The Washington times., 1923-07-27
HOPING
To CONVERT
EUROPE
Raymond Robins Sent Abroad
to Separate World Court
From League, If Possible.
BY WILLIAM. HARD.


Der of the executive committee of
the Republican national committee,
has gone from here to Europe to
convert Europe's statesmen to-
Borah's world court.
He is commissioned to say that
Borah and his associates in this
matter accept a world court if only
it includes two outright and strin-
gent provisions Of the irreconcil-
ables.
One-The court shall not in any
way be connected with the league or
with any other diplomatic, political,
international overshadowing institu-
tion
Two-Each country that joins the
court shall solemnly engage to sub
NIT to it all it's international dis
putes-not some, but all.
President Harding, in his st.
Louis speech, has already come
across to the first of these two
provisions. He agrees that the
court should be totally and con-
1t is hoped by Robins and Borah
that the mission by Robins may
pave the way to an exchange of
views through which the "Irrecon-
cilables" of the United States and
the ''Pro-Leaguers" of Europe may
come to terms. Robins is ain CTR
reconcilable. Borah is an "Irrecon-
cilable." Mr.. S. o. Levinson, Of
Chicago. who originated their war
outlawry" idea, is an "Irreconcil
able" Professor John Dewey, who
is the philosopher of their whole
movement and who is admittedly
the leading philosophical and edu-
catfonal thinker and writer of Amer
lea, is an "Irreconcilable."
Represent Cleavage.
These men represent profound
cleavage within the ranks of the ar
reconci1able" element. To the
knowledge Of this writer they have
acquired a large and a rapidly
parts of the country. They now,
through Robins, are endeavoring to
acquire a set of cooperating friend
ships and alliances abroad. Robins
has an appointment to see Lloyd
prime minister, was approached on
the subject of the outlawry of war
and was induced to commit himself
to the phrases of the idea Robins
expects also to see Prime Minister
Baldwin and Lord Robert Cecil,
with whom he has had extended
conferences in America. Above all,
however, he has made arrange
RI 7 Do
the head of the British labor party,
which, according to all recent au-
thoritative British observers, is
government.
tendency toward such prophecies.
was the late Lord Northcliffe This
writer ONCE asked him what Britain
would be like when the labor people
had come into power.
ut will be very different in
some ways" said Northcliffe,
from the Britain which might be
managed by the Duke of North
cumberland, but in one way it will
not be In the slightest degree diff
ferent at all; and that way il the
only way care about. Britain
under Macdonald and Britain
under Northumberland would be
just exactly equally British"
Robins will. see the Briton Mac
Donald and perhaps the Briton
Northumberland and will then go
on across the channel to explain
the Borah views and arguments
to prime ministers and foreign
ministers on the continent.
He is the peace mission-the
first peace mission-of the world
court irreconcilables" to Europe
They calculate that if they can
get some help from abroad they
may be able to induce President
Harding to take the second step
toward their position.
Destroys Usefulness.
They think in fact that they
now have him logically in n box
He has announced his Willingness
and his intention to separate his
| court from the league. When
once, however. he has accom-
plished that feat, and when once
he has produced a court which no
| longer carries with it the prestige
and the power of being a league
creation and league protectorate,
he then has a thing which it is
useful than The Hague tribunal
By its own surviving rules, and
| by the admission and claims of
President Harding and of Secretary
Hughes, it then is exactly like The
| Hague tribunal In that no country
is obliged by common agreement to
take to it any disputes except those
which by It's own preference it de-
c1des from time to time to submit
The world court faction among
the irreCOnCilables'' will strike
hands with any European faction
which will engage to support a
world court authorized to hear all
disputes and clothed with the con
sent OF It's member nations to decide
them.
If such support can be gained in
Europe, the world court "irrecon-
enables faction here will press
president Harding to move for a
declaration on behalf Of the United
States to the solemn effect that this
country Is willing to lead the world
10 leagueless court to which every
dispute Whatsoever must be sub.
united and from which no dispute
whatsoever can be withdrawn.
Breaks Down Pretenses.
The world court "irreconciIah1ee"
calculate that this declaration would
break down all the prctenses and
hypocrlsles of the European pro
leaguers."
They either would have to saw