New-York tribune., 1921-12-25

ing sessions of the conference. Thess
bination of freedom and courtesy in the
speeches at these conferences must have struck
any one accustomed to attend meetings ior
public debate, whether held by politicians
eccleslastlcs or reformers. That this vn
largely due to the personal influence Of ouf
host l am sure we all felt though he rarsg
took any active part in the debates
Il attended nearly all the Indian conferelae
at Lake Mohonk and most of the arbitration
conferences, and as journalistic historian Of
current events have traced their influence On
public opinion and on national and interns
tional action. In my Judgment the world ows
much more than it knows to the Smiley broth
ers, and especially to Mr. Albert Snliley's ski
IN inspiring and directing team work. Before
Mr.. Smiley died in 1912, large proportiona
the boards of commerce throughout the Unlid
States had sent representatives to the ARB
tration conference and had carried back
their various communities the plan for an III
ternational tribunal proposed by Mr. Edwaa
Everett Hale at the first Of these conferences
and adopted by the conference without dls
senting vote. The growing recognition IN tbs
country of the duty of service which advances
races owe to dependent races, and the growing
determination in this country to find IN law
interpreted by an international tribunal, 0ee
ter method for securing international Jusus
than can be found in an army equipped WIZ
war-like instruments, found at Lake MonolA
their first formal and forcible expression anu
there received their first equipment Of power
1t was DR.. Edward Everett Hale-nelther al
international lawyer nor constitutional is"
yer-who was responsible for the DEFINITE ou''
lining of an international court at the hl'
arbitration conference at Lake Mohonk. ;"
DR.. Hale's speech outlining such court d.
Abbott writes:
Arbitration, said DIR. Hale, is not 'n.
remedy. The remedy is permanent court "
justice, supreme court of the nations, aha~
gous to the Supreme Court of the Oh''''
States. Arbitrators are selected after GU"
troversy has arisen and passions and prev
dices have been aroused They represent W, -,
two parties, generally with an umpire 70 Hos
the balance between them No fundameha'
principles are settled by their decision; 0As
the immediate question is settled, ana Wv.
usually by compromise. A permanent c0a.'
exists before the controversy arises, us eA'''
ence tends to abate the prejudices and pass'0"-
which that controversy would otherwise h'aa'.'
it is selected for the judicial character ana u.
partial spirit Of its members, its object Is '''
primarily to secure peace but to establish 'us
tice, and by its decision it settles pflhe'pS.
that will prevent future disputes Of sih''',
character from arising And he proposeu :
plan for such a court which, if | am not W.
taken, does not differ essentially from S's.
which Mr.. Elhu Root and his colleagues no
proposed and the European nations nave .. :.
cepted for the international court wr'ch :
may well be hoped will be adopted and III S''
sion at no very distant date"
Other personalities who figure IN MI n n
bott's remarkable book of reminiscence are
T. Barnum, Edwin Booth, John fiske' Ja''','
G. Whittier, General William Booth, D~is"
l.. Moody, Henry Ward Beeeher' fhi'i'p'
Brooks, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore hoo's
welt, Jacob Abbot and Booker I. Wasninss''