The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-27

noted international lawyer, who repre-
scented Chile. it was not acted upon put
simply filed, as We're other plans at that
time because it was felt that the peace
conference ending the European war would
have to deal with such questions.
However. at the same Havana meeting
some general principles We're adopted
which have lately been stressed by Nich-
olas Murray Butler, caller at Marion
Ohio. and one OF the influential men IN
the Republican party. Those general
principles have to do more with the legal
than the political phases of international
cooperation and it is more than likely
that they will be given serious conSIdera-
ton. because, unlike the Alvarez plan,
they were unanimously adopted. The
with much favor with the Republican in
ternational lawyers, who might be eX-
Dected to have an influence in Mr.. Hard
ing's policies. They say it is after all
purely political and that the same defects
which apply to the present league of ma
leagues of nations constituted after the
same fashion.
The so-ealled recommendations of Ha-
vana" provides for the call of the third
Hague conference. TO which every country
shall be invited and the appointment OF
a committee to meet at regular intervals
between the various meetings of the con-
ferenceS themselves. This committee shall
be charged with the duty of procuring
ratification of conventions and declara-
tions. Moreover, there would be created
an international council of Cancellation to
consider. to discuss and to report upon
such questions of a nOn-justlciablc charac-
ter as may be submitted to such council by
an agreement of the powers for this pur-
pose only" Also it provides for the en-
poyment of good offices, mediation and
friendly composition for the settlement OF
ali tpS of u nature.
The Havana plan calls for the nego-
tiatiunS of convention creating a judi
cial union of the nations to which all civ
iIizcd nations and Safeguarding domin-
ions, are parties pledgins, the good tath
Of the contracting parties 70 submit their
iusticiable diSputeS-that is to say their
differences involving law or equity-to
permanent court of this union whose de-
cisions win bind not only the Gtigating
nations but Also parties to its creation.
1t should be borne in mind that the rep
resentativeS of the United States appoint
eel to attend the Havana meeting were
Elihu Root, Robert Bacon. Robert Lam
sing. Leo II. Rowe and James Brown
Scott. The comment of Nicholas Murray
Butler on the Havana plan is as follows
Fortunately. i'm the recommendations
of Havana, concerning international or
ganizatiOn. adopted by the American In
stitute of International 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 govern
ments and peoples can stand. RepreSen-
tativc juristS from many different Ameri-
can 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 prob
lem of providing a form of international
cooperation which viii avoid the creation
of super government and rest interna-
tional cooperation upon respect and rev
erence 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 well invite other
nations speedily to enter"
OF one thing the reader NAV feel GER
tain. The emphasis i'm all Republican
councils. is on the legal side of interna-
tional cooperation rather than political
and the most that the Harding advisers
seem willing. to admit is some general
understanding along the lines of the IA
nous paragraph five of the Knox rcsolu-
ton. namely, pledging that the United
States viii consult with other powers if
any emergency arises threatening to dis
turb the peace of the whole world.