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MAY 12-14

NEW YORK CITY April 14, 1915,

GENERAL COMMITTEE GENERAL COMMITTEE

Rt. Rev. Bishop Luther B. 'Wilson John Hays Hammond My dear Sir:- James Brown Scott ' Francis A. Sieberling Joseph Silverman Charles A. Dick E. C. Stokes The enclosed statements will Charles 'W. Fairbanks Adolph Lewisohn explain the object of the World Court Theodore Burton Isaac N. Seligman Congress to be .held at Clevelana, · o. Myron T. Herrick Theodore P. Shonts 1~aY 12-14, under the auspices . of the Warren G. Harding Darwin P. Kingsley World Court Committeeo J. B. Foraker George T. 'Wilson J. G. Schmidlapp Alton B. Parker 'W. F. Robertson Henry Clews On behalf ~f the Committee, I J. R. Clark Frederick f. Lynch extend you an invitation to be present D. D. 'Woodmansee Oscar S. Strauss and participate in the proceedings. of John 'Wanamaker John 'Wesley Hilf the Congress. Andrew Carnegie Hamilton Holt James E. 'Watson J. 'W. Jenks E. L. Phillip Samuel T. Dutton We also request you to name two James B. Angell 'Willram Allen Butler delegates to the Congress, from your · 'William R. Day Charles Lathrop Pack Organization o J. M. Dickinson Bainbridge Colby George Gray franklin Murphy Will you kindly advise me at the Philander C. Knox Lawrence Y. Sherman Francis G. Newlands Henry 'W. Taft ea~liest possible moment, of your ap­ 'W. 'W. 'Willoughby Albert Bushnell Hart pointments? We will then communicate 'William Allen 'White Ira Remsen with the delegates, providing them Alexander Graham Bell Cardinal James Gibbons with official credentials, etc. John C. S.S. Cavanaugh frank J. Goodnow 'W. H. P. Faunce Theodore Marbur& S. Avrey Albert Shaw Appreciating your co-operation in Franklin Hamilton c--/"' Eugene N. Foss this most important Congress, I beg to Robert J. Aley / E..dwin 'Warfield remain, Frank Streeter Henry 'W. Farnum frank Trumbull Clarence H. Kelsey H. Livington Beeckman Charles R. Van Hise Harry Pratt Judson Henry B. Macfarland < ..Henry D. Hatfield Alexander C. Humpheys Marcus H. Holcomb B. N. Duke GOVERNORS ' / / Chas. Hayden New York Secretary / James B. McCreary Ohio Boar(! of .TraQ,e, Samuel J. Elder Connecticut Chi.cago, Ill. David I. 'Walsh 'Wisconsin Rolland H. Spaulding Rhode Island 'West Virginia ./ '.,<; .. i.o o, :P 91.

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NEW YORK CITY,May 10th, 1915.

COMMITTEE OF ONE HUNDRED

John Hays Hammond Philander C. Knox William Howard Taft Francis G. Newlands Joseph Silverman W. W. Willou~hby E. C. Stokes William Allen White Adolph Lewisohn Alexander Graham Bell Isaac N. Seligman John Cavanaugh Theodore P. Shonts W. H. P. Faunce Darwin P. Kin&sley S. Avrey George T. Wilson Franklin Hamilton John Mitchell My dear Sir: - Robert J. Aley Alton B. Parker Frank S. Streeter Henry Clews We ar e greatly p l eased to receive the Frank Trumbull Frederick Lynch Harry Pratt Judson Oscar S. Straus notice of your appointment as ~elegate to B. N. Duke John Wesley Hill the t"Jo.cld Court Cong1·ess ~ to be held at Charles Hayden Hamilton Holt Samuel J. Elder Jeremiah W. Jenks Cleveland, May 12th, 13th and 14th. I en­ John B. Clark Samuel T. Dutton close your credential, wi t.h a sta,;~rjment of Theodore S. Woolsey William Allen Butler the object of the Congress, tofstnor with Andrew D. White Charles Lathrop Pack W. A. Short t011tr.:i t l.ve We you ca~d be Bainbridge Colby program. hope Wm. Hale Thompson franklin Murphy p!"'sseEt ;:i.,t the Qpening sessiu:n, attend the C. A. Duniway Lawrence Y. Sherman rec option on the evening of the 12tr.:, and J. H. Kirkland Henry W. Taft Charles S. Cutting Albert Bushnell Hart remain throughr'.'Ut the 0on _ress. Arthur D. Call Ira Remsen Emerson McMillin James Cardinal Gibbons It is believed by the representative Charles C. Moore frank J. Goodnow Wm. H. Crocker Theodore Marburg men identified with this mo~ement, that t he Wm. Frederick Slocum Albert Shaw gatberi.ng will prove to be one of' epochal Henry A. Buchtel Eugene N. Foss importance. ~ Charles Curtis Edwin Warfield Henry W. Farnum GOVERNORS Clarence H. Kelsey Sincerely Charles S. Whitman, N. Y. Charles R. Van Hise frank B. Willis, Ohio Henry B. f . Macfarland Marcus H. Holcomb, Conn. Alexander C. Humphreys E. L. Philipp, Wis. Vincent Astor R. Livingston Beeckman, R. I. Charles Bayard Mitchell Henry D. Hatfield, W. Va. Rt. Rev. Bishop Luther B. Wilson M. G. Brumbaugh, Pa. James Brown Scott Chairman, John M. Slaton, Ga. Francis A. Seiberling Creden t ial s Committee. Oakley C. Curtis, Me. Charles A. Dick Winfield S. Hammond, Minn. Charles W. Fairbanks Arthur Capper, Kans. Theodore E. Burton George A. Carlson, Colo. Myron T. Herrick John B. Kendrick, Wyo. Warren G. Harding Dr. Harry Pratt Judson, James B. McCreary, Ky. J. B. Foraker David I. Walsh, Mass. J. G. Schmidlapp , !11. Rolland H. Spaulding, N. H. W. F. Robertson James Witheycombe, Ore. J. R. Clark Woodbridge ~· Ferris, Mich. D. D. Woodmansee L. B. Hanna, N. D. John Wanamaker Phillips L. Goldsborough, Md. Andrew Carnegie Charles W. Gates, Vt. James E. Watson S. V. Stewart, Mont. James B. Angell Charles R. Miller, Del William R. Day Hiram W. Johnson, Cal. Jacob M. Dickinson Ernest Lister, Wash. George Gray Park Trammell, Fla.

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COMMITTEE OF ONE HUNDRED

Philander C. Knox John Hays Hammond Francis G. Newlands William Howard Taft W.W. Willoughby Joseph Silverman William Allen White E.. C. Stokes Alexander Graham Bell Adolph Lewisohn John Cavanaugh Isaac N. Seligman W. H. P. Faunce Theodore P. Shonts Darwin P. Kingsley S. Avrey franklin Hamilton George T. Wilson Robert J. Aley John Mitchell Frank S. Streeter Alton B. Parker UT on Frank Trumbull Henry Clews .,r11;r r~.... c~c~ n~ietl.:.7' ut Harrv Pratt Judson Frederick Lynch : U•f::.r> --t-- ..::01m2:1e ""'Ce, t1 :? Osc.ar S. Straus B. N. Duke Charles Hayden John Wesley Hill · .1··1 1 Cc>,_fft unr;7rc~~3 Edadqu'.lr ters .. Samuel J. E..lder Hamilton Holt :.;,:·th'""', :r 'J .. tt... -:1 ,r, \)r o..~. t1J.e loor Jeremiah W. Jenks John B. Clark c, :1 Samuel T. Dutton cif Cr!!.,.: A-~,.,.::·10 .t':' :.:here the Congr·;~'J Theodore S. Woolsey Andrew D. White William Allen Butler l .J t. o , p :1 c.:1} c , :r 01 · ni 11 r 9 p;j. G •:,er ·1r L Charles Lathrop Pack W. A. Short .., r- i V': < UI' h•),(10,f. fl,,' (:i, 0 I ..Jl:--R. Bainbridge Colby Wm. Hale Thompson Franklin Murphy C. A. Duniway ·1 ...... , ..!.. l l ~ ' ..., -1 Lawrence Y. Sherman ~'.l':s ·~otcl~j ~~0 1 J..8!1.u8n, ;-:; ,[;,, '3 ~1.' J.H.Kirkland Henry W. Taft G· l en 11 ri J ;·i \l8 hJ t:::s to r elf-{"":' ~- 8f! ~~~~~SD~·~~tting Albert Bushnell Hart ~~-er: '-n ri···r Ll1 3l"'Cj E..mersonMcMillin Ira Remsen c:o ,::., .... "h -.';\ ;1ar: - ,~_, • ~ '.., _., ,~ • --~~ • ~ <::) ,_, - ;" r.> ' '~ James Cardinal Gibbons C'v.nc'r ,~0 1 ,..;1~ ..... 11 \.,;LUV8..J....,..i.!.O.. ~- •. _,re r.'• CharlesC.Moore Frank J. Goodnow 2 · Wm. H. Crocker C ,r c,t 111 ~ (-:11 .rrc.,,. If it is VOl~r rt sir:.::> Wm. Frederick Slocum Theodore Marburg C'.1t,c., 0 c · Henry A. Buchtel Albert Shaw (· ~ 1~ ·.e c trc, ~IoJ le. don, Charles Curtis E..ugene N. Foss -:; )J. nn J a J. ' ~. 0 1 ~ l "l ,_. re r l l.'.J. ) 0 l e t t e I' E..dwin Warfield v-- .1r 3 c G•- n1ncr c •.. t lorl .J ~, t o:ic e. GOVE.RN ORS Henry W. Farnum Clarence H. Kelsey L.1ri l a: e 1ri your __ ,;· <,l J. ';::it..: 01 Charles S. Whitman, N. Y. ,... 1- Frank B. Willis, Ohio Charles R. Van Hise cr· 1 ~ c a . y 7011 ·10 Hi re ·c , Henry B. f. Macfarland Marcus H. Holcomb, Conn. Alexander C. Humphreys E... L Philipp, Wis. Vincent Astor R. Livingston Beeckman, R. I. Charles Bayard Mitchell Henry D. Hatfield, W. Va. Rt. Rev. Bishop Luther B. Wilson M. G. Brumbaugh, Pa. James Brown Scott John M. Slaton, Ga. Francis A. Seiberling Oakley C. Curtis, Me. Charles A. Dick Winfield S. Hammond, Minn. Charles W. Fairbanks Arthur Capper, Kans. Theodore E... Burton George A. Carlson, Colo. Myron T. Herrick John B. Kendrick, Wyo. Warren G. Harding Go;:•Y1.i..-:- t ~ . J~mes B. McCreary, Ky. J. B. Foraker David I. Walsh, Mass. J. G. Schmidlapp Rolland H. Spaulding, N. H. W. F. Robertson James Witheycombe, Ore. J. R. Clark Woodbridge N. Ferris, Mich. D. D. Woodmansee L B. Hanna, N. D. John Wanamaker Phillips L. Goldsborough, Md. Andrew Carnegie Charles W. Gates, Vt. James E... Watson S. V. Stewart, Mont. James B. Angell Charles R. Miller, Del. William R. Day Hiram W. Johnson, Cal. Jacob M. Dickinson E..rnest Lister, Wash. George Gray Park Trammell, Fla. llnrlb

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:!Ian 12-13-14 JOHN HAYS HAMMOND, CHAIRMAN 71 BROAOWA Y, NEW YORK

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MAY 12-13-14

OBJECT

The projed of a true international court of justice has been sufficiently examined. It was adopted in principle by the forty-four States composing the Second Hague Conference (I 907), was endorsed by the Institute of International Law ( 1912), and since 1907 has received the hearty support of all the leading Powers, including Great Britain and Germany. It has been exhaustively studied at four annual conferences of the American Society for Judicial Settlement of International Disputes and by foreign governments and publicists. The suggestion has also met with the approval of State Legislatures in the United States, of leading Chambers of Commerce and of representative religious bodies. Indeed, it is approved by thoughtful men everywhere.

Pradic.al men dislike to go on talking about projeds when their desirability and pradic.ability have been demonstrated. They insist upon seeing them realized. The project of the Court is a mature projed. The time has c.ome to take positive action looking toward its prompt establishment at the right moment. That it will be a powerful additional fador for the future peac.e of the world is not doubted. That it will build up international law, so essential to peaceful relations among men, is equally accepted.

The present unspeakable conflid abroad has brought with it a vivid conception of how unintelligent our present methods are, of how pitifully we lac.k in the international field the simplest machinery for the avoidance of conflict suc.h as is provided in the internal organization of the State.

With a view to rousing the American public. to a consciousness of the possibilities that lie in the creation of a true court of justice for the nations and developing an insistent demand for it, thus strengthening the hands of the United States Government in its appeal for its early establish­ ment, a congress has been planned for May 12, 13 and 14 at Cleveland, Ohio (Headquarters, Hotel Statler). The speakers DJill be requested to avoid any references which will give the impression that this is a stop-the-war-movement or concerns itself 'With the question of national defense. The program will be limited to the one topic. of promoting a true International Court of Justice. The Congress is not under the auspices of any one society. Its Governing Committee hopes that all organizations opposed to war as a method of settling international disputes will lend their support. Among those who have already accepted invitations to address the Congress are:

Hon. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT Hon. BAINBRIDGE COLBY Judge ALTON B. PARKER Rabbi JOSEPH SILVERMAN Gov. FRANK B. WILLIS Dr. FREDERICK LYNCH Hon. JOHN HAYS HAMMOND Hon. THEODORE MARBURG Hon. CHARLES B. WARREN of Detroit HENRY CLEWS Prof. JEREMIAH W. JENKS THOMAS RAI:.BURN WHITE Prof. SAMUEL T. DUTTON Dr. ALBERT SHAW Hon. JAMES BROWN SCOTT JOHN MITCHELL Senator LAWRENCE Y. SHERMAN EMERSON Mc.MILLIN Senator WARREN G. HARDING GENERAL BALLINGTON BOOTH JOHN WESLEY HILL DR. FRANCIS E. CLARK Bishop LUTHER B. WILSON DR. CHARLES F. THWING

COMMITTEE OF ONE HUNDRED

John Hays Hammond Frank A. Seiberling Charles S. Cutting William Howard Taft Charles A. Dick Arthur D. Call Joseph Silverman Charles W. Fairbanks Emerson McMillin E. C. Stokes Theodore E. Burton Charles C. Moore Adolph Lewisohn Myron T. Herrick Wm. H. Crocker Isaac N. Seligman Warren G. Harding Wm. Frederick Slocum Theodore P. Shonts J. B. Foraker Henry A. Buchtel Darwin P. Kingsley J. G. Schmidlapp Charles Curtis George T. Wilson W. F. Robertson H. M. Daugherty John Mitchell J. R. Clark Calvin W. Rice Alton B. Parker D. D. Woodmansee William D. Foulke Henry Clews John Wanamaker Frederick Lynch Andrew Carnegie GOVERNORS Oscar S. Straus James E. Watson John Wesley Hill James B. Angell Charles S. Whitman, N. Y. Hamilton Holt William R. Day Frank B. Willis, Ohio Jeremiah W. Jenks Jacob M. Dickinson Marcus H. Holcomb, Conn. Samuel T. Dutton George Gray E. L Philipp, Wis. William Allen Butler Philander C. Knox R. Livingston Beeckman, R. I. Charles Lathrop Pack Francis G. Newlands Henry D. Hatfield, W. Va. Bainbridge Colby W.W. Willoughby M. G. Brumbaugh, Pa. Franklin Murphy William Allen White John M. Slaton, Ga. Lawrence Y. Sherman Alexander Graham Bell Oakley C. Curtis, Me. Henry W. Taft John Cavanaugh Winfield S. Hammond, Minn. Albert Bushnell Hart W. H. P. Faunce Arthur Capper, Kans. Ira Remsen S. Avrey George A. Carlson, Colo. James Cardinal Gibbons Franklin Hamilton John B. Kendrick, Wyo. Frank J. Goodnow Robert J. Aley James B. McCreary, Ky. Theodore Marburg Frank S. Streeter David I. Walsh, Mass. Albert Shaw Frank Trumbull Rolland H. Spaulding, N. H. Eugene N. Foss Harry Pratt Judson James Witheycombe, Ore. Edwin Warfield B. N. Duke Woodbridge N. Ferris, Mich. Henry W. Farnum Charles Hayden L B. Hanna, N. D. Clarence H. Kelsey Samuel J. Elder Phillips L. Goldsborough, Md. Charles R. Van Hise John B. Clark Charles W. Gates, Vt. Henry B. F. Macfarland Theodore S. Woolsey S. V. Stewart, Mont. Alexander C. Humphreys Andrew D. White Charles R. Miller, Del. Vincent Astor W. A. Short Hiram W. Johnson, Cal. Charles Bayard Mitchell Wm. Hale Thompson Ernest Lister, Wash. Rt. Rev. Bishop Luther B. Wilson C. A. Duniway Park Trammell, Fla. James Brown Scott J. H. Kirkland Luther E. Hall, La.

HEADQUARTERS The World Court Congress, May 2-3-4, 1916 CONGRESS HOTEL BILTMORE New York City CARNEGIE HALL WQr Ifnrlh 1 s Q!nurt 1Jjrugur. :1Jur. EQUITABLE BUILDING NEW YORK

WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, HONORARY PRESIDENT JOHN HAYS HAMMOND, PRESIDENT CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS, HONORARY VICE PRESIDENT ALTON 8. PARKER, VICE PRESIDENT OSCAR S. STRAUS, BAINBRIDGE COLBY, I LAWRENCE Y. SHERMAN, CHARLES LATHROP PACK, WOODBRIDGE N . FERRIS, D. D. WOODMANSEE,

JOHN WESLEY HILL, GENERAL SECRETARY CHARLES H. BURR, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY HENRY CLEWS, TREASURER

My dear Sir:- Ve are greatly pleased to receive the notice of your appointment as delegate to the SECOND . VfORLD COURT CONGRESS to be held in New York City, 1.fay 2-3-4. I enclose herewiih your credentials with a statement of the ob,:Pct of the Congress. A large number of the representative men of the country will appear on the program which will include for discussion every important phase of the World Court Movement. At such a time as this when the world is looking to our country for direction toward justice, peace and brotherhood, it is highly important that all who believe in these ideals should meet in a National Congress for their discuosion and advancement.

\'Te sincerely trust, therefore, that you will allow noth­ ing to prevent your presence at the Congress for its success will depend largely upon the number and cho.ro.cter of the delegates composing it. Kindly advise us of your ncceptcmce nt your earl­ iest convenience.

Sincer;:ly yours, ~

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CHARLES L. DERING, HUBERT F. MILLER. PRESIDENT . BUSINESS MANAGER .JAMES W. MORRISSON, VICE PRES.- INTERSTATE DIV. ROBERT B . BEACH. ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER . .JOHN W . O'LEARY, VICE PRES.-CIVIC-INDUSTRIAL DIV. WILLIAM HUDSON HARPER, EDITOR"CHICAGO COMMERCE'.' FRED L. ROSSBACH, VICE PRES.-LOCAL DIVISION. H.C. BARLOW, TRAFFIC DIRECTOR . ..J . F. NICKERSON, VICE PRES.- FOREIGN TRADE DIV. GEORGE M.SPANGLER.JR . FREDERICK L . BROWN, MANAGER, BUREAU OF CONVENTIONS. GENERAL SECRETARY. H. H. GARVER , LUCIUS TETER. FOREIGN TRADE COMMISSIONER. GENERAL TREASURER. 10 SOUTH LA SALLE STREET H.P BELT. FIFTH FLOOR-OTIS BUILDING REPRESENTATIVE CABLE ADDRESS-FORMOOD. CASILLA DE CORREO 1779. TELEPHONE MAIN 4808. BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA . CHICAGO

Dr. Harry Pratt Judson, April 21, 1915. }'>resident, University of Chicago, Chicago, .

Dear Sir:

We are in receipt of two commtlnications signed by

Jobn Hays Hammond, 71 Broadwey, New York, inviting us to be

represented at the World Court Congress to be held at Cleve-

Land, Ohio,

Your name is included in the general committee, as

you will notice from the attached.

Will you kindly give us your opinion of the movement'l

We would also lilte to know if you plan to attend the meeting,

and whether in your opinion this organization should be official-

ly represented.

Yours very truly,

THE CHICAGO ASSOCIATIO!I OF COMMERCE. By /

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