New Britain herald., 1920-02-20

called to consider and declare what
 of international law still remains Of
 binding force, and to provide for the further development and extension i of that law. and for the application ! of the law to all justiciable cases of
 controversy between nations by inn
 partial judicial tribunals. and to
 make the decisions of such tribunals
 upon questions of fact and upon
 questions of law binding and ef-
 fectiye. That is the old American
 doctrine. and that is the necessary i method Of democracies, for democra-
 cies can live only under goyernnen ! of laws, and not of men.
 'The extreme effects of the pos session of arbitrary power are seen in : the extraordinary letters of the pres 1 ident to Secretary Lansing published | on the 14th day of February, 1920, 1 by which it appears that honest and i independent advice from officers of 1 the presidents own selection is an of- i fense and that the exercise of the most ordinary powers of the heads of ] departments without consulting the j president when his illness prevented 1 consultation is cause for resentment. How Do They Do It.
 Tt is interesting to observe that many citiZens---ofiicial and unofficial who are willing that the country should assume the startling obliga- tions of Article x are opposing tho system of universal military train ing, without which our obligation would be worthless, and which inten- sively applied enabled the United states to turn the scale of war against Germany. They say we have millions Iof young men already trained but how long is the service which these splendid and patriotic youths have already rendered to their cou1- try to be made the ground for i'm posing upon them exclusively the bur den of further service, and leaving the millions of young men who come to military age year after year un- trained and uniittcd to do their part for the defense of our country"
 Principles of our government, Mr. Root urged, should be applied to tue relations between organized labor and the public; first, to assert the con- trol of the whole people of the United States within it's field, and the whole people of each state within its field, ever matters essential to the lift Of the community, to the exclusion Of , any class control in such matters and, second, to exercise that popular con trol by making and applying sucl: l laws and establishing such institu- l tionS of government, to secure justice, within the law to mem mbers oe i every class and calling, so that our 1 system of government will be justified i by it's works
 The people over whom one class l or section holds lawful power of life ! or death to compel compliance with 1 it's demands is not sovereign but Sub- 1, ject to the control of the dominating !! cJ ok ,J, mands may be moderate today, he ] said, but with power unrestrained, the l demands will become oppressive to- l morrow.
 We should not attempt to make 1 any man work against his will or take ! away his right to strike" he assert l ed. but we should by law limit that l right to strike at point where il l comes in conflict wita> the commun- i ity's high right of sclhpreservation. 1 No man or set of men can justly . claim the right to undertake the per formance of a service upon which | the health and life of others depend. | and then to abandon the service at 1 will. The line between such a per l fornnance and an ordinary strike 1 should be drawn by law.
 ''Inseparably connected with the ] right of control by the governing ! people is the duty of justice resting i upon them. If the people by law , prohibit organized labor from hold i ing them up to enforce it's demands, i the people are bound to provide [ means to ascertain whether the de- , mands are just. and for enforcin.; l them if found just. That duty cHiis for the establishment of q competent and impartial tribunal and for tho 1 eSta blishent of it's decisions. ]
 Advocates Economy.
 Referring to the question of ecclt- only. MT. Root declared 'it i$ true that q political party cannot make in dividuals thrifty. but political party can produce the shining and potent example Of thrifty and economical government" There had been ;t prohigate expenditure during the war which to some extent was in e,vitable. he said but there would have been less if capable business men had been called to Washington ''instead of leaving authority in the hands of q group of men quite un- trained in business affairs and dis trustfuI of all who had achieved bus mess success.
 Officials and agents of the present adrninistrat ton, he asserted, have ac- quired the habit of spending public money and don't know when to stop. Three things can he donc, he eX- l planed to bring about a reform.
 First, establishment of an effective 1 bridget system. under which the gov crnment will he obliged 10 start with ! it's resources in order to determine it's expenditures