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idea OF the judicial consideration Of in.
ternational disputes.
With regard to tho most immediate
international political question. the set.
tlement Of the Near East problems and
Of the freedom Of the Dardanelles. Mr..
Hughes has this to say:
while we have American inter-
with the political ambitions Of Euro
pean powers which have matlf-ehe Near
East chccEerboard for diplomatic
play. We do not propose to connect
ourseluvef with these rivalrics, as such
Iuch connection would only confuse
our terms with those Of others and
obscure our clear and simple purposes.
Thos" two statements may be- taken
TO Indicate the distance the United
States IS willing T." GO in international
.op"ration--n direct share in the
settipE up Of an international court, ,
anu the careful separation Of our in
terest. from everybody else's inter-
ests in the making Of political ad-
justlnents.
One has only to compare the coming
conference ut Lausanne on the <ear
Fast with tho conference in 1906 ut
.\lKcciras on Morocco to see how much
farther back We have gone toward iso-
iation since the war: how much more
afraid We are Of Europe and its ma
IOnhlistic ambitions than we we're six.
teen years ago.
The United States sent dclcsa
tion headed by Henry White to the
Algeciras conference. Mr.. Hughes
will send an observer to Lausanne. The
United States was one of the sigma
tories "f the Treaty of Algrriras. which
the senate ratified. with the declara.
tinn thar II did not mark Il depnr-
tnre from our traditional policy of non-
participation in European Affairs. The
United States. will not T." II mrtv ~
the treaty which will be signed at
Lausanne.
American interests in the Near Fast
are undoubtedly Creatrr than they were
IN Morocco. The age-long qunrres
Of Europe We're just as conspicuous nt
Algeciras rs they will be at Lausanne.
In fact, the "ontcrenr" In which Mr..
White sat was one of the incidents
that divided Europe into the hostile
cnmns that fell upon each other In
1914.
One may clothc it with any words
ono will, but the policy which Mr..
Hughes indicates. participation in
courts and sending only observers TO
political conferences. IS the historic
nolicy OF the United States, as old as
Washington, of non interference In
European affairs, unmoditied by any
sense that the world has now grown
so small and so closely related that no
nation can stand on the side lines.
The extent to which we have with.
drawn from international affairs since
Tho bpCO1rCS Ol1 tha mana unpo mint
when the evidence Mr.. Hughes adduces
to show our ca. operation is examined.
The Secretary dwells upon the MD ex.
tended BY this Government to the starv-
ing peoples of Europe. 1t is highly
creditable. 1t shines by contrast with
what our late allies have done in this
regard. But after all it is only what
this country has always done; and it
Is not international 60 operation in the
sense OF helping to organize the world
for peace.
Mr.. Hughes second i,en, IS the in.
yestment Of individual Americans In
European enterprise. This again Is
individual and not governmental. We
are doing for Europe what England did
for ns after the Civil War. furnishing
capital through individual initiative.
No one called the investments Of in.
and industries the International co.
operation of Great Britain.
We feel benevolent toward Europe,
but we do not intend 10 let our beneyO-
lcnce involve us in Europe. That IL
how all that Mr.. Hughes says comes
out.
For the adoption of this attitude there
Is ample excuse. Mr.. Wilson failed at
Paris because the mean ambitions of
the powers In conference there made
such International cooperation as hc
had In mind impossible.
The same ambitions Of the same pow.
ers nearly wrecked our own conference
IN Washington and have probably pre-
vented its full results from being real
lied.
The same ambitions ot the same now.
srs will prevent anything like a settle
mcnt at Lausanne which will make for
permanent peace.
Enlightcned self Interest warns US to
keep away. And MIR. Hughes says so.
But since we are not ns q people en-
tirely realistic in our statement Of our
attitude toward others, Mr.. Hughes does
not say in the words George Washing.
ton used what George Washington sald
ahout the wisdom ~ keeping ont ~
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