The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-01-27
Assert Harding Plans
Inter-COntinpntaI
Society of Nations
BY DAVID LAwRENCE
Copyright by The IntelEEencer

Washington. Jan IS Copies % an
art;".v appearing recently IN tire 'Psi;
i'a-'>i"N' rurpnCIinH 70 give. N deIai'
''-C.jGNnt-.,arI Ha-d:n%S plan tu- = new
association ~ Uat;cnS have JuSt reached
tvrC and nave provoked cor siderable
discussion among .nlvrUat;ona; laws 49,.
e." French writer maintains tia' tac
,',ua had her;, worked uut - NJ" HarG-
.uy Win 'ns ass Stance OF eiv!Ue"t ..:"-
.crS from the American Institute Q:
lrlC~HS t.onas Law. While III" trercN
.ersion Of the Harding plar Is some
'"&at confusing, I does neEertAe."SS
r1vS ~ bottom some Interesting .teSS
wH!cS nay g rntuaily be realized.
IN 4 nutshell, :he French authority
Declares that Mr.. Harding has in mind =
'oDr'Ueatal league rcr each part OF the
world - that the United States and the
c;S"- countries IN Central and South
judicial Independence In all purely rVa-
nrcn,ai CONFLICTS and will only cooper
,.'e with the other continents ~ case -
world conflicts. The United states "o'ihi
'vr Instance alone decide whether an az
s,:~ ~ which il IS a d!Splttnt we're
world interest. However he-c Is the
gUIilGs OF the plan:
Outline OF Plan
International disputes OF 4 ua;verSa,
""asAc;er and those affecting wor.,
9y.-a. axe 20 be decided by p".:;.c.sI Hr.t
judicial organizations representing a..
~. world states and would form 4 per
;nHnen; court OF Ie=ai arbitration AFTER
he mode. proposed a. the Second HaSae
conference
TIE disputes o: = continental chara"-
;rr mus, L" decided by organizations
I'VE continents. The states Of other
continents would N th:S cas-" Ohse-T''
;-lvnI.y neutrality. II. however. they
nave ! dl-ec. interest ~ the GisT%t"
-Asy :nay only present th"!r claims or
observations 10 Ihe organs o. inst!tu-
ions whu have 20 settle the dispute.
TIE vvutinenta! organizations rep
-"SeUtiuS tGe states OF continent are
constituted in the form ot court OF
arbitration o. counc!. OF rcrcnC.lia:.Sg,
".,r' stat" SerainE representative. ~.
- rsrLa:R conditions these councils
-IN adopt sanctions to make the.r res
buttons and judgments respected. These
s'n"r6"N may h1r" moral Ho"ti"A !.
.,cnn~guic or material character and N
Ne last instance alone would resort 10
he use Of arms.
In case where Z WAS difficult 20
.iccid" whether y was = world or cor
;:nertnl dispute, the con:inenta! c"un-
~ tie debates before the world court
Ot arbitration"
Origin Of Pfar
After careful Investigation :: would
appear that the foregoing plan WAS
or'S n2iIy proposed in January 1917 a.
80 AavRna meeting oS IGa American
Institute OK International Law at which
representatives from! the entire Fan
American group Of states were present
WhilN the plan was presented Ny Ne-
andre NNareZ. \ noted International
'awysr. yTnO represented Chtl", u was
not acted upon hut simply hled as were
pther plans at 'haL time because y vas
SAlt ,hai the peace cOnfe-er"" eHd'?S
NJ t,urup.,,u var SQu.d haze - GeG.
with sucN 4uc~;'o1S.
However, at ;he same Havana meet
.aE some general principles were adopt
I'd wni"h have lately been stressed by
Nicholas Murray Butler. caller at
Marion Daic. and one Of the influential
men ~ n" Republican Yarty. Those
.;ererst prime pies have 20 10 more with
The legal than the POLITICAL phases OF in
.A-natinral ro-Cr"rat!cr and = : more
man likely ;Htt they will be given ser
Gus consideration because un.iEe the
\ivar-Z plan they were unssU mouSiY
:,dopted The plan ~ :he 'h.t"a'I ENJOY
tas noc mv: ~Ith mUCA favor Nth ne
Rcpuhl.can international a" E"rS who
might ne expected - AavH an .Cluenc"
n Mr. Hard!nr'S poii":rS. Caey say Il
- after all rurclY poiltjcr,, and that the
,.trs d-tscys wnicC apply IT, tU- present
l~aCu" IL nations would apply 20 three
~rparate leagues a. nations constituted
.ftH- the same fISG!c0.