El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-04-06
AND MAYOR
DELEGATES TO PEACE
LEAGUE ASSEMBLAGE
Ex.PREsIDENT TAFT AT HEAD
OF MOVEMENT WHICH Is Dis.
TNcTLY NOT ANTIPREPAR-
EDNEsS

~Ex.president William II. Taft has
asked Governor William G. Melon
aid and Mayor w A. Sargent to rep
resent respectively the state and city,
at the first annual assemblage Of the
League to Enforce Peace, which Is to
be held at washington on Friday and
Saturday, May 26 and 81. Nh. Taft is
president Of the league.
The League TO Enforce Peace has
a platform Of four proposals, the
main feature Of which Is contained in
the third which provides that the
Joint armed forces of the great pow
ers be used against any nation or
nations who refuse to keep an agree
ment to try arbitration or Cancellation
before going to van The other three
proposals are for an international
court, an International council of con-
ciliation, and q code Of international
law.
Mr.. Taft's letter inviting the COVER
nor and mayor to the Washington
conference, also asks him to appoint
delegates thereto, and points out that
the Taft league is "no-stop-the-war
movement, no anti-preparedness
movement, no peace-atany-price en-.
deavor,' but "a nearnest effort by
practical men to bring about. after
the close of the European var a CO.
operation among the nations which
will tend to make peace more perma-
nent and war less probable" The
letters to the governor and mayor are
similar and read as follows:
My Dear Sir;-The first annual
asssemblage Of the League to Enforce
Peace will be held in the city of
Washington on Friday and Saturday,
May rs and 81, with the purpose of
devising and determining upon mea-
sures for giving effect to the propos-
ais for a league Of nations to enforce
peace that were adopted at a confer
ence held last June in Philadelphia.
This is no stop-the-war movement, no
anti-nreraredness movement, no
peace-at-any-price endeavor. It repre-
-ents an earnest effort by practical
men to bring about. after the close
of the European war, a cooperation
amnng the nations which will tend to
make a more permanent and war
less probable.
1.-THE governors Of states, the
mayors of cities and the more i'm
nortant business organizations of the
notion r appointing delegates to
this meeting.
you are invited to be present and
to appoint one or more commission
ers to REPRESENT your state Tor cityl
IN the assembIage.
1.-THE task Of providing such sane.
for international law and trea
ties as cen he obtained is the most
m nortant and urgent matter before
the world and one for which America
hos neculiar responsibility / earn
estly hone that We may have your CO.
oneration in it,
The formal nlatform of the Taft
az adonted in Independence
Hall last June follows:
we believe it to be desirable for
the United States to join a league Of
nations binding the signatories to the
following:
First. All ~justiciable questions
between the signatory powers,
not settled by negotiation, shall sub
ject to the limitation of treaties, be
submitted to a judicial tribunal for
hearing and judgment, both UPON the
merits and upon any issue as to its
jurisdiction of the question.
Second. All other questions arts
ing between the signatories and moi
by negotiation, shall be sub
mitted to a council Of Cancellation fol
hearing, consideration and recon-
mendation.
Third. The s~ignatory powers shall
use forthwith both their eco
nomic and military forces against any
one of their number that goes to war.
Or commits acts of hostility, against
another of the signatories before any
question arising shall be submitted
provided in the foregoing.
mo provision is made for the en-
Borcement Of the decree, however.
the plan nations may fight
after arbitration, If dissatisfied.)
Fourth. Conferences between the
signatory powers shall be held from
lime to time to formulate and codify
rules of international law, which un,
ess some s~ignatory shall signify its
dissent within a stated period, shall
hereafter govern in the decisions of
judicial tribunal mentioned in
one.