Show A BEGINNING ONLY f The peace conference is drawing to a close We Ve think Mr Choate will get through his plan for a acourt acourt acourt court court of arbitration bet between vicen nat nations Ons but it will be shorn of some of its proposed power And he lie says S 'S lire We Ye have done much to regulate war and very verr little to prevent it Let us lIR unite on this great pacific pacific pa pa- cHic measure and satisfy the world that the second peace conference really desires that in future years peace and not war be the normal cond condition t on of civilized civilized civi civi- nations As we under understand tand it it the court of arbitration will settle certain features as to whether neutral ships shall be overhauled at nt sea as to what shall be considered con con- contraband of war as to whether steam stearn l lines nes ph plying ng in their regular vocation shall be he held as violating viol violating vio vio- l lating ting neutrality if in their cargo there is found con con- goods but it will not go so 50 far as to make it St imperative upon two nations who are on th the point of war Avar to submit their differences to this I court The nations across the sea arc are not quite prePared prepared pre pre- pared for that Some of them want more territory bend and want an excuse to grab it Some want to enI en- en I farge targe arga their sphere of influence and do not want any Court to decide upon the injustice of their de desire ire I We re know of no country except the United States I the South American republics and perhaps Switzerland Switzerland Switz Switz-I erland Spain and Portugal al in Europe which would I Ibe be willing before engaging in i t war to have their reasons treasons for such engagement weighed weighted by a court of Justice And even the South American republics would not want that if the they were in difficulty with their brother republics So this court of Mr Choate may be he looked upon merely as a beginning Possibly a third conference will reach the point and he be sustained by the nations making it imperative impera impera- tive for all nations who are engaging in war to state the reasons wh why they propose the war and abide by bythe bythe bythe the decision of the court Hence this rule which Mr 1 Choate has worked upon may only be looked upon upon upon up up- on as an announcement a as a step taken toward that culmination which is to be when civilization shall rule and wars between civilized powers will become impossible |