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Show ::o 221 to he desired. that its operation should route as the result of ttnanitttotts agreement. llnt even front this point of view it should he noted that the conference voted unanintouslv tltc rec- see: the full richness of the harvest of peace and justice that sprang from the seed which the two llague Conferences sowed. ommendation tltat the governments should adopt. not titllllt' court. CHAIRMAN Quest-1v: ln thanking lll'()lt‘~stlr llnll for his very able. and scholarly paper, I would like to call attention to the thought that the Hague Conference was of vast importance not only for what it did but for what it was. Bringing; together representatives of the various nations was itself a great event, It was my fortune to be in the same hotel with the representatives of the Turkish Empire and the Grecian Kingdom, and it was a wonderful sight to see those ancient enemies holding peaceful conferences iii the same room. Now we have the still more wonderful event that the Turk has taken up arms : rainst the Turk to secure the Greek element in the Turkish population its civil rights. (Applause) l have the great pleasure now in presenting to you Professor Charles ('henev Il_\'de. of ('hicag'o. who will address us upon the subject of "Legal l'rohletns t‘apable of Settlement by Arbi- bttt this particular t'ottrt of .'\rhitral ‘Ittstice, and put it in opet'zk tion as soon as they could agree upon the choice of its judq Two great :\lttt‘t‘lt‘ittts. lilihu Root and "loveph ll. (flioate, were the Moses and .r\aron wlto led the Second conference into the path towards this l‘rontisetl Land; the conference as the result of infinite tttIl has led the world across the desert to the Jordan; {Wt t‘aonuw mum and now it is tlte growing hope of the civilized world that l‘hilandcr ('hase Knox will he the loshua who will take it across that one last riverithe difficulty. namely. as to the appointA tnent of the judges. Looking back upon this brief summary of the work of the. two l'Iague Conferences, we must admit that the past at least is secure. The alleviation and prevention of many of warfare's former horrors. its restriction within narrow limits, tlte protection of noncombatants and neutrals from its ravages, the assertion of principles and the establishment of practices for its prevention and for the enforcement of justiceisueh were the great achieve- ments of these two epoclHnaking events in the world's historv. There they stand in all their undying luster, so that lie who runs may see that they have afforded to the peace workers of ottr time a new and ftexitir'c' program, on which every true believer in international peace, of no matter what complexion his belief may be. can find room and opportunity for labor. and whose realization will not only make present armaments as obsolete as would a tleet of airships. but will at last usher in a reign of law and justice within that No Man's: Land of international relations. "hen the traveler in some distant time shall stand beside the Palace of l'cace in The Hague and shall look out over a world in which the hoary forces of warfare have been permanently diked within the channels of peaceful commerce. when he shall hear the \‘oit'e of international justice rolling forth to everv chute and corner of the world. and shall know that the writ of the Court of tration." Legal Problems Capable of Settlement by Arbitration l'ttot I ssott ('It.\t<t.tcs t‘tncstzv llvntt. ()ur first intlutr) is to ascertain what is a legal problem. l‘rofessor \Vestlalxc. of t'anthridee l'niversit)‘. has declared that a legal problem is one "which can he settled hy reference to known l'lllt\, liming at their back that force which is derived from the general «'ottst'ttl of the international society." l'iut few of thme rules are codified. Some are detincd by Some are expressed iii the domestic international aeretntrnt. laws of states. Ninu- ate set forth in the decisions of the local courts. \\hati vet he lllt'lt' source and whatever he the evidence of their e\i~tt-nct. lllt‘\ are l'lllt'~ which citili/ed states feel lllt‘lll‘ selves hound to olm tie, and therefore do ohserve itt their inter« Course with eath other. international law. 'l'htv alone constitute what is known as Arbitral glnstice runs fretlv and nnv'tttestionttl front the mountains It is unfortunate that learned tnen well qualified to guide our of \VCIM'Ztttlit to the ‘l‘UTt\ of the .\tll'l.'tll" and the Holden lltit‘n feet into the uavv of truth have been content to tnark out the path that nation- taught to follow, rather than that which they -then will he clearlv see what our ltss see' Mr eyes 1:, t onlv dimly |