Evening journal., 1920-08-28
HARDING FOR
WORLD COURT
OEND WAR
tConLInued From Flrst Paee.l

ADOlAinutu TININ FlIel HhKtsl
ciples Of law administered without
passion or prejudice. The other is an
assQciatiOn Of diplomats and poll
ticians whose determinations are
sure to be influenced by considera-
ton OF expediency and national sell
Harding said he is proposing no
new thing.
This country is already a member
OF such a society the Hague tribunal,
which, unlike the league OF Versailles,
Is stu functiOning and within a few
weeks, Will resume its committee ses-
sons, under the chairmanship OF an
American representative. In that body
We have the frame work Of really
effective fundamentally OF enduring
peace
What once seemed at the Hague to
be a mere academic discussion to the
positive need Of facing terrifying ac-
tualties This makes vastly easier,
the task Of so Strengthening the Hague
tribunal as to render It's DEGREES either
acceptable or enforceable.
ut is not uncommon for the adv0-
Gales Of the league Of Versailles TO
contrast unfavorably The Hague tri-
bunal upon the ground that II lacks
teeth.
Very well. then, let's put teeth into
It,"
III. in the Versailles league. there
can be found machinery which could
by appropriated. by all means let IL
be appropriated he went on. u
would take and combine all that Is
good and exercise all that IS bad from
both organizations"
This statement, Harding said, is
-. ts.a
tOn that II the league Is so inter
woven with the peace OF Europe.
that its good must be preserved TO
stabilize the peace Of that continent,
then 10 can he amended or revised so
that ws may stih have a remnant Of
world aspirations in 1918, builded
into the worlds highest conception ~
the successful cooperation in the ul-
innate realization.
"I believe humanity" he said,
would welcome the creation or an
international association for confer
ence a world court whose vcdlcts
upon iusticiable questions this coun-
! try, In common with all nations,
would be both willing and able to
UNFOLD. The decision OF such a court
or the recommendations OF such
conference could be accepted without
sacrificing on our part or asking any
other power TO sacrifice, one iota OF
its nationality
Harding intends, he said. calling into
conference the ablest minds OF the
country. without regard 10 profess
sion or party, TO formulate "detin-
| lite practical plan along the lines al
ready indicated for the consideration
OF the controlling foreign powers
! The suggestion that America un-
dertake the work Of re-draftng an IN
| ternaiiOnal code, was recentlN liidut
in a statement by Niscount Grey, for
mer British ambassador TO lhe uniteu
States, Harding said.
mad The league been ratified, WI
| would have been called upon, under
article ten, to fulnll the Obligation IL
preserve the territorial integrity ol
Poland, Harding said.
,The council Of the, league OF ma
fions would have reasoned, ana feas
oned correctly that the United States
could furnish munitions, and N neces
sarv 10 withstand the hordes advanc
, ing from Russia far more easily tldi
could the exhausted nations 'oi hu
rope.s he argued. There would haN'
been a moral Oblieation on Congrs $
he said, 10 back up this article oi ti'
"No congress would ever dare maxi
This nation appear as a welcher.
at was reluctantly and win graV'
misrivinrs." that Harding voted TO
Tho league with the Lodge reserNd
tons. he said sr b.
But conditions have changed; ny
continued I'VE know now mat IN
league constituted at Versailles is VI
teriy impotent as a preventative o
wars II is obviously lmpOlent VIA
Is has not even been tried. IL ooup
not survive a single test. Inc orIs
inal league, mistakenly conceived an
unreasonable insisted upon, mas un
doubtcdly passed beyond the possInli
ity OF restoration. The mature
Judgment OF the world VIII be that
deserved TO pass for The simple ree
SON that contrary TO all OF the tenden
r cies developed by The civilizlng pro
n cesses OF the world 1t rested upon IN
: mower Of might, not OF right
! Tho assertion Is frequently mao
he added. sarcastically, that Americ
GOULD have saved the covenant, a
. though twcnty-eight nstions alread
! lbelonging could not make i function
v What can that signify II not I'M
. IL Is 90 the United States alone TN
n the other % nations look for .
( bone and sinew. the money, the mum
/ tons and The men % sustain the entt
Is orgaization, not as an agency OF pe9c
L but as an armed force ?" he asked.y
Harding took a casual shot at u
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