The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-04-04
Sends the Secretary of the
Board of Trade Here a
Communication.

G.. w. Dudderar, secretary OF the
Clarksburg Board OF Trade, has re-
ceived communication from ey-
President William H. Taft, asking
that delegates be sent from here to
the first annual national assen1blage
of the League to Enforce Peace. to
be held In Washington on May 26 and
81. Mr.. Taft Is the president OF the
league. - w, n
=. With a view to having the coun-
try's business men well represented
at the leagues first annual confer
ence, Mr.. Taft has sent a like invl-
tation to all Of the commercial or
CARNATIONS which have q membership
In, the Chamber Of Commerce in the
United States.
The National Chamber Of Com
merce adopted through "a referendum
held recently, an international peace
plan similar In, character to that OUT
lined in the platform of the League
to Enforce Peace, which consists Of
the following four proposals:
An international court.
An international council Of concil-
iation.
An agreement, to use the Joint
armed and economical forces OF all
the :signatory powers to compel q
submission Of International disputes
to the court or council before begin
ming hostilities or declaring war.
An international code.
The point of difference between the
Taft leagues plan and that OF the
National Chamber Of Commerce, lies
in the third proposal. the latter orr
ganization having failed to adopt by
a two-thirds vote, the Joint armed
force" clause. The idea of an eco
nomic boycott however was sustain
ed. A. e
Mr.. Taft, in his letter received here
sums up the situation as follows:
,s"The commercial organizations
constituting the Chamber OF Cons
merce Of, the United States by their
votes on referendum number eleven
expressed approval Of the. f,inda-
mental principle OF the League to
Enforce Peace. Indeed all the spe-
cific recommendations excepting one
were carried by majorities In excess
of two-thirds:l Among the recon-
mendations thus adopted was one IA
voring the organization OF a system
Of commercial and financial non-in-
tercourse. to be applied to nation
which entered the proposed leagu OF
nations and then went to war with
out first submitting difference
which arose to an agreed upon tri-
bunal. - !. Y
THE one recommendation which
just failed to. receive the two-thirds
majority necessary to commit the
national chamber to the proposition
was that which provided for the use
OF concerted military force In the
event that commercial non-inter-
course proved insufficient to compel
nations which have proceeded to war
to desist from military operations
and submit the questions at issue to!
an international court or council OF
Cancellation. ~:
Whatever may be the ultimate
decision OF the league Of nations
when instituted upon this point IT
would seem that for present practical
purposes the League to Enforce
Peace may be looked upon as an
agency through which your organi-
cation may work for the common
program ENLARGED within the APP
proval OF the referendum vote.
ut is from this point Of view.
therefore. that your organization Is
asked to send a DELEGATE lon, TO the an,
nual meeting OF the league" \
When the chamber OF commerce