Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-19
HAGUE meet URGED.
FOR COD|FY |NG LAW
House Foreign Affairs Body
Backs Tinkham Plea That
Coolidge Issue Call.

That mo greater contribution to
world order can be made by the
United States" is the Endorsement of
the House foreign affairs committee
to the Tinkham resolution requesting
the President to call a third Hague
conference for the codification of in
ternational law. This report has just
become available from the public
printer.
The Tinkham resolution, as viewed
by the House committee, calls for IAN
association of all free nations, equal
and sovereign, dealing directly with
one another in free and independent
controversies by persuasion and the
application of justice without the eX-
ercise of force
The committee dwells on the fact
that the first Hague conference was
the first official peace conference ever
called in time of \ ,ace and not at the
end of war" Continuing, 1t says that
the result of this conference was the
convention for the pacific settlement
of international disputes, the great
est single treaty or convention in the
history of international relations"
nized the civilized peoples as forming
a society of nations; stated their de-
sire of extending the empire OF law
and of stNngthing the APPRECIATION
of international justice: commended
permanent court of arbitration &C
cessible to all, in the midst OF inde-
pendent powers and solemnly con-
fessed its faith in the principles of
equity and right. on which are based
the security of states and the welfare
of peoples't No greater step has ever
been taken toward permanent peace
than this accession of all nations to
the principles of justice expressed in
the rules of law which should govern
their foreign intercourse. 1t provided
methods for the peacable settlement
of International disputes wherever
there existed will to accomplish this
result"
The second conference, points out
the report, revised the three conven-
, tions as shown to be eXpedient in the
light of experience, and drew UP a
number of additional conventions.
These covered such subjects as the
employment of force for the recovery
of contract debts, the necessity for a
declaration of war on the opening of
hostilities, the laws and customs Of
of neutral powers and persons in
case Of war on land and other similar
subjects.
Better Results Hoped.
The committee believes that the
positive results of the third confer
ence will be more important than
those of either of its predecessors.
"It is in independent conference
that the nations can best agree upon
the law which is to be applied to the
disputes which may arise between or
among them, because they have
agreed to the law in advance of the
disputes to which 1t is applied. 1t is
in independent conferences that the
nations can best extend the domain of
law to questions which have hitherto
been considered as political, and by
agreement give them the full force of
the law. 1t is in periodical conference
of the nations that the law can keep
abreast Of judicial conditions, 20 that
between nations, as between individu-
ais, there may hereafter be no inter
national wrong without an adequate
international remedy. The hope of
the future is through law devised by
the nations in conference and admin
tstered by appropriate agencies"