Evening star., 1921-12-30

ZHLG/NuLLOIL
Limitation is not the end. only the means
1t is the belief Of the world that this
conference was convened to promote
the peace Of the world-to relieve man.
kind Of the horrors and the losses and
the tntolerable burdens Of war.
Urges Declaration.
1--WE cannot justify ourselves In sep
arating without some declaration that
will give voice to the humane opinion
Of the world upon this subject, which
was the most vital. the most heartfelt
to the feeling Of the people Of all oul
countries of anything that occurred dur
ing the late war. feel to the depth OF
my heart that the man who was re-
sponsible for sinking the Lus!tania com.
mitted an act Of piracy. l know that al
my countrymen with whom / have had
intercourse feel the same. and l should
be ashamed to go on with this confer
ence without some declaration, some pro-
nouncement, which will give voice to the
feeling and furnish an opportunity fol-
the crystallization of the opinion OF
which will make 1t plain to all the WorlC
that no man can commit such an act
again without being stigmatized as a
pirate.
There are two ways in which this
question that Germany raised about
the right of submarines to disobey
the rules of international law-what
they said in the way of destroying a
merchant vessel-can be settled. With
the whole dominion of the air un-
regulated by international law, with
the score Of difficult questions star
ing US in the face (such as block
ade, contraband and other questions
in the field Of law). there was
recommendation made by the com
mittee of jursts which assembled al
The Hague last year, 1920 upon the
invitation Of the council of the
league Of nations. to devise and re-
port plan for an international court
of justice. The commission met al
The Hague. and after some months OF
Dor they recommended Il plar
which. with some notifications. was
adopted by the council and by the
assembly of the league of nations. un.
der which judges of the new court
have been appointed and under which
that court Is about to convene nexi
month, January. 1922.
Conclusion Of Jurists.
'The commission of jurists selected
r.
tions for it's advisers went beyond
the strict limit of it's authority, ant
so much impressed were they all will
the necessity for a restatement of the
rules of the law of nations as re-
suit of the war (what happened dur
ing the war and the consequences OF
the war; that they made a recon-
mendation upon it. There were pres
ent representative of Great Britain
q most able and learned judge of the
highest court, and representatives fol-
France "a very distinguished repre-
sentative), of Belgium. of Japan, O.
Holland of Norway. of Spain. OF
Brazil and one from the United State:
of America. They were all there il
their individual capacities. but com
ling from nine different countries ant
selected by the council OF the league
of nations, and invited there to b'
their advisers. All Of these gentle
lmen unanimously agreed upon thl:
resolution:
THE advisory committee Of jurists
assembled at The Hague to draft :
plan for a permanent court Of inter
national justice,
Convinced that the security o
states and the wellbeing of people:
urgently require the extension of th'
empire of law and the development
of all international agencies for thu
administration Of justice.
Recommends:
a. That a new conference of thu
nations. in continuation of the frs
two conferences at The Hague. b'
held as soon as practicable for tht
following purposes:
To Restate Rules.
IL. To restate the established rule:
of international law, especially. ant
in the first instance, In the fields at
fected by the events Of the recen
war.
"2. To formulate and agree upol
the amendments and additions.
law shown to be necessary or usefu
by the events of the war and The
changes in the conditions of inter
national life and intercourse which
have followed the war.
"3. To endeavor to reconcile di
yergent views and secure genera
agreement upon the rules which nav
been in dispute heretofore.
"a, To consider the subjects no
now adequately regulated by inter
national law, but as to which the IN
terests Of international justice requlr'
that rules of law shall be declared
and accepted.
III. That the Institute OF lnterna
tional Law, the American Institute o
International Law, the Union Juri
dioue Internationale, the 1nternationa
Law Association and the 1berian In
stitute of Comparative Law be In
yited to prepare with such conference
or collaboration inter esse as the.
may deem useful, projects for th
work of the conference to be submit
ted beforehand to the several gov
ernments and laid before the confer
ence for it's consideration and sucl
action as it may find suitable.
iii. That the conference be nance
Conference for the Advancement o
International Law.
"IV. That this conference be fol
lowed by further successive confer
ences at stated intervals to continue
the work left unfinished.
LAW Must Prevail.
"That recommendation was com
municated to the council Of the leagu
of nations, was somewhat modified b,
the council and then referred to tn,
assembly Of the league of nations, ant
by the assembly was rejected. Th
door was closed. Where do we stand
Is this not to be a world regulated b!
law? What are our disarmament
proposition that the impulse of th
moment. the unreEulated and uncon
strained instincts of brute force, shal
rule the world, and that there shall b,
no law? If there is to be no law, some
body must move There is no ade
quate law now with regard to sub
marines. There is TO law now regard
ing aircraft.
There is no law now regardins
poisonous gases, and somebody mus
move. The door to conference i;
closed, and here we are met in a sol
emn conference of the five creates
powers upon the limitation of arma
ments and charged to do somethins
toward the peace of the world. Thi!
resolution proposes to restate tn.
rules of war that have been tramplet
under foot, f1outed and disregarded
This resolution proposes that we as