The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-27

t. AlvnfpG D1An they we're IMAM.
adopted. The plan OF the
Chilean envOy has not met with
much favor with the Republican in
lawyers who might be
expected 20 have m influence II Mt.
Hardine's policies. They ray Il II
after ali pursly political and thstl
the same detects which apply to the
present League OF Nations would
APPLY to three separate leagues Of
nations constituted aftef the same
fashion.
Hagse Confsrsnca
The so-called Recommendation
of Havana" provide for the call OF
the third Hague conference to which
every country shall be invited and
tho appointment OF a committee to
meet ct regular intervals betwt ..
the various meetings Of the confer
ences themselves< This committee
shall be charged with the duty OF
procuring ratification OF conventions
and declarations. Moreover there
would be crcsted an international
council Of Cancellation to consider.
to discuss and to report upon such
questions of a non-justiciable char
acter as may be submitted 70 such
council Sby an agreement OF the
powers for this purpose" Also it
provides for the employment OF
good Offices, mediation and friendly
composition for the settlement OF
disputes of a non-justiciable ma
ture." The Havana plan calls for
''the negotiation Of convention
creating q judicial union Of the ma
lions to which all civilized nations
and self-governing dominions are
parties, pledging the good faith OF
the contracting parties to submit
their justiciable disputes-that is to
say, their differences involving law
or equity-to permanent court OF
this union whose decisions will bind
not only the litigating nations, but
also parties to its creation"
1t should be borne in mind that the
representatives Of the United States
appointed to attend the Havana
meeting were Elihu Root, Robert
Bacon, Robert Lansing, Leo S. Rowe
and James Brown Scott. The
comment Of Nicholas Murray Butler
on the Havana plan is as follows:
Provides Platform.
Fortunately, in the recommended
tons Of Havana, concerning inter-
national organization, adopted by
the American Institute of Interna-
tional Law, after the great war had
been in progress more than two and
a half years, there is provided a
platform upon which all American
governments and peoples can stand.
Representative jurists from many
different American republics united
in formulating and publishing this
impressive declaration. 1t may now
be offered to the peoples OF Europe
and of Asia as Americas positive
contribution to the solution of the
problem of providing a form of in
ternational cooperatin which will
avoid the creation Of a super govern
uCut anu COL AAtCA AdllOuoA COORCl
ton upon respect and reverence for
law. This is the path of progress
to which the traditions of American
foreign policy point and this is the
path upon which the government of
the United States may we'll invite
ether nations speedily to enter"
OF one thing the reader luay feel
certain. The emphasis in all Repub-
lican councils is on the legal side OF
international cooperation rather
than political and the most that the
Harding advisers seem willing to
admit is some general understand
ing along the lines of the famous
paragraph five OF the Knox resolu-
ton, namely pledging that the
+, United States will consult with
other powers if any emergency
arises threatening to disturb the
peace Of the whole world.