The New York Times/1916/11/22/Divergent Peace Plans
DIVERGENT PEACE PLANS.
Prof. Dutton Contrasts Ideals of World’s Court and Taft Leagues.
Professor Samuel T. Dutton of Columbia University, Secretary of the World’s Court League, of which John Hays Hammond is President, issued a statement yesterday setting forth the difference between this organization and the League to Enforce Peace, of which ex-President Taft is the head. In the main the two organizations are working toward the same end, and Mr. Taft is honorary President of the World’s Court League and interested in both organizations.
“The platform of the World’s Court League differs in several essential particulars from the plan of the League to Enforce Peace, each difference representing an attempt to develop more completely the idea of international agreement,” Professor Dutton said in his statement. “The main points of difference are these: that the World’s Court League recognizes the institutions already in existence that grew out of the first and second Hague Conferences; sees the need ot continuing the Hague Conferences, not depending on the initiative of any one power, but meeting at fixed periods automatically, and looks to the establishment of a permanent administrative committee representing all the nations to keep in touch with the various Governments.”
Ex-President Taft is to speak tonight at a meeting of the Canadian Club at which Sir Robert Baird Borden, the Premier of Canada, is to be a guest of honor. Advocates of the League to Enforce Peace plan are looking forward to this meeting with great interest in view of the comments favorable to the plan which the Premier made in his speech on Saturday before the members of the Lawyers’ Club.