OF Illinois: Bishop
Luther b. Wilson. OF the Methodist
church. Rev York: former Presi
dent Taft: Alton b. Parker. Demo
cratic candidate for the presidency
IN 1904: Jeremiah W. jerks. profess
scr OF government in New York uni
versity; cambridge Colby. Of New
Jersey: Rabbi Joseph silverman, Of
New York: DIT. Frederick Lynch,
editor OF Christian Work and Evan
gelist." Theodore Mzrburg. former
minister TO Belgium; Harry Clews.
banker; DR.. Albert shaw, editor OF
the Review OF Reviews: Samuel T.
Duiton. professor OF school admin
islrstion in Columbia university and
noted advocate OF peace: Emerson
McMfIlin. banker. chairman OF the
hoard Of the American Light & Trac-
ton Co. and director Of the Detroit
City Gas Co.: James Brown Scott.
authority or International
la4- John Mitchell. former pfesh
dent OF the United Mine Workers OF
America; Senator Harding, OF Ohio.
and the Rev. John Wesley Hill.
Ways Of establishing a supreme
court Of the world will be discussed.
and the creation Of judicial machin-
cry which. IL IL TO &c hoped, will
stop future wars.
In issuing the cali for the con-
gress. the Committee OF One Hun
dred stated:
The project OF a true interna-
tional court Of Justice has been sum
GENTLY examined. IL was adopted In
principle by the ~ states compos-
Jog the second Hague conference. in
1907. was indorsed by the Institute
% international Law In 1912, and
since 1907 has received the hearty
support Of all the leading powers.
lncluding Great Britain and Ger
many. Il has been exhaustively
sfBdisf ~ four annual conferences
q ne American Society for Judicial
settlement ~ International Disputes
aES ~ foreign governments and
sasI,liEs
rra1,i>si men dislike TO 60 on
iaIklax ssoBt projects when their
Sasirsonify and prscticability have
aeen s4raSbsrsted. They insist
5Dsz seefng them realized. The
pfs5erf - ne court IL a mature pro-
5ert Tks tlne has come 10 take
5ositive s1fion looking toward SIS
pr5ast establishment AZ tho right
ssSnsens
~Tb> present unspeskabls conflict
asrDa1 has brought with Il a vivid |
conesption q how unIntelligent our
present methods are. OF how pitiful- |