New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-04-08
TAFT ASKS NEW IBERIA
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
TO SEND DELEGATES.

il'' from tN.l resident IMAM
~ Tart. asking that DELEGATES be
sent from here 10 thc first annual
national asscnb'agc of the LEAGUE
To Enforce Icace. to bc held II,
Washington ON May "a and y.
MIR. Taft is The President Of the
League.
With view to having he
country s business men we'll rep
resented at the League 5 first an
n'Ial conference. Mr. Taft has sent
like invitation TO all Of the com
mcrcI9l organizations which have
u membership ~ the Chamber Of
Commerce Of the Tinted states.
The national hambcr Of Com
mcrcc adopted through \ rcte-
rcndum hcId recently. an rntrr-
national Icacc plan similar ia
character 10 that Mltllncd ia The
platform Of the League to Enforce
Peace. which consists Of the fol
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IN international court.
An international council Of con
citation.
An agreement 10 Use the Joint |
armed and economic forces Of all |
the SIgnatory powers to compel u
submission Of International dis
rut"S to he court or council be
Fore beginning hostlIitlcS or de
clarIng war.
An international code.
The point Of difference between
the Tart League S plan and that
Of the national Chamber Of Com
mcrcc. lies in the thlr'! proposal.
the latter organization having
failed to adopt by two- thirds
vote. the Joint armed force
clause The idea Of an cc, monte
boycott however was sustained.
Mr. Taft. IN his letter received
Pei, sums up the sltun o,, as fol
lows:
Inc commercial organizations
constituting the Chamber Of Com
mcrcc of the United States by
their votes on Referendum Mum
Der Eleven expressed AZ rroval Of
The fundamental principle Of the
League to Enforce Peace IN
lccd all the specific recommenIa-
ions excepting one were carried
" maJorities in excess Of two
birds. Among the rcrommeudn-
IONS thus adopted was one fav-
ring the organization of = sys-
en- OF commercial and financial
'on-'ntcrcN'rsc, to be applied to
nation which entered tho pro
POSED league of nations and then
vent to war without first submit u.
ng adherence which arose to an :
greed upon tribunal. :,
The one recommendation which N
''st Failed to receive the two ;o
birds majority necessary TO
ommIt the National Chamber to L.
ne proposition was that which s.,
rovided for the use Of concerted Ct
Military force in the event that
IN crcial non-intcrcoursc q,
rovcd insufficient to compel ma &c
ons which have proceeded to war III
deslSt from military operations eli
MT submit the questions at issue m
, an international Court or ~
ouncll Of Cancellation. r.
Whatever may be the ultimate NO
'c'son Of the League Of Nations TO,
hen instituted upon this point sb
would seem that for present in
'act'cal purposes the League to vc
lforce Peace may be looked
'on as an agency through which oh
'ur organization may work for la,
c common program embraced -
thin the approval of the rcfc -
ndum vote.
II is from this point Of view,
ereforc, that your organization -
asked to send delegation TO LIZ
G annual meeting Of the
'ague.' =
When the Chamber Of Com
rec referendum was submitted
81 November Mr.. Taft wrote 10
G Presidents Of local CONNER
u organizations as follows:
The irremediable injury that
'uld result to the whole world
case a way should not be found.
the close Of the European con
Il. to make war less threaten
:. and to render it less frequent
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