The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-16

settled and determined by the same
method
And while tho foregoing matters
wrr-S IN the making. another dis
tingulshod American citizen. then
Secretary of state, l'hilnndcr i,
Knox, OF Pennsylvania. made a
recommendation that the inter
national Prize court when AZ u part
Of tho Hague conventions. made It
possible for questions relating 10
capture uf prizes apd the navigation
Of the h!Eh souH tu hc submitted 10
arbitration, be constituted a pcrmn-
nout guurt with regular Judges, pos
sosslng fun aud complete judicial
dutios and powers, 10 which Appeals
from any ut the admiralty or prize
courts OF the civilized nations might
be prosecuted. just as lItignnts In
Tulsa county may prosecute NOR
appeals from the Judgments of ih"
district ana superior courts to the
supreme court of the state, aud la
q proper case. 10 the supreme court
uf the United states This was long
step forward and undoubtedly a step
In tho right direction. II rs In prrh
feet harmony With thc principles, oh-
iccts and provisions or the present
constitution proposed Tor the league
" nations II IN to be regretted
that n was not adopted At the time
And can any thoughtful citizen
doubt Tor moment that the ques-
ton Of disarmament ~ vigorously
and sn clearly presented 10y Count
MuuraNicy, II It had been actually
embraced In the Hague couycgiions,
ana effective means taken to acc 'm-
pllsh the end sought would have
gone q very great way towards re-
moving the tendency and opportunity
for pIuuglug Ihr world into the
catnclSym ur the past four ana a
hair years. Unfortunately the
Hague convention did not provide
any definite means Or indeed go
further than refer the doctrine
which hr aunuluycd and recon-
mrndc1. lo the earnest and favorable
consideration " the H.gnaiory pow.
crs
France Always Leader.
! ann happy lc say thlt our be
loved ally France. almost always a
leader ut world Thought and one ul
the foremost cNpOundcrs At an times
~ genuine democracy and human
liberty. through lts chamber ot
deputies. thus defined i,s attitude
upon tho suhivrN
France hoped that other ma
tious wouId grow a. she had done,
moro and more attached 90 sulu-
tluus uf international difficulties
hlsui upon the respect " Justice,
ana they trusted that the progress
OF universal opinion lu this dircc-
Uuu would enable nations 'n regard
the l,4Soniug OF the present mIll-
tnIN budgets declared hy the
states represented at the Hague.
io Nc greatly desirable for tho
benefit of the material and moral
state " humanity is "A practical
possibility
such. am persuaded. g. the a'ti-
ud" ~ CIVILIZATION throughout the
world today.
lot m" crIl your attention io somr
other expressions from u source that
II sNrrs Ia me IS entitled io the high
rst tAlih ANA credit. n wl4 my priv
ll"Ec iu attend the iouut meeting ~
ia" Canadian ana American bar as
toCil'luu, a. Montreal in September
.nt 1913 That was uul, ten months
before the huirrrak 81 the m'o world
war. "" little dreamed. think OF
tho sc'thiuE orator upon the very
hr.uF u' which We then untI1liIJ' Cdy
stood II WAS @ notable catherine.
There vyru pru-rui the fuIm,r prrs!
dent Nil.pm Harvard T.til the ,hicf
lna'lu" and tho attorney general Of
'hr tw''d States the premier AND
hltoruc! general ut the Dominion ut