The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-05-01
Adjustment
Iroup's 'sAin1
FOR Court
,lationists 10 Work on Plan
kof Substituting Brussels
i Ministers for League
Officials, Predicted.
utlaw War, Purpose
BY MARK SlLLINAN.


i opposed to Harding's world court
& divided into three groups. 1t will
I 0 to make the situation clear if we
1t first the group that is not pri
) rily concerned with the court at all
is composed of persons who. in the
/, K of their heads, for one reason OF
N ,ther, have the wish more or less
. inite, to get Harding out of the
race Their motives are
-arious. Some of them sincerely be
ieNe there are other candidates with
vhom the republicans could make a
'etter showing in the election next
car
1t is the strategy of this group that
wants Harding out of the race not to
ppose him openly. That would be
h sgerous to the party. But they
n Id like very much to create a situ-
I'm which would enable them to go
Harding and say that his strength
tsh the rank and file of the party is
1T by his position on the world
| rt and that he would help the
sty's fortunes best by stepping
lie and letting someone else run.
\ Speech Has Effect.
'onsider next the group that is
stinst Harding's court partly be
Use lthey are sincere isolationists.
stly because they are. opposed to
and every court s being in their
w some kind of foreign entangle.
mt, and partly because Harding $
4 lrt is tied up TO the league of ma
4 ms. Several of this group have
,cn to cover since Hardins's speech.
H ne of them, who are sincere party
u n. have abandoned their opposition
Z. 'manently. They say the leader Of
Il party has now spoken, and as
l thful subscribers to party disci-
: lie they will get in line with Har-
jig. But many others who are now
4 let until the effect of Harding 5
eech dies down, will later renew
,ir opposition to the court.
As between Harding and this group
plan that will ultimately be at.
,ich has already been outlined in
: correspondence. II is a compro-
Sc by which the selection of the
dyes will be taken away from the
CUE Of nations and given 10 the
Z ibassadors and ministers OF the yari-
=, nations resident at 'Brusseis This
Ve,promise is so obvious and so like
~ it may almost be spoken of as
pro&ram.
3ut wNS come now to the third
,up which. in the judgment of the
liter. is decidedly formidable. This
the group (which opposes Harding's
ol,,.- not because it is too much
foreign Sntangelement, but be-
rrse il is too little. They oppose
arding's court because it does not
? far enough. Eney are in favor of
much more pows rful court a court
aich shall hav& what Harding
IT does not, n&mely, compulsory
risdiction.
Would Quit Jaw War.
IN this suggested more powerful
urt. for exanplef any nation would
We the r4sht q lodge hefore the
Irt csemplaint aga inst the United
ties Just as a citzAa does in a
il osourt. and thereafteg the court
lid have the power L cite the
.nited States to come ID Ind defend
elf. The most conspic gus Of the
vocates OF this n,oref powerful
urt is Senator BoIah s1f Idaho.
rose who believe in il inklude some
'werful persons.
For example at the sanfs meeting
which Lord Robert Gee : spoke in
IS Moines. womaa jIdSe from
eveland. Nudge a1len made a
eech in fap n of the Boz III type OF
urt. which WAS SO wei received
the womer that it i described
) having mqr q or less put Lord
lade.
The aspect sof this more powerful
'urt. which appeals to many: Is that
includes the idea OF out1 a.Hfrg war,
the same sense that ~ various
mes N the past Sid' sfitAs prtfi
tlawed, and poiysan : good deal
going to be heard. d'3llug the next
W months, about this gnatter OF out
wing war.
Strong pYS " de
q tor BosaL I'D the thousands Of
eo'is thsopShoisi The country who
n in<tlge outlae'ing Of war, make
ing rjolnf b. saying that an in.
evolution against any govern
- is already outlawed. while a
AR between two nations is not out.
lued
The point about Senator Borah's
ourt is that it is an alternative, not
ierely to President IIarding's court,
ut actuall.' TO the league Of nations
self. Senator Borah and his follow
RS propose to end war by judicial ac-
ion, instead of ending it, as the
,ague OF nations proposes. by polit-
al action. 1t il quite within posi-
fifty, indeed, it Is almost probable.
hat as the debate develops in the
enate. 1t will take the form. not OF
Senator Borah's court
Or President Harding's court, but
stfer of substituting Senator
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