The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-05-30
BROWNE HOPS FOR TOKYO, HAS ACCIDENT, TURNS BACK
INTERNATIONAL !. JUSTICE COURT NEED OF WORLD
Rustgard, in Memorial Day Address, Sees War
 Preventative Tn It

No greater honor could be paid Americas war dead than for the living to determine that there shall be no future wars requiring from others the same supreme sacrifice they made, declared Attorney Gen. eral John Rustgard in the annual Memorial address here today.
 Future wars, he asserted, can only be averted through an "interna- tional court of justice" whose man. date, if necessary, can be backed up by an international army ot soldiers and sailors But no last ing peace is possible, no interna- tional court of justice can sue cessfully Junction, until the Treaty of Versailles is rewritten, he de- clared
 Speaks to Large Crowd
 MT Rustgard, who spoke in both English and German, made one of the shortest Memorial Day ad- dresses on record here, lasting about five minutes. He spoke from the curb in front of the Triangle Building on Front Street
 Both sides of Front Street for almost a block, and the intersec- ton corner at Franklin Street, were thronged with spectators while the strset before the speaker was oc- cupied by marchers in the parade The German section of his speech was delivered to the contingent from the Karlsruhe.
 Text of Address
 In this he virtually repeated what he had said in English, and in addition, he explained that the day had it's origin in the Civi War In the early years of its observance. only the soldiers anc salilors of the North who had diec in that great conflict were sC honored Tn later years, the deac of all wars have been so honored and those of the North and SoutI regarded alike
 His address follows:
 Again the day has dawned wher we bow our heads in sorrow anc pay homage to the memory o. those who have given their lives on the oattlefields of our country While doing so let us remember that there is no more appropriate manner of honoring war feroe: than to renew our determination to see that no sacrifices like theirs shall ever again be called for.
 War is savagery and you car make nothing else out of it.
 Last War Futile
 When we entered the last wal we were assured that we did st for the purpose of putting a stol to wars. We know today that 1T this aim we utterly failed Ther, never was a time since the armis. tice when hostile armies did no face each other in some parts O. the world, and today there is mor, preparation for war and nor fear of war than at any othel time in human history. We have learned from sad experience tha war is futile, even for the victor and expensive beyond the possi ioil;ty of mathematical calcula. ticns.
 "As we examine the causes o! armed conflicts in the past w find that in every case the gov, erning powers of some of the par. ticipants acted either from ignor ance or from vicious motives. Thert never was a war that would no have been fairly avoided withou loss to either party had all tht participants been forced to sub init their disputes to some inter. national tribunal
 Objections Unsound What is the objection to tha system? Why has our country & persistently refused to help eithel to establish or maintain worlc court? That courts of justice some times err and even at times art knowingly unjust is no excust for abolishing them and resort tc the use of knives and clubs. Tha from an international tribunal somt litigants must go home disappoint. Continued on Page Seven>