The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-11-24
The Pulse of the Nation

| Of final justice which will make any fu-
| ture war among those submitting to It's
/ jurisdiction impossible. Naturally such
final determination, when controversies
! arise, will be passed on from the league
| to the court. In such a process the pru-
| dent and cautious in the United States
see no menace to national institutions or
! traditions. They see in it only a hopeful
! sign of peace. Strange all this difference
should be "twiXt Tweedledum TweedIe-
dee" Reducing this latest suggestion to
rather plain language the Des Moines
Register, (Rep.), holds it would mean the
United States is going into the court
through the back door" And the Okla
. homa City Daily Oklahoman. (Dem), in
, sists that the administration should
abandon its petty attitude toward the
court, and have Its representative there
as an officially recognized representative
Of America, with the understanding that
his purpose Is to do what he can to make
American ideals of justice prevail"
There is no reason why this country
should not be friendly to the Court" the
! Worcester Gazette. Cnd. Rep.), points
out, because" an understanding Of mutual
advantage can be made and Secretary
Hughes Is anxious to have it made. One
more item in support of the contention
that we do not have to Join the league
to share in the parts of It's activity that
meet with our approval One more man.
Hesitation Of the spirit OF reasonableness
that justifies our passion for Independent
action" Why not? The Charleston Mail
; asks, because 1t means further coopera-
ton in the maintenance OF peace through
arbitration. II we are to have super
supreme court, then that super supreme
court must be organized so that 1t will
make for peace and not for contention.
On the face Of 1t the idea Of an interna-
ttonal court may appear great advance
but much depends on the wisdom and
foresight exercised in constructing the
machinery and also on the practical way
in which such court would function"
There also should be remembered, the
Milwaukee Sentinel. (Rep), holds, that
Sin principle world court is probably
regarded more favorably by American
public opinion than political organiza-
ton like the league II we take part In
a world court linked with the league,
we are entitled to know what price we
are entitled to pay for that privilege in
the way of limiting our freedom Of ac-
ton"
The Buffalo News (Rep.), holds that
''tfle most earnest prepayment OF the policy
of isolation can find no fault with the
Hughes proposal. Certainly 1t is conson-
ant with the republican platform Of 1920.
The court is precisely the kind of tribunal
to preserve the peace OF the world
through Justice to which the party
pledged itself. And the author OF that
plank is Elihu Root, who was instrument
tai in framing the plan under which the
court operates. Disassociated from the
league, the tribunal could be made the
capital feature OF such an association Of
nations as President Harding urged in his
campaign for election The court Is
largely an American product, the Phil
adelph:a Record. (Den), also, believes.
and "the stsps the administration 10 now
taking TO put the country IN oennSetion
with the court show that the adn1nistrG-
ton realizes In some measure the dis"
rsd4t that ettaohAS TO the United Sa@t@S,
and its desire to remove that" In any
event the Danville Register. (Den.), Is
convinced that when congress reassembles
there CONTINUOUSLY looms ahead revival
OF the old and bitter division on the ques-
tom OF American participation in the
League of Nations. Wisdom and justice
may yet prevail over partisanship and
bitter prejudice. We have isolated our
selves, tied our own hands. when we
should he free to conserve our own inter
estS and exert our own power and dis
charge our responsibility to the world