Show I I I WAR ON ElM SEAS TO END EMB I SOON SAYS SPEAKER Professor Roylance Talks on Peace in University of Utah Hall The control contro of oC the high seas h by England England Eng Eng- I land or Germany German or 01 b by an any other nation nation nation na na- na- na tion Is no more reasonable than thap the control of oC the Great Lakes b by the state of oC Michigan asserted Prof W. W G. G Roylance last nl night ht In one of his regular regular regu regu- lar Carnegie pea I lectures In the as assembly assembly as- as I hall hail at the University of Utah International law throughout Its Ita development development de de- de- de has been greatly concerned with traffic on the sea The earliest known co codes es were maritime codes growing out of maritime customs The sea is the time natural common highway of nations alread already in part recognized as such and Is destined ultima ultimately tel to be free freo absolutely from the ravages r of war To say lay nothing of or the safety of life the commercial In Interests Interests interests In- In I of ot modern nations on the sea are so great that the they must soon be I I pi protected elected against destruction by nations nations na na- na- na lions at war as for centuries the they have been protected against pirates The entire fabric of modern civilization cI is interwoven en with maritime traffic To sacrifice tho ho latter to the purpose of war would mean In the end to sacrifice cl civilization Itself 1 Not on only 1 must the present rights o of I neutrals on the high seas be bo protected but the high seas must pass once for all under International control This Is Isas Isas Isas as practicable as the control of InterI Interstate interstate inter Inter- state commerce in this country b by the tho federal Con Congress ress and even more r sary International control o of the high seas Beas Involving ol the tho banishment of ot war from the ocean ma may come as ns a 8 result of th the thc present war If It no not nop almost certainly certainly another halt half century will see Its accomplishment Professor ProCessor said also that the present state tato of oC affairs is comparable to a supposed warfare arrate bet between een New NewYork NewYork cw York and New Jersey Tersey Jerse with sith the latter sinking a n feri ferry boat bearing pas passengers en- en gers from tram the time several states state of th the lid union He lIe asserted 1 that such a state of affairs would have been possible at atone atone atone one stage tage- of oC the United States' States government government govern govern- o ern ment and that such a state would have ha he been en possible still later loter in Germany when the stat states s were loosely bound to together to- to gather gether and hostile to each other Roylance has had tho the librarian of the university prepare a alist alist alist I list of or material accessible In the library lIblar on the peace movement mo There re Is also a great amount of material in the magazines mag made available through tho the periodical Indices |