Evening star., 1937-11-07
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

world peace movement was under
way nifty years ago with a delegation
u.r,d p. from England visiting
world Peace Washington in this
Movement. cause. The Star of No.
vember l, 1887, says:
Arbitration as a substitute for war is
sweet and lovely. International courts
to settle disputes between nations are
the logical outcome of courts to deter
mine the controversies of individuals
restraining the aggrieved from individ-
ual vengeance and Furnishing the Offend
er for him in the name of the whole
people. The distinguished visitors from
England. who present the peace memo
rial, believe this, President Cleveland be-
lieves this. every intelligent American
believes this. And all recognize, too. the
stumbling block What practical shape
can be given to the beautiful theory?
To give it full effect all flrst-class ma
tions must disarm and an international
police must be established to enforce the
decision of an international court. 1t
will not do for few nations among the
European bullies to disarm and an
nounce the adoption of arbitration in
stead of war. Their condition would
resemble the state of the small boy who
has promised his mother not to strike
back when tantalized or pounded by his
unpromising companions. The prospect
OF general disarmament is not more
favorable now than at other times in the
past. But 1t should be possible for the
United States, practically disarmed, but
defended by isolation, to settle all ordi-
nary difficulties with any nation by arbi-
tration and more readily with Great
Britain than with any other power And
to the extent that such adjustments are
provided for and effected q distinct ad-
vance in civilization will be marked"
y x
The Supreme Court decided against
the condemned Chicago anarchists fifty
Anarchists Appeal fusinr asns 1s0 to grant ps re-
Denied by Court. writ OF error. The
Star of November
3, 1887, says:
THE decision Of the Supreme Court
in the matter of the Chicago anarchists
discusses on their merits the most i'm
portant points made in behalf OF the
condemned men and reaches the results
which have been generally anticipated.
The ghost of the extreme States rights
unreasoning and unreasonable delight
by this decision. Those who live and
move and have their being in that doc
trine proclaim that another tower is
added to the citadel Of States rights and
that hereafter there will be no justiflca-
tion by criminals to escape by resource
to the Supreme Court of the United
States, judgments affirmed by the high
est courts of their States The anarch-
lists came to the highest tribunal affirm
ing that their rights under the Consti-
tuition and treaties Of the United States
had been violated, that they had been
condemned under an unconstitutional
jury law of State, that they had been
subjected to unreasonable search and
seizure OF papers, or compelled to bear
witness against themselves. This tri-
bunal did not deny its Jurisdiction in the
matter. but examined into the whole
subject and replied to the applicants
that the jury law of Illinois is not un-
constitutional, that an impartial trial
has not been denied them, that their
constitutional rights have not been vio-
lated IN this regard and that the other
grounds OF complaint have been waived
by the acts of the applicants or by fail
ure to claim the right in the trial court
There Is happily nothing anywhere in
the decision to discourage an American
citizen, condemned to death by an actual
violation Of his constitutional rights from
appealing to the Supreme Court of the
Union for protection from the decision
OF the highest court of State"