The evening herald., 1920-10-27

places the control or tnc ueutie
hueiuoss IN the hands OF a small
group OF diplomats and tnhcn no ac-
count OF tho viii OF those who have
70 pas Tho taxes and do the uEhting.
q. What has been the cause or
war IN the pastl
4. The fact that ths people who
had 70 DO the fiehtine were seldom
consulted ns 10 whether here should
o. Who brought on the wars7
a. rrofoasionai statcamen and
diplomata
Q. How dld they DO NJ
A. Iy treating tho peoples inter-
national hainlnonr like q cheaa game.
getting into disputes with ono an.
other over the mover mnlsinE al
sorts OF hostile threats and then.
when tlle fkat was on, calling on the
people to hack them up.
O. What is the remedy for such
A. Tho remedy Ia 10 give tho peo-
pie Of a notion fair chance 20 de.
eide whether the dispute is worth
O. Does the league of nations DO
4. Certainly not. Tho people will
have about as much inluonce on
the policy Of tho league OF nations as
minority stockholders In an Indus
trial trust.
O. what is the league. anyway +?
A. On paper and in aprmong Il Is
peace partnerahip between many
nations. Actually II rs n scheme 70
insure the governments Of European
nations ut the eNnenae Of the United
states and to lodge tho control OF the
peoples buAineas Ia thu hands OF a
little group Ct infarnationai rpiiti'
cians.
O. How Il che schome worked out
a. BY shaving each natinn undcr-
write the policy of insurance con-
famed in Artice X OF tho league ceve-
nant ma by creating an executive
council OF nine men reproEentlne zine
natlons and BY attempting 10 put II
IN tho power OF theBa ninc mon to
decide in al great emergencies Just
what evorybady shall do.
o. Who arc tho nine to be?
A. A Belgian. a, brazilian, an Eng
lishmpn, a Frenchman, a Greek, an
Italian, Japanese, q aponiaEd and
citizen of the United statea
q. where are they TO ait?
A. In Geneva. Switzerland.
Q. How will the representative ol
the United States be choDen7
a. Nobody knows. II does no
rnnko much dlffcroncc, however, how
he Is chosen because X is not posi-
bile for nny one man really 70 repre-
sent ono numbered million. The vot
that. he casts In the name OF tr'
United States might very well caus'
such storm OF protest from tn
people OF the United States as wouls
discredit our so-called Representative
and crack the league wide open.
q. Assuming that the members o
the council have been appolntes
somehow or other and are actually II
Aow ruIs
dispute arises between nations whicl
their governments do not settle b.
arbitration or otherwiReY
A. The council OF ninc viii pas
upon the dispute, unless the councl
itself or one OF the disputants refer
the case to the so-calied "Ahsembi
Of NationR"
Q. what may the council do witt
a. The best way to answer is b
auppoalng n case. II. for example
Japan were TO claim the right OF FIRE
admission 70 the United States 70
Japanese subjects and We were I
object. Jaran would refer the case I
The council We would claim, unde
article XIV. that this was n domeati
and not an international question
The council would have power I
decide against us on this point tn
question would then be before IN
council whether our restrictions upo
immigration should or should nc
hold. II seven OF the council vote
against us and u we then attempte
70 prevent by force q ahipload Q
Japs from landing at San Francisco
We should be committing an act G
war against every member OF tn
league.
q. Is this suppositlous case IN
only one that could arise7
A. Certainly not. The same cours
Of events might follow II the disput
related TO our protective tarin policl
or 10 our coastwise trade, or 20 IN
stntus OF tho Panama canal or 10 an
other matter vital TO our nationt
interest By the vote OF seven fol
eirners we should be put In n poaltio
where We would have to surrende
our independence OF action or els
fight the world.
q. So that n the league pla
works. the United States must duietl
submit 20 the dictation of the seve
gentlemen OF Geneva?
A. Yes.
Q. And II the league plan dosen
work we shall have a world war?
a. Precisely
for tho United States. tho failure
Tho league plan or its succesgY
A. Take your choice But rt
member, that bad as war is. Il Is nj
80 bad as the loss OF our hard-won u
dependence. We should rather figl
than submit TO foreign dictation.
Q. Suppose the dispute hetwee
us and Japan was not over some ps
lltical question, like the ono abo'
suggested, but was over queHtlo
Of law such as we are accustomed
have courts decide. What court dol
the league covenant set up TO II
ferpret and apply rules OF internI
tional law?
a. No court at all, unless the di
putants choose to agree to one n
legal dispute would go TO the nir
poaitieians at Geneva for decision
lust as II a legal question In tn
country were 10 be decided by q
President and his cabinet instead
by the Supreme court.
q. In this a wise way OF settiir
legal conirovergiea7
A. u IL the worst possible wa
It contradicts all the constitution
,.rnorioufe OF the United States ar