Evening star., 1915-02-28
Senator Newlands Proposes
Conference of Neutral Ma
tions in Washington.
RESOLUTION IN HOUSE
WOULD MAKE SEAS FREE
Representative Calder Urges That
Highways of Commerce Be In
ternationally Patrolled.

| Resolutions looking to the establish
ment of international peace were in
ttroduced in the Senate and House yes
terday by Senator Newlands Of Nevada
and Representative Calder of New
York.
| Senator Newlands' resolution, which
was referred to the committee on for
egn relations, authorizes the President
to invite conference Of neutral ma
Itions to urge upon the warning powers
a discontinuance of flostilities, subse-
quent peace conference and the estab-
lishment of an international court with
power to enforce it's findings. The con-
ference is to be held in Washington.
| After setting forth the reasons why
the attempt should be made to bring
the war in Europe to an end, the reso-
luton offered by Senator Newlands
provides as follows:
| For Conference of Neutrals.
The United States of America. ami
mated by spirit of friendliness toward
all the nations involved. invites con-
| ference of the neutral nations tor the
purpose of urging upon the warning
powers, first, discontlnuance OF nos
tilities; second, withdrawal OF the
| forces of each nation within its Ioun-
luaries and retirement from captured
territory; third, conference with the
warning powers looking to the calling
of a peace conference: and, fourth, the
establishment, with the approval ana
co-operatiop of the pelligerent natlohs'
of an international court, tribunal or
executive body with power to ad!udl-
cate questions arising between natlons'
and to enforce its findings.
| ..The President of the United states
| is hereby authorized to invite such
neutral powers as he may deem ad-
yisable to participate in conference
| to be convened at Washington as soon
as practicable for the purpose of con-
| sidering the foregoing questions IN
| ha armony with the spirit of this ma
| ton as set forth herein, and to deslg-
nate in such invitation the number of
commissioners to be selected by each
power. and to appoint such commis-
| sioners to such conference from the
United States of America as he shall
deem advisable. and to fix the COM
pensat ton for their reasonable expenses
to be paid out of the appropriation
herein made; and that an approprta-
tien of $4,000 be, and it is hereby,
made for the use or the commission
ers.''
Would Make Seas Neutral.
The resolution offered in the House
| by Representative Calder provides for
the creation of special committee of
senators and representatives to pre-
pare plans looking to the neutral gov
ernment of the seas. The provisions of
the resolution are in part as follows:
| 1T is the opinion of many of our citi-
zens that the seas should be neutral
highways. internationally. patrolled,
and that if feasible plan for the pur-
pose be enacted by Congress and pre-
sented through the proper diplomatic
channels it would probably secure the
support of all neutral nations, possibly
possibly serve as an entering wedge to
possibly serve as an catering wedge to
arbitration or some other settlement of
the present war.
THE Vice President shall appoint
three members of the Senate and the
Speaker of the House shall appoint
three members of the House to confer
| Immediately and formulate plan for
presentation to Congress looking to the
neutral government and patrol of t.-a
seas by an international commission,
who shall controll all armed vessels
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