The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-09-24
Is the League of Nations Dead?


days ago in despite
Senator arding declarations the contrary the League Of
Nations already working organization of good rpub
Ion friends took with inmang quite poindly that
perpetrang farce upon readers printing such
dope We think have already made sufficient
This serious charge but additional evidence bearing the
may be interesting
is well known that Mr. Ehu Root one of the greatest of
the republican leaders in this country and admitted master
y mentality has been serving member of the commission
pointed by the Council of the League of Nations plan
for the Permanent Court of international Justice which to be
created under the terms of the covenant This fact alone to any
th the League functionng for how could Mr. Root be serving
deunct organization and helping operate
under authority Of it? No. Mr. Root didn't appointment
from a dead
that the court which Mr. Root assisting forming to be
something entirely distinct from the League of Nations possibly
peace in the event he is elected Let rs see if this is ue We
have before the draft scheme for the ntuon of the Perma
nent Court of International Justice prepared by the commission
of which Mr. Root member This plan adopted by the
Council of the Of Nations Paris l6 and
been submitted to the member states for approval We quote
from copy of the official document follows
Article l. "A Permanent Court of International Justice
hereby established in acsrdancc with Article IA Of the Gov rant
of the League of Nations Does that sound like the
be something separate from the League Nations
integral part Of the organization which Senator Harding
Chapter Article 2 The number Of Judges and deputy
osa of the Council of the League of Nations That's to be done
by Mr. Iiardng's dead league.
Assembly and the Council of the League of Nations Now will
Mr. Harding kindly tell how the Council and Assembly of
Article T Ths Of The lie League s & of Nations ions
dead concern secretary general Mr. Harding'
Article The Assembly and Council (of the League Of
judges and then the deputy judges "
Article 10 Those candidates who obtain absolute major
y Of the of the Assembly and Council shall be considered
Thc judges shall salary be
determined by the Assembly Of the League of Nations Pray
tell Mr. Harding how the Assembly of dead League is going
to fix the salaries Of the judges of this court
Article 80 The of the court shall be borne by the
League of Nations Now there's hard nut for dead League
TO pay the expenses of the court Harding
your great helped this scheme and all agree
that he rendered of the highest merit Did Mr. Root de
weeks working plans for court the of whc
to be borne by dead organizationG
Article 80 Thc Court shall be to the states mentioned
in the Annex the Covenant and such others shall subse
uenly enter the League of Nations
Article SO "The Court shall give opinion upon any
on dispute of an international nature referred to 1t by the
Council Assembly
We might quote further the plan pre-
pared by Mr. Root his colleagues we
think have given quite enough anybody blind
by partisan prejudice that the mquesonaby in
separabe part of the League of Nations Is not the height OF
absurdy suppose that Mr. Root would devote his valuable time
working scheme which absolutely dependent
and operation organization that is deadg We dislike to
make serious charge against of Senator ardng stand
ing but but believe that he knows he is talking through
his bat when he hands out his rontporch dope about the
death of the League. And fail how the learned Mr.
smond can overlook such weknown facts brought
We forced conclude that Mr. Smonds is doing little
highbrow press-agentng for Mr. Iiardngs
The the adverse criticism of the League of Nations
studied the more VIII appear that founded upon the same
of misrepresentation that which asserts that the organza
on dead The covenant itself fairly interpreted the
to every Objection whch is raised by ITS critics In one OF his
porch ueance Mr.. Harding solemny avowed
of Nations whereupon his guhbe hearers ignorant of the fact
conflict between the
applause Mr. Taft than probably
greater lawyer and certainly no more ardent patriot America
within TIE last few weeks has declared that he would voted
he had been senator Does Mr. Taft want to suppant the
Senator Harding himself voted for the with
of it. Was he then favor of destroying the constitution
The supersae of Senator Harding is political myth invented