Show WORLDS boston oct 7 the first subject today at the peace congress was the elaborate plan of organizing the nations into a positive peacemaking peace making union as favored in resolutions by the danish peace society the universal peace union of the united states and other organizations the memorial aroused keen interest among the delegates the preamble points out that there is no concert 0 action proposed or feasible plan whereby the hague convention may bo put in force to prevent war where war is threatened and that the present conflict between russia and japan shows unmistakably that sympathy more potent and rational than brute force is needed to prevent the useless sacrifice of human life and property now become such an object lesson to the civilized and uncivilized world therefore it is resolved that the congress ron gress recommend that a new convention be concluded between the parties which are parties to the hague convention or so many of them as may bo willing to join in such a convention establishing a union between them on the following basis 1 whilst the high contracting powers mutually recognize each others sovereignty and independence they bind themselves each for itself to work together tor the furtherance of universal peace 2 the high contracting powers pledge themselves to refer to the permanent arbital tribunal established by the convention for the peaceful solution of international disputes signed gk the hague july every dispute or contention which may arise between them that cannot bo solved by diplomacy or any other amicable adjustment agreed upon whatever the cause nature or object of disagreement may be they further pledge themselves not to engage in any warlike action directly or indirectly with respect to each other 3 each of the high contracting powers shall in turn take the presidency of the gerent union and with its accession the task of securing the united method of procedure decided upon in article 4 below which has for its object the fulfillment of the duty imposed by article 27 of the above named convention 4 on the first of january each year the presidency passes to that one of the signatory powers whose name follows alphabetically in french that of the state or power whose has expired |