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THE PROBLEMS OF PEACE.
justifiable International Disputes
should 'a court be
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' ' NEW YORK, 3iat October.
. Mr. C. E. Hughes; United States Seere
tary of State, in a speech at Boston, said:—
"We favor on international court of jus
tice' for too determination of justifiable
international disputes, according to judicial
standards. I believe suitable arrangements
can l>o mode for the participation of the
United States in the election, of tlio' judges
of an intcrnatiohal' court, and! ' thus give
formal support to ''that court. Meanwhile,
uo interest isjeapordised. .There is no dan
ger of America going .to war over a 'justifi
able dispute.' The fundamental problems
of Europe! ate political. - . . Each nation is its
own .'.judge, in. matters of pob'cy, -therefore
it will ..follow -its own interests, except in
cases, of exigency. - The .main problems -of
Europo cannot be" solved, 'except by Europe
bcrsolf,. because self-determined, actional's
bocoming exteihai oontrqL . ' Tbo chief
trbbble ; is that great powers are unahio ' to
cooperate on questions jdirootly concerning
them, owing' to diffbreat conceptions of
national policy. To the; United States in
ternational co-operation, doesn't mean that
wq should embroil ourselves- in controver
sies h-ithout our interests.' .
". "The . reason tho Waaliiiigtoh Conference
was successful in limiting! naval! armaments
was. that it was a limited bbnfcrence,. with
precise 'limited.: aims and a practical pro
gramme. Great Britain, Japan and the
United States, toe -tlrreo great naval powers
and tho principal comjibtitprB in navy
power,' ratified ail .tlie . Washington arma
ment 'treaties. This is o.f . thei'.utmost sig
nificance, and precludes all thought of the
ultimate- failure of too. work of toe .confer:
cnce.: ; '.
-'.'1'ha.vo no. reason... to believe .thiit-italy
and. France will' fail to ritify. -JHowever
seriqua- the difficuilies that vex ns. at pre-
soh't, the work of the Washington Confer-
once, -with the .assurance of- -sincerity " and
desire for peace,' lights the pathway of hope
for tho' world/: war,-' weary, -Great Britain;
'Japan and the United States : are'' perform-
i ng tboir/obligationa under -the' Washington
treaties. aud are scrapping their navies ac
cordingly, end -there, is- no, indication - any
where of a-.' desire on: the -pert, of the other
powers to- enter into-construetion contrary
to .the treaty." ; ..
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