Standish High School - Crimson Rambler Yearbook (Standish, ME)

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Uhr Glrimann 'iiamhlrr Pubmed by the swam! fyfsfamfffb High School VOL. XII MAY 1926 NO. I EDITORIAL BOARD Ediior-in-Clzicf, MARION V.fXRNEY A.rsisIa11t Editor-in-Chief, WILSON HAWKES ALFREI3 Lnmv M.KRY Lmlzv LOUISE RICH DORIS BOULTER MARION RICH Assistant Business Manager, EDNA RACKLIFF Editor Class 1026, Editor Class IO27, Editor Class 1928, Editor Class 1029, Business Manager, E.1'r11angos, RUTH CLARK .-firlzlrlirs, LNWRENCE RAND Grgazds, HAROLD BRUVVN Art Editor, CHARLES ELWELL - WHAT IS THE WORLD COURT? The World Court is a result of three ideas: Hi The growth of the idea of arbi- trat'ng disputes between nations instead of going to war to settle them. Q23 The four steps in arbitration from no arbitration to Compulsory arbi- tration. Q33 The three institutions which have been created to effect arbitration, of which the VVorld Court is the last. Grozcfflz of the Idea of Arbitravtion - The idea of settling disputes between na- tions by reasoning together, that is, by arbitration. is almost entirely the devel- opment of this generation. The first quarter of the twentieth century is marked by the first organization of gov- ernments for the purpose of the peace and unity of the world. Before that a few governments had made treaties agree- ing to arbitrate disputes, but such agree- ments were limited to certain kinds of disputes, usually those that do not lead to war. On January 11, 1897, the United States and Great Britain made a general arbi- tration treaty agreeing to settle all dis- putes, within certain limits, by arbitration. This was a great step in the growth of the idea of arbitration. The Four Stops in Arbitration-In all history only four ways have been devel- oped to settle disputes between nations without going to war, and although each is an advance on the preceding, all of them are still in full operation. The first is the process of diplomacy-that is, by adjust- ment through regular representatives of the governments. For instance, if Eng- land and the United States had a dispute about a boundary line, the Secretary of State of the Un'ted States and the Min- ister of Foreign Afiairs of England would try to reach an agreement. or two diplo- mats representing the two governments would do so. If diplomacy fails, the neict resort has been to agree to arbitration through indi- viduals chosen by the parties in the dis- pute under special arrangements made by