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Show If ED SCIENTIST I OK PEACE PROBLEM iffj)r. Charles Baskcrvillc Dis Pi cusses Recent Interview Giv-i Giv-i cn by Wu Ting-fang. I EITHER ARBITRATION OR ! TRIUMPH OF THE STRONG f f Earh Country Must Be Prepared to Maintain Its Own Stand-t Stand-t ard of Right. f BY IIAYNE DAVIS. 3 By Leased Wire t0 Tne Tribune. 7 NEW YORK, Jnu. 3. Dr. Charles ,. Ba3crvJ,,c f'""'10 achieved -world-wide eminence among scientists by his dis-t dis-t ' 'tovcrics in chemistry, is a recognized f authority in America on tho presorva-i presorva-i M j(,a of vegetation from destruction 'V tlrouKh rhomical action. Unrestrained I disoharRC of sulphuric acid from copper J-works was ruining vegetation of a vast iroa of surrounding country- in several I itatcs, when Dr. Baskcrvillo discovered I I means of restraining this discharge j 0 sulphuric acid and the plants modi-, modi-, ted thus arc now turning out marketable ' products worth over $.",000,000 a year, bidcs saving tho destruction previous-i previous-i y caused by this noxious gas. Tbc interview granted jno by "Dr. I Wu Tine fang for the Publishers Press J tii vcrv interesting to Dr. Baskcrvillc, '"who doctored that such declarations by 'Matcsinon of Dr. Wu's ability and chnr-ictcraro chnr-ictcraro happy signs of tho limes. Dr. 7u'5 proposal for circuit, courts of iu-tcrnation.'il iu-tcrnation.'il justice, supplementary to an International eougrcss, and an interna-' i" tlonal supreme court of justice, was :ip-; :ip-; flaudcd by Di. Baskorville as both i kientilie and practicable. He said: J "Such agencies on an international I J' ifjlo jire as essential to worldwide jus-i: jus-i: i iicc as similar ngencics on a coutinon-rlal coutinon-rlal or local scale are to peace and jus ; Ike in more limited area. Good Results Certain. '. "Sclentirjc treatment, of international ; affairs by various nations Will certainly -jtfiill in" the provision of such agencies , .for eflfrtuating the- right idea in mat -Iters of common concern, lo people of ; all countries Pending such action by Tj all nations in concert, 1 he i)rogramme j; tipressed by President Roosevelt and J jthpr eminent Amorieans for our coiiu- 15 try is rorrcet scicnlifieally for adequate Iifmamcnt and effective arbitration are lirtaiiily cnjrclajive. agencies for uatiou-f uatiou-f irjfeurity. for international peace and 1 Justice. Adequate armament is such a is will enable you to win in a war 1 you can't avoid, and effect ivo arbitration arbitra-tion L that which will tlnally settle eon-.K'ttovcrsios eon-.K'ttovcrsios that judicial discussion with-wirit with-wirit ' resort to armed forces. k ''While the statesmen of all nations are r.sflrkjng mil details for arbitration of ,, tcii kind they aro entitled to active JL wopcration of people of their respect -."ivc countries for placing the nation in a pwtion to execute the national will uwiust whatever opposition may be in-Krpo:cd in-Krpo:cd by other national wills. ,Each Country Claims Virtue, i, "Each con u try presupposes that its 1'Ofrn will and polic3" is correct. Amor-iMn5 Amor-iMn5 have araplo historical proof that i Ibis supposition is true in fact as re-iJfirds re-iJfirds our country. In any case we niust trrocecd on the- idea that where our wvfrumcnt differs with, let us say for j trample, the German. Russian or Japn-giesc Japn-giesc government, our government is FW- In order to carry out the right fnra. our government slioubl have powder pow-der superior to that which linv other ; country could put against us in our tor- ntoiy or the waters adjacent lo our roh-cssions. The people of other eoun-ainpfi eoun-ainpfi may be conceded as entitled to eue in the same way. H then bo-& bo-& tomes a question of resources to supply '!! powcr or of effect ivo arbitration. Wnl Jo awa-v w-,u Ll,c necessity of it to armcd force?. Possessing am-Pc am-Pc resources for supplying such power ?four covcrnnicnt the American poo-f poo-f :i,,,.avi! D0 cause to care when in coin-P coin-P ii Wlth n:ival armaments. Our Jt I?0" arc ,I0W Imposing to slates-a slates-a otncr r"m tries the creation of I t,.a'3em!ntP system of international lrr ' .TUT0US countries and con-x! con-x! n,&fcal through armaments. ;;;7"ci' people can contidently count :t,, th,c acceptance of these scientific K"iH eforp th(! rivalrv in anna-:. anna-:. i1 caches the point of exhausting e national resources. ilL C10nlilic armament and arbitra-lrnLP.roc,r-atll approved bv tho emiment , -. JiMnMo djplomat, was not espoused by 1 H J(IICM(it of Vuilcd States mi. j ' if.t fh second Hague I'or.fcrcnue. Wffal X. c au"ncemenf and its approv-Sjf'dufn approv-Sjf'dufn 6uch P1"int authorities inlro- lE d n?V Yemeni, into this iuterna-rjL iuterna-rjL l0M Problem, IaJh.,cmc,,, n the problem will B'ntifii in,'rcas'nC appro val among rrivJtn mpu- whether statesmen or iicoint,?. n(lZ(,"s. whether of our own fori I A nthcr countries. Such men '. 'toimr! l0ntr "PProve of the objection VnH0? S PTacl.ic.-il proposal for legal ! it,. '".Preserve peace and secure 1 .tk'a rnd V1 t,,c ncx' breath object to 'rtouiH pftRal ,1,p lJi,p,, st:l,,-s Win? P03CS 'in unrinestionably su-tim su-tim trrcr. T-or ,n i,s own territory and in I 't?! dd-laft thereto. FVftlvr(Vi" 01 arbitration proposuk iwofiraim, n04OX0'-Von 0,1 n armament K,c .thfough the operation of I An"cjaws m mteniational a Hairs." |