Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1926, Page 5

ACTIONONCOURT PLEASES JURISTS Ratification by Senate An- nounced by Wickersham at Today’s Session. B: the Associated Press. GENEVA, January ' the Associated | of the Senate’s ratification of American adherence to the World Court, George W. Wicker- sham announced the news at the open- ng of today’s session of the conference of jurists engaged in drafting a code of international law which it is ex- pected will vastly increaes the use- fulness of the court. The Jurists. representing many lands, greeted the announcement of the American decision with expres. sions of gratification Before entering the meeting Mr. Wickersham, who advocated adher- ence to the court in addresses in many —TInformed marts of the United States, voiced his | versonal satisfaction over the ion. He explained that the reservattons 15 thus far cabled to ently added only two to those r mended by the late President Hardins and former Secretary of State Hughes, first giving the United States per- sission 10 withdraw from the court t any time, and the second specifying that no advisory opinion shall be given | and | tutes of the court without its con- sent. Advisory Opinion Provi “The provision with r advisory opinions is substa me as is contained in f the court. There is wiy a practice thus the no settled by rules reason jel in | regrettable circumstance is the requirement that nations mem- bers of the court must agree to the American reservations before the al Lerence of the United States becomes effective, “This means a considerable delay, ut after all the essential thing is that the United States by this act takes an important affirmative step toward co-operation with other na- tions to secure the peace of tha world."” Believe Value Overestimated. The general opinfon in League of Nations circles is that the Americ overestimate the value of the World Court, which handles questions of law, whereas the most dangerous dis- menacing world peace, are po-| tail political negotiations rather than legal decisions. The American action, nevertheless. is hailed as of the greatest moral value in advancing international co-| operation. League spokesmen ex- pressed the opinion today that, If any of the American reservations affect the functioning of the court or the relations of other nations to the court there will be a period of diffi cult negotiations with the other sis- natorfes, whose approval must be unanimous. STATESM ARE PLEASED. Briand and Chamberlain Gratification. PARIS, January 28 (#).—'"The ac- tion of the United States Senate in| approving adhesion of the American Government to the Permanent Court| of International Justice is a most im-| Express | portant development.” was the )olnlj declaration of Premier Briand and Sir! Austen Chamberlain, the British forelgn secretary, after their con- ference this morning. “Let us hope it is only the first assented Sir Austen, “but perhaps it is more prudent not to speak it too loudly." | The two ministers had just given all the current diplomatic questions a survey In a talk of about two hours. Any decisions, however, were deferred until Sir Austen, who has been vaca- tioning on_the Mediterranean coast, | returns to London. Both statesmen expressed assurance that all pending problems, including Germany's demand for reduction of the forces of occupation In the Rhine- | lard, would be settled without friction. | REASSURES COOLIDGE | nate's | ter a public hear- | affecting the United | i consent. tact that th the right 1o « at any tim id Mr. | m, “it < somewhat | to sav that no chan ade in the constitution | | , economic or financial and en-| added the French statesman. | The World Court In the Senate February 21, 1923, message suggesting adherence submit- ted by President Harding. February 24, 1923, referred to foreign relations committee. May 20, 1924, first action by foreign relations committee, re- porting the Pepper resolution to divorce the court and the League of Nations. December 6, 1924, President Coofidge in his annual message commended the court to the Senate. March 13, 1925, Swanson reso- lution of ratification made offi- cial order of business for Decem- ber-17, 1925. December 8, 1923, President Coolidge, in annual message, recommended ratification. January 25, 1926, Senate voted cloture by 68 to 26. January’ 27, 1926, Swanson resolution of ratification adopted. COOLIDGE TO SEEK NATIONS’ APPROVAL AS SENATE VOTES COURT t Page) ntinued from I tie member of the com of the resolution also was congratulated ns and Democrats of e favoring the court have worked with an absence of political partisanship to obtain action. Adoption Leng Forecast. The adoption of the resolution had been forecast for a long time and had become a foregone conclusion ifter the vote on M invokin, he cloture rule to end de » on the urt. The rvoll call follows: For adherence to the World Court Republicans ators Bingham. Connecticut : Couze Curtis neen rmont; New Jersey: s, Ohio; Gillett, West Virginia; Idaho; Maine; Howell, Jones, Washington; Keyes, Hampshire: Lenroot, W McKinl McLean, Con- Kentucky 1chusetts: icut; MeMaster, South Dakota; MeNary, Oregon; Means, Colorado: Metcalf, Rhode Island; Norbeck, South Dakota; Norris, Nebraska; Od- die, Ne Pepper, Penn: Phipps, Colorado: Reed, F vania; Sackett, Kentucky: Shortridge, California; Smoot, Utah; Stanfield, Oregon; adsworth, New York Warren, Wyoming; Weller, Mary nd; Wit Democra Ashurst, Ari zona; are; Bratton, Louisian: York: Michi 3 a; George, C ithode Island; Gla: ris, Harri ma; Jones, Edwards, Fletcher, Gerry , Virginm; Har- M Tennessee; : West Virginia; Overman, North Carollna; Pittman, Nevada: Ransde: Louisiana; Robinson, Arkansas; Shep- pard, Texas; Simmons, North Caro- na; Smith, South Carolina; Ste phens, Mississippi; Swanson, Virginia; Trammell, Florda: Tyson. Tennessee; Underwood. na: Walsh: Mon- tana, and Whesler, Montana—36. To- 1l vote for rat!fication, 76. Senators voting against adherence to he World Court: Mayfiald. Republicans—Borah, Idaho; Brook- hartlowa; Fernald, Maine; Frazier, North Dakota; Harreld, Oklahoma Tohnson. California; La Follette, Wis- consin; Moses, New Hampshire; Nve, North Dakota: Pine. Ok'ahoma: Rob inson, Indiana; Schall, Missouri; Wat. <on, llndmnn. and Williams, Mis souri—14. Democrats—Senators Blease, South Carolina, and Reed, Missouri—2. . Farmer - Labor — Senator Shipstead, nesota—1. Total voting against ratification, 17. Senators du Pont, Delaware, and Greene, Vermont. Republicans, were aired for the court with Senator Dill, |\\'a:thingmn. Democrat, against the court. Attack by Johnson. The showing of the opponents of the court was smailer than had been jevpected. Just before the final vote < taken Senator Hiram Johnson of fornia delivered a bitter tirade nst the supporters of the court. He predicted that this was but the | pre’‘minary step into the League of tions. The deed is al I ag st done.” shouted | Senator Johnson. “I congratulate you on the Democratic side of the cham- ber. 1 commiserate with you on the Republican side. “I recall an historic day—March 1 1920—when an international press ‘Ihundt\md at our doors and demanded ratification of the League of Natfon: On that voted for ratification and the freaty of Versailles ay 49 Senator nd 35 against. He read the names of the Repub- lican Senators now in the Senate who tried in vain today to have adopted | additional re tions and amend- | ents to the resolution of ratitication ey were defented Dverw lingly Much of the dehate yesterday v und u reservation proposed Senator Moses of New Hampshir wti-court Se which provi 2 | that all the nations should agree that | |no decree or opinion of the court' | should be enforced by war 1t tinally | H defeated by a vote of to 22 1 con- | THE EVENING let’s know just where we are going The traditional policy of this country has been abandoned by the great Re publican party. God help it.” Senator Bruce of Maryland, Demo- crat, as soon as the vote had been announced by the Vice President, re- plied to Senator Johnson. “1 desire,” he said, “'to congratulate the Republican and Democrat, mem- | bers of this body who under the leadership of our honorable President, e this d urable thin done a gr d mens that will promote the cause of international justice and | peace.” | There was a applause seattering Away. | which died quic | Mrs. Wilson Hears Debate. Throughout the long seven-hour ses. sion, which terminated in the voetory of the court supporters, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, widow of the President who gave his best efforts for the league and the court, listened to the debate and followed with interest the vote it was t: n. The victory of theWorld Court.forces is interpreted as a distinct victory | for President Coolidge, who has urged the entry of the United States into the | World art with v ations | proposed by his pr sor and him | self ever since he d the White | House. 1t is considered all the more a Cool ci since it is well under s at the Cupitol that had not the |F his shoulder back of the wheel, the court proposal would have been allowed to sleep indefinitely | in the foreign relation committe I Vote Long Delayed. The vote on t} urt has been long Pr . 1923, first sent a special mes- | nt Harding on Feb- | sage to th nate urging that the | | Senate devi: W consent to the sizn | ing of the protocol of the World Cou by the United States. The Harding | Hughes reservations were sent along | with the messaze. | | The oppnnents of the World Court | Senator Missourd then | [ called up tion proposed by Senator Boruh which would have pro- | videa “that adherence of the United |States to the statute of the World | urt is conditioned upon the unde | standing that in the election of the {Judges in each electoral body each signatory state shall have only one vote, but not more than one vote shall be cast in either the a mbly or the c ncil by the British Empire and the states included thereir This, too, was defeated, by a vote of 73 to 20, Other Reservations Beaten. | Other reservations ator Reed, Senator nesota and Senator Dakota, were d ¥ ed in rapid suc- I Senator M s of- titute t pper { resolution of Mz 20, 1924, vorcing the court from league 3 too, was defe »«d. Senate i |worth of New York, Republica | for it. Another substitute offered by Senatcr Willlams | souri went the same course. | _When the resoition was reported | | from the committee of the whole into the Senate, Senator Reed proposed an | amendment whereby the Senate should " without senting” | to the signature of the United States {10 the protocol. His contention wi that the Senate couid nc proper] consent to something was not really before it—the protocol. The | nendment was bowled over, how- | ever. | One reservation offered by Senator Frazier and defeated would have | made adherence of the United States | to the court conditional upon the es- | tablishment of an international police | of the seas under the League of Na tions and the scrapping of all armed vessels not needed for this purpose. It was intended only to embarrass the supporters of the court. An interesting sidelicht on the amended reservations to the Swan- son resolution of ification, which was finally adopted without cf nge, developed today. John Bassett Moore, the American judge on the World Court bench, now In this country, was recently in Washingt He was consulted by Senator Swanson and other Senators supporting the World Court and gave his advice and assist- ince in the drafting of the resolution n its final form. From the Boston Transcript. She (romantick—"1 think the poets are right, George. It is onlv In the great open spaces that we find our- selves. ) He (matter-of-facty—Well, we're 20 miles from anywhere, the sun's going down and I've lost the map, so now's ' Hotel Inn 64-610 Oth St. N.W. | ,$7 rooms. $6 weekly: $10.50 $13 with toilet. shower and liva in room. 50% more STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY TEXT OF RESOLUTION RATIFYING U. S. WORLD COURT ADHERENCE The text of the resolution ratifying American adherence to the World Court, and adopted by the Senate yes terd; follows: “Whereas the President, under ‘ date of February 24, 1923, trans mitted a message to the Senate, ac- | companied by a letter from the | i secretary of State, dated February 17, 1923, asking the favorable ad- vice and consent of the Senate to the adherence on the part of the United States to the protocol of December 16, 1920, of signature of ] the statute for the I'ermanent Court of International Justice, set out in the said message of the President (without accepting or agreeing to the optional clause for compulsory jurisdiction contained therein), upon the conditions and understandings hereafter stated, to be made a part of the instrument of adherence: Therefore, be it “Resolved (two-thirds of the Sen- ators present concurring), That the Senate advise and consent to the | adherence on the rt of the United States to the said protocol of December 16, 1920, and the ad- joined statute for the Permanent Court of International Justice (without accepting or agreeinz to the optional clause for compulsory jurisdiction contained in said statute). and that the signature of the Uniied States be affixed to the said protocol, subject to the fol- lowing reservations and under- standings, which are hereby made A part and condition of this reso- | lution, namely i “1. That such adherence shall | not be taken to involve any legal relation on the ps States to the rt of the United League of Nations or the assumption of any obliga- tions the United States under the tr tes shall | rticiy through r ntatives design for the purpc and upon | equ with the other members, respectively, of the Coun nd Assembly of the Leazue of ons, in uny and all proceed- | of either the council or the r deputy Court of Judges of the Permanent International Justice or | . That the Unite es will ur share of the expenses of the court, as determined and ap- propriated from time to g the Congress of the Unit “4. That the United S at any time withdraw its adherence to the said protocol and that the | statute for the Permanent Court of | International Justice adjoined to the protocol shall not be amended wiihout the consent of the Umted | States. ! “5. That the court shall not render any advisory opinion except publicly after due notice to state dhering to the court to interested states and public hearing or oppc | con- hearing given to any state ! cerned; nor shall it, without the | es, en- consent of the United ¢ tertain any request for an advisory opinoin touching any dispute or question in which the United States has or claims an_ interest. The signature of the United States to the sald protocol shall not be affixed until the powers sig- natory to such protocol shall have indlcated, through an exchange of notes, their acceptance of the fore- going reservations and understand- ings as a part and a condition of adherence by the United States to the said protocol. “Resolved further, As a part of this act of ratification that the United States approve the protocol and statute hereinabove mentioned, with the understanding that re: course to the Permanent Court of International Justice for the set- tlement of differences between the United States and any other state or states can be had only by agree- ment thereto through general or special treaties concluded between the parties in dispute; and “Resolved further. That adher- ence to the said proiocol and stat- ute hereby approved shall not be so construed as to require the United States to depart from its traditional policy of not intruding upon, interfering with, or entang- ling itselt in the political questions international admin- foreign state: nor to the said proto- of policy or istration of an shall adherence col and statute be construed to im- ply a relinquishment by the United States of its traditional attitude toward purely American ques- tions.” Borah and Lenroot | Debate Court Issue After Settlement By the Ascociated Press. CHICAGO, January 28— Despite the fa At the United States Senate earlier in the day had passed the measure providing for wiherence to the World Court, two Senators last night participated in the second half of a radio debate on the court question over radio- cast WGN of the Chicago Tribune. not regard this contest enator William E. Borah declared in speaking the court. “We will carry k 1o the people and make it precinet in the it an fssue in every United States.” “When the clouds of misrepre- sentation have rolled away, most of those now opposed to the court tor Irvine Len- sin maintained, in proposal spoke from Wash- ington, their remarks being brought here by telephone and broadeast from W ‘Tue ay night Sen- ator Walsh of Montana spoke in fuvor of the court and Senator Shipstead of Minnesota opposed him. 28, 1926. & 5 W INMENCAN LAY B OLD DUTCH b7 ' Low-Priced Meat Specials for Friday and Saturday \WARREN CONFERS c:?my Kellogg in Controversy %Talks With President and 3 Over New Acts. | By the Assoclated Press. | Charles B. 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Leg of Lamb Ib., 32 €g 0 amo, o & Loi oin Lamb Chops, Ib., 39¢ | . e e s Rib Lamb Chops, Ib., 39¢ The State Department also declined to | s | reveal the nature of the conversations | | with Mr. Warren or the present status | lb 25 o5 C Ib., 15¢ Government. | The former Ambassador vefused to | indicate today what advice he had | ziven concerning the next step of the Washington Government in its effort elther the American nor the Mexi | an note has been made public, but it is obvious that the interchange | has not cleared up the situation to | of its plans for dealing with the Mex \Shoulder Lal'lb fean problem. | b Despite this silence, there is overs | Breast Lamb, | the satisfaction of the Washington | indication that further diplomatic | respondence is in prospect. | SENATOR TAKEN ILL. Greene Stricken Suddenly in Sen- ate Cloakroom. 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He did not lc consclousness and in ten minutes w fully recovered.” ¢ Jrom_the AV ENUE o NINTH-® PORK— | PORK— Starting Tomorrow (Friday Morning), 8:30 | PORK ~9 Sale gf , MEN'S SUITS | GN FARM QUESTIONS Bradfute, Former Federation Head, | supported ratification of the Versailles treaty with reservations. “I challenge any one of these Re-| | publican Senators to say now that he | | would go into the league with or with- | Says Policies Generally Are | Popular in West. ( i By the Associated Press. | O. E. Bradfute, former president of | the American Farm Bureau tion, told President Coolidge not to take too much stock in report that the administration’s farm policies ere unsatisfactory to the West. Despite some rumbling of dissatis- | faction, Mr. Bradfute said, many farmers are In accord with the relief | program outlined by the President in | his various public utterances on the | subject H The surplus crop question, he also | nssured the President, is not as great | e factor in the corn belt as in the | wheat belt. He saw little to be gained | ' organization of an export corpor tion, and suggested that for the pres. | ent it would be enough to create a farm hoard with wide powers to study the agricultural problem and aid farmers in solving their difficulties. Mr. Bradfute, who in the past has been a consistent supporter of the Coolldge farm policies, recently was mucceeded as head of the Farm Bu- reau Federation by Sam Thompson, an advocate of energetic measures for relief of the surplus problem. Be Ahead of Spring Bave your interfor painting, paperhanging, floor fintshing, furniture upholstered and all necessary inside work done at this season. 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