The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-05-26
Ex.President of This Country,
Now Chief Executive Of
League to Enforce Peace,
Advocates Broad Step.
DEFENDS BRYAN PEACE
TREATIES WITH WARMTH
Takes Issue With Former Sec.
retary of State on Need for
Amendment of Constitution
Before Alliance.


Washington. MAY % Acceptance
of membership by the tutcd states
IA a world court ia which the joint
powers would use their armed ana
economic forces to enforce IT. decree
iu the interest 81 international pcsc"
was urged today boy former President
Taft before the League To- Enforce
Peace. OF which he is president
The object of the League To En-
force Peace is not to urge President
Wilson to take steps To- stop the pres
cnt war. former President TAFT. pres
idcnt of the league. declared today In
opening It's two-day session here.
w" are not here hc said to
urr. th" present administration to
take steps To- stop the present war.
Nui tnai ~. ar" not hopeful that
such steps may De taken. but ". be.
lirNc that "A dcfuit. purpose, a pur-
pos. with limitations for an asso'ia-
ton lis" this b. much more ukhly to
he realized than a general platform
Tor the benefit of humanity
The league hoped Nj. Talt said,
FOR "A world agreement ON a method
20 make war less probable
His address was closely couiino .
tu tho technical legal questions in
VOWED IN iuindrr boy the United states
IN such an international tribunal lie
dcnI,d that such action would curtpit
the power and authority of the pres
idcnt or congress, hy limiting the con-
stitutional discretion II the latter
body To declare war.
Mr. TAFT explained that the leagues
platform proposes compulsory su'-
mission tu the world court "f all ~.
tctnatiuual disputes not settled hy III
plomatic negotiation. ana which ar"
'usticiablc questions.
referring To the so-callcd Bryan
peace treaties with England and
France, Mt Tait said 1t was argued
that the arbitration stipulation ia
them was a delegation ut the author
lty uf IN" president aud senate over
out foreign relations.
Bui upon reason aud authority TINS
objection .s untcnahlc,' said Nj Tar.
since the lay treaty OF li9i" Mr..
TAFT stated SOME American uati' a.
has been a party 10 eighty -four in
tcrnational treaties. ot which ,h'
| / uitod states was involved in two
thirds.
In ten of these. which were bound
lry treaties. MI Tatt continued, "it
was never suggested that the govern
meut was dclognttug any power at am
| tu the tribunal Submission OF "a judi
! yial question BE- not a delegation 80
/ power To- an agent 1t is submission
| of an issue to Judge, and n is a
misnumer to pall such a submission
a delegation.
Turning to the question of the duiN
uf nation belonging to the propose
world court To- use ~ army and nav,
IN enforcing lts DEGREES upon othr.
members that should go 10 war IN dc,
hance of the courts DEGREES Mr. Tat
took issue with former Secretary al
| stat" Bryan regarding MI Bryan.
contention that constitutional amend
ment would be- necessary before IA,
l nitcd States could obIigate Itself u
this respect
Il venture 10 think that ms view
Is wholly without foundation Mr.
TAFT said.
Referring 60 this nations treat,
! with Panama guaranteeing Panama
Independence. Mi TAFT stated b
meant the United states ~ under ohli
cation to maxi" war TO defend Pan
anna
This duty can only Il" discharge,
through the action OF ,ungtrss IN Il"
claring war" he asserted Does tha
ldrprN" congress of It's power To de
'larc war n seems to me the uues
ton answers itself
American advocates of an inferno
tional federation To curtail war aitc
the present European struggle mc
here today Tor the iirst assembling ,
tn" new League to Enforce rcap,
William u. TAFT, president of N
league, and Newton u. Baker seer.
taty Of war, were on the days pro
: gram, and Presiden, wilson's nddrc'
lni the closing session tomorrow nigh
iwili h" a significant utterancc. II
thought About 1000 persons, m
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