The Detroit times., 1915-11-24

questions that IS, all Ques.
tions which can be Judged by
law
t2) An international Court OF
Cancellation for all other
questions
81 Some form OF force 20 CON.
pei nations 10 submit dis
putes 10 these tribunals De.
fore going to war
80 International conferences
for making and amending
International Law.
The experience of the last 100
Years with les hundreds OF broken
treaties, the experience OF this war
with It's violation Of international law
and national rights. have made prac
/ teal business men who hold them
selves responsible Tor reasonable
progress, unwilling TO deal with amy
possible remedy which has not suiii-
cient force behind IL for It's en-.
! torcemcnt. There Is. however, q dit
/ ference OF opinion. as ~ what kind
OF force shall le used 10 compel a
nation To submit It's case TO an in.
ternational tribunal before going to
! war.
Military measures are nv sowc
considered TO be- the only effective
ones But there are very great dan
gers involved in such course As
boys. when We had once begun 10
hcht. argument did not stop us We
had 10 he peeled on the other fe'
/ low. and every blow he got in on
ms made the reeiing just TO much
! harder. And 7 believe that when
tho signatory nations have once TAX.
cn up arms against one of their
number it will be very hard indeed
/ ~ ret either side 80 give mp. Every
soldier whose blood e. shed in such
"a war cannot but add an element of
/ revenge TO the purpose OF discipline
which was the original purpose Of
the onslaught
"In view Of such considerations,
/ the Committee OF the Chamber ~
Commerce of the United States
.
vou VIII vote on in a few weeks.
unanimously recommends that eco.
nomic non.ntercourse should be used
| a zainst a rccalcitrant nation in the
/ first place. to be followed by mill
tary pressure only II such economic
pressure proves Ineffective.
1T has been said that economic
pressure will be more expensive
/ than military measures. on the
contrary. Il Is To be remembered
( that military force includes the
economic boycott always. No ma.
| ton goes TO war without enforcing
nonintercourse against its enemy.
Economic pres sure does not. how
ever. necessarily include military
force. In fact. II will. in many
cases, in my opinion. preclude the
necessity for military measures.
In such cases. at least, i will be
far less expensive than military
force would be II used in the first
instance. Moreover, it viii be
found that the cost OF an economic
boycott will be more easily distrib-
uted Than the cost OF military meas
ures can be This war has shown
the way. through the establishment
Of moratoria through the discount
ing OF debts due from the enemy to
private citizens. by advancing
money 10 disproportioBately affect
cd busine -ses aud similar measures.
These very measures, which
have been used to save the fnan-
cial standing OF tho warning nations.
have also proved that involuntnrily
the neutral nations must share In
the losses Cf such an economic up
heaval. Why not then, SO far as
any selfish Interest Is concerned,
make such boycott thoroughly Of.
fective and so shorte'. The period
during hich our losses can accum-
ulate?
Those who beiAtle the deterrent
effect OF an economic boycott can
hardly have considered how many
phases of everyday intercourse can
be inhibited by suab a carefully
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1T will be quite possible to:
"(al Prohibit the buying or sell.
ing to offending nations,
"Cbl Prohibit all financial intar.
course with citizens Of the offend
ing nation or it5 national govern
mont
"(cl Prohibit all postal, tclc.
graphic. telephoni2 and wireless
communication with the offending
nation
"(d) Prohibit tho payment Of any
debts due to the citizens or cor
poratiuns Of the offending nation.
"te) Prohibit the clearance of any
NJ The ships OF the of anding nation
from the ports Of any of the sigma
tory nations.
20 Prohibit all forms Of pas
senger traffic TO and from the re-
calcitrant nation (other than the
exit Of foreigners).
THE time is ripe as never before
in history for this stop forward to-
ward more permanent peace. The
daclarcd purpose of many OF the
warning nations that this Is wa
10 end war" as we'll "a their selfish
intcroete p,oka this .ha punOrtupn