D AMERICAN ADDRESSES AT THE SECOND HAGUE PEACE CONFERENCE DELIVERED BY JOSEPH H. CHOATE JAMES BROWN SCOTT EDITED WITH INTRODUCTORY NOTES BY JAMES BROWN SCOTT TECHNICAL DELEGATE OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE SECOND HAGUE PEACE CONFERENCE ASSOCIATE OF THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW SECOND EDITION BOSTON WORLD PEACE FOUNDATION 1916 PREFACE The following collection consists of addresses delivered by three members of the American delegation to the Second Hague Peace Conference, dealing with the subjects of the immunity of unoffending private property of the enemy upon the high seas, the limitation. of force in the collection of contract debts, arbitration, an international prize court, and the project for the establishment of a permanent court of arbitral justice, composed of judges acting under a sense of judicial responsibility and representing the various languages and systems of law. General in their nature, it is believed that the publication of these addresses may be of some interest, if not of permanent value. It has been deemed advisable to include, by way of introduction, an address delivered by each of the three members upon the conference and the results actually achieved by it. A brief note on formal and informal addresses at The Hague has been prefixed, and, where considered necessary to the understanding of the addresses proper, a brief introductory note has been supplied. An appendix has been added, containing the texts discussed in the various addresses. WASHINGTON, D.C., JAMES BROWN SCOTT INTRODUCTION CONTENTS I. NOTE ON FORMAL AND INFORMAL ADDRESSES AT THE CONFERENCE II. PROGRESS AT THE SECOND HAGUE CONFERENCE―Joseph H. Choate. I. IMMUNITY FROM CAPTURE OF PRIVATE UNOFFENDING PROPERTY OF THE ENEMY UPON THE HIGH SEAS―Joseph H. Choate II. THE LIMITATION OF FORCE IN THE COLLECTION OF CONTRACTUAL III. ARBITRATION AT THE SECOND HAGUE CONFERENCE . 3. THE PROPOSED Court of ARBITRAL JUSTICE-Joseph H. Choate 99 |