Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1925, Page 4

VG Y CET DG WATERSUPRLY Commissioners Approve Pro- { posal to Extend System Into New Suburbs. of the District’s water wystem the rapidly developing gections of Arlington County, Va., W mpproved today by the Board of I :] introduced in the Representative R Extension rting on a bi last week suse District ners said ady author- f water to com- State of Virginia bor- t of Columbia under 1 that apply to the ) the District system ished Maryland com- f the fact that the mption of water ict of Columbia so nearly capacity of the aqued h the District depends sole- pply that the Commis held that assumed to serve of the District until 1pply has been in. tates Engineers of- Commissioners that t favorable conditiong r would not be available yland and Virginia_com- munities before the Spring of 19 WILBUR'S SECRETARY BADLY HURT IN FALL John B. May Severely Gashes Hand During Plunge. Rushed to Hospital. John B. May, private secretary to Secretary Wilbur of the Navy Depart ment, was seriously Injured today when' he fell down stairs, thrusting his arm through a glass window in an effort to check the fall. He received a deep cut on the hand, a_jagged point of & passing through it, and_he avas suffering from loss of blood when he was removed to the Naval Dis- pensary in the building. Naval sur- geons there applied first ald and lered him sent immediately to the eons still were working which they said was ious because of damage to the ligaments in the palm of the hand. Mathews is about to enter r second term as register o w York County. The position pays 000 4 year, and is said to be tne est salaried public office ever held by a woman in the United States. no' | Will Not Be Impaired by Association in st_Page) World Court, the small and weak na- tions of the world must submit to the decision of disputes by political repre- sentations of powerful nations through | of justice in which their cases may be tried. Cites Germany's Case. “To illustrate, Germany {s disarmed and helpless, from a military stand- point. In disputes with other natlons, she must submit to the decision of the League of Nations, a political body, to arbitration or to the World Court, a judiclary body, whose pudges are e ed without regard to n..tional- ity e must do one or the other of these things, or fight. She cannot make war and it is therefore no wonder that Germany, although not yet a member of the court, has participated in cases before it to a greater extent than any other power. This is because, in this forum, right i{s greater than might, and it is the only international body in existence where this is true.” Senator Lenroot, at the outset of his remarks, attacked the propaganda which has been sent out in opposition to the World Court. He said: “There is much propaganda upon both sides of the question of our Jjoining the World Court. Charges Propaganda Unfair. | “Most of the propaganda in opposi- tion, however. is very misleading, and alleged statements of fact are made that have not the slightest justific tion. We hear it constantly said by some in opposition to the court and in newspaper editorfals and literature that is sent to Senators, that this court is the creature and agent of the League of Nations and is owned by it. The fact is, as every Senator knows, that this court {s American in its origin and substantially in its present form was proposed by Amer- ican statesmen many yvears ago. “It was first proposed at the first Hague peace conference, in 1899, under President McKinley’s adminis- tration. At the second peace confer- ence at The Hague, in 1907, the United States agaln urged the creation of a Permanent Court of International Justice. The second peace conference failed to provide such a court, solely because the delegates could not agree upon a method of electing the judges.” Senator Lenroot insisted that the mere fact the League of Nations rec- ommended the adoption of the World Court should neither commend nor condemn it, but that the court should be examined, adjudged by what it is. He discussed in detall the organic act_establishing the court, and sought to prove that it is entirely independent of the league. Supported by Both in 1924. Senator Lenroot, in conclusion, polnted out that both the Republican and Democratic national platforms of 1924 supported adherence of the United States to the World Court. “If there is to be any such thing as party government in this country,” In order that Mousic Lovers may have a DUO-ART - Reproducing Piano for Christmas We will deliver a Stroud Upright (foot- impelled) Duo-Art, Price $695, with a fine mahogany music roll cabinet and $15 worth of music rolls. Price complete, $725 THE EVENING BTAR, WASHINGTON, D. LIBERTY OF ACTION ASSURED U. S. AS COURT MEMBER, LENROOT SAYS | Wisconsin Senator Declares Nation’s Independence Tribunal Designed for Peace. said Senator Lenroot, “‘when a ‘po- litical party makes a declaration on & great matter such as this, all doubts should be resolved in favor of it by the members of the party. The Republl- can party has spoken on this World Court issue. There were 22 of the Senators on this side of the Senate chamber who occupled seats in the Republican natfonal convention which adopted this platform. There was no word of dissent from any of them Harreld Says He Dissented. Senator Harreld of Oklahoma inter- rupted Senator Lenroot, saying that in the committee op resolutions he had dissented. Lenroot replied that as Senator Harreld had not carried his opposi- tion to the floor of the convention, he had assumed that Senator Harreld had accepted the action of the com- mittee on resolutions. As soon as Senator Lenroot relin- quished the floor Senator Borah was recognized. e began his address by declaring his hearty sympathy with supporters of the World Court who wished to ald international peace. “I take it that every sane man and wholesome woman is desirous of peace and to be helpful in bringing it about,” he said. “If there is any difference, it is as to methods of .ef- fectuating our great desire.” Senator Borah sald that he would confine himself today to one ques- tion—the relationship of the World Court to the political institution, the League of Nations. Senator Borah said that if were able to sustain his contention that the World Court is in fact a part of the League of Nations he would do so from the lips of the friends of the court. Says He'll Hold to Record. “Knowing I shall be charged with prejudice toward anything coming from the league,” said Senator Borah, I shall confine myself to the record and to the views of those who cannot be charged with such prejudice.” He quoted from a book entitled “The World Court,” written by a member of the court, in which he said that any tempest or war which beats down on the league will have its effect upon the court. ““What was the interest and the pur- pose of those who framed the statute of the World Court?"” demanded Sena- tor Borah. “The men who sat on that jury, among them Elihu Root, were men capable of carrying into effect that which they set out to do. They did not go into conference to create a court separate and independent of the league. They set a task which was to create an organ, a component part, a legal department of the league. Does any one doubt that they could do what they set out to do?” Quoting from the instructions to these framers of the statute, Senator Borah said: ‘“The court is to be the most es. sential part of the League of Na- tions.” Senator Borah members of this also quoted from conference which framed the statute to show that the political phase of the league was as dependent on the legal phase—mean- ing the World Court—as the legal phase was upon the political p&nfl. that do without each uo"g‘rw:.rn‘d “{:I‘;l.cl‘:l‘ wolidarity exg::l between them and will always exist. Quoies From Root. The Idaho Senator quoted from Mr. Root to show that the court was to be a part of the system of the League of Nations and from the reporter of the committee of drafters to the effect that this court s to be the judicial de- partment of the League of Nations. “If these men did not succeed in making the court a part of the League of Nations, it waa not because they did not intend to,” said Senator Borah. “‘And after they had performed their labor they looked on their work and sald it was good.” The method of electing the judges of the court was discussed by Senator Borah. He {nsisted that the framers had intended and had succeeded In having the judges elected by the league and that they bellaved it was essential they should be so elected, since the court was to be the legal department and a component part of the league. Senator Walsh, who followed Sena- tor Borah, sought in his address to ‘“‘dispel” {llusions, pleasing on the one hand supporters of adherence to the court and unduly disquieting to those who look askance on such adherences. The Montana Senator, in a careful analysis of the steps taken to create the court, declared that it iz indopend- ent of the League of Nations, that the United States by joining in the World Court abates not at all its own inde- pendence of action, that the United States is not by such action entering the league “by the back door™ or any other door. While strongly advising adherence to the court s a proper step by the United States, Senator Walsh frankly declared that the World Court cannot now be regarded as a cure-all, as an insurance against all wars. Explains Purpese. “The purpose of this address,” said Senator Walsh, “was to make clear that the court rests on its own bot- tom; that it has its foundation not in the treaty of Versallles or in the covenant of the League of Nations, but {s bullt upon a separate treaty ~e are asked to approve, promulgated Oecember 16, 1920; that by that treaty #e assume no obligations whatever, either under the Versallles treaty or the covenant of the League of Na- tions or otherwise; that our status toward the league is in no wise af- fected by adherence contemplated by the pending resolution; that we ac- quire no fithtu_by adhertng and in- cur no risk of any kind; that all con- troversies between nations likely to lead to war will go before the court, and that it, with our support, will usher in an era of perpetual peace is a delusion, the fact being tiat by adhering to the protocol we take but a feeble, halting step in the direction of promoting world peace, as said by a Frenchman, a polite gesture. Stag- gering as it may seem, there are those who maintain we should not even make a gesture toward co-operation to that end.” . Delegates from 16 countries, repre- senting 42 organizations, with a mem- bership of about 800,000, met in Stock- holm recently for the second congreas of the International Federation of Commereial, Clerical and Technical Employes. SAYSGAPT. DIEHL $-91 STORY UNTRUE Lieut. Comdr. Lockwood De- nies City of Rome Captain’s Version of Crash. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, December 18.—A charge that the story told by Capt. John H. Diehl of the City bf Rome of the sink- ing of the submarine S-51, in collisien with- his vessel off Block Island Sep- tember 26, was “wholly untrue” was made today by Lieut. Comdr. Charles A. Lockwood, judge advocate before the naval board of the inquiry inves- tigating the disaster. Summing up at a session of the court convened today at the Charles- town Navy Yard, Comdr. Lockwood said the 8-61 was not at fault in any way for the collision, and that the City of Rome was entirely to blame. The judge advocate sald the con- duct of the City of Rome was ‘repre- hensible. The S-51, he maintained, was a ‘“‘crossing vessel” and as such had observed all the rules of the road. Comdr. Lockwood said that the fact that the 8-51 was allowed to approach within 600 feet of the City of Rome without any action showed a lack of attention on the part of the officers und crew of the latter vessel. He de- scribed the City of Rome as a “blind ship,” with only one man in the pilot house to steer and keep a lookout. In questioning the story told by Capt. Diehl the judge advocate said the captain had not been in the pilot house at the time the 5-51 was sight- ed as he had said, but had come up after the first blast of the ship's whistle. The collision, Comdr. 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