Evening star., 1920-12-29
PRAISES Foreign
j: POLICIES OF U. S.
Prot. Potter Tells Political
. Scientists II Has Enviable
J. Cooperation Record.

That the United States has never
xrrofessed = policy of isolation. but, on
sshe sontraryI ha. Pr9aessed at;an., and Prac- ae
.sani1ation and cooperation 20 de-
gree not equalcd by any other nation.
was the statement. of Pitman B.
Potter Of the University of Wiscon-
sin in q paper read at the session
today of the American Political
Science Association at the Willard
Hotel.
Mr.. Potter discussed in his paper
Some American Steps Toward Inter
rational Organization" He said that
America from It's very beginning has
made Unduly successful efforts to
iestroy certain obstacles in d piomatic
methods aud commercial practices TO
the fun development of system Of
international intercourse.
Whatever one wishes 10 believe
about the past OF prefers 10 have
America do in the future, the record
stands clear"
Other Papers Read Today.
Edward S. Corwin of Princeton Uni
verSity presided at the session. Other
papers read were: Karl +. Geiser.
Oberlin College. international Peace
in German Political Theory" and
Quincy Wright. University of Mime
sofa, Some Antecedents of the Man.
datory System
w w Willoughby of Johns Hopkins
University was to preside at the ses-
sion this afternoon Papers were to
be read by Charles f. Miriam, Uni
versity of Chicago; Harry L. Barnes,
,1ark University. and Francis w.
Coker, Ohio State University. The an
7tuaI business session will be held late
this afternoon.
4 dinner is to be held this evening
jointly with the American Historical
Associ alton at the Willard Hotel. AT
which addresses will be made by Sec
retary of War Baker. Ambassador
Jusserand of France and Commits
sioner Mabel T. Boardman-
whether secret diplomacy brought
rn the great war is open to debate.
but that it is "to blame for the war
being not in fact yet ended rev Will
doubt" Paul r. Reinsch, former min
ister to China, said in an address at
a joint meeting of the American Po-
litical Scienc,. Association and Amer
ican Historical Association last night.
''The statesmen who made the de-
liberations of the peace conference
secret" Mr.. Reinsch said. could only
be justified on the supposition that
freedom from outside interference
would enable them promptly to agree
ON a solution which, in its complete
ness, would be accepted as equitable
and wise by the public opinion of the
nat1ons. 1nat expectation was hot
fulfilled"
The worst failure of modern diplo-
macy is the attempt TO cover with
;6ealist professions sand with talk of
protecting integrity and independ-
once specific aims tending to con-
trary result
Mr.. Reinsch declared that secret
diplomacy was closely related with
the absolutist theory of state,
whereas the democrative principle
demands that diplomatic policy and
all treaties, at least, should be pub
lie although the details of negotia-
lions may remain confidential"
DR.. Edward Claiming of Harvard
University. and president of the
American Historical Association, read
a paper on recent historical events.
Herbert Putnam, librarian of Con-
gress, presided. in the absence of
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Of the
Supreme Court.
Following the session a smoker was
Held for members of the associations
at the Cosmos Club.