Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-26

city, that he would be back in Harris
burg on Tuesday to pay all bllls
Groom estimates his losses at $4,000.
Walter Blair, who Is in charge oil
the Harrisburg team, was told TO re-
lease his players and notify them that
their pay would be forthcoming on
Tuesday There is about $500 due the
team. other bills including printing,
hotel, baseballs, bats, etc, are esti-
mated at $500. President Douglass
has a claim of 5000 including a pro-
tested check which he stood good for,
and paid out by one of the recent pur-
chasers of the ShamolIin team. The
umpires' claim is $400.
Groom said he would make a COM
plete statement to the public soon and
declared he intends to remain in base
ball in Harrisburg.
Groom stopped off at Lancaster to
arrange matters in that city. He
holds the lease on the grounds in that
city. at Reading, Mt Carmel, York
and Harris burg
Taft Urges U. S. Membership
Acceptances of membership by The
United States in a world court in
which the joint powers would use
their armed and economic forces TO
enforce it's DEGREES in the interest OF
international peace was urged by
eX-President Taft.
While Mr.. Taft urged the future
formation of such a world court. he
refrained from discussing the causes
of the present war or the part this
nation may play in attaining peace.
His address was closely confined TO
the technical, legal questions involved
in ioinder by the United States in such
an international tribunal. He denied
that such action would curtall me
power and authority of either the
hxrE init
constitutional discretion of the latter
body to declare war.
Propose Compulsory Submission
Mr.. Taft explained that the leagues S
platform proposes compulsory submls-
sion TO tho world court of an inter
national dispute not settled by dipio-
matte negotiation and which are Jus
ticiable questions"
Referring to the so-called Bryan
peace treaties with England and
France. Mr. Taft said it was argued
that the arbitration stipulation in
them was delegation of the authority
of the President and Senate over our
foreign relations.
But upon reason and authority,
this objection is untenable," said Mr..
Taft.
Since the Jay treaty of 1894, Mr..
Taft stated, some American nation
had been a party to eighty-four inter-
national treaties, of which the United
States was involved in two-thirds.
I'm ten of these, which were boun-
Diary treaties" Mr.. Taft continued, 1T
was never suggested that the gov
ernment was delegating any power at
all to the tribunal A submission of a
judicial question is not a delegation of
power to an agent-it is submission
of an issue to a judge, and it is mis-
nomer to call such submission a
delegation.
Question of Law
The question whether court has
jurisdiction is nothing but question
of law. The Senate has consented from
time to time to arbitration on issues
both arising and defined by language
of the treaty of submission. The last
notable instance, and the one which
involves a really permanent court, Is
the advice and consent by our Senate
to The Hague international prize court
convention, in which a permanent
peace court was established"
Turning to the question of the duty
of nation belonging to the proposed
world court to use its army and navy
! in enforcing its DEGREES upon otner
! members that should go to war in de-
| fance of the courts DEGREES, Mr.. Taft
! took issue with eX-Secretary of State
Bryan regarding Mr.. Bryan's conten-
! tion that constitutional amendment
would be necessary before the United
/ States could obligate itself to this re-
spect.
| "Mr. Bryan declared that in order
to carry out the provision we must
have q joint council of the powers TO
determine when the time had arrived
for military action and war said Mr..
Taft. land that this would substitute
| the action of the council for the dis
cretion of Congress. ! venture to think
that this view is wholly without foun-
! dation. If the war is foreign war,
Il could not be begun under the Con-
stitution until Congress had declared
war. To impose in a constitutional
way by treaty an obligation on Con-
gress, IT does not take away its power
| to discharge it or to refuse TO dis
| charge it,"