New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 17, 1926, Page 3

REY. DR. HILL LEADS | DRIVE AGAINST WAR (Continued From First Page) reason and force are | our , army and navy men, and whose conviction is very deep, and, T am persuaded, sincere. “At the other extreme stands a body of men and women who think that, while the combative in- stinct is a very virile and necessary part of the human, it does not therefore follow that war between nations must be, nor that ever be done away with civiliza- tion will lose any element that gives it strength, virility and pro- gress. On the contrary, the convie- tion is very firm that in the doing away with war forces will be re- leased that will make for and finer vitalizing of clvilization, and the world move forward a nobjer era. Misses Without Conviction “Between these 1wo groups isthe | men and women | greater mass of who are without any real convic- tions on this subject, who live in more or less of perplexit hear set forth by one or of the above groups opinions, but om nothing that gives well-formed idea tainty, and be state of the world, tory results of the Versailles treaty, and the almost constant that has been going on in one and nother portion of the earth, these these derive them deflnite, In this uncer- e unsettied the unsatisfac- if war| a new | into | . NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1926. killed in war, which is allowable, he must be killed by a clean, smooth bullet, not by a dum-dum bullet. These reguiations are denominated in the code ‘rules of humanized war- fare certainly a title with a bit of grim humor to it. “In our indignation at the enor- mitles of war we are wont to ex- claim that war Is a crime. But that is exactly what war is not. War may be hell, as per our own Gen- eral Sherman, but it is not a crime. All this of course, is merely to say | that war holds place and room in our national and international body politics as necessary and legal. All | legal and mora) advantages are or {the side of the militarist. why patriotism is so deeply involved | with militarism, beca se it is regard | That is for and devotion to the law. Paci- | fism—using the term in its finer and broader meaning—is heresy. How then can there be any sure, or even reasonable hope of doing away with war by tinkering with and trying to improve a political and legal sys- tem that is already and thoroughly committed to war? How To Outlaw War. “The following resolution has been recently presented to the sen- ate of the United States:— “‘Resolved, That it is the view of the Senate of the United States that war between nations should be out- | lawed as an institution or means for { the settlement of international con- contending | troversics by making | erime under the law of nations, and ¢ fighting | that every nation should be ®ncour- aged by solemn agreement or treaty to bind itself to indict and punt its own international war-breeders or instigators and war profiteers un- der powers similar to those confer- red upon our Congress under Article K, Section 8, of our Federal Consti- cline rather to the belief that it|tution, which clothes the Congress | with the power to define and punish will be impossible cver to put down war probably will abolished. * never | offenses against the law of nations”, *‘Resolved further, That a code on that becomes all |of international law of peace based importunat be abolished? 1 mankind anc be done away with, how can such a good be most surely accomplish- ed? This is the particular theme to is n war |upon equality and justice between it were better for | Rations, amplified and expanded and civilization that war |@dapted and brought down to date, should be created and adopted it a public | | “This resolution further provides|mand most earnest study. It follows for the formation of an international |the road along which soclety has | court, or the adaptation and use of 'moved to the control or elimination | one it already exi s a judicial | of all sorts of evils. | substitute for war. This is but the | Dueling Frowned Upon crystallizing of an idea first put| wry , = Aniling ‘was forth by an Hebrew lawyer of Chi- | e’ was Jqnen. dugl g [ cago, Salmon 0. Lewison. Fsq, in an |1o0ked upon as honorable and a | article under date of March 9, 1918. | Proper. not to say legitimate, way of {The whole scheme contemplated Settling disputes. Gradually ~senti- may be summarized as follows: | Ment rose against this practice and 1. Declaration of our interna. |2t !ast became so strong that duel- | tional poliey by sassage of this ess. |InE was declared a crime. That end- s o b oy Tl par. | cd it Not that there was no more liamentary. dectarations. by ofher | dueling. but it was done under cover. leon s : |The practice was outlawed and the b institution of dueling passed out. I 4| Slaveholding was at one time law- | nations to execute a general treaty | o1 The courts so recognized it {ofi.xflbov?;!‘gn an’d outl;\:\'\ng“el woar':liu[ with the passing years a strong 3. This conference to call a con- Ventioniant cramticn i snal codio | PAne Mt O REER LD IS kA el A f1a- 1and it was made a crime. That {tion of Internationa) laws of peace: |ended it. Not that the race problem declaring, amongst other provielons |,y goived. There are doubtless atill nvaston s is none. The institution s dead. ! 4 Dr. Hill cited the United States | “4 A judicial substitute for war | “n the nature of an 1n!ernat]ona!j | court. | “5. Natigna | reduced to lov A conference of all civilize International tribunal which armaments to be| | t point consistent | with domestic safety and reasonable |international requirements. “6. Submission of this o | reterendum of each civilized nation, | 2cepted as binding. ‘ . Svery nation by agreement “It is proposed then that the [or treaty to bind self {0 punish own |United states government fnvite the |international war breeders or insti- | nations of the world to declare that | gators or war profiteers. ar s a crime. Such an invitation |~ “This proposition has been made | Would, it would seem. be difficult of |in all seriousness and has now to its enthusiastic support such well- known and highly regarded -think- ers as Prof John Dewey of Columbia, Ov D. Youns, Hon. contentions between soverign states and never has there been violence of any sort’in enforcement of these decrees. They have invariably been {tantamount to declaring in favor of | war as a permanent institution. Nor |could the fssue be evaded on the plea of the right of self-defense John H. Clark, former justice of the | since the right of self-defense fis Supreme Court, Prof. J. T. Shotwell |specifically provided for. T the and Hon. oyd George. 1In his|fore nations could be brought to peech of acceptance of the repub- |treaty declaration on this, a very lican nomination ust 14, 1924, |long and positive step will have been ! President Cool 1, taken. For rare indeed are the in- ally, should covenants for the p lawing ageressive war by any prac- tical means.’ Simple and innocent as it may seem, therefore, we have here something that can well com- person- ering into |Stances, we are assured, in which of out- | . which we are to address our |[f In this T make no defini- though to distin- ive fensive war, as some have consid- ered necessary. If. as mitted at the outset, 15 justifiable it may be answered that t defense without a on. Where- ever then the be war there is ag- gressive war. In other words, war is just war. And I fancy that history since 1914 has not left us tn much doubt as to what war is. Dr. Hill advanced the thought that war could not be abolished by ious nations, the re- aments, or the aboli- tion of secret diplomacy. None of these go to the hi t of the matter. International Law Ducling Code. “War 18 nbedded deep in the whole ical and institutional life of mankind.” continued Dr. Hill “It has come to be accepted by all nations as a legitimate means of scttling national difference With rrors there are yet no laws in all reason can be no 1ce. International he dueling code of na- tions. It defines how war may be conducted. For example, the duel- ing codes of our foret: lated such encounters party might take no v age of another, but that if one were to be killed he be killed with du- .ikewise international t if a man is to be PONTIAC SIX~Still Sweeping enged Leadership And when we urge you to Fon_‘i o B sacyeus o vy for yourself the fundamental rea- sons why the Pontiac Six continues its sensational sweep towards Toward Unchall When we say that you can drive a Pontiac Six at fifty milesan hour, for as long as you like—we mean exactly that. When we tell you it will take you in comfort over roads that would and de- | About United States have fects. serts, “are suffering acquire an education physical defect. poor eyesight is an AT OUR ¥ 327 MAIN STREET. 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Rarely also have | treaties been dependent on for obviously it would otherwise be | useless for small and weak nations {to enter Into any treaty with a powerful nation. treaty nations to an agreement to submit all contentions to an inter- national court, which would be of greatest possible signlficance since |there is no record of any nation, | when once it has agreed to arbitra- [tion, having refused to accept the decision as binding. War Result of Viclous Policies “This treaty for outlawing war [ would be submitted to a referendum of the people of each party-nation jand it would seem unlikely that the | people, who must fight the wars and suffer all their horrors, would ever |vote for war. Wars almost never {have come by movement of large | bodies of people—certainly not in | peoples of none of the contending | nations were responsible for the la | war. Tt was forced on the world by a few men. Had the peoples of the various nations heen consulted and | supposed that they would have de- |clared for war? Tf left to the peo- ple to declds there probably never would be any war. “In spite of much that has been sald to the contrary thls pro | posed plan for outlawing war is not | in opposition to the World Court nor [the League of Natlons. The World Court and the League are mach ery for adjusting national differ- ences. The proposal to outlaw war is a move to revise international law. It would be a distinct ald to botl | Court and League. The World Court ould find its powers increased force, | “This will also have brought the | and its jurisdiction widened. would be more fi League be fact World Court, has {of his reasoned approval idea.” that the practica that who now si opinion tablished than ever. As testimony to Honorable John s on the given the weight to All were agreed movement to outlaw war is and timely although dif- ficult. 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