OFFICERS AND .COMMITTEES OF THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL MOHONK LAKE CONFERENCE ON President: HON. GEORGE GRAY, Wilmington, Del. Secretary to the Conference: CLINTON ROGERS WOODRUFF, Philadelphia, Pa. Permanent Corresponding Secretary: H. C. PHILLIPS, Mohonk Lake, N. Y. Treasurer: ALEXANDER C. WOOD, Camden, N. J. Auditors: HON. Alden Chester, Albany, N. Y., and HON. WILLIAM J. COOMBS, Brooklyn, N. Y. Business Committee: HON. JOHN H. STINESS, Providence, R. I., Chairman; DR. LYMAN ABBOTT, New York, N. Y.; JOHN MURRAY CLARK, Toronto, Can.; COUNT PERETTI DE LA ROCCA, Paris, France; HON. CHARLES B. ELLIOTT, Minneapolis, Minn; Hon. Jose M. GAMBOA, Mexico City, Mex.; DR. DANIEL C. GILMAN, Baltimore, Md. ; MAHLON N. KLINE, Philadelphia, Pa.; HON. CHARLES E. Littlefield, Rockland, Me.; HON. H. B. F. MACFARLAND, Washington, D. C.; HON. JOSEPH B. MOORE, Lansing, Mich.; HON. Robert TREAT PAINE, Boston, Mass.; DR. J. DE J. PAUL, Caracas, Venezuela; DANIEL SMILEY, Mohonk Lake, N. Y.; DR. BENJAMIN F. TRUEBLOOD, Boston, Mass.; Warner Van NordEN, New York, N. Y.; JAMES WOOD, Mt. Kisco, N. Y.; CLINTON ROGErs Woodruff, Philadelphia, Pa. Publication Committee: BENJAMIN F. TRUEBLOOD, Boston, Chairman; H. C. PHILLIPS, Mohonk Lake, N. Y.; DANIEL SMILEY, Mohonk Lake, N. Y. Press Committee: L. A. MAYNARD, New York, N. Y., Chairman; RAYMOND L BRIDGMAN, Boston, Mass.; HAYNE DAVIS, New York, N. Y.; EDWARD J. WHEELER, New York, N. Y. Finance Committee: JOHN CROSBY BROWN, New York, N. Y., Chairman; WILLIAM CHRISTIE HERRON, Cincinnati, Ohio; GEORGE BURNHAM, JR., Philadelphia, Pa.; JOHN SHEPARD, Boston, Mass.; WILLIAM P. BANCROFT, Wilmington, Del.; J. EDWARD SIMMONS, New York, N. Y.; HON. FREDERICK H. JACKSON, Providence, R. I. PREFACE The Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Mohonk Lake Conference on International Arbitration was held, on the invitation of Albert K. Smiley, at the Mohonk Lake Mountain House, Ulster County, N. Y., May 31 to June 2, 1905. It was attended by more than three hundred invited guests, a much larger number than had attended any previous conference. There were six sessions of the Conference. This Report contains the stenographic account of the proceedings, which consisted of papers, addresses and discussions of the present status of arbitration, of the Hague Court, of what remains to be done to secure a complete system of arbitration, of the education of public opinion, of work in the colleges and universities, of the creation of a regular congress of the nations, etc. One copy of this Report is sent to each member of the Conference. If other copies are desired, application should be made to the Corresponding Secretary of the Conference. CONTENTS. OPENING ADDress by the CHAIRMAN, HON. GEORGE GRAY. THE YEAR'S PROGRESS IN ARBITRATION, BY DR. BENJAMIN F. TRUEBLOOD. THE WORK OF THE INTERPARLIAMENTARY UNION IN BEHALF OF ARBI- TRATION, BY HON. SAMUEL J. BARROWs. THE PACIFIC INFLUENCE OF THE CONCERT OF EUROPE, By Dr. George REMARKS BY REV. PHILIP S. Moxoм, ALEXANDER C. WOOD, DR. ARTHUR IMMUNITY OF PRIVATE PROPERTY AT SEA FROM CAPTURE, REPORT BY THE ENFORCEMENT OF ARBITRATION AWARDS, BY JUSTICE DAVID J. THE WAGE EARNER'S INTEREST IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION, BY ENCOURAGEMENT FROM THE GENERAL EVOLUTION OF SOCIETY, BY HON. A REGULARLY ORGANIZED INTERNATIONAL COURT NEEDED, BY HON. ARBITRATION NOW A MATTER OF WORLD POLITICS, BY JOHN MURRAY ECONOMIC AGENCIES WORKING FOR ARBITRATION AND PEACE, BY PRO- WHAT OUGHT TO BE DONE WITH THE ARBITRATION TREATIES, BY HON. ROBERT TREAT PAINE. Fourth Session. REPORT OF THE BUSINESS GROUP OF THE CONFERENCE, BY CHARLES RICHARDSON. DECLARATION MADE BY THE BUSINESS MEN, READ BY MAHLON N. KLINE. ADDRESSES OF FOUR MINUTES OR LESS BY EUGENE LEVERING OF THE BALTIMORE Board of Trade; A. WARREN PATCH, BOSTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; A. C. FARLEY, BOSTON MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION; ALEXANDER C. WOOD, CAMDEN (N. J.) BOARD OF TRADE; E. W. BLATCHFORD, CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE; SAMUEL Mather, CleveLAND CHAMber of CommERCE; CHARLES B. MURRAY, CINCINNATI CHAMBER OF Commerce; DR. JAMES A. HART, COLORADO SPRINGS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; W. A. MAHONY, COLUMBUS BOARD OF TRADE; Dexter Hunter, JACKSONVILLE Board of TRADE; CHARLES E. ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS State Board of Trade; A. B. FARQUHAR, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF Manufacturers; Hon. LynDE HARRISON, NEW HAVEN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; WILLIAM H. GIBSON, NEW YORK BOARD of Trade anD TRANSPORTATION; R. W. BAINBRIDGE, NEW YORK MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION; W. A. MARBLE, NEW YORK MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION; JOEL COOK AND GEORGE BURNHAM, JR., PHILADELPHIA BOARD OF TRADE; M. M. BAILEY, PORTLAND (Me) Board of Trade; Lieut.-Gov. FREDERICK H. JACKSON, PROVIDENCE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; JOHN M. IVES, ROCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; A. W. DICKINSON, Scranton BOARD OF TRADE; GEORGE H. SUTTON AND DR. PHILIP S. MOXOM, SPRINGFIELD BOARD OF TRADE; H. H. WERNTZ, ST. LOUIS MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE; D. E. HAWKINS, SYRACUSE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; HON. George Gray, WILMINGTON BOARD OF TRADE. Fifth Session. THE RELATIONS OF THE SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES TO ARBITRATION, BY CHANCELLOR HENRY M. MACCRACKEN. PEACE THROUGH THE TEACHING OF THE CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOLS, BY DR. HENRY M. LEIPZIGER. THE KIND OF WORK WHICH OUGHT TO BE DONE AMONG CHILDREN, BY DR. ERNST RICHARD GREETINGS FROM DR. CHIRURG, A RUSSIAN, AND COUNT DE LA ROCCA, FROM PARIS. AN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL LAW SOCIETY, BY PROF. GEORGE W. KIRCHWAY. REPORT OF THE PLATFORM COMMITTEE, MADE BY JAMES WOOD. REMARKS, DURING THE DISCUSSION ON THE PLATFORM, BY HON. EVERETT P. WHEELER. FURTHER REMARKS BY DR. WILBUR F. CRAFTS AND CHARLES HENRY BUTLER. |