Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-03-24
NORWICH MEN ARE
MEMBERS OF LEAGUE.
Connections Men Will Cooperate in
Effort to Enforce World Peace.

The League to Enforce Peace, Of
which cx-President Taft is head. has
started a movement to have the polit-
ical parties in the coming national
conventions at st. Louis and Chicago
insert planks in their platforms en-
dorsing the proposal that a league Of
nations be formed for the purpose of
insuring future world peace, by the
establishment of international tribunals
to which international disputes can be
referred, such nations to pledge their
joint armed and economic forces
against any signatory which declares
war or begins hostilities prior TO a re-
course to such tribunals.
Frank J. King and Jonathan Trum-
bun of this city are members Of the
league, and although there is no
branch of the league in this city, there
are possibly others who are interested
in this movement.
The League to Enforce Peace is not
an anti-preparedness organization, nor
is its aim TO end the present European
war.
For the purpose of gaining recogni-
ton at st. Louis and Chicago the Taft
peace league has begun an active cam
paign in each state to have introduced
in local party platforms the following
uniform plank prepared by the leagues
national executive committee:
We endorse the proposal that a
| league of nations be formed for joint
action under such regulations as such
| league shall adopt against any nation
which proposes to make war without
prior recourse to such world tribunals
/ and methods of Cancellation as such
| league of nations shall have duly APP
| proved"
The national executive committee
| has sent instructions to its officers and
/ representatives. everywhere through
! out tho country requesting them "a
Rcquaint delegates to the state con-
! ventions of all parties what IL is pro-
| posed to do. urging upon them the
adoption of the plank in local party
| platforms.
1T will be readily understood" tho
| letter says, that unless the ground IS
prepared by such action in local pO'
itical units, we shall have difhcultN
i'm securing the insertion Of the planl
| in the platforms at the state and ma
tional conventions
The Taft leagues membership com
prises many well known leaders il
political circles. Among them are eN'
Gov. David r. Francis of Missouri
just appointed ambassador to Russia
former Ambassador to France MyrOI
II. HerriCk; Governor Samuel W. Nc
Call of Massachusetts, Governor Ar
thur Capper of Kansas, Senator Alber
/ b. Cummins of Iowa. James NJ Becl
Judge George Gray Of Delaware, eN
Senator Theodore w. Burton of Ohio
Ex-Governor John Franklin Fort o
New Jersey, eX-Ambassador to MeSic,
Henry Lane Wilson of Indianapolis, 4
Lawrence Lowell, president of Harvaru
university. and eX-Secretary Of Stat
| Richard Olney.
Among those in Connecticut who ar
expected to cooperate are Louis F
| Cheney, Hiram p. Maxim. Hon. Henri,
Roberts, President William Arnol
Shanklin. Prof. Henry w. F'arnan
| Prof. Irving Fisher. Prof. Theodore
, | Woolsey, Admiral Casper r. Goodrich
The platform Of the Taft league. 4
full, as adopted last June at Phila
delphia in Independence hall, is:
We believe IL to be desirable for tn
United States to join a league OF ma
| lions binding the signatories to tn
following:
| First. All justiciable questions arts
ing between the signatory powers. nc
settled by negotiation, shall, subjec
: to the limitations OF treaties, be sub
mitted to a judicial tribunal for hear
ing and judgment, both upon the mer
. its and upon any issue as to its turie
5 diction of the question.
Second. All other questions arisin
between the signatories and not settle
r by negotiation shall be submitted to
r council of Cancellation for hearing
: | consideration and recommendation.
) Third. The signatory powers sha
5 Jointly use forthwith both their eco
! ncmic lwa4saME1eeRxy forces against an