| Show FOR PEACE ON EARTH the court of arbitration now DOW in session in paris to settle the dispute be tween the united states and great britain concerning the bering seal lishing fifth ine has ha decided not to admit ajr the be present the t be british supplementary report redart so bo f fr r the controversy has been conducted m re with a view of agreeing upon the proper manner of proceeding than determining the real merits of the case cage for each side has interposed objections to the claes of evidence offered by the other the decision by the court is decidedly in favor of the united spates sates and augurs well tt fr the final issue it is a grand testimony to the progress of the age in the direction eliod of peace and good will which some time are ara to become universal that the two greatest nations of the earth resort to the rational mode of settling a dispute by leae peaceful eaul means instead of sacrificing tiou thousands sands of lives and millions mil liona of property over a comparatively small matt matter ar it may be chatas yeta court of arbitration between nations 0 can an be applied as a remedy only where the interests involved are small but when it has once been demonstrated that the decision of such a court to is just and for the best of both parties interested it cannot take ages until the nations become willing to submit even more important tint tant questions to arbit arbitration ratio and w aty isy not there was a time when every individual had bad to depend on his own physical strength or the alliance with stronger neighbors for protection but civilization has long ago altered that state and all questions can i 1 11 an organized solety society be settled by reference to a common law fuere can be no real in the way of nations being governed in their relations to each other by t 11 ie principles which govern the conduct of individuals universal peace is notwithstanding ding tle opinion to go the contrary of the lite late general moltke more a dream it is an ideal idea within the reach of mankind |
