Evening star., 1923-06-19
HUGHES SURE PLAN
FOR COURT IS SAFE
Not Possible to Set Up Fairer
Tribunal for U. S. to Join,
Says Secretary.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HANOVER, n. H. June 19.-The
Permanent Court OF International Jus
tice constitutes tribunal WITH
standards that conform to our high
est courts Secretary Hughes said
here today. speaking at the alumni
gathering in connection with COM
mencement exercises at Dartmouth
College.
II make bold to say Mr.. Hughes
said. that the United States could To-
day with greater satisfaction supIhi
disputes to which 1t is party to TINS
court than to any arbftral tribunal IL
would be possible to set up"
Mr.. Hughes applauded the increas- :
ing interest in foreign peoples and
our relations with them" now evident
in the United States. but said that II
this interest was not to serve mere
iy to promote the constant endeavors
of propagandists or of racial groups
it must have its support IN Il
careful study Of history and the un :
derstanding of other nations and their
conditions which the colleges should
provide.
Babel of Voices.
"In our foreign relations we desire
peace. security and cooperation.
said the secretary would that the
spirit of America had one voice. one
message, But there is bapel OF
voices. confusion OF tongues. II
danger threatens us we happily stand
united. But when we are least concern.
eed as to our own safety we are most
divided in our counsels. But. allow
ing for all the inevitable differences,
is il too much to expect tnat we
sL ouId have one controlling Voice'
one dominant message 10 the funua-
t1hn M
and because of this the United States
can. never refuse it's support to in
stitutions of Justice.
1--WE recognize that there are two
classes of controversies Wnlch may
lead to strife. There are the con-
ical expediency, Of rival policies.
where there is no agreement, no rec
ognized determining principles, no
governing rule or law which, may be
invoked Here we are bound TO rec
ognlze the rights of other states'
tfons. as We unfailingly insist upon
our own. 1t was said by one or our
great statesmen that the foreign pol
lev of the United States may De de-
scribed as the Monroe Doctrine ana
the golden rule. we 1.s snan soute when
we think as much of the latter as
we probab bly, think of the former.
McddIing Not Proposed.
"Helpfulness is not meddlesomeness
and does not consist in attempts 10
intrude unlimited decisions in con
troversies that are not ours. Vur
friendly offices are always availaDIe
when they are welcome and can
be given, but it must be re-
membered that friendship mas lts
own tech nique. and this must De re
spected If friendship Is 10 sias con.raiue
But in that class of controversies
where there are treaties TO carry
out and commonly accepted pIln
c pies and rules of international law
TO apply we have manifest ouly'
That duty Is to maintain the sane
titv of international engagements, to
aid in securing the impartial ad1ust-
ment of differences and thus 10 IN
suro the adequate administrator Oh
international justice. III rr;oa
to this cause If we refrain from sup
rorting the agencies of justice. 1t
haupens that at this time there ex-
lists, Is functioning. a permanent
court of International justice, equip
ped with a permanent body Of jurists,
as we'll qualified for their task as
any judges that could be chosen
men whose character and equipment
permit no charge of partiality or dis
They constitute an independent
tribunal. with the standards. the
tenure OF office and the equipment
that conform to the standards of our
highest courts. In truth, they con-
stitute in fact as well as In name
an actual court Of Justice.
There is no path to the millennium
other. than the path of justice, and
if we discard the best attainable in
strumentalities of justice. to that ex-
tent we invite the decisions of the
sword The true method of promot.
ing international accord is to seek
to avert the clash of interests by
agreement. and to have agreements
fairly interpreted and carried out"