Enforced peace; . act pending thehearing. For the solution of this problem we turnto the power of injunction which under municipallaw is lodged in the courts. The League would un-doubtedly exercise a similar power. In other words,the United States would not be estopped from main-taining the Monroe Doctrine after a hearing of thedispute, and it would be protected against violationsof it pending the hearing by the power of injunctionlodged in the Executive Coxmcil of the League or inone of its tribxmals. What we desire is that the Powers should committhemselves now to the priuciple of obligatory
Enforced peace; . act pending thehearing. For the solution of this problem we turnto the power of injunction which under municipallaw is lodged in the courts. The League would un-doubtedly exercise a similar power. In other words,the United States would not be estopped from main-taining the Monroe Doctrine after a hearing of thedispute, and it would be protected against violationsof it pending the hearing by the power of injunctionlodged in the Executive Coxmcil of the League or inone of its tribxmals. What we desire is that the Powers should committhemselves now to the priuciple of obligatory inquiryand a league of nations to enforce it and pledge them-selves to set up such an institution after the war. We have the whole-hearted endorsement of theprinciple by President Wilson, by Senator Root, by theSecretary of War, Newton D. Baker, and by a host ofeminent Americans. If now we can add to this sup-port of private individuals and officials, a resolutionof the Congress of the United States, favoring the. PHILIP H. GADSDEN Member Executive Committee, League to Enforce Peace ENFORCED PEACE 143 principle, we could then ask Mr. Taft to go abroad asthe representative of this unofficial body and endeavorto secure the adherence of foreign Powers. You willrecall the fact that the Congress of Vienna did only somuch as it was obligated to do by the preliminaryTreaty of Paris. And, unless we get the Powers com-mitted now, there is grave danger that when the war isover we wUl find it difficult to get a hearing. On theother hand, if they do so commit themselves now, thevarious governments can proceed at once to a study ofthe project, and the envoys who meet to frame a treatyof peace will come not only with a matured plan, butwith positive instructions to reach an agreement ifpossible. Philip H. Gadsden, president of the Charleston,S. C, Consolidated Railway and Lighting Com-pany, delivered the following address: PERFECTING THE ORGANIZATION In aU of the great crises through which
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