Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-29
BACKGROUND OF EVENTS
BY PAUL y. COLLINS.

1t is confidently forecast by Repre-
sentative Tinkham Of Massachusetts
that there will be third interna
tional conference at The Hague ir
1928, to be called, or, at least, sug
gested, by President Coolidge, upon
the recommendation Of Congress. The
Tinkham resolution to that effect has
been unanimously approved by the
foreign relations committee OF the
House, and the same resolution haz
been introduced in the Senate BY
Senator Golf, with the assurance OF
the hearty support OF the chairman
of the foreign relations committee
Senator Borah. Furthermore, such
q project has the approval OF the
State Department-which means tina,
1t Is approved by the President
On May IL the Secretary Of State, Mr.
Kellogg, replied to a letter from Rep
resentative Stephen d. Porter, chair
man of the House committee on for
eign affairs, in which reply Mr.. kel
logg stated that the matter had been
before the department for q year. upon
informal suggestions from the Neither
lands government, and that the United
States had expressed approval on con
dftions that all nations be invited &c
attend, without regard to whether they
belonged to the League Of Nations; pro
viding also that full account be taker
of the preliminary work of the
jurists Of the Western Hemisphere
These American stipulations have
been approved by the Netherlands
government. The Tinkham resolu
ton follows the above lines and states
that the conference should "re-estab
fish an association Of free nation.
on an equality and that conferences al
The Hague should be conducted direct
ly by the nations, purged of politica
a. nd military character, to reassert
the American principle Of interna
tional Justice by the establishment
and extension Of the dominance Of
international law"
Mr., Tinkham outlines the difference
between the two international court:
as Ringing on two essentials: Inc
League Of Nations, he says, does no,
enable individual nations to deal di
rectly with one another, in settling diff
ferences, but If they bring their case
| to the league. the leagues council, to-
eether with it's Permanent Court Of
Justice, settles the dispute partly
according to existing and recognized
international law and partly undel
the courts own creation of ex pos
facto laws or "precedents," which
are not referred to the member ma
lions for ratification, but are estab
lished by decree of the league and I'll
court.
The league undertakes to rest upoT
compulsory military or commercial
sorce to execute it's DEGREES agains
re>alcitrant governments, says the
| congressman, and he points to the
words Of President Wilson, in speech
in the early part Of January. IVY
prior to our involvement in the war.
| Referring to his subject of a league
President Wilson said:
ut will be absolutely necessary thai
a force be created as a guarantor o.
| the permanency of the settlement, 81
much greater than the force OF any
nation now engaged, or any alliance
| hitherto formed or projected, that NJ
nation or probable combination Of ma
tons could face or Withstand 1t. Il
peace, presently to be made, Is to en-
dure, 1t must be a. peace made secure
by the organized major force OF man
I kind
Commenting on that pronounce
ment, the historian. Prof. Hart o.
Yale, said:
"If that means anything definite
It means an international police force
| OF not less than s ,000, 900, in which thu
share Of the United States would b.
at least 100000"
On the other hand, the Congress
man explains, the international con
| ference to sit at The Hague will con
slider and formulate laws to be adopt
ed as international ethics, and ratified
by the governments before they be
come the rule Of action to guide it.
Permanent Court Of Arbitration. Tha'
couft viii never make sts own laws