Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-14
SCIENTISTS CLASH
0NBEST DIPLOMACY
e,oakers at American Academy
Meeting Differ as to "Prac-
teal" and Ideal"
cay us. SHOULD TAKE LEAD

,b;rd session Of the twenty fifth
.,o, meeting Of the American Acad-
~r ~ Political and Social Science to-
@ s.r developed into clash between the
',s .o,es Of practical diplomacy. as
ho,oaontad by European Powers az the
nlp.ao Conference. and the proponents
fea,s ;dcolism which the United States
ol.nosented OF . in bringing the League of
Nations into being.
uorbert Adams Gibbons. war CORE
liant and Princeton University
Hs1ssor led the attack upon the
pl..,res and methods Of the French and
p,i,;sh prcmicrs in Paris.
Dr uonrv Morgcnthau. former Ambas-
ias @ "a Turkey. presiding at the sos
ssu"' hold in the Bellevue Stratford.
tl".,.od tlyn Dr. Gibbons address with the
iono.ts io.,tor that the idea born at Ncr-
so;Iles will not down.
sal'r a.T,hore orp many of u.s.. he said
.hh still believe the idea formulated
~, world conference will bear fruits
u ~ league which will insure the peace
Of the world , , .h ,,
,.,.o /, much longer declared Mr..
NorgpntnaU. lo wv INV 'S"' '"'"S W
.to World: she must assume the moral
leadership of the world powers ana SCI"
that justice is done to suppressed pco'
pies, ,,,. ..,,.J -, ho,o
fcent protection for German colonies
has dcecncrated into an ignoblc squab L.
hle over the spoils of war, declared
DR.. Gibbons.
iThp mandatory scheme for the
s,snosition of the German colonies was
adouted in order to disguise, under n
cloak of virtnouS self abncgation, the
intention of the conQuerors Of Germany
10 divide among themselves Gcrmany's
overseas possessions. II was undoubt-
edly proposed with high ideal and an
atruistic end in view. II was adopted.
bowever only after the statesmen
against whom Mr. Wilson was pitted
had agreed they would not have to oh
tcrve either the spirit or the letter Of
the mandatory clauses in the Covenant
Of the League of Nations.
Mr.. Gibbons blamed the United
States for failing to take constructive
part in this work. declaring:
"If We keep CRYING out that man
dates are n sacred trust Of riviiza
ton. the Entente Prcmiers may toll
us how grcved and shocked the British.
French. Italians and japanese are over
our wholly inpXplicable SclfiShnoss. Bur
dened with debts. exhausted by far
more formidable military effort than
We were called on to make. confronted
with serious post bellum problems at
home. and still with the German prob
lem unsoved on their hands. they have
tlnir hnpt "a, Al,
Of civilization. We have mover offered
to do our part. we have claimed no
share in this sacred trust of civiliza
ton. "
The United States must wash it's
hands Of the stain of occupation in
Haiti and San Domingo before il can
have any influence upon the conduct of
European states with reference to the
I little countries over which they have
assumed mandatorics.
This was the contention of James G..
Mcdonald. chairman of thc Executive
Committee. League of Free Nations
Association. New York. in the doursc
Of a fiery attack upon the practice of
bringing troops out of African colonies
to fight European wars.
This was construed as direct criti-
'h'h VI Wv l'lhl u HNt VI blu'k IItOIS
in occupied territory. and was Wig q.
orously applaudcd,
I'VE should withdraw our naval
forces from Haiti and Santo Domingo
and cease our occupation which has been
for years Of doubtful necessity and Uuos-
tiOnable legality" DR.. Mcdonald de-
cIared, "and We must remove from these
territories and people the drastic and
unreasonable censorship imposed upon
them"
Mr. Mcdonald then asserted that
politicians of the country seem to have
taken II for granted "thnt we as ppo-
pie are soft hcadcd.' as an excuse for
,thelr c0nccalmcnt of real facts behind
our treatment Of certain South Amcri-
can and other countries.
THEY believe and, unfortunately
nave reason 10 believe. that we regard
ourselves as pure and white and spot
less, he said. "rhat is the bunk
which keeps Americans from knowing
tne truth about their open actions to-
ward weak and dpfcnSclcss states. BE
JuSt and fear nothing is the policy
which the United States must adopt
particularly toward McXico."
Jane Addnms. Of Hull House. Chi
cago, recommended publicity for all the
ar'S OF the League of Nations. and an
open discussion of the needs and inter
e''s OF all the nations involved.