Bisbee daily review., 1919-01-18
UNION OF NATIONS
 HOPE OF WORLD TO
 ESTABLISH PEACE
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NEW YORK. Jan. l7.-Union of na- tions which fought 10 bring interna- tiOnal law breakers tO justice is the hope of the world for the establish ment of principles of humanity. David Jayne Hill. former ambassador to Ger many. declared here tonight. The un- ion should consist of those nations, and no others. he asserted, and should be limited to the maintenance of in- ternatiOnal law.
 The former diplomat "distrusted" any confederation with powers beyond this limitation, and predicted that the United States would never transfer to a league of nations, of which it would be only a parochial part" authority vested by the constitution in the Ire spOnsible representatives of the peo- ple."~
 Dr. Hill spoke at the annual meeting Of the New York State Bar association at which Charles F. Hughes, its presi- dent. voiced the opinion that Amer ica s rOie in international afafirs, her part in freeing humanity from the curse of war and laying the founda- ton for better administration of the Monroe doctrine. or any subOrdinatiOn of national interests. There was no indication, Mr. Hughes said. that the American people wished to abandon the policy under which the United States had insisted on non-interfer- ence by European powers in the af- fairs of independent nations on the American continents. Rather, he add ed. may we not expect that it will be cOnfirmedY'
 Great Need of Law
 Speaking of the authority of interna- tional law, Dr. Hill said that ''at no time, perhaps. since history began to be reckOned has there existed so pro found and so universal a conviction of the value and necessity of law, and particularly of the restraint of the law, in controlling the activities of in- dependent sovereign states"
 If the entente allies, who have fought together in this war to vindi- cate the rights of nations, are not to be trusted, and there is in them no soul of honor, then the outlook for mankind is, indeed, a hopeless one" he declared But if they can be trust tu III SO great d NldltcIs tue lOiululd for the defense of right is very simple"
 Mir. Hughes declared that the allies have it in their power to provide meth ods of fair adjustment of the prob lems raised by the war and predicted that if this power was exercised, it is not an eXtravagant expectation that by gradual and normal development the long looked for reign of justice may be established.
 international agreements at pres ent so far as the beiligerent powers are concerned" said NIT. Hughes, will depend for their potency and promise upon the sanction that the allies give them. A similar difficulty IS present ed as to international courts. Would Great Britain or the United States or France or Italy be willing to submit serious controversy involving grave national interests to the arblrament of body in which Germans or Au- trians or representatives of certain neutral powers might possibly turn the scale. And yet, recognizing the difficulty, it would be unfortunate il we could not at least make start in providing the machinery of a judicial determination and conciliation. The present relations of the allies, sharing the victory won by their united effort, furnish a basis for future cooperation and this is an opportunity which it