The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-28
SUPREME COURT
FOR ALL NATIONS
BY RENE VTVIANT.

Paris, Jan. 21.--Hero we ara fAnA
to face with the society OF nations.
endorsed and called into being BY the
world peace congress.
1t could not be otherwise. I trust
ii is not necessary to convince any
body as to its imperativeness, eSpe-
cially Americans in whose country
arose the strong will and the eloquent
voice to proclaim 1t.
Hitherto the world has heen sub
jecte1 to the control OF great powers
whose interests clashed only too often.
Such was the history Of the holy
alliance created by the congress Of
Vienna which assured the triumph OF
autocracies over the peoples. Nrxt.
the great powers attempted In Ac-
cordance with the afiinities OF their
interests. to establish an eauiithriuna
group OF nations regarded the other
with irritation and suspicion.
The result Is well known, and 70 II
the account of Z q criminal premedi-
tation OF the central empires we have
had during thirty years OF armed
peace which bore the threat Of war.
and finally war itself. Disaster has
struck the world. This world must
perish or reorganized itself.
WHAT OF THE. MORROW1
VIII the morrow bring conflicts be-
tween the different states. born from
economic forces or the play Of poli-s
tics? No doubt Man is not apprc-
ciably better: moral progress has not
always followed in the footsteps or In
tellectual progress.
Nevertheless. certain ccnQucsta
have been made by the human mind
which the universal conscienco can
not repud tate. Moreover. it 10 IL the
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morality that the great enterprise II
based which Is designed to anqoo1Akas
all the nations. Il
Nations. however. no matter hoSp
permanent and frequent the lntefpsts
that bind them together. are Aleo in-'
evitably bound to hurt each other.
suffer from disorder in another nation
or from war between twO other
nations. The conflict always bocnuS61
world wide. Even distant pe0ptSs
feel the economic repreSSionu caused
by such conflicts.
Hence 1t il necessary to Form An
association of nations which could
justify by the mere appeal 10 coilec-
tive egoism II we were to disregard
the ideas and ideals animAting u In
forming it Since from the very outs
break OF war at any point Of the
globe all nations. no matter how
widely separated. must suffeF ~ Join.
the cCnulcL- Is X pFeIGf&DJ4#1 - 3Q4@a
stitute for such an involuntary aaa0-
citation Of suffering or lghtink Z
voluntary one for life and peogfpaat
World Wants Peace.
But all this is easily said. Hnw 10
II to be done? How II such IN or
ganization to be made operative Z n
will try to define this task N - n
What the world wants ID peaca. ana
to attain peace 1t needs an association
Of all states which have q common
complaint Consequently : mupeDuAos
court Is required.
Upon this point all are agreAd, Int
It would be a great error II ~ 6oa-
tented ourselves with constaArin9 nj
supreme organ for the world nao6c11s
ton a. = judiciary adminlstsa1in1E.
justice. Judges are called up4Q sAo
render decision when = coul3Qt -
already started. when hostilo nNS1k
glare 1T each other with pro09e + n
glances expressing III the d. n t
and the stubbornnesn 09 2o1f
That means nothing when the m
il between individuala lint Xl1 ~ VI "
u between nations 4 meana
Political conflicts 1oUa9o
caused by tbs belieE founA ~ T. II
founded-thAt the nation6l
involved. III n M 8 d & % 81 %
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