The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-29
LEAGUE COURT DOES DOES: NOT RECEIVE 0. K.
 OF IMPORTANT SOLON
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sible the settlement of international differences by arbitration and through the medium of abritral tri- bunals. We have advocated in the past the establishment of a perman- ent court of arbitration. If it had been proposed to establish per manent court of arbitration. If 1t had been proposed to establish a permanent international court for the settlement of international disputes, selected, as is proposed In the league court, from the panel created by groups under the terms of the Hague convention; If it had been proposed to make the judges thus. selected per manent and to be appointed by the nations severally and independently and not by a majority of the council and assembly of the league and with long terms and sufficient salaries. in my judgement such a court would have received universal approval not only in the Senate of the United states but the people of the United States.
 Approves League Fight.
 Tn his speech in New York on Tuesday. April "A, the President said: I have unseemly comment to offer on the league. If 1t is serving the old world helpfully, more power to it.. But is Is not for us. The Senate has so declered. the executive has so declared, the people have so de- clared. Nothing could be more de- cisively stamped with finality.' With his strong and complete statement, l believe that the great mass of the American people are Tn full accord. l certainly am.
 Tn the plan now before us. the permanent court of international hn for hHr h., nations independently, but Is to be the court already elected by the coun- Gil and assembly of the League of Nations, as this fact. as is already obvious, will lead to much discussion, and it will have to be determined whether the Senate will assent to accepting the court as proposed and chosen by the league.
 "rrhe Secretary of State in his let ter accompanying the Presidents message recommending our partici- patton in the court, proposed certain conditions to be apended to the reso- lution to be passed by the Senate in giving it's advice and consent to the signature to the protocol or statute regarding the international court This must include declaration of the United States refusal to join the league, and shall have an equal right in voting for the election of the judge of the court. These two suggestions of the Secretary of State are vitally important.
 Propose Other Limitntions.
 Tt will be the duty of the Senate, therefore. to frame conditions under the first two suggestions of the Sec retary of State and 1t also may be assumed that the Senate may very possibly originate and propose other conditions. What the attitude of the Senate will be upon the question of joining a court elected by the council and assembly of the League of Ma tions, cannot in the nature of things be determined at this time.
 Tt so happens that l am chair man of the committee on foreign re- lations. and occupying that position. l do not feel willing nor do think 1t would be becoming or suitable for me to attempt to anticipate or pre- dict the action of the SelDite when 1t has an opportunity to discuss the Presidents recommendation.
 As always, I most earnestly de- sire the success of the republican party and am equally desirous that President Harding should be renomi- mated and reelected, and when the subject of the league court has been fully discussed and considered, I hope and believe that satisfactory ad- Justment will be reached. If l were now to discuss the questions which have indicated as to the league court and as arising under the suggestions Of the Secretary of State, what l said might be easily misconArued and re- garded as an effort to forestall or forecast the action of the Senate which 1 have neither the right nor the authority tO undertaka"