The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-06-09
JUR|ST WOULD HAVE
uncle SAM KEEP
PEACE FOR. NATIONS
.tssi p y.
Wants United States Prepared
a To Forbid All World Wars In
the Future
COMMERCIAL CLUB CROWD
APPLAUDS JUDGE MORROW
Approves His Ideas For Real
Preparedness Of American
Army and Navy

H.
The sentiment that the United States
should he so prepared that the nation
would lie able to say that there shall
never be another such war as the
present onc-and to have its mandnt"
csp"eted-expressed by Judge Nor
row, of California, yesterday, near the
close of a very interesting address on
preparedness, naval and military. was
generally apPlauded by a large gather
ing Of business men, at the Commercial
club luncheon hour.
Judge Morrow was introduced by the
clubs Weep president Joseph f. Sherdy,
as a former president of the San Fran
cisco Bar Association, vice president
Of the American Society of Interna
tiOnal Law, a trustee of the Carnegie
Institute, and one of the incorporates
Of the International Red Cross. He was
also at one time, a member of congress,
and has served for twenty-five years
on the bench in California. He came
here as a judge of the federal bench,
TO try n ease in which local Judges
were disqualified for technical reasons.
Preparedness Fundamental
Judge Morrow began his remarks
with references to the necessity of
governmental preparedness for the en-
forcemcnt of judicial decisions. He
described how the machinery of the
law is prepared to see that the man
dates of the courts are carried cut,
and referred TO the incidents of the
great strike of 1894, which threatened
TO tie up the business of the whole
milton. In that case the courts took
action, and the national forces were
employed TO see that the law was
obevcd.
The iudgr said that it was this
sort Of legal preparedness that he felt
more ready to discuss than the kind i
military and naval mentioned as
the subject given him by the toastmas-
ter. Turning &c Brig Gen. Frederick
s, Strong. who sat beside him, he said
that he thought his friend General
Strong better fitted TO Ci5cuss military
preparedness.
The general was hCarl to remark
that il wash 7 his business to talk. at
isn't mine rithcr,' sail Judge Nor
row. at is rather my business to lis.
ten to lawyers 'talking."
A moment later Rear Admiral BOush,
no sat at the same table. was re
ferred 10 by the speaker as one better
fitted than he to talk about naval,
preparedness, but the admiral declined
to be drawn out.
Would Enforce Treaties
Returning to the subject Of the courts
and preparedness, Judge Morrow drew
n picture Of what would happen in the
case Of a Iitgant going into court in
a dispute over contract, and dismiss
ing tn" Who'll" contention with a co.
temptu"us remark that the contract
was only ''srrap of paper He
vent on I" disclnim any intention to
take a side in crrtUin issues. and then
developed the idea that in internation-,
Il affairs there should be a tribunal
with sufficient power behind it to make
II imPossihI" for Gi~putant to ignCrr
nm agreement or II contract Just ash
IN the courts Of the United States
there is fore" THAT stands ready toll
compel ht'gants :" carry out agree |
ments and obey decisions.
The iudG" said that III" world wouldI
rcaliz" that in controlling such power|
as the preparedness doctrine would
prO'rrr. the 'ui'rI States is not self
seeking. We have never occupied
any ground hv cru1ur. - he said, and
he PNplHtn"l th" ire; ties and bargains,
by which the United States took sue.
cessive STEPS in expansion the nation
paving in each case for the territory
occupied. eve do not want any Dor
tion of the earth by conquest. We do
want to be able 10 say that treaties
and agreements shall stand, that we.
viii protect them If necessary, and that
everywhere "" stand for the dnctrir
Of peoples rights to liberty and the
""r"uit Of hnpIinoss
Urges Universal Service
This sentiment was applnuded, as.
WIS ais" It remark by the judge in
favor Of some sort Of universal service
in behalf Of the necessary force to
back up the American policy. He
cOmplimcutcd Governor Pinkham and
Brighten. Samuel |. johnson on what
Hawaii hrs done to strengthen her
militia forces, saying that he under
stood that it was Pr"portionateIy more
than any other part of the United
StGt"S bad dove.
"This fn,t )" he sriI. "is known
and commented upon on the mainland
ntnre than m"0yN If You are aware. -
b At the table with judge Morrow, in
addition I" T"astmastcr Shce1y, were
Governor P,nthum, Judge Sanford
Pole. Chief Justice Robertson, HCa. w.
T. Frear, Judge ClemOns Brigadier