Evening star., 1923-06-19
WORLD COURT HELD
EUROPE'S BENEFIT
Ex-senator Beveridge Asks
If U. S. Wants to Help
Maintain Boundaries.
BY the Associated Press.


BOSTON, June '19-America would
still be part of the British empire
had the matters seemingly in dispute
between Great Britain and her Ameri-
can colonies been submitted to an in
ternational court, former Senator AL
bert ]. Beveridge of Indiana, said in
an address last night at the Bunker
Hill day banquet of general officers,
Sons of the Revolution. AS a mere
matter Of then existing law, he added,
nearly every point must and would
have been decided against America:
and even as a matter or equity, we
would have been held in the wrong
on important issues-for instance. the
British government having defended
the colonies against the French. II
was only fair that the colonies should
bear their just part of the expense.
IF anybody denied that an inter-
national court must and would nave
decided against us in the beginning,
can anybody doubt that such trib-
unal, or any form of peace league,
must and would have held us TO pc
in the wrong when We Scorned the
British advances in 177S?' Mr.. Bever-
idge asked.
Discusses Object of Resolution.
"If the founding of a separate and
absolutely independent nation was
not the end really fought for. then
after 177S, the British had solid
ground for their bitter denunciation
Sf Washington and the American pa
triots for continuing the war. Any
interna tional court must and would
have decided against us; and II any
association of nations for the main
tenance of peace had then existed IT
would have been bound to support
the British and suppress the Amer
To-day all the ancient interna-
tional devices that ever have been
advanced-and every one of them has
been urged many times in the past
are once more put forward as though
they were something new. Without
discussing the merits of these age
old plans, this basic fact may be
pointed out: Every one of them has
as it's object, purpose and If success
full, its admitted effect-the mainte-
nance Of the status quo of the world.
$50 in passing upon any or all of
these schemes let us have clearly in
mind that the simple issue is whether
the American nation wishes to pledge
itself to help keep all European and
Asiatic boundaries and arrangements
as they are"
Warns of Foreign Propaganda.
Warming against foreign propa-
ganda, which he described as Amer
ica's greatest danger, Mr.. Beveridge
said:
"It operates through society," the
pulpit, the stage. the screen. the lee
ture platform, and some make so bold
as to say that even the American
press has been invaded"
The General Society. Sons of the
Revolution, elected Selden p. Spen-
Ger of Missouri, president for the en-
suing three years.
Other officers elected were: Vice
presidents, William Libbey of New
Jersey and Frank H. Pettingell of
California: secretary, w. Hall Harris
of Maryland: assistant secretary, Mar
shall s. Morgan of Pennsylvania;
treasurer, Brig. Gen. George Richards
of Washington. d. c.; assistant treas
urer, Nelson J. Ludington of illinois,;
chaplain. Thomas +. Green of Colo
rado; registrar, Jackson W. Sparrow
of Ohio. and Historian, G. Watson
James, jr., of Virginia.
Cites "Fatal ErroP."
I'm order to play our part abroad
more promptly" said the former sena-
tor, in his address, at Is proposed to
give our government greater power
to deal with foreign affairs. Fatal err
ror. Instead all government in Amer
lea should be restricted in every di-
rection. Government supervision of
and interference with human life and
activities in the United States bids
fair to break down our entire expert
ment in popular self-rule.
"Consider the appalling fact! One
adult person out of every twenty per-
sons engaged in business or industry
in this country is government agent,
official or employee mean, OF course,
all government, county, city, state
and national.
Another astounding fact, twin sis
ter of the first, is that Americans are
forbidden by law to do more things,
and by law forced to do more things,
than were the Russian people under
the czar, or the German people under
the kaiser. Moreover, nearly all of
these repressive, oppressive and au-
tocratic laws and regulations have
been forced on the statute books by
selfish minorities. of whom our law
makers and administrators are In
terror. .
'Most public officials and employees
are necessary and give value re-
ceived for their salaries; but 1 am
row talking about the unnecessary
government agents and jobholders.
The burdensome and useless bureaus
and commissions that clutter govern
ment. complicate life, restrict free
dom and suck the substance of the
people.
Let our laws be expressions of
the will of the majority instead Of
Lkases of the minority, and enforce
all laws with absolute equality. Up
hold the American Oonstitution-all
suit our feeting whim or passing
convenience; support American in.
stltutions against every assailant,
foreign or domestic, open or covert
all American institutions, not merely
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