Show A TRIUMPH FOR POIl BACH Those who were wr disposed to scoff al alThe at atThe atThe The Hague convention II b because oHU e It Pall fail Palled failed ed to accomplish all 1111 that the most san sanguine guine expected d of at It have had bid an ob oh object jol lIMOn Leeson these days daya of oC the practical value to the world of or the Ihl of or the members of the Reece congress Owing to the civilizing Influences Influence of ot which that gathering wait one of oC the most moat desirable results nations shrink from taking laking up III arms arm except as K a 1 last recourse Anti and The Hague convention practical means mean of oC I securing delay dla In ht commencing hostilities until the common sense of at the nations Inter tilted ran can make Itself heard hard without Interfered with by b the clamor of oC passion 11 lon t With this end nd In III visit view the tho powers signatory of oC The Th Hague large convention agreed ai to 10 accept the good ornes om iII or me mediation m mediation of o one on or more of ot the friendly appealing to 10 arms They agreed that powers power po not Inter Interested cited ested eI should bould at any all time limo have a 1 right to 10 offer mediation and that thal such Huoh otters were re not nol to b be considered a unfriendly ly Iy nets arts It Is le evident that In inthe the quarrel between treat Great Britain and Ruda HUMI under this urged arbitration end and that Ube counsel was waa accepted Hut It soon lOOn appeared that there were w wIt HI at It t least leat two conflicting versions of the Incident Formerly there would have been ben little hope of ot settling a dispute about aboul facts except on the battlefield Rut Hut The fhe Hague convention provided for or that contingency by suggesting the theIn In Im of ot International Commissions lo J Jot of ot Inquiry In order enter to establish the lb III circumstances which have given n rise rille to 10 the dispute tUpUle and anc to clear up by b nn so Impartial and lId contentious ini ulry on Oil the spot pot all an questions of ot fact Cut The dispute ha hal now no been Advanced to the Ih stage of ot Inquiry before an International commission According to 10 The TI Hague llague convention such much International oem can ba be constituted in any manner agreeable to 10 the Interested parties but In the tha absence of any special agreement on that point earl party part shell shall name 1110 two representative and 11 they shell shall choose hoos tog together ther An nn umpire In case ta of oC n ti 1 di dl division vision llon tt of f voles volet the choice of ot the lift um urn umpire pire shall be entrusted to a It third pow power power er roomed named in agreement by the parties partied Another Institution provided by the tho Hague convention Is I a 1 Permanent Court COUtt of ot Arbitration at all nil nilUm times time and working In conformity with the rules rulee of procedure agreed on When the Inquiry Is me finished and the facto reported on the case eliN will be ben ready n d for the court of or arbitration The Tha tact fact that the die pule bat been taken up In the Iho spirit o oThe of oC oCTh The Th Hague convention la Is the greatest triumph for tor the Iho cause CAUM elau of 01 peace pere so H o far tr If Jf kelps keeps faith and makes make emu amend ds forthe tor Iho r committed the time Incident can an be cIO eI without further serious con eA |