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Show ..... . W \Mtull 1 WV 344 345 On motion of Secretary :\lClCIl<l_\', it was resolved that the Congress send a message of greetingr to Mr. Thomas, and also to the tiniversal l'eaee lfnion at Philadelphia. Judge Edward ( )sgood l'trowni Judge of the Appellate Court for the liirst District of lllinois, then submitted the report of the Committee on Resolutions, as follows: are the most decisive steps yet taken toward that organization and systematic co-opcration of the nations which shall eventually substitute law for war; therefore, be it, Jl'lel: 12. t). lJRowN: Mn. CHAIRMAN: l‘tefore reading: tlte report of the com- mittee I desire to say that the committee gave consideration to every resolution which was proposed or presented. There were many which had the sympathy oi the members of the committee mdhidually. and some colhctively. but we were obliged, of course. to limit llt( rtpnrt it» those matters upon which every tttt‘ttlltt r of the l‘t-are (liner-ess could properly agree and the matters which \\t tt‘ (\prt ~sly t‘ntttpt‘eltctttlt‘d in its call. I b< lit \‘e tlv‘ :1 will he sent that the committee has included the e senital l‘Iitll'l't‘s of the resolutions offered which come undt 1' that d< ‘-t‘!l]tllttll, PLATFORM OF THE CONGRESS \\ tttht \s. l,‘l\lltl(tllt1‘tt has now reached a point where con- .sctenet. reason and the ‘ettst‘ of brotherhood are increasinglv controlling unit in Hall rttations to each other; when private war and the tllltl hzne wholly or largely disappeared. and the (illltltlll ltitlittl." haw created for themselves systems of law and courts by \tlttt'll dillt-t'tttc‘ts between their citizens are peace- t'nlh adttntctl : and. r \‘t In in \s, ildlt two llaene ('ttnitrences have created a per- mamnt lnttttattztti'al Heart of Arbitration to which all the nations .tit 1h \\ putt": law apprnvtzl unanimously the prin- eip‘t- of ob it .tlit.‘.liil‘.ttll tier tln sittletttent of international titltlltt\tl.‘lk"; ,. "Illlt'ltttliytii \‘tilllrttil a Ill\\LI]ll11_Lf voice. the ion , . j : wtnt l‘,it‘l"l2 . s alway- tn sittice. and h .'. V ‘ ¥Ai\|ll‘l nuts in tin: ' w arm n \‘l the l1ltit't‘. ': \..t , i s ., (\ttlll'l of JllSllL‘kfi with e trettiztr sessions, and have '. ‘iory formula for the "rd the foundations of a regular toting iwr pt-riwdic meet? matter. which great measures Resolved, by this Second United States National I'eace Congress, That public war is now out of date. a relic of bar- barism unworthy of our time, and that the nations of the world. by joint agreement, by a league of peace amongr themselves, ought to make its recurrence hereafter impossible. Remit-ed, That no dispute between nations, except such as may involve the national life and independence, should be reserved front arbitration, and that a general treaty of obligatory arbitration should be included at the earliest possible date. Pending such a general treaty, we urge upon our government and the other leadingr powers such broadening of the scope of their arbi» tration treaties as shall provide, after the example of the Danish- Netherlands Treaty, for the reference to the Hague Court of all differences whatever not settled otherwise by peaceful means. Resolved. That the prevailing: rivalry in armaments, both on land and sea, which imposes such exhaustingr burdens of taxa- tion on the people. and is the fruitful source, of suspicion, bitter feeling and war alarms. is wholly unworthy of enlightened modern nations: is a lamentable failure as a basis of enduring peace; and ought to be arrested by agreement of the powers without delay. Resolved, That this l'eace Congress expres. 's its high appreciation of the action of our gnvermnent in the recent conclusion of twenty-four arbitration treaties, and in the promotion of friendly relations between the various American republics. It recognizes with special satisfaction what was done by our governs Inent and representatives at the Second Hague, timtferenee in behalf of a general treaty of oblijratory arbitration, a (Lourt of Arbitral ~lustice, the immunity of private property at sea from periodic Cons capture itt time of war, and the establishment of a gress of the Nations, and in support of the proposition of the British government for limitation of armaments. [t respectfully and urgently requests the President and the Congrt ‘s of the United States to talee the ini ‘ative. so far as practicable, in an endeavor to complete the work of the Second Hague Conference t in these various directions; and especially to secure an agreemen Wllllll MIN) 1} |