WORLD-WIDE PEACE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 849, 22 June 1910, Page 7

WORLD-WIDE PEACE.

AMERICANS URGE DISCUSSION. A COMMISSION ASKED FOR. WITH MR. ROOSEVELT TO HEAD IT. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright. (Rec. Juno 21, 9.15 p.m.) New York, Juno 21. Tho Houso .of Representatives has passed a resolution requesting tho President to appoint a commission of five distinguished Americans to confer with foreign Governments on the subject of world-wido peace. It is suggested that Mr. Roosevelt should head tho commission. GREAT ADVANCE POSSIBLE. MR. ROOSEVELT OUTLINES NEXT STEPS. Mr. Roosovelt has long been foremost among tho advocates of international peace. This year he was selected to delivor the annual Nobel Peace Lecture at Christiania, -Norway. In his.speech, Mr. Roosevelt said be believed that great advance could' be made in tho cause of peace. Need of Treaties. First of all, there could be treaties ot arbitration. "There are, of course, he continued, "States so backward that a civilised community ought not to enter into an arbitration treaty with them, at least until we have "gone much further than at present in securing some kind ol international polico action. But all really civilised communities should have elfectivo arbitration treaties among themselves. 1 believe that these treaties can cover almost all questions liable to arise between such nations, if they aro drawn with the explicit agreement that each contracting party wilt respect the other's territory and its absolute sovereignty within that, territory, and tho equally explicit agreement that (aside from the very rare cases where the nation's hon ■ our is vitally concerned) all other possible subjects of controversy will be submitted to arbitration. Such a treaty would insure peace unless ono party deliberately violated it. . . . "Secondly, there is the further development of the Hague Tribunal, of tho work of tho conferences and courts at Thp Hague. It has been well said that the first Hague Conference framed a Magna Charta for tho nations; it set before us an ideal which has already to some extent been realised, and toward the full realisation of which wo can all steadily strive. Tho second conference made further progress; tho third• should do yot more. . . ■ Limitation Agreement. "In tho third place, something should be dono as soon as possible to check tho growth of armaments, especially naval armaments, by international agreement. No ono Power could or should act by itself, for it is eminently undesirable, from tho standpoint of the peace 'of righteousness, that a Power which really does believe in peace should, place itself at the mercy of some rival which may at bottom have no such belief and' no intension of acting on it. But granted sincerity of purpose, the great Powers of tho world should find no insurmountable difficulty in reaching an agreement which would put an end to the present costly and growing extravagance of expenditure on naval armaments. An agreement merely to limit the size of ships would have been very useful a few years ago, and would still bo of use; but tho agreement should go much further. "Finally, it would bo a master stroke if those great Powers honestly bent on peace would form a Leage of Peace, not. only to keep the peace among themselves, but to prevent; by force if necessary, its being broken by others. The supremo difficulty in connection with tho developing the peace work of The Hague arises from tho lack of any executive power, of any polico power to enforce tho decrees of tho Court/ ' BRITISH BY-ELECTION. ; 0 SIR C. FURNESS REGAINS SEAT. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Rec. June 21, 9.15 p.m.) London, June 21. The by-election for the Hartlepool seat has resulted in tho re-election of -Sir Christopher Furness, the woll- . .known shipowner, by a reduced majority. Sir Christopher was recently unseated in consequence of -excessive -expenditure by his agents, and also because a number of miners wero supplied by one of his organisers with tickets for meals. It was ruled that the candidate himself had not been guilty of corrupt or improper practices. At tho by-election tho candidates .were the same as in January. Tho poll resulted:— Sir C. Furness (L.) 6159 Mr. W. H. G. Critten (C.) 5993 ■ Liberal majority 166 The Liberal majority at tho general election iu January was 777. MINERS' STRIKE. «—- — MORE TROUBLE AT NEWCASTLE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Rec. June 22, 0.5 a.m.) Sydney, June 21. Owing-to a dispute over working conditions 800 men have stopped work at the Pelawmain Colliery at Newcastle, pending' a reference of the matter to the Miners' Federation.