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Show MOSELEf HERE TO URGE 110 PEACE International League Representative Rep-resentative to Address Meeting Tonight. WILL ORGANIZE WEST Adjudication of Disputes by World Tribunal Is Sought. GeoTge II. Moseley nf Chicago, representing repre-senting the American branch of the League to Enforce Peace, an organization organiza-tion designed to bring about a league of nations after conclusion of the present pres-ent war, to enforce world peace in tho future, arrived in Salt Lake last night and will address a meeting of the Utah branch of tho league at the Hotel Utah, tonight. Mr. Moseley is on a tour of tho western west-ern states, spreading the propaganda of Feace and arousing interest in the urther organization of the league, preparatory pre-paratory to the annual meeting to be held in' Washington, D. C, May 11 and 12. It had been announced that Mr. Moselcy would address a meeting of the Utah organization last night, but the meeting was postponed until tonight at 7 : ;i0, wheu all members of the Utah organization or-ganization and nil others interested in world peace are expected to be in attendance at-tendance to hear the speaker explain further the details of tho ends and aims which the leaguo is seeking to accomplish. ac-complish. Labor for Future Peace. "Our organization has nothing to do with the present controversy," said Mr. Moselcy last night, "and we are not trying to stop the war. We are simply working out a plan for future peace to havo in readiness for submission to ths notions of the world at the close of the present war. Our movement is indorsed in-dorsed by most of the belligerent nations na-tions of Europe and by other neutral nations and it is considered appropriate that the United States should take the lead in bringing about a league of world powers and nations that will afford a menus of insuring peace in the future. "The object is to form a league of ' nations pledged to use its good offices, its economic influence, its combined , military newer as occasion may demand, to compel the settlement of internation- i al differences without war." j ! Organized in Philadelphia. As explained by Mr. Moseley, the ' league was organized in Independence ' hail. Philadelphia, June 17, 1915, with i William H. Taft as president. The plan ! is to bring tho great nations into a leagno and to form a court to try causes of dispute between nations, and a council coun-cil of conciliation to compose differences differ-ences outside the jurisdiction of the I court and compel recourse to these i means of settling international differ-i differ-i encoB before resorting to war. j "The league proposes, first, that all i questions arising between signatory powers not settled by negotiation, shall, I subject to the limitations of treaties, be j submitted to a judicial tribunal for j hearing and judgment, both upon the ! merits and upon the issue as to its juris-! juris-! diction of the question," said Mr. Mose-. Mose-. ley in outlining the fonr cardinal proposals pro-posals of the league. "All other questions arising between 1 the signatories and not settled by negotiation ne-gotiation shall be submitted to a council coun-cil of conciliation for hearing, consideration consider-ation and recommendation. Make War Last Resort. "It is further proposed that the signatory sig-natory powers shall jointly use both their' economic and military forces against any one of their number that goes to war, or commits acts of hostility against another of the signatories before be-fore anv question arising shall have been submitted for adjudication as provided pro-vided by the league. "It is proposed by the league to have conferences between the signatory pow-; pow-; ers from time to time to formulate and codify international laws, which shnll govern in the decisions of the judicial tribunal proposed bv the league." Mr. Moseley explained that after the rational branch was completed the formation for-mation of state branches was taken tip, and now tho east has been well organized. or-ganized. While here Mr. Moseley will make ; -preparations for a general meeting here, to he addressed by former Governor Adolph Kberhnrt of Minnesota. It is expected that this meeting will be held Anril 4 or 5. |