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THE HAGUE CONVENTIONSWtratlon which AustriaMr. Roo##v#ltUtg Our Obligation*.Written for Th* Niw Yo*k Times1Mr rrmt. w. CS. HALB Of the I nl-v«re!«r Of CWesa®*of The Sr*c York Titnte*In recent articles in Thi Times and•X-President Roosevelt teke*psltl— which I have held •!««• Ger-taradsd Belgium, and which I4jipre»ssd in print from b'T ■T»» New York Times) on. namely,that the United States should help tomaintain the treaties signed by her at Th# Hague by declaring war upon ther of those treaties. ft is to be able to hold a view inwith Mr Roosevelt.be case in The Jan. 4 contains muchwhioh I dissent. The signatory did not, as hs Implies, guaran-a not her In the enjoyment of thesupposed to be secured by thesing to use fores ifhmt'wmm vioiAWd. Oh ths contrary, Artie Is III* of Convention IV., Laws ofBervia asked for If was not satisfied with the answer to her ultimatum. There could hardly be a bigger loophole than national honor and vital Interests-1 would except nothing in international relatione from the province of th# world league. Mr. Roosevelt asks.Does Mr. Bryan, or does n# no*.mean to arbitrate, if Jansn should sod.-slr*- requesting whether Japanese laborer* -ire to U allowo to.ojjj. In unlimited numbera. to these shores/Ths sdltor of The Independent rightly points out that Mr. Bryan’s peacetreaties do not provide for arbitrationbut for a, commission to determine thefacts, and for an Interval for mediationbefore a possible declaration of war. But that may paua let me ask Mr. Roosevelt '* In case Japan feels, as shewell might that discrimination againsther citbsens affects her national honor, is It better that she should have the |right, without interference from thsprorid league, to attack u». than thather supposed grievance should come before a world court, before .which weshould also state our side? ** If Mr.m*aglaiesiexstt*3seiyotoiletbliwigowlt;ovotacticinwlt;wiGainEOTFaUsd WarfaretMlllnrwt Pfrly *blch violatessepay compensation.And Articisprovides thatof. dsstruction, or willfuldone lo Institutions of thi*mr. to historic monuments.of art and science, la fcrbM;and should bs made a subjectprosecutionfrhi61XIm of course, pro66cu-tion through the court of The Hague. The two method, are utterly inadequate, but no other* are provided. It is tbc r -for* an extravagance to say. as Mr.righteous peace has been United States of Americatlon, it can only be because he thinks we should be able to conquer Japan. It is Impossible that he should hold that superior strength must always be on the | ^ side of the right. The world has left' that creed behind, with the ” ordeal ofbattle.”Mr. Roosevelt cites as a parallel the case of a man assaulting another, or stealing his watch. The assaulted party, he says, knocks down the offender, orfails n his duty if he does not so act The Magistrate does not arbitrate the question. Ho satisfies himself ss to the facts and delivers Judgment against the offender. Mr. Roosevelt, if there is any .elfish in- * meaning In what he says, would have permanent the assaulted or robbed nation knockthe other down.But he forgets the second part of the_ .3- A A. m m ^ * at A wBk js # a 4 wwIFiTTYMrid*dt VlUon and Hccreiarv m MMat ko fulfill iu »oienmthanAelglum Thereer.ermg judgment a*,*,.,®,. -.......The Magistrate in the case of an . *lion in the eense in w«.v.. -• Magistrate or Commission of the«n)t utti th1® term .guch overstatement* may be classedwith hi* famiLab doctrine of a fewago that no nation can retainhick does not ooc*»lonaJlydoctrine refuted by the be*Belgium in the present strug-world league, commanding the worldforce. * The guilty party could not escape. as the assaulter in private lifemight do. could it. unless It wereTiiarVkal!hAthough there was no proiu»« ^ the convenlon* of The Hague, and is a deep world need thathail be guaranteed On no othercan war among the great powers came to an end. In the present . A crleig hn* be#» reached *uch the world had never seen since th«flltary nation. Persia, undertookenslave Oreece. All the world s phys-weil ae moral force should thrown, and should betoday, agpainat the aggressorr. Thi* moral duty layyon u*. the atronges* —disinterested nationPROFPIDr. Perry, who send, to i he xv.w Yosk Times the letters which follow. j t is Professor of Greek and late Dean lt;1 of the Faculty of Philosophy at ColUm-bia University, and member of the Man-wring Committee of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.ar1To the Editor of The New York Times:J, too. like Prof. Bmndon and many other* of my friend*, have been honored with an Invitation to Join the ** German University League.” The English ^ ^ text oT the circular letter of invitation |. . k ^ A L. I ewl /V anaand my reply thereto, both Inclosed,ut- herewith, may possibly interest somo ofAnd If we had,vnur The German version ofthe letter of invitation Is somewhat•t the dUputivthe splendid step. Italy would in ^ ^ ........*11 probability have followed our ex eniphatlcally worded, but It hardlyample, with a far higher moral *flect a^mg w0rth whillt;. to translate it liter-Hi# future th*» ir we nnmij u •truggie on the ground of inference with Turkey or Au, with its unspeakable ng iu terrible burden* laidwould have been giillUl v; * ...H, fina worth while to translate it literally. KDWA Rl) PELAVd New York. Jan. 2l. 191u.i i11iii1from Mr. Roosevelt at anotherHe would except ** all rightsaffecting honor and vitalfrom the sphere of operations of the world league which Iu- tr.ot alone) proposes This Is precisely the :»ocltion which brought about the present wor. The quarrel of Austria wilh_* held by Germany and \uhWIB to t»« . at which atf«-lt; ted ' **interest* of both countries, end waraccordingly substituted for the ar-German University League. Deutscher Akademiker Buqd, Executive Office. 225 Fifth Avenue,New York. January, Htti. D**r Bln The conflict now being waged against Germany and A u stria-Hungary by vastly superior number*has thoroughly aromed all in the United States who know and love Germanlife and German ideals.At such a time, it is deemed the duty I of those W ho huv- enjoyed the prlvi-i le*,* of a German university oderationlo unite and lake the lead in spreading th* truth and an understanding of German alro*. Huch an understandingI!
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