Evening star., 1923-04-26
CLARKE URGES j. s.
| Join WORLD COURT.
Former Supreme Court JUS
tice Indorses Harding's
Proposal.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Assoc lated Press.
CHICAGO. April &c. - President
Harding's proposal for the United
States to become a member of the
world court of justice was indorsed
today by John H. Clarke, former
justice of the Supreme Court, in an
address before the City Club. He de-
c!ared the proposal should be adopted
by the Senate by vivi voce without
debate.
Former Justice Clarke. who appear
ed IS representative Of the League
OF Nations Nom Partisan Association.
said that only small group of sem
ators opposed the world court, some
saying it had too much power. others
that it had too little power, and at
least one because he held it to be 'the
offspring of the league of nations"
Only two objections. he said, are
being made to participation in the
court. one that somehow.
No one has yet formulated how" he
asserted such participation
would carry the nation into the
league of nations. AS an experienced
posed reservations would prevent amy
relations with the league.
Regrets Reservations.
81 wish our government could see
It's way clear to join wholeheartedly
and without reservation III the sup
port of this great court he said. but
since the administration refuses to act
without reservations. l hope they will
be accepted by the Senate and that to
this extent our country may be proved
to have been sincere in its fifty years
of profeSSed desire for such a court.
and thus keep itself right with the
civilized nations of the world"
The second objection, he continued,
was the claim that Great Britain
would have six votes in the election
of Judges of the court to one vote for
the United States.
This objection rests wholly upon
the base. unworthy assumption that
the representatives of these great
friendly commonweaiths would cor
ruptly combine with the minor coun-
tries to corruptly elect corrupt judges
70 render corrupt decisions. for this
Is what the insinuation really means.
Effect on Court.
Even if that were true. he asserted
1t would result either in the immedi
ate destruction of the court or the
plot "OulQ tdll. But, lie Continued
the judges Of the court are nominated
by the representatives of the nations
in The Hague arbitration tribunal. of
which the United States has long been
a member. and then arc elected by
the league of nations. He pointed out
that the judges must have clear
majority in both the assembly of the
league. in which Great Britain would
nave Settles
If q member. would have but one and
also in the league council, in which
Great Britain would have but one
vote and the United States, if a mem
ber, but one.
1t is shame. a disgrace, to US
all, he said. that men can be found
In our public life capable. even by
tndirection of imputing such motives
to six great friendly nations Be
lieving, as we do, that the people of
our country favor. by a great ma
jority, our going into the court. |
hope Secretary Hughes will go after
those muckrakers with bare knuckles
in his speech tomorrow night No
man knows better how to deal with
them than he does"
Recalls Election Appeal.
The speaker asserted that as a proof
of the non-partisan character of the
League of Nations Nom Partisan AS
sociation. for which he spoke, that
twenty OF the thirty living distin-
1ffsa,n