Deseret Evening News | 1908-12-19 | Page 88 | In the Interest of Peace

IN THE INTEREST OF PEACE PEA LITTLE t entitled The he Freedom of ot Com A nl in times of War Var has just been published by James L Tryon assistant secretary of the thc Ameri American can Peace society Boston The author s very strong strongly ly Iy in favor faor of the proposition that the thc third Hague ague Con Conference ference fen nce should exempt private property at a sea from capture in ih time of war It Ie is a very instinctive little pam pamphlet ph let The United States proposed such stich immunity to Europe in in 1823 when John Quincy Adams was secretary State Slate The proposition was renewed ved in 1856 at thc Treaty of Pai Paris is Jt If was vas fre the thc H guc Congress ss but ut to 0 the second At tl this gathering g it a a ma majority majority vote vot was gained for it but bt t as no measure could pass without a unanimous vote yote it was w defeated ted temporarily Mr 11 Tryon now suggests that Peace and Arbitration societies Boards of Trade and anu Industrial ich are con concerned cerne with llie economics C Jl n ics of peace and war yai institute a system of correspondence nde of international visiting and of bf sending lg deputations if need be to win vin sentiment to the side of immunity They ought to consider he says Japan Russia Russi and France but their mission ought to be e directed dire t d dmore more particularly ly to England They take friendly but full advantage of her critical position in relation to this question m while there is time and in this way secure the passage of the thc immunity proposition at the th next Hague con congress gress The Thc importance I of the proposition is seen in the fact that one of the strongest causes for foJ naval extension would be lcm if private property at sea no longer requited the the protection of f warships but were considered d exempt from molestation n tHon