The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10
Farley Hears
PEACE APPEAL
BY COOLIDGE
President Praises Nations of
America for Moves
to Halt War.
ARBITRATION is URGED
Twenty Countries Join in
Pan-American ConCIave
at Washington.
BIZ ROBERT MOOREFIELD.


By United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1O.-Solu-
ton of all international disputes by
diplomatic negotiations, rather than
by recourse to arms, was urged by
President Coolidge today in an adj
dress opening the Pan-American
conference on arbitration and con-
Citation here.
The President lauded the part
taken by the nations of the western
hemisphere toward promotion of
peace and said representation Of
twenty governments at this confer
ence was motiVated by a desire for
peace and justice.
He received evidences of good will
in the western hemisphere. The
people are without aninoSities, he
said; they have no historic and in
bred hatreds; ornaments indicative
of hostile intent are lacking. Any
rivalries that exist, Mr.. Coolidge
said, center on the beneficial strife
of the market place"
Praises Peace Efforts
The President cited The leading
role taken by South American coun-
tries in effectipg treaties making
both Cancellation an6 arbitration
integral parts of their national
policy. " America, he said, has not
been laggard in furthering similar
doctrines.
Venezuela, Ecuador, the Dominl-
can Republic, Brazil and Uruguay
were mentioned by Mr.. Coolidge as
countries in the westerr hemisphere
that have made the principle of al
bitration a basic tenet of Their
political constitutions.
TN the domain of investigation,
mediation, Cancellation, and arbitra
ton, a long series of bilateral and
multilateral treaties represent the
mileStones which mark the way to
future progress" the President said
AT another point he said
"The great value of the plan for
arbitration lies in the fact that it
furnishes both knowledge and as
surance that differences will be adj
iusted and also adjusts them. This
has very large influence on the
public temper"
No Blow to Dignity
Nations do not explode all at
once without any previous warming
and begin to attack each other
Such action comes as the culmina-
ton of long series of irritating in
cidents If these are adjusted as
they arise, there is no fuel to feed
the explosive elements when some
difference of larger Importance may
occur"
In the wake of modern thought,
the President said, governments
see nothing derogatory to their dig
nifty in submitting differences to an
impartial tribunal.
"The disposition to pursue hasty
action is disappearing" he said
1.-THE desire to bring differences to
mutual accord and satisfaction by
negotiation, rather than by con-
flict, is more and more apparent.
I'VE greatly shall promote this
spirit if we provide ourselves be-
fore the event with the necessary
judicial machinery and promulgate
rules of procedure to govern the
composing of differences.
Must Have Rules
Neither individuals nor nations
could make much progress in this
direction if, when a dispute arose, it
was necessary to establish a tribunal
and determine on the rules of ac-
ton before anything could be done
about the real controversy.
ITO be compelled to stop and go
through that process probably would
result in having not one dispute, but
many differences of opinion"
In closing, Mr.. Coolidge said:
"Our history, our national ideals,
and the standards of our interna-
tional intercourse" made it "sol-
emn obligation" to complete the
endeavor for international peace
and good will begun by the early
statesmen Of this continent.
Secretary Of State Kellogg unan-
imously was named to serve as
permanent chairman of the confer
ence. Kellogg's name was presented
| by Ambassador Do Amaral, Brazil
ian delegate, and his nomination
was seconded by Chile.
Triple Task Faced
Under the terms of a resolution
providing for the present gathering
adopted at the Sixth n-American
Conference at Havana last spring,
the Inter-American Conference on
Cancellation and Arbitration is
charged with the triple task of:
l. Determining the spheres of
arbitration and Cancellation.
2. Co-ordinating existing ma
chinery for pacific adjustment of
international disputes.
3. Formulating a convention for
the peaceful settlement of interna-
tional differences of a juridical
character.
Hughes, Kellogg Delegates
Charles Evans Hughes, former
secretary Of state, who headed the
United States delegation at Havana
and Secretary of State Frank B.
Kellogg are the United States dele
gates.
Many representatives of the Latin
American republics who participated
in the Havana conference again are
in attendance here. Ricardo j.
Alfaro, Panama minister to the
United States and Panama's dele