Enforced peace; . bring the warin Europe to an end, that its work hes beyond thatwar, for I have a somewhat deep impression that?when the peace we all hope for comes, it will not bebrought about by expeditions from the United States,nor by mass meetings and resolutions, no matter howadmirable such resolutions may be. The UnitedStates has led the world in the matter of the day of the Jay Treaty of 1794 and thePinckney Treaty of 1795 down to 1912, eight-fourarbitration treaties had been negotiated by the execu-tive of the United States, eighty-three had been ratifiedby the Senat
Enforced peace; . bring the warin Europe to an end, that its work hes beyond thatwar, for I have a somewhat deep impression that?when the peace we all hope for comes, it will not bebrought about by expeditions from the United States,nor by mass meetings and resolutions, no matter howadmirable such resolutions may be. The UnitedStates has led the world in the matter of the day of the Jay Treaty of 1794 and thePinckney Treaty of 1795 down to 1912, eight-fourarbitration treaties had been negotiated by the execu-tive of the United States, eighty-three had been ratifiedby the Senate, and only one, the treaty of 1897 withEngland, rejected. I think that is a remarkable rec-ord. We have carried the principle of voluntaryarbitration to its limit, and it is well to recognize thatit has a limit, because when we undertake to put intotreaties for voluntary arbitration questions which nonation, when the stress comes, will submit to arbitra-tion, we do not advance the cause of peace, but quite the. Copyright, Clinedinsi, f^Vaskin^ton, D. C. HENRY CABOT LODGE, , , PhD United States Senator from Massachusetts ENFORCED PEACE 165 reverse; for we do vast mischief by making treatieswhich we know in our hearts we are not prepared tocarry out when the time comes. The limit of voluntary arbitration has, I think, beenreached. Much has been achieved by it. It has takenout of the range of arms a large mass of questions whichonce were causes, frequently of war, constantly of re-prisals, and by the general consent of civilized mankindhas put them before a tribunal and had them there de-cided. If we have reached the Umit of voluntary arbitra-tion what is the next step? I think the next step is thatwhich this League proposes and t^at is to put force be-hind international peace. We may not solve it in thatway, but if we cannot solve it in that way it can besolved in no other. You cannot keep order in your cities unless you putforce behind the wiQ of the community and behi
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